WrestleMania XXX
WrestleMania XXX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It was held on April 6, 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] It was the thirtieth WrestleMania event held by the WWE.
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| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Date | April 6, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | |||
| City | New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
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The main event saw Daniel Bryan defeat both Randy Orton and Batista in a triple threat match[broken anchor] to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Wrestlemania XXX also saw Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker and breaking his 21 year undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
Background
At the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2014, Batista was the winner of the 30-man Royal Rumble match and secured his spot to headline WrestleMania XXX against whomever the champion is after the Elimination Chamber.[2]
On February 21, it was announced by the WWE that Hulk Hogan was returning to the company and was going to host WrestleMania.[3]
On February 24, Brock Lesnar returned along with Paul Heyman and showed up to Raw. They complained about not being in the title match at WrestleMania. To appease them, Triple H handed them a contract which gave Lesnar a match with anybody at WrestleMania as long as it wasn't Orton or Batista. Lesnar and Heyman didn't like this open challenge and tried to leave because they thought that nobody would be would not be a big enough challenge. Before they could leave, The Undertaker returned and stared Lesnar down. Undertaker looked at the WrestleMania sign and Lesnar signed the contract. Lesnar poked the pen against against Undertaker's chest for him to sign and Undertaker stabbed the pen through Lesnar's hand as well as chokeslamming Lesnar through the table afterwards.[4]
Matches
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Pre-show) | The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (c) defeated Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito), The Real Americans (Cesaro and Jack Swagger) (with Zeb Colter) and RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel)[5] | Fatal 4-Way tag team elimination match for the WWE Tag Team Championship | 16:02 |
| 2 | Daniel Bryan defeated Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon)[6] | Singles match for a spot in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship main event match | 25:59 |
| 3 | The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins) defeated Kane, Billy Gunn, and Road Dogg Jesse James | Six-man tag team match | 2:56 |
| 4 | Cesaro won the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by last eliminating Big Show[7] | 31-man Battle royal for the André the Giant Memorial Trophy | 13:25 |
| 5 | John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt (with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan)[8] | Singles match | 23:13 |
| 6 | Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Undertaker[9] | Singles match | 25:06 |
| 7 | AJ Lee (c) won the Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational1[10] | 14-Diva single-fall match for the WWE Divas Championship | 6:48 |
| 8 | Daniel Bryan defeated Randy Orton (c) and Batista by submission[11] | Triple threat match[broken anchor] for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | 23:21 |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||
1The other competitors in the match were: Aksana, Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Cameron, Emma, Eva Marie, Layla, Naomi, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae and Tamina Snuka.
Battle royal
| Order | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshi Tatsu | Khali | 00:17 |
| 2 | Brad Maddox | Rhodes & Khali | 00:53 |
| 3 | Brodus Clay | Khali | 01:26 |
| 4 | The Great Khali | Slater, McIntyre & Mahal | 01:36 |
| 5 | Zack Ryder | McIntyre & Mahal | 02:03 |
| 6 | Darren Young | Slater, McIntyre & Mahal | 02:33 |
| 7 | Drew McIntyre | Henry | 02:56 |
| 8 | Jinder Mahal | Henry | 02:57 |
| 9 | Heath Slater | Henry | 03:08 |
| 10 | Mark Henry | Show | 03:14 |
| 11 | Titus O'Neil | Show | 03:43 |
| 12 | The Miz | Marella | 04:31 |
| 13 | Santino Marella | Del Rio | 04:41 |
| 14 | Xavier Woods | Sandow | 04:48 |
| 15 | Damien Sandow | Rhodes & Goldust | 05:05 |
| 16 | Justin Gabriel | Big E | 05:23 |
| 17 | David Otunga | Big E | 05:35 |
| 18 | Big E | Fandango | 05:55 |
| 19 | Fandango | Sheamus | 06:43 |
| 20 | R-Truth | Show | 07:01 |
| 21 | Sin Cara | Del Rio | 07:19 |
| 22 | Tyson Kidd | Del Rio | 07:35 |
| 23 | Goldust | Del Rio | 08:05 |
| 24 | Cody Rhodes | Del Rio | 08:23 |
| 25 | Rey Mysterio | Cesaro | 09:05 |
| 26 | Kofi Kingston | Sheamus | 11:12 |
| 27 | Dolph Ziggler | Del Rio | 11:31 |
| 28 | Alberto Del Rio | Sheamus | 12:17 |
| 29 | Sheamus | Del Rio | 12:18 |
| 30 | Big Show | Cesaro | 13:25 |
| Winner | Cesaro | N/A |
