WrestleMania XIV

WrestleMania XIV was the fourteenth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation, which took place on March 29, 1998 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was commentated by Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. The tagline for WrestleMania XIV was dX raided.

The pay-per-view event was mostly remembered for the start of the first World Wrestling Federation Championship reign for Stone Cold Steve Austin. His victory in the Main Event, against Shawn Michaels (who performed despite his own severe injury), is often cited as the "official" beginning of the Attitude Era.

[edit] Results

The Rock vs. Ken Shamrock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship

TAKA Michinoku defeated Aguila to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (5:57)
- Michinoku pinned Aguila after hitting the Michinoku Driver.
Triple H (w/Chyna) defeated Owen Hart to retain the WWF European Championship (11:29)
- Triple H pinned Hart after hitting the Pedigree.
- During the match, Chyna was handcuffed to WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter.
Marc Mero and Sable defeated The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust and Luna (9:11)
- Sable pinned Luna after a TKO.
The Rock defeated Ken Shamrock by disqualification to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (4:49)
- Shamrock originally won the match by making Rock submit to an ankle lock. However, Shamrock "snapped" and refused to relase the hold. After being forced to let go, Shamrock attacked the referee and a number of officials, leading to the match decision being reversed by disqualification.

Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship

Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie defeated the New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) in a Dumpster Match to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (10:01)
- Chainsaw Charlie dumped the New Age Outlaws in a (backstage) dumpster using a forklift. The titles were held up the next night, however, because they used the wrong dumpster.
Pete Rose entered to "guest ring announce" the next match. Before doing so he insulted the crowd, mentioning the Boston Red Sox inability to win a World Series (see Curse of the Bambino) until Kane came out and Tombstoned him.
The Undertaker defeated Kane (w/Paul Bearer) (16:58)
- Undertaker pinned Kane after three Tombstone Piledrivers.
- After the match, Paul Bearer and Kane beat down Undertaker which led to a revenge Tombstone from Kane on a steel chair.
- The Undertaker came out to "O Fortuna" with druids surrounding him.
Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels (w/Mike Tyson as Special Outside Enforcer) to win the WWF Championship (20:02)
- Austin pinned Michaels after a Stone Cold Stunner. With the referee down, Mike Tyson, who was thought to be siding with Michaels, turned on him and counted Austin's pin himself, giving Stone Cold the win.
- After the match Tyson knocked out Michaels, whom he'd been friendly with leading up to the event, with a right hook and accepted an Austin 3:16 t-shirt to drape over his downed body.
- Chris Warren performed D-Generation X's entrance music live.

Stone Cold Steve Austin winning the WWF Championship

Chris Warren sang a reindition of "America the Beautiful" before the show.
WrestleMania XIV marked the first time the European Championship was defended at a WrestleMania. It was also the first and only time that the Light Heavyweight Championship was defended at a WrestleMania event.
The Rock first introduced his now famous catchphrase "Smell what the Rock is cookin'?" during an interview with Gennifer Flowers during this event. He looked at Gennifer saying "If you smell what I'm cooking." It morphed into the famous version from there.
This WrestleMania was both the last WrestleMania to use the WWF "New Generation" logo and the first WrestleMania to use the "Attitude" scratch logo. The event was also the first WrestleMania to use red ring ropes, black mats on the outside of the ring, and black barricades.
Celebrity guests in attendance for WrestleMania XIV included Pete Rose, Chris Warren, Mike Tyson, Gennifer Flowers, Vinny Paz, and Marvin Hagler.

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