WWE PPV Results: Wrestlemania 29 (XXIX)

WrestleMania 29 (billed in print ads as WrestleMania NY/NJ) was the 29th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE, held on April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It drew 80,676 fans, which became the second highest attended event in the history of WWE after WrestleMania III.^[4]

The show featured three main events. The final match was John Cena challenging WWE Champion The Rock, also seeking to avenge his loss to The Rock at WrestleMania XXVIII. The penultimate match was Triple H versus Brock Lesnar in a No Holds Barred match; if Triple H lost, he would have to retire. The third was CM Punk versus The Undertaker, concluding a storyline revolving around Paul Bearer's death and The Undertaker's 20-0 WrestleMania winning streak.

This was the fifth WrestleMania in the New York metropolitan area; WrestleMania I, X, and XX were held at Madison Square Garden, and a portion of WrestleMania 2 was held at Nassau Coliseum. It was the third WrestleMania held in the state of New Jersey after WrestleMania IV and V, both of which were held at Trump Plaza/Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.^[5]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[21]
Pre-show	The Miz defeated Wade Barrett (c) by submission[22]	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	04:06
1	The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) defeated Randy Orton, Sheamus, and The Big Show[23]	Six-man tag team match	10:35
2	Mark Henry defeated Ryback[24]	Singles match	08:02
3	Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston (with AJ Lee)[25]	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	06:16
4	Fandango defeated Chris Jericho[26]	Singles match	09:17
5	Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) by submission[27]	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	10:28
6	The Undertaker defeated CM Punk (with Paul Heyman)[28]	Singles match	22:07
7	Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) defeated Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman)[29]	No Holds Barred match; had Triple H lost, he would have had to retire.	23:58
8	John Cena defeated The Rock (c)[30]	Singles match for the WWE Championship	24:01
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

WWE PPV Results: Royal Rumble 2013

Royal Rumble (2013) was the twenty-sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on January 27, 2013 at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona. It was the first WWE pay-per-view of 2013, and featured the traditional Royal Rumble match.^[5]

According to new data from WWE, this year's Royal Rumble garnered 579,000 buys, up 136,000 from last year's 443,000 buys the previous year, This is the highest buyrate the Royal Rumble has scored since 2002, where the event was bought by roughly 670,000 people worldwide.^[6]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[citation needed]
Pre-show	Antonio Cesaro (c) defeated The Miz[13]	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship	07:37
1	Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Big Show[14]	Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship	16:58
2	Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) (c) defeated Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow)[15]	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	09:24
3	John Cena won by last eliminating Ryback[16]	30 man Royal Rumble match for the winner's choice of a WWE or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXIX	55:18
4	CM Punk (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock[17]	Singles match for the WWE Championship. The match was restarted after The Shield interfered.	23:46
5	The Rock defeated CM Punk (c) (with Paul Heyman)
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match