WRESTLEMANIA XX FACTS

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WRESTLEMANIA XX FACTS

WHAT TOOK PLACE AT WRESTLEMANIA XX

WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on March 14, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event was the third WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden but the fourth to take place in the New York metropolitan area (following WrestleMania I, WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania X). The celebrated return grossed more than $2.4 million USD in ticket sales, making the Pay-Per-View the highest grossing event ever for WWE at Madison Square Garden. A sold-out Madison Square Garden was filled with more than 20,000 people from 16 countries, 48 states. Fans from more than 90 countries watched the televised event.

The Boys Choir of Harlem opened the show with a rendition of "America the Beautiful".

To date, this is the only 5-Hour WrestleMania broadcast.

This was the first WrestleMania pay-per-view to charge $49.95 USD.

This was the first WrestleMania to feature RAW vs. SmackDown! matches since being split into two brands.

This WrestleMania has the most title defenses, with 7. The WWE United States Championship, WWE Women's Championship, WWE Cruiserweight Championship, WWE Tag Team Championship, World Tag Team Championship, WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship titles. It was the first time that the United States Championship was defended at a WrestleMania.

This WrestleMania, along with the following two, would all take place from the three areas that hosted WrestleMania 2, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles (This one from New York, WrestleMania 21 from Los Angeles, and WrestleMania 22 from Chicago

Chris Benoit defeated Triple H (c) and Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship(24:47)

Benoit forced Triple H to submit with the Crippler Crossface.
After the match, friend and WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero celebrated with Benoit in the ring to close the show.

Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero celebrate their wins at WrestleMania XX

Eddie Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle to retain the WWE Championship(21:32)
- Eddie pinned Angle with a roll-up and his feet on the ropes.
- During the match Eddie slipped his boot off and used it as a distraction.

Evolution (Randy Orton, Batista and Ric Flair) defeated The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (The Rock and Mick Foley) in a Handicap match(17:03)

Orton pinned Foley after an RKO.

The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Kane(7:45)

Undertaker pinned Kane after a Tombstone Piledriver.
Undertaker's entrance was complete with torch-wielding druids, vintage entrance theme and the return of Paul Bearer.