WrestleMania XXX WrestleMania XXX was the 30th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by WWE , to be held on April 6 , 2014 at the Mercedes - Benz Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana . The event was the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Louisiana . Background . WrestleMania featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre - existing feuds , plots , and storylines that will be played out on WWE ' s primary television programs . Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches . On January 26 , a returning Batista won the 2014 Royal Rumble match , making him the fifth multiple Rumble winner and earning himself a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX . At the Elimination Chamber , Randy Orton successfully defended the championship in an Elimination Chamber match to clinch his spot in the WrestleMania championship match . On February 21 , WWE announced that Hulk Hogan had returned to WWE and that he would host the event . On February 24 , a returning Brock Lesnar , along with his manager Paul Heyman , showed up to " Raw " to voice their complaints about not having Lesnar in the title match at WrestleMania . To appease them , Triple H gave them a contract which allowed Lesnar to challenge anyone to a match at WrestleMania as long as it did not involve Orton or Batista in the title match . Neither Lesnar nor Heyman wanted anything to do with the open challenge and decided to leave as they felt that anyone else would not be a big enough challenge . As if to respond to that statement , The Undertaker returned and stared Lesnar down , signaling him to challenge his undefeated WrestleMania streak . Lesnar signed the contract and pressed the pen against Undertaker ' s chest for him to sign , Undertaker answered by stabbing the pen into Lesnar ' s hand and chokeslamming him through the conference table . On the March 10 edition of " Raw " , Hulk Hogan announced that a 30 - man battle royal ( in honor of 30 years of WrestleMania and in memory of André the Giant ) will also take place at the event with the winner receiving the Andrè the Giant Memorial Trophy . Since SummerSlam , COO Triple H and The Authority have , in various ways , interfered in Daniel Bryan ' s matches for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship . After Elimination Chamber where Bryan lost due to interference by the Director of Operations Kane , Bryan called out Triple H and challenged him to a match only to get repeatedly turned down . On the March 10th edition of " Raw " , Bryan and his " Yes Movement " ( a massive group of fans supporting Bryan ) , occupied the ring and refused to leave until Triple H accepted the match . A frustrated Triple H would then accept the match but not without accepting another stipulation where if Bryan were to win , he would be added into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match later that night . At the Royal Rumble , The Wyatt Family cost John Cena his match against Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship which led to Bray Wyatt hitting a " Sister Abigail " on him after the match . The next night on " Raw " , The Wyatts interfered in the main event ( John Cena , Daniel Bryan and Sheamus vs . The Shield ) attacking Cena again therefore giving the win to the latter ' s team by DQ . At Elimination Chamber , the Wyatts cost Cena the match once again which led to Orton pinning him for elimination . The next night on " Raw " , Cena would respond by calling out the Wyatts , which led to a vicious attack injuring Cena . On the March 10 edition of " Raw " , Cena announced his intention to participate in the André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal , but after Wyatt accused Cena and Hulk Hogan of being " liars " via their heroic personas , Cena instead issued a challenge to Wyatt for the PPV , which Wyatt later accepted . On February 21 , WWE announced that Hulk Hogan had returned to WWE to host WrestleMania XXX ; Hogan had earlier left WWE in 2007 . On the March 10 episode of " Raw " , Hogan announced that a 30 - man battle royal ( in honor of 30 years of WrestleMania and in memory of André the Giant ) will also take place at WrestleMania with the winner receiving a trophy made in Andre ' s likeness . On the March 17 episode of " Raw " , Kane , on behalf of the Authority , ordered The Shield to attack commentator Jerry Lawler due to Kane having " evidence " that Lawler aided Daniel Bryan ' s attempt at " occupying " Raw . However , the Shield turned on Kane and attacked him instead , thus turning face . In retaliation , Kane and the New Age Outlaws attacked the Shield while the group was already being double - teamed by RybAxel ( Ryback and Curtis Axel ) and The Real Americans after a match on the March 21 episode of " SmackDown " . This set up a match pitting the Shield against Kane and the Outlaws at WrestleMania XXX . As reward for attacking the Shield on the March 21 episode of " SmackDown " , Kane granted both RybAxel and the Real Americans a future match for the WWE Tag Team Championship . On the March 25 episode of " Main Event " , it was announced that those two teams , along with Los Matadores ( who had defeated RybAxel on the previous " Raw ) " , would face current champions the Usos in a fatal four - way tag team match for the titles , which will take place on the pre - show . On the March 24 episode of " Raw " , " SmackDown " General Manager Vickie Guerrero revealed that she had been offended by comments made by WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee on the March 21 episode of " SmackDown " . Therefore , Guerrero punished AJ by forcing her to defend her title in the " Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational " against the entire Divas roster , including her bodyguard Tamina Snuka , in a one - fall match . This was the first time the title has been defended at WrestleMania .