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NoDQ.com > Features > Facts and information about Wrestlemania 14 Posted by Aaron Rift on 03/29/2006 at 05:42 PM 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 D-X raided. The pay-per-view event was mostly remembered for the start of the first WWF Championship reign for Stone Cold Steve Austin. His victory in the Main Event against Shawn Michaels is often cited as the "official" beginning of the Attitude era. * WrestleMania XIV had triple the PPV buyrate of WrestleMania 13. * This event was the first of Pete Rose's three consecutive WrestleMania appearances. Rose has since been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame based on those appearances. * The main event was Shawn Michaels' last match for over four years. He would return at SummerSlam 2002. * This was the second time in WrestleMania history that the Main Event was headlined by former World Tag Team Champions. Austin and Michaels held the tag titles for a brief period over the summer of 1997. The first time was between Diesel and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XI. * Referee Earl Hebner had suffered an aneurysm shortly before the event and was hospitalized for weeks. Vince McMahon had ordered his hospital room wired so that he could watch WrestleMania XIV during his convalescence. Shawn Michaels also speaks directly to the camera shortly before heading out to the ring saying "This is for you, Earl!" * There had been numerous backstage reports that Shawn Michaels refused to drop the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin and wanted to keep it. Reportedly, The Undertaker was backstage nearby Triple H and Chyna and threatened to legitimately beat Michaels down if he didn't drop the belt. Reportedly Taker stated "If he doesn't drop the belt, I'm dropping him." Michaels has long since denied this story, but dropped the belt as planned. * For the second year on a row, The Rock went in and out of WrestleMania as the Intercontinental Champion. * The Triple H vs. Owen Hart match was the first European Championship match in WrestleMania history. * This was the only WrestleMania that featured a Dumpster Match. * The TAKA Michinoku vs. Aguila match was also the first (and only) Light Heavyweight Championship match in WrestleMania history. * WrestleMania XIV held the first match between The Undertaker and Kane in WWF history. They would have many more memorable matches, including their Inferno match at Unforgiven 1998 and their WrestleMania rematch at WrestleMania XX. * By defeating Kane, The Undertaker extended his WrestleMania undefeated streak to 7-0. * WrestleMania XIV would be the last WrestleMania appearance for the classic version of Legion of Doom. * WrestleMania XIV was Terry Funk's second WrestleMania appearance, his first was at WrestleMania 2 in 1986. * WrestleMania XIV was the first WWF show where The Rock said his now famous catchphrase "Smell what the Rock is cookin'?" during an interview with Gennifer Flowers. He looked at Gennifer and said "If you smell what I'm cooking" It would morph into his famous catch phrase from there. * The referees that Ken Shamrock suplexed after his match were not real referees, but rather, local indy wrestlers in referee outfits. After SummerSlam 1997 (in which Shamrock did the same thing), it was decided not to put the real referees in danger like that again. * WrestleMania XIV was both the last WrestleMania to use the classic WWF New Generation logo and the first WrestleMania to make use of the scratch WWF logo, which was used on the microphones and the officials' t-shirts (on the 2005 WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology DVD set, all the WWF scratch logos were been blurred or edited into the WWE logo). * The DX Band made an appearance performing D-Generation X's theme "Break It Down" during Triple H and Shawn Michaels' entrances. * Shawn Michaels did not sell a punch from Mike Tyson. After the main event had ended, Michaels was "knocked out by Tyson." A camera zoomed in on Michaels' face to see him smiling and smirking at the camera. * The ninth WrestleMania (and second in a row) to feature a title match ending in a count-out or disqualification. The Rock is the sixth Intercontinental champion to end a match under these circumstances, but is the first to have been declared the winner. * Wrestlemania XIV was the first and only one that the Road Dogg & "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn would compete on the same team as The New Age Outlaws. Aaron Rift's Plug NoDQ.com - Online Entertainment Latest News Click here to discuss this post Video: Hogan flipping out in the hospital Video of Hulk Hogan on the can Is Alberto Del Rio the future of WWE? Matt Hardy approves kicks to the groin Fan has mental breakdown while watching NXT Hogan hypes something "totally different" for TNA "Thoughts on the moron that is Eric Bischoff" Hulk Hogan's morning update from the hospital Hogan posts another video at 1AM in the hospital Video: Hogan watches RAW at the hospital Send Feedback Your Full Name: E-mail Address: Your Comments:

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