WrestleMania XXX

WrestleMania XXX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming 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 and the first to also stream on the WWE Network.

WrestleMania XXX
Theme song(s)	"Celebrate" by Kid Rock "Legacy" by Eminem "In Time" by Mark Collie
Information
Promotion	WWE
Date	April 6, 2014
Venue	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
City	New Orleans, Louisiana
Pay-per-view chronology
Elimination Chamber (2014) WrestleMania XXX Extreme Rules (2014)
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania XXIX WrestleMania XXX WrestleMania 31

The main event saw Daniel Bryan defeat both Randy Orton and Batista in a triple threat match to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Bryan won the show's opening match against Triple H to get a spot in the main event. WrestleMania XXX also saw Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker and break his 23-year undefeated streak at WrestleMania.

Background

A panorama view of WrestleMania XXX in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome

At the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2014, Batista won the 30-man Royal Rumble match and secured his spot to headline WrestleMania XXX against whomever was the WWE World Heavyweight Champion after Elimination Chamber. Randy Orton kept his title in the match.^[2] At the same time, Daniel Bryan, who had a feud against Triple H since SummerSlam, was screwed from winning the championship multiple times by Triple H and his stable, the Authority. Bryan then wanted a match against Triple H at WrestleMania, and "occupied" WWE's flagship TV show Raw, leading to Triple H accepting the match. He then announced that the winner of that match would be added to the main event championship match, therefore making it a Triple Threat match.^[3]

On February 21, it was announced by the WWE that Hulk Hogan was returning to the company and was going to host WrestleMania XXX.^[4]

On February 24, Brock Lesnar returned along with Paul Heyman and appeared on 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 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.^[5]

Matches

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1P	The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (c) defeated Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito), The Real Americans (Cesaro and Jack Swagger) (with Zeb Colter) and RybAxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback) by pinfall	Fatal four-way tag team elimination match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[6]	16:13[7]
2	Daniel Bryan defeated Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon) by pinfall	Singles match The winner would be added to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match later that night.[8]	25:58[9]
3	The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins) defeated Kane and The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) by pinfall	Six-man tag team match[10]	2:56[11]
4	Cesaro won by last eliminating Big Show	31-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal for the Memorial Trophy[12]	13:25[11]
5	John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt (with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) by pinfall	Singles match[13]	22:25[11]
6	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Undertaker by pinfall	Singles match[14]	25:12[15]
7	AJ Lee (c) AJ Lee (c) won the Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational1	14-Diva single-fall match for the WWE Divas Championship[16]	6:48[17]
8	Daniel Bryan defeated Batista and Randy Orton (c) by submission	Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[18]	23:20[17]
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match P – This match took place on the pre-show

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.

WWE Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way

Eliminated	Team	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Time
1	Los Matadores	Diego	Jack Swagger	Submission	5:40
2	RybAxel	Curtis Axel	Cesaro	Pinfall	11:43
3	The Real Americans	Cesaro	The Usos		16:13
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André the Giant Memorial 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	Big Show	03:14
11	Titus O'Neil	Big 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	Big 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