What Were The Shockers, Show-Stealers, And Who Won At Wrestlemania 29 In Front Of More Than 80,000 Fans: Get A First-Person Perspective Of The WWE's Biggest Night Of The Year, Which Included The Rock Vs. John Cena II For The WWE Championship [LIVE PH

More than 80,000 strong crowded MetLife stadium for Wrestlemania 29 Sunday with shockers and surprises for a show that wasn't as predictable as it seemed. Who walked out WWE Champion in the second installment of John Cena and The Rock?

Officially 80,676 watched Wrestlemania 29 live Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. The fans flooded the gates that opened at 4:30 p.m. for the 6 p.m. start. With chanting and bantering amongst themselves, they finally got in and a chance to scope the scenery that included the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. They were ready for the show.

The shocker of the night may have belonged to the "World's Strongest Man," Mark Henry defeating the up-and-coming Ryback. The Ryback character didn't debut until earlier in the year. He came on strong and was in a few main event matches for the WWE title during recent pay-per-views.

Prior to that shocker, the opener of the show saw the group known as the Shield who defeated three men that combined for 18 previous world title reigns. The Shield remained unbeaten after the victory against Randy Orton, the Big Show and Sheamus.

Then there was the debut of Fandango. A debut at Wrestlemania is a rarity and when you're facing Y2J, you know it could very well be a great match, but a victory is slim. Not slim enough because Fandango rolled up Chris Jericho for a debut victory on the grandest stage of them all.

"Who can't wrestle ? #undefeated," Fandango tweeted Sunday night after his victory.

Dolph Ziggler did not cash in his money in the bank contract for a world title shot. Previously in the night, Ziggler and Big E Langston lost in a WWE tag team titles match against Team Hell No. The crowd waited impatiently, even at one time of the World heavyweight title match, chanting "we want Ziggler!" But, Ziggler's music never played after Alberto Del Rio retained the gold.

"Since I was I little kid I wanted to do something amazing,to make my father be proud of me. Tonight At #WM29 he was crying. His son is #WHC (World Heavyweight Champion)," Del Rio tweeted about his legendary wrestling father.

One match was even cut from the four-hour program. The eight-person tag match pitting Team Rhode Scholars and the Bella twins against Tons of Funk and the Funkadactals did not take place cause of time restraints.

Fans of the WWE Universe always talk about what "steals the show." The crowd reaction might tell you that it was the Undertaker's streak against the longest reigning WWE champion in the modern era, "The Best in the World," CM Punk. At a few different times, fans thought the streak would live, but then there were moments they believed it was coming to an end. In the end, the Undertaker's Wrestlemania undefeated streak continued to 21-0.

The fight between Brock Lesnar and HHH was just that. With HBK in his corner, HHH was able to withstand the Kumura Lock from Lesnar and even able to strap the submission on him. It took a pedigree to the steel steps to Lesnar for the victory, which kept his career in tact that was on the line.

In the final match, the main event of Wrestlemania 29, it was counter after counter after counter. One last counter led to a title change, which allowed John Cena to hoist the WWE title for the first time since 18 months ago. In the end, both men shook hands and Cena left MetLife stadium as the new WWE champion.

"Its on..Biggest #Wrestlemania of all time. Greatest night of my career," The Rock tweeted before the main event, but hasn't tweeted yet since he lost.

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