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Īs the second WrestleMania to be held entirely outdoors (after WrestleMania IX), McMahon also announced that the show would have taken place regardless of the weather conditions. McMahon explained that Orlando was chosen as geographically, a WrestleMania was never held in the southeast before. According to an interview with The Daytona Beach News-Journal at the press conference, WWE chairman Vince McMahon mentioned Orlando being one of three front-runners to host the event, the other two being Las Vegas and Paris. On March 21, 2007, a press conference was held at City Hall in Orlando, Florida, formally announcing that WrestleMania XXIV would be held in Orlando at the Florida Citrus Bowl on March 30, 2008, which would be the first WrestleMania held in Florida. WrestleMania XXIV featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. 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".
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It has become the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. WrestleMania is considered World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) flagship pay-per-view (PPV) event, having first been held in 1985. Ī steel rig with a tarpaulin was placed over the ring at WrestleMania XXIV This was the last WrestleMania to take place in the Ruthless Aggression Era as the era would end after SummerSlam 2008 after Edge and The Undertaker ended their rivalry that lasted for over a year inside Hell in a Cell. It was also the first WrestleMania PPV broadcast in high definition. Over one million people ordered the event on pay-per-view, grossing $23.8 million in revenue. The Central Florida Sports Commission reported that the event created jobs and brought approximately 60,000 visitors to the city. According to a study by Enigma Research Corporation of Toronto, the Citrus Bowl's record-breaking attendance brought an estimated $51.5 million – surpassing the projected $25 million – into the local economy and generated $1.8 million in local tax revenue.
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It also set a gate record for the Citrus Bowl, grossing US$5.85 million in ticket sales. For the second consecutive year, WrestleMania broke the record for the highest- grossing pay-per-view in WWE history. WWE and the City of Orlando hosted festivities that spanned a five-day period within the central Florida region. Tickets for the event commenced sale to the public on November 3, 2007. The other featured undercard matches saw CM Punk win the inter-promotional Money in the Bank ladder match and a retirement match in which Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair, leading to Flair's departure from the WWE and a period of retirement from active wrestling. In a No Disqualification match, professional boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather defeated Big Show. From the six scheduled bouts on the undercard, three received more promotion than the others. The main match from the ECW brand was a singles match in which Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero to win the ECW Championship. Raw's main match was a triple threat match, in which Randy Orton defeated Triple H and John Cena to retain the WWE Championship. In the final match of the event, which was the main match from SmackDown, The Undertaker defeated Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event, which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. It was also the second WrestleMania to be held outdoors, with the first being WrestleMania IX. The event took place on March 30, 2008, at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida and was the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Florida. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. WrestleMania XXIV was the 24th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). "The Biggest WrestleMania Under the Sun"
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Promotional poster featuring Floyd "Money" Mayweather and various WWE wrestlers