WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleManiaPPV. It was presented by Snickers and took place on April 3, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was John “Bradshaw” Layfield versus John Cena for the WWE Championship. Another primary match was an interpromotional match between The Undertaker versus Randy Orton. The featured matches on the undercard were Kurt Angle versus Shawn Michaels and a Money in the Bank ladder match. The event also featured the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin who started his part-time appearances with WWE at this event. The event drew a Staples Center record attendance of 20,193 people and grossed more than $2.1 million in ticket sales.
Length 240 minutes
John Cena | Paul Michael Lévesque | John Layfield | Trish Stratus | Christy Hemme | Dave Bautista | Amy Dumas | Steve Austin | Chris Benoit | Paul Wight | Kurt Angle | Michael Hickenbottom | Mark Calaway | Randy Orton | Bob Orton, Jr. | Adam Copeland | Chris Irvine | Shelton Benjamin | William Jason Reso | Glenn Thomas Jacobs | Travis Tomko | Oscar Gutierrez Rubio | Eddie Guerrero | Gregory Shane Helms | Gene Snisky | Chris Mordetzky | Stacy Keibler | Eric Bischoff | Candice Michelle | Maria Kanellis | Nick Dinsmore | Hulk Hogan | David Arquette | Adam Sandler | Darren Matthews | Paul London | Sho Funaki | Matthew Hyson | Jon Heidenreich | Maven Huffman | Robert Howard | Amy Weber