Wrestlemania XIV

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Wrestlemania 14 was the fourteenth Wrestlemania event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 26th April 1998

## Background

The main match heading into the show is Shawn Michaels(WWF) vs Stone Cold Steve Austin(Intercontinental) for both the WWF and Intercontinental Championships. These 2 men started getting involved after Wrestlemania 13 as Austin teamed up with DX against Hart Foundation in a winner take all for the WWF, IC and Tag titles and Austin lost his IC title due to Shawn being pinned by Owen Hart, Austin started beating down Shawn at any chance he got, they had a match at Money in the Bank where Shawn won to become NO1 contender to the WWF Championship, they were away from each other for a while until Austin won the 1998 Royal Rumble to face a now heel Shawn Michaels who had aligned himself with Vince Mcmahon. Vince made the big announcment that Mike Tyson would be the special guest enforcer of this match and Austin came out as they nearly brawled and Austin was arrested due to it, Shawn revealed that Tyson was a new DX member as there was a huge 5 on 5 between DX vs Bret Hart, Barry Windham, Ken Shamrock, Mankind and the returning Austin which the crowd came unglued for, Austin and Tyson brawled but Vince immediatly stopped the match as Tyson was their special guest, Austin has continued antagonizing Shawn, DX and Vince and since he's the Intercontinental champion, this match will be for both titles

Bret and Owen Hart have had a long running feud spanning since 1995 as the two brothers hate each other. They burned their bridges in early 1997 as they hatched a plan where Bret became WWF champion due to Owen and the brothers hugged it out. Shawn Michaels won the WWF title at Wrestlemania 13 and during a winner take all between Hart Foundation vs DX and Stone Cold, IF HF won Bret Hart would become WWF champion but since Owen cashed in during the match and won it, Owen was the one who became WWF Champion. Bret was pissed at this decision as he started trashing on his younger brother yet again, at Summerslam while Owen was defending against Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart showed up and cashed in but Shawn SCM'd him to win back the title. Hart Foundation had a complete fallout after this as Owen went lower on the card while Bret became champion yet again. At Royal Rumble 1998, Owen was the special guest ref on Shawn vs Bret, Shawn locked in the sharpshooter and Owen rang the bell without Bret tapping as he screwed him over and joined DX. Both men just wanted each other gone so Owen challenged him to the match they had at Wrestlemania 12 BUT this time without a 30 minute time limit so one man WILL be forced to leave WWF forever, Bret accepted.

New Age Outlaws won the Survivor Series Tag Tournament to become NO1 contenders to the tag titles, Powerbomb Masters decided they wanted to stack the teams up and wanted more so whoever could defeat them in tag action would enter this tag turmoil match, Legion of Devils and Cactus Jack and Terry Funk ended up beating them. There's been another story brewing as Cactus Jack is split within 3 personalities, him, Mankind and Dude Love and only Cactus is friendly with Terry so if he unconsciously switches personalities, it might ruin the match for them

Lightweight champion Brian Pillman tragically passed away in late 1997. Vince Mcmahon announced the title to be vacant and held a tournament for it, Taka Michinoku defeated Funaki and The One Cold Scorpio while the debuting Jeff Hardy shocked everyone as he defeated Essa Rios and Brian Christopher to enter the finals, Taka and Jeff have helped out each other against Scorpio and Christopher who were both pissed at not being in the finals

Paul Bearer turned on Undertaker and started to say that he was gonna unveil Taker's secret and that "Kane is coming". On an episode of RAW, Bearer finally revealed that in 1981, Undertaker put his house on fire as he killed his mother, father and brother BUT what he didn't know is that HIS BROTHER MADE IT OUT ALIVE and he's coming for revenge. At Badd Blood, during a HIAC match between Shawn and Undertaker, Kane made his debut as he ripped the cage door apart and tombstone'd Taker, Taker intially refused to face his younger brother as he felt remorse for what he did but he kept having segments talking to an unknown man who said it'd be better if Kane was taken out as soon as possible for their plans not to be ruined. Kane continued taunting Taker by beating up his members of the Ministry of Darkness, Taker accepted a match against Kane but only if he could defeat MOD in a gauntlet match which Kane did last pinning Undertaker in 16 SECONDS, Undertaker now felt no remorse and said he wouldn't fail to kill Kane this time

Ever since summer of 1997, Jim Cornette has urged Vince that pro wrestling sells but the whole show is becoming a warzone so he better get his shit together. Cornette finally announced his intentions of being co-owner of WWF because Vince "owed" him due to a failed promise a couple of years ago, Vince said he put a lot of thought on his situation and he came to the conclusion that sports entertainment SELLS so that's exactly what they would keep doing. Cornette came back with a proposal, Vince would pick a sports entertainment representative while Cornette would pick a pro wrestling representative, the winner would be owner of WWF. Vince accepted wanting to finish Cornette's dumb theory for once and for all, Cornette picked British Bulldog while Vince picked "the future" of WWF The Rock

Owen Hart unvieled the returning European Championship as he said 6 men who didn't have a match yet would fight for this prestigious belt. Within the match, the rivalries are Nation of Domination who are starting to fight with Jeff Jarrett and Goldust who formed a group for the "white power" as they were tired of NOD's shtick(i just thought of controversial shit attitude era would do haha im so sorry pls dont sue this does not represent my views.)

## Results

Other participants: Demogorgan, Barry Horowitz, Bob Holly, Sammael, Brooklyn Brawler, Chyna, Jim Neidhart, Lucifer, Mosh, Thrasher, Steve Blackman, Essa Rios and Brian Christopher

## Details

* During Powerbomb Masters vs Cactus and Funk, Cactus turns into Dude Love, Funk runs backstage as he hits both LOD with a chairshot, he drags Animal to the ring for Foley to see and that somehow triggers Mankind to come out as he chokes out Sid and the tag champions are eliminated
* During Mankind and Funk vs NAO, Mankind turns back into Cactus
* Taka does a springboard move during his match and lands badly on his neck but continues with the match even though he's a bit slower clearly
* Jim Cornette leaves pissed when Nation of Domination show up in front of him and beat him up
* Owen vs Bret's ending is just like Austin vs Bret, Owen puts Bret on the sharpshooter and of course Bret refuses to quit his 13 year career on WWF and Owen refuses to let go of the sharpshooter, Bret passes out and the ref is forced to end the match, Bret is forced to leave WWF after being here since 1985, Owen celebrates with no remorse
* Kane hit Taker with 3 tombstones but he kicked out of all of them, it took 3 tombstones for Kane to be put down as well but Taker continues with his streak
* Shawn comes out with DX and Mike Tyson on a DX specific truck, Shawn climbs to the top, tries to jump and clothsline Austin but Austin counters it into a stunner
* By the end, Shawn "accidentally" SCM's the ref and tells Mike Tyson to get in the ring as they get ready to beat up Austin when suddenly Tyson goes to Austin's side and gives the middle finger to Shawn, Shawn goes for the SCM on Austin, counter into stunner, Shawn counters into a SCM and Austin counters it into a stunner and manages to hit it, Tyson does the 3 count as Austin is WWF and Intercontinental champion at the same time, the Austin era has begun

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