List of All Matches at WrestleMania XIV

15-Team Tag Team Battle Royal

Opening Match — LOD 2000 wins No. 1 Contendership | Time: approx. 10:00

WrestleMania XIV opened with a spectacular 15-team tag team battle royal — one of the most populated opening spectacles in WrestleMania history. Fifteen tag teams entered the ring simultaneously with the winner earning number-one contendership to the WWF Tag Team Championship, then held by the New Age Outlaws. The teams competing were: LOD 2000 (Hawk and Animal) managed by Sunny, Savio Vega and Miguel Perez, Truth Commission, Bradshaw and Chainz, Mark Henry and D-Lo Brown, The Quebecers, Rock 'n' Roll Express, Faarooq and Kama Mustafa, Jose Estrada and Jesus Castillo, The Headbangers, Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher, The Disciples of Apocalypse (DOA), The Godwinns, and the New Midnight Express managed by Jim Cornette. The chaotic, multi-team battle royal format was designed to showcase the depth of the WWF tag team division and give a wide range of performers a WrestleMania paycheque without requiring individual match programmes for each team. The Legion of Doom — recently rebranded as LOD 2000 with new manager Sunny replacing their traditional manager Paul Ellering — won the battle royal by last eliminating the New Midnight Express of Bombastic Bob and Bodacious Bart. The victory earned LOD 2000 their championship opportunity, which they would later cash in during the Dumpster Match storyline's aftermath. The match was not televised on the main pay-per-view broadcast in its entirety — a condensed version was shown. The Wrestleview review noted the D-X Band's 'new age' rendition of 'America the Beautiful' and the National Anthem before the show 'was vociferously booed by the Boston crowd' — one of the opening's most talked-about cultural moments. Result: LOD 2000 wins. Time: approx. 10:00.

Taka Michinoku vs. Aguila — WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship | Time: 8:30

The first officially televised match of WrestleMania XIV was the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship contest between defending champion Taka Michinoku and the high-flying masked Mexican Aguila. Taka Michinoku had been the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, winning the title in a tournament final against Brian Christopher on December 7, 1997. The Light Heavyweight division had been established to provide WWF television with the kind of aerial, fast-paced in-ring action that lucha libre and Japanese junior heavyweight wrestling had popularised worldwide — a direct response to WCW's popular cruiserweight division, which had been one of the competitive weapons in the Monday Night Wars. Aguila — a masked luchador who would later become better known as Essa Rios — was an extraordinary athlete capable of moves that the majority of the WWF's roster could not physically execute. The match delivered exactly what the Light Heavyweight division was designed to produce: a brisk, high-impact contest filled with spectacular aerial manoeuvres that contrasted dramatically with the power wrestling that dominated the rest of the WM14 card. Taka retained the championship after delivering his Michinoku Driver — one of the WWF's most visually impressive finishing moves — for the pinfall. The Wrestleview reviewer noted it as one of the better matches on the card. Result: Taka Michinoku retains by pinfall (Michinoku Driver). Time: 8:30.

Triple H vs. Owen Hart — WWF European Championship

WWF European Championship — First European Title Defence at WrestleMania | Time: 9:00

The third match on the card was the WWF European Championship contest between champion Triple H — accompanied by the bodyguard Chyna — and Owen Hart, the sole remaining Hart family member in WWF following the Montreal Screwjob. The European Championship had been a Christmas gift of sorts from Shawn Michaels to Triple H — Michaels, serving as both WWF Champion and de facto WWF Commissioner at the time, had awarded the title to Helmsley without a traditional championship match. This unusual championship transfer infuriated Owen Hart, who had been pursuing the title legitimately. The build to the WM14 championship match was labyrinthine: Owen had initially been booked to face Goldust (then 'The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust') who was impersonating Triple H and Chyna in a series of increasingly provocative appearances. When Goldust appeared in Helmsley's place for the scheduled match on the January 26 Raw and Owen won, Commissioner Slaughter initially upheld the result — awarding the European Championship to Owen. Triple H subsequently reclaimed the title through storyline machinations. The WrestleMania XIV championship match gave Owen a legitimate opportunity to win the title in the most prestigious setting available. The match itself was solid: both men were accomplished performers who worked well together. However, Chyna provided the decisive interference — using her size and strength to give Triple H the advantage at the critical moment. Triple H retained the European Championship. This was the first defence of the European Championship at a WrestleMania — a historical first for the relatively recently created title. This was also Owen Hart's final WrestleMania — he died tragically on May 23, 1999, in a ring entrance accident at Over the Edge 1999. Result: Triple H retains by pinfall. Time: 9:00.

Marc Mero and Sable vs. The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust and Luna Vachon — Mixed Tag Match

Mixed Tag Team Match | Time: 8:53

The fourth match was a mixed tag contest pairing the increasingly jealous Marc Mero and his far more popular valet-turned-partner Sable against the eccentric 'Artist Formerly Known as Goldust' — still in his phase of impersonating other WWF characters — and the wild Luna Vachon. The match's central storyline was the escalating tension within the Mero-Sable partnership: Mero had gone from being Sable's supportive husband to a resentful, controlling figure jealous of the enormous crowd reaction Sable was generating. The marriage between Mero's character insecurity and Sable's growing fan popularity created a compelling background dynamic. Goldust, no longer in his traditional gold bodysuit character, had been dressing up as various WWF personalities in a desperate bid for relevance — the 'Artist Formerly Known as Goldust' name was a reference to the Prince artistic identity controversy of the era. Luna was his partner in character if not in storyline motivation. The match's in-ring action was secondary to its character dynamics. The finish came when Sable delivered a TKO — a finisher she had been taught — for the victory. The image of Sable winning the match while Mero smouldered with jealousy on the apron was one of the more compelling character dynamics of WM14's undercard. Result: Marc Mero and Sable win by pinfall (Sable TKO). Time: 8:53.

The Rock vs. Ken Shamrock — WWF Intercontinental Championship

WWF Intercontinental Championship — Reverse Decision | Time: 9:28

One of WrestleMania XIV's most competitive and compelling undercard matches pitted the rising arrogant heel The Rock — Intercontinental Champion backed by the Nation of Domination (including Kama Mustafa, Mark Henry, and D-Lo Brown at ringside) — against the legitimately lethal submission specialist and former UFC heavyweight champion Ken Shamrock. The feud had been building on the premise of a legitimate combat sports expert being provoked beyond his limits by The Rock's calculated disrespect. Shamrock was the most genuinely dangerous man in the WWF — a real-life fighter of extraordinary ability who had won UFC 1 and established himself as one of the most credible combat athletes in North America. The Rock had been goading Shamrock for weeks with his increasingly confident microphone work. The in-ring match was excellent — one of the better pure athletic contests on the WM14 card. Shamrock's shoot-style offence and legitimate amateur technique contrasted sharply with Rocky's crowd-working charisma and power moves. The decisive moment came when Shamrock locked in his ankle lock submission hold on The Rock — Rocky tapped to the ankle lock, and Shamrock would not release the hold. Ken Shamrock continued applying the submission even after the bell rang and officials rushed to ringside. The referee reversed the decision, disqualifying Shamrock for refusing to break the hold — meaning The Rock retained the Intercontinental Championship despite having tapped out. The finish was a perfect character moment: Shamrock's legitimate fury and inability to control his combat instincts cost him the championship he had legitimately won. The Rock, who first coined 'If you smell what The Rock is cooking?' at WM14 in a pre-match interview with Gennifer Flowers, retained via the reverse DQ decision. Result: The Rock retains by reverse decision — Shamrock won but was DQ'd for refusing to release ankle lock. Time: 9:28.

Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie vs. The New Age Outlaws — WWF Tag Team Championship Dumpster Match

Dumpster Match — WWF Tag Team Championship TITLE CHANGE | Time: approx. 10:25

One of the most uniquely stipulated championship matches in WrestleMania history — and arguably the best pure action bout on the WM14 undercard. Mick Foley as Cactus Jack and Terry Funk as Chainsaw Charlie — two of the most legendary hardcore wrestlers in the sport's history, united by their shared willingness to suffer extraordinary physical punishment — challenged the New Age Outlaws of Billy Gunn and Road Dogg Jesse James for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Dumpster Match. The stipulation was simple and visually evocative: to win the championship, a team must place both of their opponents inside the dumpster and close the lid. No pinfalls, no submissions — just bodies in a dumpster. The programme had been built on one of the most memorable television moments of the pre-WM14 period: the New Age Outlaws placing Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie inside a dumpster and throwing it off the WrestleMania X-Seven-era stage on Raw approximately two months before the event — with Foley and Funk inside the falling dumpster. The violent, potentially career-ending visual of the dumpster plummeting from the elevated stage established the Outlaws as genuinely sadistic heels willing to commit professional murder. Foley and Funk survived — and demanded revenge in kind at WrestleMania. The match itself was exactly what both participants' careers represented: violent, chaotic, hard-hitting professional wrestling with no regard for conventional match formats. Chairs, the dumpster lid, the ring apron, and the arena floor all served as weapons. Cactus Jack hit a cannonball off the apron that missed Dogg and connected with the dumpster. Both Outlaws were systematically dismantled and eventually deposited inside the dumpster with the lid closed. New champions. Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie were the new WWF Tag Team Champions — one of the most celebrated moments of the entire event from a crowd reaction standpoint. Post-match, the Outlaws re-emerged from the dumpster and attacked with chairs, but the damage was done and the titles had changed hands. Result: Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie win Dumpster Match — NEW WWF Tag Team Champions. Time: approx. 10:25.

The Undertaker vs. Kane — First Ever Match Between the Brothers of Destruction

The First Undertaker vs. Kane Match | Time: 16:58

The match that the WWF had been building toward for almost a full year — the first ever in-ring confrontation between The Undertaker and his previously unknown half-brother Kane. The programme between the two men had been one of the most atmospherically distinctive in WWF history: a supernatural horror storyline of family, betrayal, and dark mythology that transcended conventional sports entertainment storytelling. The origin traced to Paul Bearer's revelation in September 1996 that The Undertaker had a brother — Kane — who had been the victim of a fire that killed their parents. Bearer claimed The Undertaker had set the fire. The character of Kane was debuted by actor Glenn Jacobs on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood: In Your House, where he dramatically torn the door off the Hell in a Cell cage during Undertaker's match with Shawn Michaels and then Tombstoned the Deadman. The image of Kane — in his full red-and-black costume, enormous and mysterious — tearing the steel door off its hinges became one of the most iconic WrestleMania build moments of the decade. Before WM14, both men had shown supernatural powers: Kane struck the TitanTron with lightning during the final Raw before WrestleMania, and Undertaker appeared in vision-like segments speaking to his parents' grave. The Undertaker had repeatedly refused to fight Kane — not wanting to battle his own brother — but Kane ultimately left him no choice through escalating violence and provocation. Pete Rose — baseball legend and Cincinnati Reds icon — served as the ring announcer for the match. Before The Undertaker could be introduced, Rose launched into a tirade mocking the Boston crowd (Rose was a famous Red Sox rival as a former Red). The Boston crowd reacted with furious booing. Rose was in mid-insult when Kane appeared from behind and delivered a Chokeslam that sent Rose crashing to the canvas — one of WrestleMania's most celebrated celebrity involvement moments. The match itself was one of The Undertaker's most entertaining WM bouts to that point — Wrestleview reviewer Mike Tedesco noting it was 'the first really interesting match Undertaker has had at WrestleMania' with 'a lot of great antics before the match and some decent high spots.' The Undertaker won via Tombstone Piledriver after a prolonged battle in which Kane repeatedly absorbed punishment that no human could rationally survive. Post-match, Kane rose after the three-count and received three consecutive Tombstones from Undertaker — and sat up after each one. The supernatural resilience of both brothers was established as equal and terrifying. Pete Rose's chokeslam by Kane, combined with the match's intensity and post-match drama, made the Undertaker vs. Kane segment one of WM14's most talked-about moments. Result: Undertaker wins by pinfall (Tombstone Piledriver). Time: 16:58.

Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels — WWF Championship (Special Enforcer: Mike Tyson)

WWF Championship — The Official Beginning of the Attitude Era | Time: 20:02

The main event of WrestleMania XIV was one of the most culturally significant matches in professional wrestling history — not because of its in-ring quality, which was compromised by Michaels' devastating back injury, but because of what it represented and what it launched. Steve Austin pinning Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship in front of an explosion of sound from the FleetCenter, with Iron Mike Tyson — the most recognisable boxing name in the world — jumping into the ring to count the three-count, and then turning on DX to reveal his true allegiance to Austin — was the moment the Attitude Era officially began. The road to this match was extraordinary. Austin had won the 1998 Royal Rumble on January 18 in San Jose, California, entering the match at number one and outlasting 29 other competitors — including a ferocious run-in from DX members — to earn the WWF Championship match. Michaels had retained his championship in the same event, beating Undertaker in a controversial manner. Michaels had won the championship from Bret Hart at Survivor Series 1997 in the Montreal Screwjob — the most infamous moment in professional wrestling history — and entered WM14 as the most hated heel in the company, surrounded by the full apparatus of D-Generation X (Triple H, Chyna, the New Age Outlaws). The truly dramatic element of the match's construction was Mike Tyson. The 'Baddest Man on the Planet' was still one of the most famous and controversial human beings on Earth in early 1998 — his boxing licence had been suspended indefinitely by the Nevada State Athletic Commission eleven days after he bit Evander Holyfield's ears during their heavyweight title rematch in June 1997. Tyson was a disgraced boxing champion, but his mainstream celebrity was enormous. Vince McMahon announced Tyson would serve as the special guest referee for the WM14 main event — until Austin appeared on the Raw immediately following the announcement, flipped Tyson the double bird, and attacked him in a massive brawl that generated international news headlines. The confrontation was so explosive that McMahon changed Tyson's role to special ringside enforcer — creating ambiguity about whose side Iron Mike was on. On the March 2 Raw, the situation appeared to resolve when Michaels challenged Tyson to a fight — and Tyson removed his shirt to reveal a DX t-shirt underneath, apparently confirming his allegiance to the heel faction. The storyline brilliance was the maintained ambiguity of Tyson's true loyalties: would he count the fall fairly? Would he help Michaels cheat? The question drove pre-match tension to an extraordinary degree. Behind the scenes, the match was surrounded by a level of genuine drama that rivalled anything on screen. Michaels had herniated three discs in his back during the Royal Rumble casket match against Undertaker — a severe bump to the outside off Undertaker's casket had caused damage so severe that Michaels was barely able to walk in the weeks following the match. He didn't compete on any television between the Royal Rumble and WM14. Austin, still recovering from the serious neck injury he had sustained in the Owen Hart piledriver incident at SummerSlam 1997, was not fully healthy either. Backstage, Undertaker had wrapped his fists and positioned himself in the Gorilla Position ready to confront Michaels if he refused to do the honours for Austin — a level of political theatre that matched the main event's cultural significance. According to Austin himself, Michaels 'was in a bad place, physically or mentally' and had a genuinely difficult attitude on the day — though Michaels himself later acknowledged his behaviour was a product of his physical suffering and the knowledge that his active career was likely ending at WM14. Austin bluntly admitted the match was 'the drizzling shits' in his own assessment — acknowledging the compromised nature of what both men were able to do given their injuries. What the match lacked in athletic perfection it compensated for with crowd intensity, storytelling craft, and the Tyson element. The FleetCenter was at absolute peak noise when Austin's entrance music hit. The crowd's sustained intensity throughout the match — no matter how limited the in-ring content needed to be — was testament to the investment the Attitude Era's growing audience had in Austin's success. The decisive sequence: Michaels applied a sleeper hold, Austin countered by backing HBK into the turnbuckle and knocking out the referee. Michaels hit a flying elbow from the top. He went for Sweet Chin Music — Austin ducked. Austin tried for a Stunner — Michaels countered. Michaels hit the Sweet Chin Music — Austin caught his foot, spun him around, kicked him in the midsection, and hit the Stone Cold Stunner. Michaels was down. The referee was down. Tyson stormed into the ring and counted: one, two, three — faster than any official three-count in WrestleMania history. Stone Cold Steve Austin was the new WWF World Heavyweight Champion. Austin tossed Tyson an Austin 3:16 t-shirt. They celebrated together. Michaels got up and confronted Tyson about the betrayal — Tyson responded with a single right hook that floored Michaels instantly. Iron Mike then draped Austin's t-shirt across the unconscious Michaels. The arena was bedlam. The Attitude Era had officially begun. Result: Steve Austin wins WWF Championship by pinfall (Stone Cold Stunner). Time: 20:02.