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WrestleMania 31
WWE-WrestleMania-31 Poster
The Official WrestleMania 31 poster
Tagline(s) The Dragon vs the Beast III: The Ultimate Finale
The Eater of Worlds vs The Phenom
Theme song(s) "Rise" by David Guetta featuring Skylar Grey
"Money and the Power" by Kid Ink
Details
Promotion WWE
Date March 29th, 2015
Venue Levi Stadium
City Santa Clara, California
Attendance 76,976 (disputed)
Pay-per-view chronology
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WrestleMania 31 chronology
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WrestleMania 31 was the 31st annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on March 29, 2015, at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Santa Clara, California. Nine matches were contested at the event, including two matches on the Kickoff pre-show.

In the main event, Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in the main event to become the new World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Bray Wyatt defeated The Undertaker in a singles match. Ending the Phenom's legendary undefeated Streak. Daniel Bryan defeated Brock Lesnar in their third encounter to recapture the WWE Championship, Faria Paige defeated Paige for the WWE Divas Championship, John Cena defeated Rusev to win the WWE United States Championship, R-Truth defeated 7 others to win his first WWE Intercontinental Championship, and The Usos recaptured the WWE Tag Team Championship from Tyson Kidd and Cesaro in a Tornado Fatal-4-Way Tag Team match alongside Los Matadores and the New Day.

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The event was held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. WrestleMania is WWE's flagship pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985. It was the company's first pay-per-view produced and was also WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the WWE Network in February 2014. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". The event has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. Announced on December 9, 2013, WrestleMania 31 was scheduled to be held on March 29, 2015, at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Santa Clara, California. It was the first WrestleMania event to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area, the sixth to be held in the state of California (after 2, VII, XII, 2000, and 21) and the sixth to be held in an open-air venue (after IX, XXIV, XXVI, XXVIII, and 29).

The logo for the event included a red "play" button. According to a San Jose Mercury News article, Vince McMahon explained that the play button highlighted the technical prowess of Silicon Valley. There were two theme songs for the event. The main theme was "Rise" by David Guetta featuring Skylar Grey, while the secondary theme was "Money and the Power" by Kid Ink. The event included live musical performances from Skylar Grey, Kid Ink, Travis Barker and Aloe Blacc. Grammy Award winner LL Cool J appeared in the opening video package for the event.

Travel Packages for the event went on sale on September 29 with the exclusive California Dreamin' Travel Package ranging from $5,500. The VIP Package, Platinum Premium Package, Gold Package and Silver Package was available on October 6 with prices starting from $3,250, $1,650, $1,150 and $900 respectively including tickets to WrestleMania, hotel accommodation, airfare, and other activities through WrestleMania Axxess. Individual tickets went on sale on November 15 ranging from $35 to $1,000.

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No. Results Stipulation Times Notes
1p Damian Mizdow won by last eliminating The Big Show Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
2p The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) (With Naomi) defeated Los Matadores (Diego and Fernado) (With El Torito), The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (With Xavier Woods), and The Wyatt Family (c) (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) Tornado Fatal-4-Way Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championships
3 R-Truth defeated Bad News Barrett, Stardust, Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro (c), The Miz, Tyson Kidd, and Sheamus 8-Man Ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
4 John Cena defeated Rusev Singles match for the WWE United States Championship
5 Faria Paige defeated Paige Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship
6 Sting defeated Triple H Singles Match
7 Bray Wyatt defeated The Undertaker Singles Match
8 Daniel Bryan defeated Brock Lesnar (c) Singles Match for the WWE Championship
9 Dean Ambrose defeated Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins (c) Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship.
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