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WrestleMania XXVIII 
Information Promotion WWE Date April 1, 2012 Venue Sun Life Stadium City Miami Gardens, Florida WrestleMania chronology WrestleMania XXVII WrestleMania XXVIII TBA WrestleMania XXVIII is the forthcoming twenty-eighth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It is scheduled to take place on April 1, 2012 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.[1][2][3] There are currently two matches announced for the event.
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Production
The city of Miami Gardens was one of the two major contenders for hosting WrestleMania XXVII along with Atlanta, Georgia. Ultimately in February 2010, Atlanta was awarded the right to host the event.[3][4][5] According to the Miami-Dade Sports Commission, WWE management felt that Miami's planning for the event would have been too hectic with many other sporting events held in the area around the same time of the planning, such as Super Bowl XLIV.[5] However, the Miami area was reportedly considered for the next event due to its international ties, facilities, airports and experience of hosting previous major events.[3]
Bidding documents were sent to seventeen cities in consideration for hosting a WrestleMania event between 2012 and 2014, with fourteen replying in interest.[5][6][7] Other cities under consideration for WrestleMania XXVIII included Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Toronto, Detroit, Tampa, Vancouver, St. Louis, Jacksonville, Orlando and Houston.[3][6] The city of Dallas also showed interest but had to pull out of bidding for the next two years due to hosting events such as the NCAA Final Four.[6]
On February 9, 2011, it was announced by The Miami Herald that Miami had won the right to host the event.[3] WWE would later officially announce the event in a press conference held at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.[2][7] WrestleMania XXVIII will be the second Wrestlemania event to be hosted in the state of Florida, the fourth open-air event, and the third event to be held entirely outdoors.[3] For hosting the event, WWE will receive a $250,000 cash incentive from the Miami-Dade Sports Commission raised through grants and sponsorships.[7] Along with WrestleMania XXVIII, a series of events grouped as "WrestleMania Week" will be held in the week preceding the event including WrestleMania's annual WrestleMania Axxess fan convention at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at the American Airlines Arena, the finals of the WrestleMania Reading Challenge, and a Celebrity Pro-Am Golf tournament.[2][7][8]
Background
WrestleMania will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that will be played out on WWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[9]
On the April 4, 2011 edition of Raw, following The Rock's involvement in the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII between the champion The Miz and John Cena that resulted in Cena's defeat, John Cena challenged The Rock to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII. With The Rock subsequently accepting, the match was officially announced on WWE.com.[10] The following week, Cena announced his intent to defend the WWE Championship against The Rock in their match at WrestleMania XXVIII, and thus challenged the reigning WWE Champion The Miz. A five-man gauntlet match was arranged by the Raw brand General Manager involving Cena, Randy Orton, R-Truth, John Morrison, and Dolph Ziggler to determine the number one contender to face The Miz at the 2011 Extreme Rules event. Though the gauntlet match ended in disqualification due to interference from Miz and protégé Alex Riley, the title match at Extreme Rules became a triple threat Steel Cage match between Cena, R-Truth and Miz.[11] On May 1, 2011 at Extreme Rules, Cena defeated The Miz and John Morrison (who had subsequently defeated R-Truth for his number one contender spot), thus winning the WWE Championship for the eighth time.[12] On the May 2 edition of Raw celebrating The Rock's birthday, John Cena confronted The Rock and declared his intent to keep the title until their match. However, as of October 10, Cena does not hold the WWE Championship.[13]
On July 17 at Money in the Bank, Daniel Bryan defeated Cody Rhodes, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, Kane, Sheamus, Sin Cara and Wade Barrett to win the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match.[14] On the July 22 edition of SmackDown, Bryan declared he would cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania XXVIII.[15]
Scheduled matches
# Match Stipulations 1 The Rock vs. John Cena Singles match[16] 2 TBA vs. Daniel Bryan Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[17] "(c)" refers to the champion going in to the match. References
- ^ "aboutus". Sun Life Stadium. 2011-04-04. http://www.sunlifestadium.com/content/aboutus.aspx. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ^ a b c "WrestleMania is Miami-bound in 2012". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2011-02-09. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/exclusives/miamitohostwrestlemania. Retrieved 2011-02-09.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f Varsallone, Jim (2011-02-09). "WrestleMania 28 headed to Sun Life Stadium". The Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/09/2057187/wrestlemania-28-headed-to-sun.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09.[dead link]
- ^ Schoolcraft, Lisa R. (2009-09-25). "Atlanta is bidding for WrestleMania". Atlanta Business Chronicle. http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/09/28/story6.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ a b c Rupani, Meena (2010-05-20). "Miami-Dade Sports Commission chair 'relentless' in wrestling showcase bid". Miami Today. http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/100520/story3.shtml. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ a b c Graser, Marc (2010-03-28). "WrestleMania sets off bidding frenzy". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016995. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ a b c d Chang, Daniel (2011-02-09). "WWE’s WrestleMania heading to Sun Life Stadium in 2012". The Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/09/2058945/miami-get-ready-to-rumble.html. Retrieved 2011-02-10.[dead link]
- ^ "Diaz, McMahon, Sophia bring WrestleMania 28 to Miami". The Miami Herald. 2011-02-11. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/11/v-fullstory/2061324/diaz-mcmahon-sophia-bring-wrestlemania.html. Retrieved 2011-02-12.[dead link]
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment". WWE. http://corporate.wwe.com/company/events.jsp. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ Adkins, Greg (2011-04-05). "Raw Results: C U at WrestleMania!". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-04-04/results. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ Adkins, Greg (2011-04-11). "Raw Results: http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-04-11/results". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-04-11/results. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ "John Cena won a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match (New WWE Champion)". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/extremerules/2011/triple-threat-match. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ^ Kerin, Ben (2011-05-03). "WWE RAW Results (5/2)". Wrestling News Source. http://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/feed_results-380-WWE_RAW_Results_%2852%29.php. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ Murphy, Ryan. "Daniel Bryan won the SmackDown Money in the Bank Ladder Match". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/moneyinthebank/2011/smackdown-money-in-the-bank-ladder-match. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ Michael, Burdick (2011-07-22). "SmackDown results: Calamity after the storm". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/2011-07-22/results. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ^ "John Cena vs. The Rock". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/28/cena-rock. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Daniel Bryan vs. World Heavyweight Champion". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/28/daniel-bryan. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
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