The company had just bought WCW and aired the final episode of Nitro five days prior to the PPV, making WrestleMania 17 a celebration ... on the card for a lot of fans was the ladder match for ...

But making the entirety of the WrestleMania card ... $17.3 million. But, it was not a very good show. Roman Reigns defeated Triple H in the main event for the WWE championship in a plodding match ...

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