State Farm Stadium
The stadium hosted the WWE event WrestleMania XXVI which took place on March 28, 2010, with 72,219 fans in attendance. This was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania XI with a non-title match as a main event, the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Arizona and the third to be held in an open-air venue, after WrestleMania IX and WrestleMania XXIV. The event grossed $5.8 million in ticket sales, making the event the highest grossing and attended entertainment event held at the University of Phoenix Stadium.
WrestleMania XXV
John "Bradshaw" Layfield defeated CM Punk on March 9th, 2009 on an episode of Raw to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. A week later, JBL's old rival, Rey Mysterio, issued a challenge to face JBL for his Intercontinental title at Wrestlemania 25. With the match accepted by JBL, this would be the first time since Wrestlemania 18 that the aforementioned title belt would be defended on a Wrestlemania card. On the March 31st episode of Raw, JBL was pinned by Mysterio in a non-title match.