WrestleMania XXVIII

WrestleMania XXVIII
The WrestleMania XXVIII set
Tagline(s)	Once in a Lifetime
Information
Promotion	WWE
Date	April 1, 2012
Attendance	78,363[1]
Venue	Sun Life Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Elimination Chamber (2012) WrestleMania XXVIII Extreme Rules (2012)
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania XXVII WrestleMania XXVIII WrestleMania 29

WrestleMania XXVIII was the twenty-eighth yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It took place on April 1, 2012 at Sun Life Stadium in the Miami suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida.^[2][3]

Nine matches happened on the card, with one being a pre-show match that was streamed on YouTube. The main event saw The Rock defeat John Cena and was a year in the making, being set up in the main event of the previous year's WrestleMania XXVII. In other matches, The Undertaker defeated Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee, CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho to keep his WWE Championship, Big Show defeated Cody Rhodes to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and in the opening match, Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan to win the World Heavyweight Championship in an 18-second match.

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference WM28 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ "WrestleMania is Miami-bound in 2012". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
3. ↑ Varsallone, Jim (2011-02-09). "WrestleMania 28 headed to Sun Life Stadium". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2011-02-09.