brand was a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship between champion Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton.

WrestleMania is considered World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) flagship pay-per-view (PPV) event, having first been held in 1985.

[5] 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".

[6] WrestleMania 22 was scheduled to be held on April 2, 2006, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.

[7] The main feud heading into WrestleMania on the Raw brand was between John Cena and Triple H over the WWE Championship.

[13] At Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, Michaels faced off against Shane in a Street Fight.

[14] Vince screwed Michaels, claiming he submitted to the move, and declared Shane the winner via submission.

[17] On the March 18 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, Henry, along with his manager Daivari, called out The Undertaker.

James debuted in WWE on the October 10, 2005, episode of Raw coming to the aid of then Women's Champion Stratus from an attack from Victoria.

James became the number one contender for the Women's Championship on the December 12 episode of Raw by defeating Victoria in a match to determine who would face Stratus at New Year's Revolution.

Torrie and Candice became villains when they were traded to the Raw roster on August 22, 2005, and later aligned with Victoria to form the stable known as Vince's Devils.

The opening match was for the World Tag Team Championship between champions Big Show and Kane and Carlito and Chris Masters.

[23][21] Howard Finkel introduced the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2006: "Mean" Gene Okerlund, "Sensational" Sherri Martel, Tony Atlas, Verne Gagne, William "The Refrigerator" Perry, and The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza) attended the event while Eddie Guerrero was represented by his wife Vickie Guerrero and Eddie's nephew Chavo Guerrero Jr. Bret Hart did not attend the event as he was not comfortable.

JBL attempted a Clothesline From Hell on Benoit, who avoided the move and applied in the Crippler Crossface.

Undertaker then performed a Tombstone Piledriver on Henry and pushed him into the casket to win the match and improve his WrestleMania record to 14–0.

Michaels then climbed on the top of a ladder and executed a diving elbow drop on McMahon through the table.

[32][21] Next, Kurt Angle defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton in a triple threat match.

Sports vertical, Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk stated that "With more wrestling, fewer interviews, and more pageantry than the last several editions, this year's 'Mania had a "Big Time" feel to it".

[7] Robert Leighty Jr of 411mania gave the event an overall score of 8.0 out of 10.0 commented on how "This is a pretty solid show as both title matches deliver in one aspect or another.

[40] John Canton of TJR Wrestling Reviews praised the entire event, and called Edge vs. Mick Foley the best match of the show.

[41] To date Edge spearing Mick Foley into a flaming table remains one of the most iconic and memorable moments in pro wrestling history.

Triple H became involved in the feud as well, initially on Vince and Shane's side, but on May 22, 2006, he attacked the Spirit Squad after being ordered to the ring by McMahon to "finish off" Michaels.

On the June 12, 2006, edition of Raw, Vince announced that Triple H would face the Spirit Squad in a 5 on 1 Handicap Gauntlet match.

[49] Michaels ran down the ramp and started attacking the Spirit Squad with Triple H, marking the return of D-Generation X (D-X).

She returned to the ring on the June 26 episode of Raw, where she cleanly lost a Women's Championship match against James, thus ending the feud.

On the May 5 edition of SmackDown!, after Mysterio expressed his feelings about being World Heavyweight Champion, JBL came out and declared himself the number one contender.

After the pay-per view, the feud ended between the two when JBL's rematch against Mysterio turned into his last match if he failed to win the World Championship.

[55] The next night on Raw, saw the return of Jamal, who last appeared on WWE programming in 2003 and going by the name of Umaga, as he attacked Ric Flair.

Umaga's run would saw him winning the Intercontinental Championship and lasted until June 2009; he would later pass away in December at the age of 36 after a heart attack.

Rob Van Dam would announce that he would cash in his Money in the Bank against John Cena at ECW One Night Stand.