Guide Note

WrestleMania XIV was the fourteenth installment of WrestleMania - a pay-per-view professional wrestling event held by World Wrestling Entertainment.

Fast Facts

1. Date: March 29, 1998
2. Venue: FleetCenter
3. City: Boston, MA
4. Attendance: 19,028¹
5. Tagline: "dX-Raided"²
6. Commentators: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
7. Chris Warren sang "America the Beautiful"
8. First WrestleMania where Pete Rose is tombstoned by Kane

With the "Attitude Era" in full swing, the WWE hired boxer Mike Tyson to be the "special enforcer" in the main event of WrestleMania XIV.³ The match pitted the degenerate Shawn Michaels against the rebellious Stone Cold Steve Austin.

As part of the storyline, in the weeks building to the pay-per-view, Tyson seemingly joined forces with Michaels, stacking the odds against Austin in the match. To the delight of most fans, by the end of the contest, Tyson proudly displayed an "Austin 3:16" T-shirt instead.¹

Prior to the match between brothers Undertaker and Kane, guest ring announcer Pete Rose taunted the Boston crowd. Kane approached the ring and gave Rose a tombstone piledriver to a huge ovation. The Kane-Rose encounters became a humorous staple for the next two WrestleManias.⁴

• Austin def. Shawn Michaels

• Undertaker def. Kane
• Cactus Jack/Chainsaw Charlie def. New Age Outlaws
• The Rock def. Ken Shamrock
• Marc Mero/Sable def. Goldust/Luna
• Triple H def. Owen Hart
• Taka Michinoku def. Aguila
• LOD 2000 won a battle royal