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Hulk Hogan makes a WrestleMania announcement: photos
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[% Q, X% q' I$ uWrestleMania 30 host Hulk Hogan welcomes the WWE Universe in Memphis to The Road to WrestleMania.
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Before making his huge announcement, The Hulkster reminisces about his legendary WWE Championship clash against Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III, witnessed in-person by more than 93,000 fans.
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~! B a+ y4 s7 H- i0 vThen he clues in the WWE Universe: “In celebrating 30 years of WrestleMania, and in honor of one of the greatest WWE Superstars of all time, we're going to have an over-the-top 30 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, brother!”& `1 s& z& |5 h& r$ s1 E
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The top hero of the Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Era is greeted by the Cenation leader.7 k& |3 Q! p C# N& ?1 @. [
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+ u) |/ [" ^/ b% v* I“It’s good to have you home,” John Cena tells Hogan. “The man who was front and center when WrestleMania was born, three decades later, is right back where he belongs!”% D+ a5 E) I4 |$ P8 |2 f
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Enter trouble in the form of The Wyatt Family. "Memphis, we're here," Bray Wyatt informs the crowd.9 y" U) b. S$ V9 X2 Q w8 V
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"I’ve always been fascinated by pride. It is my favorite sin," Wyatt says, adding, "It has the power to blind the strongest of men…even those who claim to be immortal."7 g7 }" l1 f; @/ d; l
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, K4 ^1 D4 w! H"If you look up at me, you will see a friend. If you look down at me, you will see an enemy. But if you look me square in the eye, you will see a god,” Wyatt informs Cena.
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Cena rebukes Wyatt and issues a WrestleMania challenge to "The Eater of Worlds."
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John Cena vs. Erick Rowan: photos
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The Hulkster stays in John Cena's corner for his match against Erick Rowan.
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The Cenation leader surprises the monster with a roll-up for the pin!
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: J; ~6 f& q. L4 PAn epic, generation-spanning pose-down takes place afterward.5 d$ b) H1 `8 `' p- ~- G
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B4 R( j. { c7 _1 n* }The Usos vs. Ryback & Curtis Axel: photos7 Q% C4 R; U. L6 b
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The Authority enters the arena, with Stephanie McMahon describing Daniel Bryan's attack on Triple H a week earlier as "grounds for immediate termination."1 i a2 h/ T9 G: ~ J
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% H, Y6 v; n, W% x) ]6 |; e5 r! {Conceding that Bryan has “a certain niche following,” Stephanie explains that The Authority will not fire Bryan, so long as The Beard apologizes and admits he’s not man enough to be in the ring with Triple H.2 [( p% w0 k# A" G3 U& W) o
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“My husband is above Daniel Bryan professionally, figuratively and literally,” she says.
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" f1 `% b% z- e. [2 aWWE COO Triple H greets former DX running mate Billy Gunn. The New Age Outlaws take a seat at the commentators' table.
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The former tag team champions get first-row seats for a battle between the WWE Tag Team Champion Usos and "Rybaxel."% r! [2 _+ K% p" ?) T3 W. X
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Curtis Axel slows down the action.
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4 \3 V d: S/ u1 j* P7 [7 E, w"NCIS: Los Angeles" stars LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell enjoy the tag team bout.
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- N# e, n3 Q7 h3 H7 GBig E vs. Jack Swagger: photos
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In a rematch from last week's Raw, The Real Americans' Jack Swagger prepares to meet Intercontinental Champion Big E.
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7 H) B: L5 v( a' [& t4 eCesaro and Zeb Colter watch on. Before the match, Swagger tells his Real American partner that he's "got this."
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W B0 [/ u4 p( g+ VBig E uses his high-power offense to take the former World Champion off his feet.
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The Intercontinental Champion scores with a schoolboy! Y& w: X( e+ a. `" a3 F6 S
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Paul Heyman interrupts The Undertaker: photos
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2 ?6 e- v0 @3 G" SDarkness befalls Memphis as WWE's one and only Phenom, The Undertaker, arrives.& }& y1 p0 J0 l6 s$ s" P
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On April 6 at WrestleMania, The Deadman defends his undefeated Streak against Brock Lesnar.; r6 A9 T) {; r
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... Lesnar's advocate, Paul Heyman, interrupts. Addressing The Undertaker as "sir," Heyman puts the historic Streak into perspective.
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+ {0 ]" p* t) @- a3 o7 ^" WThe Undertaker is 21-0 at WrestleMania, while “Mr. WrestleMania” Shawn Michaels never won two WrestleMania matches in a row. Triple H never got past three wins in a row and Hulk Hogan never passed four.
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# F1 Y% N; P( \7 w( t- rHeyman asks The Undertaker to reconsider fighting at WrestleMania, "because your Streak will be conquered by Brock Lesnar!"
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The Undertaker's response is short and sweet: "Brock Lesnar, if he shows up in New Orleans at WrestleMania 30, he will rest in peace!"
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Natalya, who defeated Divas Champion AJ Lee in a non-title match on SmackDown, joins the Raw commentators.
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Daniel Bryan receives a hero's welcome in Memphis' FedEx Forum.
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