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WrestleMania XIV was the fourteenth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation, which took place on March 29, 1998 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was commentated by Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler. The tagline for WrestleMania XIV was dX raided.

The pay-per-view event was mostly remembered for the start of the first World Wrestling Federation Championship reign for Stone Cold Steve Austin. His victory in the Main Event, against Shawn Michaels (who performed despite his own severe injury), is often cited as the “official” beginning of the Attitude Era.

Austin pinned Michaels after a Stone Cold Stunner. With the referee down, Mike Tyson, who was thought to be siding with Michaels, turned on him and counted Austin’s pin himself, giving Stone Cold the win.

After the match Tyson knocked out Michaels, whom he’d been friendly with leading up to the event, with a right hook and accepted an Austin 3:16 t-shirt to drape over his downed body.

This was Michaels’ last match for 4 years because of a severe back injury which was sustained at the Royal Rumble, two months earlier.