WrestleMania XXX Pre-Show Results
The pre-show has officially started. We will begin our updates when the first match hits the ring, which is expected to be the WWE Tag-Team Championship bout featuring The Usos defending the titles against The Real Americans, Los Matadores and the team of Ryback and Curtis Axel.
WWE Tag-Team Championships
Elimination Match
– The Usos (c) vs. The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Ryback & Curtis Axel
After a bunch of panel discussion and pre-taped video packages, we finally head down to the announce table. Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and JBL welcome us to the first match of the evening, which is a WWE Tag-Team Championship match. The match was changed to an elimination style match during the pre-show.
Out first are The Real Americans. Zeb Colter cut a mini-promo, which was pretty basic standard stuff, during their walk to the ring. Out next is the team of Ryback and Curtis Axel. Next, Los Matadores, accompanied as usual by El Torito, make their way to the ring. Finally, the WWE Tag-Team Champions — The Usos — make their way to the ring. The first match of WrestleMania XXX is about to officially get underway everybody!
Axel and Uso start things off. The two trade a bunch of chops. Axel goes to tag in The Real Americans, however both guys jump off the apron and refuse to accept the tag. Axel gets back in the mix with Uso and blasts him with a huge dropkick. Axel tags in Ryback, and the boo’s and “Goldberg” chants immediately start up.
Ryback goes to work on Uso in the corner. Uso starts firing back punches. Ryback ends up cutting his offensive attempt short, flooring him with a big clothesline. Out of nowhere, Diego of the Los Matadores tags himself in.
Uso rolls Diego up immediately, however Diego manages to kick out. Uso tags in his brother and the two nail Diego with a double superkick. Diego chops the crap out of Uso and starts turning the tide a bit.
Fernando tags in now and he picks up where Diego left off with Uso. Uso tags Cesaro in and the crowd erupts. Cesaro beats up Diego for a second and then tags Jack Swagger in. Swagger levels Diego with a huge clothesline as a loud “we the people” chant breaks out in New Orleans.
A big melee breaks out with everyone in the match, ending when everyone except Axel is laid out on the floor. El Torito goes for a big dive but Axel stops him. Los Matadores hop up on the apron, with Axel seated on the top rope. Torito gets back in the mix and all four guys tumble out to the floor, crashing onto everyone who was out there.
Back in the ring, after a loud “holy shit” and “this is awesome” chant, the action resumes with Swagger and Diego. Swagger locks Diego in the Patriot Lock. Diego ends up tapping out.
The Los Matadores are the first team to be elimination.
Uso and Swagger are the legal men in the ring now. Uso misses a big superkick attempt and Swagger locks in the Patriot Lock on him. He ends up escaping. Axel tags in and now he and Uso are the legal men in the ring.
After a bunch of tag-ins and tag-outs, when all of the smoke clears, Cesaro blasts Ryback out of nowhere with The Neutralizer finisher for the 1-2-3.
Curtis Axel and Ryback are now eliminated.
The only two teams left now are The Usos and The Real Americans. Whoever wins this fall will walk out of New Orleans as the WWE Tag-Team Champions. A loud “we the people” chant breaks out before all four guys collide in the middle of the ring. The Usos end up knocking Cesaro and Swagger out to opposite sides of the floor. They each do a big dive over the ropes, crashing onto both Real American members on the floor.
A loud “this is awesome” chant breaks out again now as the action returns to the ring. Cesaro goes for the Cesaro Swing but the other Uso comes in to break it up. Uso hits a crazy spinning dive off the top rope onto both Cesaro and Swagger inside the ring. He goes for the pin but only gets two. Uso goes for the butt-splash on Swagger in the corner, but Swagger reverses it into the Patriot Lock. All four members end up in the ring knocking each other around.
Another “this is awesome” chant breaks out again as all four guys are laid out. Uso throws Cesaro into Swagger. Cesaro knocks Swagger off the apron and onto the floor. The Usos go to the top rope on opposite ends of the ring. They hit a double-splash off the top. 1-2-3. The Usos win and retain the WWE Tag-Team Championships.
Winners and STILL WWE Tag-Team Champions: The Usos
After The Match: The Real Americans Break Up
After the match, Cesaro is laid out in the ring. Zeb Colter stands over him yelling at him. Jack Swagger starts yelling at him as well. Swagger locks Cesaro in the Patriot Lock but Colter yells at him “don’t do it” so he lets go. He orders Swagger to shake his hand. Swagger extends his hand to Cesaro. Cesaro looks around at the crowd and then to Colter. Cesaro goes to shake his hand but instead grabs Swagger by the legs. He does the Cesaro Swing to Swagger as the fans count along. We see a shot of Colter looking upset in the corner of the ring. Cesaro poses to the crowd and leaves by himself as the fans explode with approval.
The pre-show is over now, and the official WrestleMania XXX intro video package is now airing. Here we go ladies and gentlemen!
WrestleMania XXX Pay-Per-View Results
The video package is playing now. Stick with us as we will be updating literally every minute or two throughout the entire show!
After the video package wraps up, we shoot live into the arena and Justin Roberts immediately introduces the host of WrestleMania — Hulk Hogan. “Real American” blasts through the speakers of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and 70,000-plus fans literally explode with cheers. “The Hulkster” poses a bit at the top of what is a very elaborate, really cool looking stage, before finally making his way to the ring as the cheers get louder and louder.
Opening Segment: Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin & The Rock
The music fades down and the cheers, which didn’t seem to be able to get any louder, get way louder. “Well let me tell you something, brother!” begins Hogan. The fans chant “Hogan, Hogan” as “The Hulkster” begins his promo.
Hogan talks about being at the first WrestleMania. He says 30 years later, “right here in the Silverdome,” and the fans boo like crazy. They chant “you fucked up” at Hogan and he finally corrects himself. “I’m sorry, the Superdome!” says Hogan, and the fans applaud wildly. He says he was thinking back to when he slammed Andre The Giant at WrestleMania III. Before he can continue, the glass breaks and out comes “Stone Cold” Steve Austin!
Austin does his “B.M.F.” walk to the ring as the fans go literally insane with cheers. Austin does his pose on all four corners to the loud reaction of all the fans in the Superdome (not the Silverdome!).
The music fades and Austin gets right in Hogan’s face. “If you’re ready for WrestleMania 30, give me a hell yeah!” The fans respond with a loud “hell yeah!” Austin makes a joke about Hogan calling this building the Silverdome. The fans laugh.Austin says he normally opens up a can of whoop ass of anyone who’s in the ring with him. He asks the fans if they want to see Austin open a can of whoop ass on Hulk Hogan, to give him a hell yeah. They all chant hell yeah.
The “What?” chants break out so Austin plays into them by going down the list, saying “WrestleMania 1″ …”What?!” …”WrestleMania 2″ …”What?!” etc. all the way up to ten, before saying we get the picture. Austin says he respects Hogan and shakes his hand. Hogan asks for somebody to give Austin a hell yeah. Everyone chants “hell yeah!” Austin asks all of the current WWE Superstars to put it all on the line tonight. He reminds everyone that “Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass.”
Out of nowhere, we hear “if ya smell….” and the fans erupt again. The Rock makes his way out to the ring. Well, we definitely have a “WrestleMania Moment” unfolding before our very eyes here, as three of the biggest icons in the history of the business are all standing together in the ring. Rock does his pose on all four corners of the ring, stopping at one point to give “Stone Cold” a big-ass hug.
Before The Rock even begins, the fans break out into a huge “this is awesome” chant. Seeing these three standing in the ring really is a cool sight, by the way. Rock does his “finally” stuff to start off. Rock makes a Superdome reference and Hogan blushes. Rock pats Hogan on the shoulder as a loud “Superdome” chant breaks out.
The Rock says he sees his good buddy “Stone Cold” and his childhood hero “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan. Rock says he sees, without question, the two biggest names in the history of WWE. He talks about having the honor of facing them both at WrestleMania. Rock talks about John Cena, saying he wouldn’t exist without Hogan. He talks about a man rising above Authority, but that wouldn’t happen without a man kicking his bosses ass like Stone Cold. The fans break out into the first of what will likely be a ton of “Yes!” chants.
The Rock does his “if ya smell” line, followed by Austin doing his “that’s the bottom line” line and Hogan doing his “whatcha gonna do?” line. Hogan makes one more “Superdome” comments and then “Real American” plays again as the beers get thrown into the ring for all three legends to have a “Stone Cold” beer bash to kick off WrestleMania XXX.
