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John Cena vs The Rock was the second time that a WrestleMania main event was back-to-back (the first being Bret Hart vs Yokozuna WrestleMania IX and X). Other prominent matches included The Undertaker defeating CM Punk , concluding a storyline revolving around Paul Bearer 's death and The Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak .
The following night on Raw, John Cena and The Rock agreed to face each other in a match at WrestleMania XXVIII, marking the first time a match had been announced almost a year in advance for any WrestleMania. [50] Later on Cena won the WWE Championship in a Triple Threat Steel Cage match against The Miz and John Morrison at Extreme Rules. [51]
WrestleMania 34 stage. 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 2014.
The Rock vs. John Cena match was re-broadcast on August 25 2012 on NBC and later issued on DVD and Blu-ray, collected under the title of The Rock vs John Cena: Once in a Lifetime. [3] The match was later included in WWE Best PPV Matches of 2012 as the Most Anticipated WrestleMania Match of All Time. [4]
In the months prior to WrestleMania 34, John Cena challenged The Undertaker to a singles match. At WrestleMania, after Elias confronted Cena and was beaten down, The Undertaker's hat and coat appeared in the center of the ring and were struck by lightning. The Undertaker then appeared and beat Cena in a three-minute squash match. [258]
However, after being challenged to a match at WrestleMania the following year, [100] Undertaker made an impromptu return and defeated John Cena at WrestleMania 34. [101] Undertaker continued to wrestle sporadically over the next couple of years until he had his official final match at WrestleMania 36 where he defeated AJ Styles in a Boneyard ...
After The Undertaker made his choice on February 5, Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Randy Orton all wanted to face Cena for his title at WrestleMania. A Triple Threat match was made between the three for the title shot, which Michaels won after pinning Orton. [39] Cena successfully retained his title against Michaels at WrestleMania. [42]
Cena won the match and retained the championship after pinning Orton. The primary match on the SmackDown! brand was a Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship between The Undertaker and Batista , which ended in a no-contest after both men failed get to their feet before the referee counted to ten.