WrestleMania 33
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | April 2, 2017 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | Camping World Stadium | ||
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WrestleMania 33 will be the thirty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on April 2, 2017, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. It will be the second WrestleMania to be held at this venue since WrestleMania XXIV in 2008 and the third to be held in the state of Florida since WrestleMania XXVIII in 2012 at Sun Life Stadium (now known as Hard Rock Stadium) in the Miami suburb of Miami Gardens.
Production
Background
WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event,[1] having been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[2]
Storylines
The professional wrestling matches at WrestleMania 33 will feature professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown Live.[3][4]
On the July 27, 2009 episode of Raw, Shaquille O'Neal confronted Chris Jericho and Big Show, which led to O'Neal attacking Big Show.[5] Years later, O'Neal was a surprise entrant in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32.[6] He and Big Show went after each other, however, the rest of the wrestlers eliminated both of them.[7] At the 2016 ESPY Awards on the red carpet, Big Show and O'Neal had another brief confrontation. A match was proposed, which O'Neal accepted.[8]
See also
References
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... WWE's flagship event lights up MetLife Stadium ... WrestleMania
- ^ Gelston, Dan. "WrestleMania is Super Bowl of sports entertainment". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ Keller, Wade (July 27, 2009). "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 7/27: Shaq, Results, thoughts, observations, nitpicks, and quotables". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Houston (April 3, 2016). "Wrestlemania 32 results: Roman Reigns defeats HHH; The Undertaker defeats Shane McMahon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ Caldwell, James. "4/3 WrestleMania 32 PPV Results – CALDWELL's Complete Live Report on Main PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
- ^ Bieler, Dan (July 16, 2016). "Shaquille O'Neal accepts WrestleMania challenge from Big Show". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 14, 2016.