WrestleMania X8 WrestleMania X8 was the eighteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay - per - view produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on March 17 , 2002 at the SkyDome in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . The event marked the final WrestleMania event under the WWF name . The event was the second WrestleMania to take place in the Toronto metropolitan area ( following WrestleMania VI ) . The record - breaking attendance for the SkyDome of 68 , 237 resulted in gross receipts of approximately $ 6 . 1 million CAD ( $ 3 . 9 million USD ) . WrestleMania weekend also included WWF Fan Axxess at the Canadian National Exhibition ' s Automotive Building . The main event was between Chris Jericho and Triple H for the WWF Undisputed Championship , which Triple H won after a Pedigree . The main matches on the undercard featured The Rock versus Hollywood Hulk Hogan in a match dubbed " " Icon vs . Icon " " , Steve Austin versus Scott Hall , and Ric Flair versus The Undertaker in a No Disqualification match . Background . The main feud leading into WrestleMania X8 involved Triple H against the Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho and Stephanie McMahon . At the Royal Rumble , Chris Jericho defeated The Rock to retain the Undisputed Championship on the same event where Triple H earned his opportunity to compete for the Undisputed Championship at WrestleMania by winning the 2002 Royal Rumble match , last eliminating Kurt Angle . The following night on " Raw " , Triple H interrupted Jericho and warned to prove him that he ' s worthy enough to be in the main event . Meanwhile , some hostility between Triple H and his wife Stephanie was starting to show , with the face Triple H tired of Stephanie ' s heel characteristics . In order to recover their relationship , Stephanie suggested on " Raw " that the two should renew their wedding vows on the following week . At first Triple H refused , but Stephanie revealed that she was pregnant , making him change his mind . To further prove it , the two met a doctor on the next episode of " SmackDown ! " with ultrasound images . On the February 11 episode of " Raw " just before the wedding , Triple H was met with a phone call by his mother - in - law Linda McMahon , who had sent him a video tape revealing that the doctor was in fact an actor and that Stephanie was not pregnant . At the wedding , Triple H turned on Stephanie and attacked her along with her father Vince McMahon , announcing that their marriage was now over . During these weeks , Kurt Angle was given a match with Triple H ' s WrestleMania title shot on the line at No Way Out . In revenge for the ruined wedding , Vince granted Stephanie the chance to be the special guest referee for the match . At No Way Out with clear bias from Stephanie , Kurt Angle defeated Triple H for the title shot . The following night on " Raw " , WWF co - owner Ric Flair granted Triple H a rematch with Stephanie barred from the ring , enabling him to regain his title shot at Chris Jericho . On the February 21 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Jericho met with Stephanie and put their differences in the past , ending with Stephanie accepting Jericho ' s proposal to be his new business partner . To further the feud , Jericho later speculated that he ended the marriage by causing Triple H ' s quadriceps muscle to ( legitimately ) tear during their WWF Tag Team titles match on the May 21 , 2001 edition of " Raw Is War " , thus diverting Triple H ' s attention to his wife . In the divorce settlement for the two , it was announced that the assets would be split between them " fifty - fifty " to Stephanie ' s disgust . Among the assets were Triple H ' s first wrestling robe , Stephanie ' s Corvette ( which Triple H later gave to her with half of it cut off ) and Triple H ' s bulldog Lucy . Stephanie managed to win Lucy in the settlement and later on the March 11 episode of " Raw " sent Jericho to walk the dog . Displeased about this , Jericho tied Lucy to a limousine and ordered the unknowing driver to buy some air fresheners , running Lucy over into a critical condition by accident . Wanting retribution , Triple H stormed into the arena and tried to attack Stephanie but was met with two sledgehammer shots to his recovered leg by Jericho . On the following episode of " SmackDown ! " , Stephanie noted that the sledgehammer shots had left Triple H ' s quad in a condition that one false move in his WrestleMania match could reinjure his quadriceps once again . At the end of the show , Triple H and Jericho had a brawl in the ring that almost ended with a Pedigree on Stephanie . However , Jericho saved her and locked the Walls of Jericho on Triple H , leaving the show with the advantage . The secondary feud built up in the lead to the event pitted The Rock and Steve Austin against the New World Order ( Hollywood Hulk Hogan , Kevin Nash and Scott Hall ) . The Rock ' s involvement with the nWo started after his win over The Undertaker at No Way Out , when a photo request from Hogan for his son turned into a trade of insults . On the following episode of " Raw " , The Rock interrupted Hogan ' s address to the crowd and challenged Hogan to a match at WrestleMania . When Hogan accepted and shook hands with his future opponent , The Rock kept the hold on and hit the Rock Bottom on Hogan . Before The Rock could leave the arena , Hall and Nash ambushed Rock and spray painted the nWo initials on The Rock ' s back . With medics attending to The Rock and loading him into an ambulance van , the nWo furthered the attack by chaining up all possible exits and driving a truck through the van with The Rock trapped inside . Steve Austin ' s involvement also commenced at No Way Out , when after having their gift of beer refused , the nWo interfered with Austin ' s Undisputed Championship match against Chris Jericho , helping Jericho to retain the title before spray painting the nWo initials on Austin ' s back . Austin finally got his revenge on the February 21 edition of " SmackDown ! " when he chased the nWo out of the ring with a tire iron . Austin manages to catch Hall and attack him with the tire iron but Hogan and Nash saved Hall from being run over by Austin ' s pickup truck . After the nWo found their limousine spray painted " What ? " by Austin , Stone Cold kidnapped Hall and closed the show by embarrassing him in the middle of the ring with " 3 : 16 " spray painted on his back . On the following episode of " Raw " , Hall challenged Austin to a match at WrestleMania which Austin accepted afterwards . The feud between Austin and the nWo continued back and forth for the next couple of weeks with Austin attacked by Hall twice with a cinder block and a wrench , while Austin fired a netgun at Nash before beating down Hall . On the March 7 episode of " SmackDown ! " , The Rock made his return and immediately challenged Hogan for a fight . Nash and Hall held Hogan back , leaving Hall to challenge for a match instead . Rock ' s match with Hall ended in a three - on - one attack by the nWo . The nWo ' s attack was stopped by Stone Cold , however , who saved The Rock with the aid of a steel chair . On the March 11 edition of " Raw " , Rock and Austin took on the nWo in a Handicap match , resulting in Hogan pinning The Rock after a leg drop . Another major feud for WrestleMania X8 was the rivalry between The Undertaker and the WWF co - owner , Ric Flair . The feud started over The Undertaker ' s ambush on The Rock during the buildup to No Way Out , with Undertaker giving The Rock a Chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver onto a car . Shortly afterwards , Ric Flair openly detested The Undertaker ' s actions . At the No Way Out event , Flair interfered with Undertaker ' s match against The Rock , finally hitting Undertaker with a lead pipe to aid The Rock in victory . Far from pleased over this result , The Undertaker challenged Flair to a match at WrestleMania . Flair refused , stating that he is an owner and no longer a wrestler . However , Undertaker tried to convince Flair by attacking select members of Flair ' s friends and family . Following a match on the February 25 edition of " Raw " , Flair ' s friend Arn Anderson was ambushed by The Undertaker during his road agent duties . The Undertaker followed this the following week by attacking Flair ' s son David , threatening that the rest of Flair ' s children would follow . Upon this attack , Flair accepted the match on the March 7 edition of " SmackDown ! " . Later that night , the two ended up brawling into the audience , resulting in Flair punching out a fan by accident . As a result , Flair was arrested to Undertaker ' s delight . On the March 11 episode of " Raw " , Flair ' s rival co - owner Vince McMahon asked for an emergency board meeting with the WWF board of directors citing that Flair ' s attack of a fan was unacceptable and that either he or Flair should have absolute authority and power over the company . With Flair still keen on taking on Undertaker at WrestleMania , CEO Linda McMahon had no choice but to give Vince total control over the company . Despite this , Linda also stated that the ownership situation will also be reviewed after WrestleMania with a final decision . To add further insult , Vince McMahon booked David Flair in a match against The Undertaker on the March 14 episode of " SmackDown ! " . The Undertaker almost gave David a Last Ride , but was stopped by Ric Flair who saved his son with some steel chair shots .