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"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen - we are LIVE from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana for the biggest night in the wrestling calendar. Thirty historic years of glory, passion and heart-stopping moments have led us to tonight. We join our broadcast team of Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry &amp;#039;The King&amp;#039; Lawler, who will be on hand to describe all the standout moments as they happen.      This is the place where shows are stolen and legends are made. Will John Cena finally get the better of the demonic Wyatt Family? Will Brock finally end the streak? And will the story of the Yes! Movement have a fairytale ending? It&amp;#039;s all on the line at the Grandest Stage of Them All. Welcome to WrestleMania XXX! Pre-show: WWE Tag Team Championship - The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (c) vs. Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) vs. The Real Americans (Cesaro and Jack Swagger) vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel - Winners and still WWE Tag Team Champions: The Usos The crowd explodes as our host the Immortal Hulk Hogan introduces us to the big event, fluffing his lines in the process. Thankfully, it takes a Rattlesnake to interrupt him. Stone Cold Steve Austin makes his way to the ring to a huge ovation. Austin pays tribute to superstars of the past, present and future, throwing in as many &amp;#039;Hell Yeahs&amp;#039; as he can and promises a lot of ass kicking until\u2026      The most electrifying music in sports entertainment hits the arena! Three of the biggest superstars of all time are now sharing the ring, and it&amp;#039;s incredible. The Rock takes his turn in the spotlight and takes time to put over the amazing matches heading our way tonight, mixing it with his own brand of the People&amp;#039;s Humour. To finish what can only be described as the greatest opening in WrestleMania history, all three icons let rip with their classic catchphrases before having a beer bash for the ages. The hairs on my arms have taken a turn for the vertical. It&amp;#039;s going to be a special night. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley      The Road to WrestleMania: Daniel Bryan&amp;#039;s story from indie scene darling to one of the most popular in history is nothing short of remarkable. He&amp;#039;s defied all the odds and climbed the mountain, almost to the very top. But one man seems hell-bent on stopping him from reaching the summit and being the face of the WWE. Triple has grown so tired of the Yes Movement that he has put a shot in the title match on the line if it means getting a chance to manhandle the bearded warrior. The months prior to WrestleMania have seen Bryan screwed so often by The Authority that he even staged an &amp;#039;Occupy Raw&amp;#039; demonstration in protest of the tyrannical regime. After the bell is rung, Triple H offers the Bryan a handshake, but The Beard sees the trap and unleashes a furious flurry of quick kicks to send The Game reeling to the outside. Daniel Bryan tries to dictate the pace in the early going, whilst trying to protect his wounded shoulder. The bout heads to the outside with Bryan launching himself at Helmsley before heading to the top turnbuckle, flipping through the air - but Triple H counters with a slam to the arena floor. After another brief exchange in the ring it&amp;#039;s back to the outside, with Triple dropping the Beard, injured shoulder first, on to the announce table. The Cerebral Assassin is now in control, and goes to work on the bandaged limbs of Bryan. Just as it looks like The Beard is trying to build some momentum, HHH counters a flying goat with a venomous punch and follows it by slamming him on the ring apron.  Michael Cole rightfully points out that Triple H has an answer for everything. Although this is the first time they have met in the ring, Helmsley obviously watches Bryan every week and knows his foe intimately. The match becomes a dissection when The King of Kings locks in a crossface. Daniel Bryan finally fires up with a handful of punches, shoulderblocks and kicks and earns near falls with two big German suplexes. Triple H counters again, locking in a crossface chickenwing before launching the fan favourite with a German suplex of his own. The action moves to the turnbuckle with Bryan is in trouble. An exchange of punches on the top ends with a scintillating Sunset Flip Powerbomb from Bryan. Daniel Bryan is firing up and hits two of his three corner dropkicks, but HHH answers the third with decapitating clothesline. Triple H goes for the Pedigree, but Bryan reverses into a pin attempt and kicks him right in the chops. The American Dragon then heads upstairs for a flying goat, but again, The Game scouts it well with a raised knee and reapplies the Crossface. Daniel Bryan is not ever going to quit. He counters the crossface, locking the Yes Lock for what felt like an eternity until HHH finally had the bottom rope in his grasp and rolls out of the ring. Bryan takes the fight to The Game on the outside with two flying goats and a massive missile dropkick back in the squared circle. The fans explode when their hero hits three of those stinging kicks - earning a two count in the process. Daniel Bryan calls for the running knee, but is destroyed with a spinebuster and a big Pedigree. Incredibly, Bryan kicks out on two and the earth shakes!  Triple H continues to work over his nemesis as his wife Stephanie irritatingly screams support from the ringside. The Cerebral Assassin tries twice more to lock the arms for more Pedigree attempts, but Bryan counters the second attempt, sending HHH to his knees with another vicious kick and then unleashes the flying knee to the COO and for the victory! Daniel Bryan is going to the main event and the McMahon Helmsley couple are livid. Triple H takes out the frustrations of his loss by destroying Daniel Bryan&amp;#039;s arm with a steel chair. Winner: Daniel Bryan  Was This Awesome? Absolutely - The opening match at WrestleMania has to be something special. This was not a classic, but it sure set the tempo for what&amp;#039;s to come later. These days it&amp;#039;s always something of a novelty to see Triple H in action, and as usual, his entrance to the arena was spectacular to say the very least. I still find it remarkable that this was the first time these two have locked horns. The bout itself was thankfully not over as quickly as one of Daniel Bryan&amp;#039;s past &amp;#039;Mania experiences, with the drama rightfully given a decent amount of time to simmer before reaching boiling point. The build for bout was spot on. Triple H picking apart Daniel Bryan and seemingly having a telepathic understanding of what card the fan favourite was going play next only added to the story. It&amp;#039;s always a welcome sight seeing The Pedigree, and Bryan&amp;#039;s power up routine really is Hulking Up for the twenty-first century. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) The Road to WrestleMania: The Authority&amp;#039;s Director of Operations has got a big problem with The Hounds of Justice. After they refused to put a beating on Jerry Lawler, he hired a pair of Outlaws from an era of Attitude to teach the newly-turned fan favourites a lesson. After months of disillusionment, the dominant force known as The Shield are more united than ever - and they&amp;#039;ve got plans for The Devil&amp;#039;s Favourite (Corporate) Demon along with the pesky duo of bygone throwbacks.  The dominant Roman Reigns opens the match with his usual brand of furious brutality, heading to the outside to hit both Mr Ass and Road Dogg with his ringside apron axe kick at the same time. The bout is off to a furious frenzy, with the action all over the place. Ambrose and Rollins leap onto the New Age Outlaws on the outside, before The One Man Roman Empire annihilates Kane with a monstrous spear. The match reaches its surprisingly fast crescendo when The Shield introduces the New Age Outlaws to the &amp;#039;Double-Triple Powerbomb&amp;#039; for the victory.  Winners: The Shield Was this Awesome? - It had the hallmarks for great match if it was given time. Every year it seems that one match seems to get short changed, and this was it for WM30. This bout served as a fast and impressive way to show just how strong The Shield unit is again. The Hounds of Justice are the future of the WWE - and that Double Triple was seriously cool. Andr\u00E9 the Giant Memorial Battle Royal The Road to WrestleMania: Not just your standard &amp;#039;get as many superstars on the card for a WrestleMania payday match&amp;#039;, this has the added prestige of having a five foot trophy awaiting the winner. The WWE has made a great attempt to consciously add some decent build for this rumble, giving it plenty of TV time and basically force feeding us that the Big Show will win. With so much carnage going down, it&amp;#039;s best if we just bullet the highlights: Only Sheamus and Big Show are worthy enough of entrances Cesaro is the unannounced mystery participant Yoshi Tatsu (remember him?) is dispatched first Big Show ploughs through everyone in his path Near misses for both Dolph Ziggler and Rey Mysterio We realise David Otunga is in fact alive\u2026 when he is eliminated Mark Henry eliminates both Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal Intercontinental Champion Big E is dispatched by Fandango, who then dances on the apron Sheamus HATES dancing, and bashes Fandango 30 times across the chest before sending him packing Cesaro ducks a 619 from Rey, then sticks him with a huge uppercut Cesaro continues his rampage, uppercutting Dolph and Big Show in the process The jobbers begin to disperse Kofi Moment! The West African goes for a Trouble in Paradise on Cesaro in the corner, but Real American sends him over his head to eliminate him. Or does he? Kofi incredibly lands with his feet on the bottom ringstep, thus not touching the arena floor.  Kofi hits a Trouble in Paradise on Big Show after telegraphing a chokeslam\u2026 But is then sent to dizzyville with a huge big swing from Cesaro After briefly getting the crowd&amp;#039;s attention, Dolph is eliminated by Alberto Del Rio A brief brawl between ADR and Sheamus ends with both heading to the back The final two are the Big Show and Cesaro There&amp;#039;s a great little exchange when The Swiss Strongman ducks a chokeslam and tries in vain to topple the giant with uppercuts. Cesaro then tries to clothesline Show over the top, but it&amp;#039;s to no avail. He follows that with an attack from the turnbuckle, but is hit with a nasty mid-air shot from the World&amp;#039;s Largest Athlete. Big Show goes for a choke toss to end the battle, but incredibly, Cesaro hoists him onto his shoulders and dumps the giant to the floor to win the match. Winner of the inaugural Andr\u00E9 the Giant Battle Royal Memorial Trophy: Cesaro Was this Awesome? This was good clean throwaway fun with added star power. On my count, there were eight former world or WWE champions in this huge mash-up. It reminded me of battle royals from times past when in the first few minutes you couldn&amp;#039;t make out what was going on (except for someone like Jim Neidhart comically leaping out of the ring). The moments of awesomeness were there - and some were spectacular. We got a WrestleMania Kofi Moment, which was just as bonkers as it sounds, and we also got a real WrestleMania moment when Cesaro showed shades of Hulk Hogan as he lifted up a giant to win the match. After what happened during the kick-off show, I can&amp;#039;t imagine that the glorious five foot Andre The Giant trophy will be around too long before Jack Swagger trashes it. WWFact: A similarly crazy twenty superstar battle royal happened at WrestleMania IV that was won by Bad News Brown. The last man to be eliminated was future Hall of Famer Bret &amp;#039;Hitman&amp;#039; Hart, making his debut on the Grandest Stage of Them All. John Cena vs Bray Wyatt      The Road to WrestleMania: At the 2014 Royal Rumble the Wyatt family jumped John Cena - costing the Cenation leader the WWE Championship - and began a bitter feud which has taken the frontman of the entire federation to the darkest parts of his soul. Bray Wyatt has attacked Cena mentally. He has set out to prove to the world that Cena&amp;#039;s morals are nothing but a hollow illusion in an era of lies. Wyatt is hell-bent on turning John Cena into the monster he thinks is buried beneath the surface. The Wyatt Family creepily stalk down the ramp with their music being played live by an equally creepy looking band, while John Cena surprisingly heads to the ring with very little apart from his standard fanfare. Bray Wyatt begins by dropping to his knees arms open, begging Cena to finish him and embrace his dark side. As he holds Cena in the corner he creepily screams: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Haha, he doesn&amp;#039;t even wanna fight me!&amp;#039;&amp;#039; The disturbed redneck skulks around the squared circle taunting Cena, before getting on the receiving end of some angered offense from the former WWE Champion.  So far so gritty, with the match living up to its ugly brawl status rather than the pure wrestling match nobody was expecting. John Cena&amp;#039;s having trouble dealing with the mind games. He is trying being vicious and fighting dirty, which makes him hold his head and question himself. Wyatt is loving every second - he takes control with some ugly slams and locks in a tight sleeper. The Cenation leader struggles out of the submission hold and hits three of the five moves of doom, but is shocked to his shoes to find Bray Wyatt propped up in his creepy spider stance. After more exchanges Cena tries for the top rope Fame-asser, only to be caught mid-air by Bray countering it with a huge catch powerbomb. Cena again tries for the five moves, but it&amp;#039;s scouted by the big bearded psychopath. The struggle continues upstairs, with both superstars duelling on the turnbuckle. After pushing Bray to the canvas, John Cena leaps on to the Harper and Rowan at ringside. Wyatt goes for the ring steps, but it&amp;#039;s now Cena&amp;#039;s turn to counter. With the ring steps in his hand standing over the prone Bray, it looks as if Cena will finally embrace his inner rage, but he snaps out of it before he can bring down the stairs.  Back in the ring, Bray smashes the former Champ with a big side body check - but the favour is returned by Cena who scores a near fall with an AA. After kicking out on two, Wyatt gets a two after hitting a Driveby. He then sits in the ring cradling The Cenation leader singing &amp;#039;He&amp;#039;s Got the Whole World in his Hands&amp;#039;. Wyatt then tries for a big splash, but again Cena telegraphs with another big AA for the two count. Bray then launches Cena to the ringside, where Luke Harper is waiting. John Cena has other plans, and pops up to spear Harper through the barricade. The action is back in the ring, which leads Bray to hang upside down in the corner, sending the crowd into meltdown. Both superstars exchange submissions before Bray nails Cena with a kiss from Sister Abigail. The demented family leader then heads to the crowd to get a chair and gives it to Cena in the ring, begging him to waste him with it. The Cenation leader looks like he is going to finally lose it, but he instead drops Erick Rowan with the furniture instead. This allows Bray the chance to hit another Sister Abigail, but Cena reverses into an AA for the big victory. Winner: John Cena  Was This Awesome? Good, but not great. It all felt kind of sluggish. The storytelling from both Bray Wyatt and the demon battling tale told by John Cena made for riveting drama. But sadly, the action couldn&amp;#039;t live up to the epic parable. I don&amp;#039;t think there was ever any doubt about who was going to win, which made me even more shocked to hear my friend Domenic had won \u00A320 by betting on Cena! I hope this feud isn&amp;#039;t over, but my gut tells me that the Eater of Worlds has different planets in the WWE Universe on his menu. We finally get a welcome breather from the action to see a roll call of legends in the Hall of Fame class of 2014. It&amp;#039;s always a bit strange seeing the gorgeous Lita wearing a dress though! Read part two of our Wrestlemania XXX review here  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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