Date: April 6th, 2014
Venue: Superdome (or is it Silverdome?) - New Orleans
Attendance: 60,000-65,000 (need further verification for actual figure)
First off, looking back in hindsight, bold choice in going with the roman numeral 30 on your Wrestlemania 30 logo. I don't think we need to imagine all the NC-17 related jokes that you can come up with regarding that title alone. (NC-17 referring to the motion picture rating for adult content, not the handle of a now-defunct Youtube personality who fell off the face of the Earth.)
Anyway, Wrestlemania XXX is one of those interesting beasts that's interesting to look at because it's interesting in hindsight. It was under a much different regime of WWE compared to today's WWE - well, for a variety of reasons, but we'll focus on the creative side alone. Anyway, the company was dead set on bringing back former WWE superstar turned proper actor Dave Batista back to win the Royal Rumble and challenge reigning WWE champion Randy Orton in the main event of Wrestlemania. For a milestone Mania, we needed a milestone main event and that... well, in hindsight, not quite that big of a deal, if I'm being honest.
Had things gone according to plan, that's how it would've gone down. Unfortunately, the WWE Universe had other ideas. 'Cuz there was this fella named Daniel Bryan that people took a liking to and the result was a YES movement that not only took over WWE events, but other sports as well. It got to the point where the crowd was reaching almost riotous levels and WWE pretty much had no choice but to pivot as a result. Hmm, doesn't that sound familiar...
Anyway, let's revisit this show and see how well it's held up.