WrestleMania XXIV

WrestleMania XXIV
74,635 went to the Citrus Bowl for WrestleMania XXIV.
Tagline(s)	The Biggest WrestleMania under The Sun.
Theme song(s)	"Light It Up" by Rev Theory "Snow ((Hey Oh))" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown ECW
Date	March 30, 2008
Attendance	74,635[1]
Venue	Citrus Bowl
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
No Way Out 2008 WrestleMania XXIV Backlash 2008
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania 23 WrestleMania XXIV WrestleMania XXV

WrestleMania XXIV was the twenty-fourth yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on March 30, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. It was the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Florida,^[2] and the second WrestleMania to be held outdoors the whole time, the other being WrestleMania IX. The official theme songs were "Light It Up" by Rev Theory and "Snow ((Hey Oh))" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.^[3] The tagline was "The Biggest WrestleMania Under the Sun."^[4]

Tickets went on sale to the public on November 3, 2007.^[5] For the second year in a row, WrestleMania broke the record for the highest-grossing pay-per-view in WWE history and for the Citrus Bowl, grossing in $5.85 million in ticket sales. The record-breaking Citrus Bowl attendance record of 74,635 consisting of people from twenty-one countries, all fifty states, and five Canadian provinces, pumped an estimated $30 million into the local economy.^[6] The Central Florida Sports Commission thought that the event created many jobs, and brought around 60,000 visitors to the city for the event.^[7] WWE and the city of Orlando hosted festivities that spanned a five-day period within the central Florida area, bringing many branding opportunities and television coverage, leading up to the event at the Citrus Bowl.^[8]

The event was a joint-promotion pay-per-view, having performers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The main match on the Raw brand was a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship between Randy Orton, Triple H, and John Cena, which Orton won by pinning Cena. The main event and featured match on the SmackDown brand was Edge versus The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Undertaker won by forcing Edge to submit with the Gogoplata. The main match on the ECW brand was Chavo Guerrero against Kane for the ECW Championship, which Kane won by pinfall after performing a chokeslam. Main matches on the undercard included Floyd Mayweather, Jr. versus The Big Show in a No Disqualification match,^[9] an interpromotional Money in the Bank ladder match, and Ric Flair versus Shawn Michaels.

1. ↑ Plummer, Dale (March 30, 2008). "Mayweather, Orton survive Mania; Edge, Flair don't". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
2. ↑ "What you need to know about WrestleMania XXIV". WWE. October 1, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
3. ↑ "WrestleMania XXIV website". WWE. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
4. ↑ "WrestleMania 24 Tagline". Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
5. ↑ "What you need to know about WrestleMania XXIV". WWE. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
6. ↑ "WrestleMania® XXIV Crushes Records, Careers". WWE. March 30, 2008. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
7. ↑ "Orlando To Host WrestleMania 24 At Citrus Bowl In 2008". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2007.
8. ↑ "WrestleMania 24 Coming To Orlando". Central Florida News 13. Archived from the original on March 21, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
9. ↑ "Mayweather vs. Big Show – "There Is Going To Be A Winner"". WWE Corporate. March 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2008.