Wrestelmania 31

Wrestelmania 31

Show                        :                    Wrestelmania 31Venue                      :                      Levi’s  Stadium
Audience                 :                     76796Date                         :                     29 March 2015    Introduction 

WrestleMania 31 was the thirty-first yearly WrestleMania proficient wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) occasion delivered by WWE. It occurred on March 29, 2015, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Nine matches occurred at the occasion, with two being appeared on the pre-appear. In the headliner, Seth Rollins traded out his Money in the Bank contract as the booked match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns was in advancement, and won the subsequent improvised triple danger match to catch the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The occasion was additionally eminent for Sting's presentation match in WWE and just WrestleMania match, in which he tumbled to Triple H.

The occasion got very positive audits from fans and pundits alike; a few faultfinders called it one of the best ever WrestleMania events. WWE reported that the show was the most astounding netting WWE occasion regularly, drawing an income of $12.6 million. The organization likewise asserted a participation figure of 76,976.

Background

WrestleMania is WWE's lead event, and has been portrayed as the Super Bowl of games entertainment.

The logo for the occasion incorporated a red "play" catch. As indicated by a San Jose Mercury News article, Vince McMahon clarified that the play catch highlighted the specialized ability of Silicon Valley. There were two signature melodies for the occasion. The fundamental topic was "Ascend" by David Guetta highlighting Skylar Gray, while the optional subject was "Cash and the Power" by Kid Ink. The occasion included live musical exhibitions from Skylar Gray, Kid Ink, Travis Barker and Aloe Blacc. Grammy Award victor LL Cool J showed up in the opening video bundle for the event.

Travel Packages for the occasion went at a bargain on September 29 with the select California Dreamin' Travel Package going from $5,500. The VIP Package, Platinum Premium Package, Gold Package and Silver Package was accessible on October 6 with costs beginning from $3,250, $1,650, $1,150 and $900 separately including tickets to WrestleMania, lodging settlement, airfare, and different exercises through WrestleMania Axxess. Individual tickets went discounted on November 15 extending from $35 to $1,000.

It was the principal WrestleMania occasion to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area, the 6th to be held in the condition of California (after 2, VII, XII, 2000, and 21), and the 6th to be held in an outside venue (after IX, XXIV, XXVI, XXVIII, and 29).

Storylines

The expert wrestling matches at WrestleMania 31 included proficient wrestlers executing as characters in scripted occasions pre-controlled by the facilitating advancement, WWE. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's essential TV projects, Raw and SmackDown.

At Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar effectively guarded his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena and Seth Rollins in a triple risk match. Rollins was likewise the holder of the Money in the Bank folder case, also ensuring him a future title match during a period of his picking. In the interim, the 2015 Royal Rumble match was won by Roman Reigns, allowing him a headliner title match against Lesnar at WrestleMania. On the February 2 scene of Raw, Reigns consented to put his main contendership hanging in the balance in a match at Fastlane. 

Later in the night, Daniel Bryan crushed Rollins to face Reigns at the event. At Fastlane, Reigns vanquished Bryan to guarantee his title shot against Lesnar at WrestleMania. Reigns had just two up close and personal collaborations with Lesnar before WrestleMania, with his title match depicted as "being based on regardless of whether he is even deserving of being in the match in the principal place". Reigns was likewise portrayed as having "encountered no affliction on his adventure" as he "talked with Paul Heyman one week, got a shirt, and afterward played pull o' war with" Lesnar – a reference to the in-ring showdown amongst Lesnar and Reigns on the March 23 scene of Raw, in which the two thought about the WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt. It was recognized in the storylines that Lesnar's agreement was set to lapse not long after WrestleMania. Not exactly a week prior to the occasion in the midst of theory that he would come back to UFC, Lesnar marked of another WWE contract and his resigned from blended military arts.

At Survivor Series, Sting showed up in the WWE by meddling in the headliner Survivor Series disposal match, assaulting Triple H and supporting Dolph Ziggler in sticking Rollins, giving Team Cena the win and bringing about The Authority to be expelled from force, which had been an auxiliary stipulation of the match. On January 19 scene of Raw, Sting made his Raw presentation by seeming backstage amid the headliner, a 3-on-1 handicap match amongst Cena and the group of Big Show, Kane, and Rollins. The lights in the field obscured as Sting strolled to the stage and motioned to The Authority at ringside. The diversion permitted Cena to stick Rollins for the win, which reestablished the employments of the as of late (kayfabe) terminated Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan. On January 26, Triple H tested Sting to an "up close and personal" showdown at Fastlane. On the February 9 scene of Raw, Triple H again got Sting out to acknowledge his test. The lights went out, and a gathering of Sting impersonators showed up around the field and inside the ring, lit up by spotlights, while a video message of Sting had tolerating Triple H's test played on the TitanTron. At Fastlane, the two fought until Sting gained power of Triple H. Sting then indicated the WrestleMania sign in the rafters, with Triple H tolerating the test. Later in the night, the match was confirmed.

On the February 23 scene of Raw, a second yearly André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was planned for WrestleMania. Over the next month, The Miz, Curtis Axel, Ryback, Fandango, Adam Rose, Zack Ryder, Jack Swagger, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Sin Cara, Damien Mizdow, Goldust, Heath Slater, Mark Henry and The Ascension were declared as members. On March 26, the match was set for the pre-show. That same day, Hideo Itami won a NXT competition at WrestleMania Axxess to acquire a spot in the match.

On February 26, Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett was planned to shield his title in a different man step match at the event. Between the March 2 scene of Raw and the March 12 scene of SmackDown, R-Truth, Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper, Dolph Ziggler, Stardust and Daniel Bryan were added to the match.

At Fastlane, Rusev crushed Cena to hold the United States Championship subsequent to hitting Cena with a low blow (while the ref was occupied with Lana) and making him go out to the Accolade accommodation hold. In the next weeks, Cena tested Rusev to a rematch, which Rusev declined. On the March 2 scene of Raw, Stephanie McMahon proclaimed that Cena would not contend at WrestleMania unless Rusev consented to a match. On the March 9 scene of Raw, after Rusev vanquished Curtis Axel, Rusev made a few offending comments towards the USA, get under the skin of Cena. Taking after the abuse, Cena went into the ring and put Rusev in the STF accommodation hold until Rusev went out. Cena then grabbed a jug of water, utilized it to resuscitate Rusev and afterward set him into the STF once more. In spite of the fact that Rusev submitted, Cena declined to break the hold until Lana conceded Cena a title rematch at WrestleMania on Rusev's behalf.

On the March 2 scene of Raw, Paige vanquished Divas Champion Nikki Bella by preclusion in a title match after Brie Bella assaulted Paige; along these lines, Nikki held the title. Brie and Nikki then kept on assaulting Paige in the ring until AJ Lee came back from damage and spared Paige. On the March 5 scene of SmackDown, AJ vanquished Brie after Paige kept Nikki from meddling in the match. On March 9, AJ and Paige were planned to wrestle The Bella Twins at WrestleMania.

At Fastlane, Bray Wyatt tested The Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania subsequent to sending messages to the Undertaker weeks prior. On the March 9 scene of Raw, The Undertaker acknowledged Wyatt's test to a match at the event.

On the October 20 scene of Raw, The Authority individuals Randy Orton, Kane, and Seth Rollins vanquished Cena and Ambrose in a 3-on-2 handicap road battle. Promptly taking after the match, Orton was Curb Stomped by Rollins taking after discord between the two. On the October 27 scene of Raw, Orton RKO'd Rollins, in this manner specifically resisting The Authority's orders. On the November 3 scene of Raw, in the wake of expanding dissatisfaction, Orton assaulted Rollins amid his Intercontinental Championship match against Ziggler. Orton then requested a match with Rollins to settle their debate, which Triple H conceded to keep Orton on The Authority's side. Rollins won the match, and Orton then assaulted the Authority before being Curb Stomped by Rollins, bringing about a (kayfabe) damage which constrained Orton to miss a while of competition. At Fastlane, Orton came back to WWE and assaulted The Authority. In the next weeks, Orton prodded a restored union with The Authority, before assaulting Rollins taking after an impediment match against Reigns. On the March 12 scene of SmackDown, Orton tested Rollins to a match at WrestleMania. On the March 16 scene of Raw, Rollins acknowledged the challenge.

At Fastlane, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro vanquished The Usos to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. On March 23, the new champions were booked to guard their titles against Los Matadores, The New Day and The Usos in a lethal four-manner label group match on the WrestleMania pre-appear.

Occasion

The WrestleMania Kickoff Show was facilitated by Renee Young, with Booker T, Corey Graves, and Byron Saxton as examiners, while Tom Phillips and Lita served as online networking journalists. English observers for the occasion were Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield. Spanish, German, French, and Italian analysts additionally called the matches at ringside. Lilian Garcia and Eden Stiles served as the ring hosts.

Celebrities

As is convention, WrestleMania included various appearances by big name visitors –, for example, E! News host Maria Menounos, who served as a backstage questioner. The compensation per-view communicate was opened by Aloe Blacc performing "America the Beautiful". The occasion saw another musical execution as Skylar Gray, Travis Barker and Kid Ink played out a variety of the two WrestleMania 31 signature melodies – "Rise" and "Cash and the Power". Arnold Schwarzenegger likewise was highlighted at the occasion, first as a feature of the Terminator Genisys themed fabulous passage of Triple H, and later being perceived as a major aspect of the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame class as a VIP wing inductee.

Pre-show

Two matches were challenged on the WrestleMania Kickoff pre-appear. The first was a lethal four-Way label group match for the WWE Tag Team Championship between the champions Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (with Natalya), The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) (with Xavier Woods), Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito), and The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) (with Naomi). Kidd and Cesaro held their titles after Big E experienced a samoan sprinkle Jimmy Uso, trailed by Cesaro tossing Uso out of the ring and scoring the pin. Likewise of note, Jey Uso would endure a shoulder damage amid the match, putting him out of activity for a while.

The second match on the pre-show was the second yearly Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Enormous Show won the 30-man challenge by last dispensing with Damien Mizdow after Mizdow had turned on and disposed of his label group accomplice The Miz.

Principle card

The genuine pay-per-view opened with the seven-man stepping stool match for the Intercontinental Championship including safeguarding champion Bad News Barrett and challengers Daniel Bryan, R-Truth, Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper, Dolph Ziggler, and Stardust. Bryan won the match after he and Ziggler traded headbutts at the highest point of the stepping stool, making Ziggler fall in reverse and permitting Bryan to claim his first Intercontinental Championship.

Next, Seth Rollins confronted Randy Orton. Amid the match, Orton kicked out of Rollins Curb Stomp and Rollin kicked out of Orton's RKO. Orton in the long run won the match following a second RKO, which was given extra height as Orton countered Rollins' Curb Stomp by driving Rollins up into the air.

After that United States Championship Rusev (joined by his director Lana) protected his title against John Cena. Rusev commanded most of the match and overwhelmed Cena all through, yet Cena could make a rebound. The end of the match came when Lana climbed onto the ring overskirt and was unintentionally knocked off by Rusev, who then languished an Attitude Adjustment over Cena's pin and the title. This was Rusev's first pinfall misfortune in WWE since he appeared in the primary list in April 2014.

The Authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) reported that WrestleMania had set another Levi's Stadium participation record of 76,976. The twosome then started to brag about their achievements and Triple H's triumph over Sting prior in the night, which incited The Rock to go to the ring. After a verbal trade, McMahon offended the Rock and slapped him over the face, provoking that he wouldn't strike back on the grounds that he set out not hit a lady. Shake then presented to UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey (who was sitting in the front line) into the ring. After Rousey let McMahon realize that she "claims each ring she is in" Rock assaulted Triple H and Rousey then tossed both McMahon and Triple H from the ring, first prodding an armbar on McMahon.

In the 6th match, The Undertaker confronted Bray Wyatt. This was Undertaker's first appearance since WrestleMania XXX. It was accounted for that Wyatt had endured a genuine lower leg damage prior in the day while planning for the match, bringing about both men working at a moderate pace. While Wyatt to a great extent controlled the offense, Undertaker could execute the majority of his mark moves, for example, Old School, the enormous boot, and Snake Eyes. Late in the match, Wyatt kicked out of a Tombstone Piledriver, while Undertaker kicked out of Sister Abigail. The end of the match saw Undertaker execute a second Tombstone Piledriver to get the win.

Headliner

In the headliner, Brock Lesnar guarded the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns. Inside the primary moment, Lesnar played out a German suplex and a F-5, however did not attempt to stick Reigns. Lesnar likewise endured a minor slice to his face (and later on his jaw), yet went ahead to command the following ten minutes with knee strikes and different suplexes (angler, German, overhead paunch to-midsection, vertical), prompting Lesnar joking, "Suplex City, bitch!" Lesnar played out a second F-5 close to the 8-minute imprint, however Reigns kicked out. Removing his MMA gloves, Lesnar slapped Reigns and played out another F-5, yet to Lesnar's skepticism, Reigns kicked out of the third F-5 at two dissimilar to the Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX. A defining moment came around the 12-minute imprint when the team were outside the ring; Reigns pushed Lesnar into the ring post, making Lesnar drain abundantly from the head. After Lesnar scarcely abstained from being numbered out, Reigns performed three Superman punches, then two back to back lances, however Lesnar kicked out of the pin endeavor at two. Lesnar countered another Superman punch with a fourth F-5, however neglected to catch up with a spread.

While both men still were down, Seth Rollins kept running in from the back with his Money in the Bank satchel and traded out his agreement, with ref Mike Chioda transforming the singles match into a triple danger match. Rollins thumped Reigns out of the ring and played out a Curb Stomp on Lesnar. Rollins went for a moment Curb Stomp to Lesnar, who countered by lifting Rollins in planning for a F-5, yet Reigns skewered Lesnar, which spared Rollins. As Lesnar took off of the ring, Rollins promoted with a Curb Stomp to Reigns, sticking him to win the title. Post-match, Rollins kept running move down the on-ramp and celebrated with the big showdown belt.

Reception

WWE guaranteed that the show was most elevated netting WWE occasion ever at the time, drawing an income of $12.6 million. WWE additionally asserted a participation figure of 76,976. However, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported a participation of 67,000, and said amid the second fundamental card coordinate that there were "really a ton of unfilled seats everywhere throughout the stadium", for the most part in the upper deck.

The occasion got recognition from fans and commentators alike. John Powell of Canadian Online Explorer gave the occasion a flawless 10 out of 10 star rating, calling it "the best Mania ever", with the headliner between Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins appraised 8.5 stars out of 10. Sting versus Triple H got the most noteworthy rating of 9 stars out of 10, and Undertaker versus Whinny Wyatt was appraised 8 stars out of 10.

In his live report from the occasion, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter portrayed the occasion as "one of the best shows I've ever seen. A few awesome matches, an executioner point and almost no that wasn't great". He likewise commended the contribution of Ronda Rousey. Overall, he expressed that WrestleMania 31 was "one of the more adjusted WrestleManias in history in light of the fact that there was not an awful match. Be that as it may, it likewise didn't have anything near a match of the year or a possibility for best Mania match".

Jack De Menezes of The Independent said, "It will go down as one of, if not the best WrestleMania ever. From NWO's gathering, to The Rock collaborating with Ronda Rousey and Randy Orton's mind blowing 'RKO outta no place', almost every match conveyed a display fitting of the Grandest Stage of Them All".

Repercussions

Dave Meltzer reported that individuals from Roman Reigns' family were genuinely irritated with the completion of the headliner, composing that particularly his dad Leati/Sika was enraged to the point that there was "almost an awful scene".

The next night on Raw in San Jose, Brock Lesnar needed to summon his WWE World Heavyweight Championship rematch statement, however was denied by new champion Seth Rollins. Lesnar reacted by assaulting Rollins, who got away. Lesnar then assaulted Rollins' cornermen J&J Security (Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury), a cameraman, and the communicate broadcasters (Booker T, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, and Michael Cole). Thus, Lesnar was suspended uncertainly and fined by Stephanie McMahon in storyline. Byron Saxton and Jerry Lawler instantly supplanted them in the broken report table. Tom Phillips likewise supplanted Michael Cole as lead host for two weeks on the next Thursday on SmackDown. Rollins returned later amid the show where Randy Orton pronounced a title shot solicitation because of beating Rollins the prior night. Orton and Rollins then had a steel confine match for the title at Extreme Rules, where Rollins held after obstruction from Kane. Because of Rollins not winning neatly, a lethal four-way match was planned for Payback where Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Orton went for the title. Ambrose and Reigns were given title shots subsequent to beating Rollins on sequential Raw appears. Rollins then shielded the title against Ambrose at Elimination Chamber because of Ambrose taking the title two weeks before the occasion. Rollins again held at Money in the Bank in the wake of being requested by The Authority to win with no type of help. The next night on Raw, Brock Lesnar would then come back to confront Rollins in the headliner of Battleground, and afterward coordinate finished with Lesnar winning by exclusion after an obstruction from The Undertaker. On November 4, amid a match against Kane at a WWE live occasion in Dublin, Ireland, Rollins tore the ACL, MCL, and average meniscus in his knee while endeavoring to execute a nightfall flip powerbomb. The harm required surgery and it was evaluated it would make Rollins out of move for roughly six to nine months. Thus, Rollins was compelled to abandon the WWE World Heavyweight Championship the following day, finishing his rule at 220 days.

Taking after the April 14 SmackDown taping, WWE pulled Daniel Bryan from wrestling on the rest of WWE's visiting of Europe as a "preparatory measure". Bryan's booked title guard at Extreme Rules on April 26 against Bad News Barrett was later crossed out as Bryan might have been "therapeutically not able to compete". Less than a week later, WWE quit promoting Bryan from all future live occasions or TV tapings. After around a month off TV, Bryan returned on the May 11 scene of Raw. In any case, he declared that in the wake of having experienced a MRI, he would be out for an obscure timeframe, and could need to resign; the nature of his wounds were not uncovered. Consequently, he surrendered the Intercontinental Championship. Ryback won Bryan's emptied WWE Intercontinental Championship at Elimination Chamber on May 31. After accepting further indicative data that persuaded him retirement was vital, Bryan declared his retirement through Twitter before the February 8, 2016 scene of Raw.

On April 3, 2015, five days in the wake of winning at WrestleMania 31, AJ Lee resigned from in-ring rivalry with WWE. On April 13, Paige won a fight imperial to end up the main contender to Nikki Bella's Divas Championship. After the match, Naomi assaulted Paige, turning heel, and harming Paige in storyline.

Results

1              Tyson Kidd and Cesaro  (with Natalya) crushed The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods), Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito), and The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) (with Naomi) Fatal 4-Way Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship              

2              Big Show won by last dispensing with Damien Mizdow  30-Man Battle Royal for the André the Giant Memorial Trophy           

3              Daniel Bryan vanquished Bad News Barrett , Dolph Ziggler, Stardust, Luke Harper, R-Truth, and Dean Ambrose Ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

4              Randy Orton vanquished Seth Rollins (with Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury) Singles match        

5              Triple H (with Shawn Michaels, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and X-Pac) vanquished Sting (with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan) No Disqualification, No Countout match

6              AJ Lee and Paige vanquished The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella and Brie Bella) by submission              Tag Team match

7              John Cena vanquished Rusev  (with Lana) Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

8              The Undertaker vanquished Bray Wyatt Singles match

9              Seth Rollins vanquished Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship This was Seth Rollins' Money in the Bank trade out match.