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. It was the thirtieth WrestleMania event held by the WWE and the first to also stream on the WWE Network.

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

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.  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.

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

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.

Matches
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 
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 André the Giant Memorial Battle royal 
 Order Wrestler Eliminated by Time1Yoshi TatsuKhali00:172Brad MaddoxRhodes & Khali00:533Brodus ClayKhali01:264The Great KhaliSlater, McIntyre & Mahal01:365Zack RyderMcIntyre & Mahal02:036Darren YoungSlater, McIntyre & Mahal02:337Drew McIntyreHenry02:568Jinder MahalHenry02:579Heath SlaterHenry03:0810Mark HenryBig Show03:1411Titus O'NeilBig Show03:4312The MizMarella04:3113Santino MarellaDel Rio04:4114Xavier WoodsSandow04:4815Damien SandowRhodes & Goldust05:0516Justin GabrielBig E05:2317David OtungaBig E05:3518Big EFandango05:5519FandangoSheamus06:4320R-TruthBig Show07:0121Sin CaraDel Rio07:1922Tyson KiddDel Rio07:3523GoldustDel Rio08:0524Cody RhodesDel Rio08:2325Rey MysterioCesaro09:0526Kofi KingstonSheamus11:1227Dolph ZigglerDel Rio11:3128Alberto Del RioSheamus12:1729SheamusDel Rio12:1830Big ShowCesaro13:25WinnerCesaroN/A

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