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WrestleMania XIV marked the first time that the European Championship was defended at a WrestleMania event. It was also the first and only time that the Light Heavyweight Championship was defended at a WrestleMania event.
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.
Referee Earl Hebner who was suppose to referee the main event had suffered an aneurysm shortly before the event and was hospitalized for weeks and Mike Chioda replaced him as the referee. 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!"
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.
This was the first WrestleMania to use red ring ropes, black mats on the outside of the ring, and black barricades
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Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels (w/Mike Tyson as Special Guest Enforcer) to win the WWF Championship (20:02)
- Austin pinned Michaels after a Stone Cold Stunner. With the referee down, Mike Tyson turned on Michaels by counting Austin's
pin himself, giving Stone Cold the win.
- After the match, Tyson knocked out HBK with a punch and accepted an Austin 3:16 t-shirt to drape over Michaels. This turned
out to be Michael's last match for 4 years because of a severe back injury which was sustained at the Royal Rumble, two months
earlier.
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