At No Way Out, Orton defeated Mysterio to win his WrestleMania 22 world championship match. Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania. The predominant feud on the SmackDown! Brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H won the match after pinning Van Dam following a Pedigree. In the final match of the tournament, held on the February 20 edition of Raw, Triple H faced Rob Van Dam and The Big Show in a Triple Threat match. After failing to win the Royal Rumble match, Triple H participated in the 2006 Road to WrestleMania Tournament, where the winner would become the number-one contender to the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. The main feud heading into WrestleMania on the Raw brand was between John Cena and Triple H over the WWE Championship. Triple H, who challenged John Cena for the WWE Championship and Rob Van Dam versus Shelton Benjamin versus Ric Flair versus Finlay versus Matt Hardy versus Bobby Lashley in a Money in the Bank ladder match Other matches on the undercard featured Shawn Michaels versus Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match, The Undertaker versus Mark Henry in a Casket match. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was Kurt Angle versus Rey Mysterio versus Randy Orton in a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Mysterio won by pinfall after executing a 619 and a West Coast Pop on Orton. The main match on the Raw brand was John Cena versus Triple H for the WWE Championship, which Cena won via submission after forcing Triple H to submit to the STFU. Secondary theme songs included " I Dare You" by Shinedown, " Save Me Sorrow" by Bullets and Octane, and " Baby Hates Me" by Danko Jones. The official theme song for the event was " Big Time" by Peter Gabriel. The tagline for WrestleMania 22 was " Big Time". WrestleMania 22 was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. More than 17,155 people from 16 countries and 43 states attended, with millions more watching in more than 90 countries. Tickets sold out in under two minutes, grossing $2.5 million for the event, making it the highest grossing one-day event at the Allstate Arena.
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The event was the third WrestleMania to take place in the Chicago metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania 13). It took place on Apat the Allstate Arena in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Rosemont.
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WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
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Michelle Williams sang " America The Beautiful" before WrestleMania 22 officially got under way.