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|stip4 = [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Tournament final match]] for the vacant [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burdick|first1=Michael|title=The finals of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament to take place at WrestleMania 34|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/wrestlemania-34/16-man-cruiserweight-championship-tournament|publisher=WWE|date=February 1, 2018|accessdate=February 2, 2018}}</ref> |
|stip4 = [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Tournament final match]] for the vacant [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burdick|first1=Michael|title=The finals of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament to take place at WrestleMania 34|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/wrestlemania-34/16-man-cruiserweight-championship-tournament|publisher=WWE|date=February 1, 2018|accessdate=February 2, 2018}}</ref> |
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Promotion | WWE | ||
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
Date | April 8, 2018 | ||
City | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
Venue | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | ||
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WrestleMania chronology | |||
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WrestleMania 34 will be the thirty-fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on April 8, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Production
Background
WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event,[1] having been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[2] The event will be the second WrestleMania to be held in the state of Louisiana, after 2014 and the second held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.[3] Tickets went on sale on November 17, 2017, with individual tickets costing $35 to $2,000.[4] On October 30, 2017, traveling packages with accommodation ranging from $1,150 to $8,525 per person were sold.[4][5]
Storylines
The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by WWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands.[6][7][8] Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live,[9] and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.[10]
At the Royal Rumble, AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a handicap match to retain the WWE Championship. Later that night, Shinsuke Nakamura won the men's Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns. After the match, Nakamura called out Styles when questioned on which world title he would challenge for at WrestleMania 34, confirming his intentions to face Styles for the WWE Championship and to stay on the SmackDown brand.[11] However, Nakamura's opponent may change; on the January 30 episode of SmackDown Live, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were scheduled to face each other the following week to determine who would face Styles for the title at Fastlane,[12] however, their match ended in a double disqualification due to interference from Styles, who was then scheduled to defend the WWE Championship against both Owens and Zayn in a triple threat match at the event.[13] That match was changed to a fatal five-way as both Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler were added for gaining wins over Owens and Zayn, respectively, on the February 13 episode.[14]
Also at the Royal Rumble, Asuka won the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Nikki Bella. As a result, Asuka earned the right to challenge for either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 34. Before she could make her decision that night, she was interrupted by former UFC star Ronda Rousey, confirming she had signed full-time with WWE.[11] The following night on Raw, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon convinced Asuka to wait until after Elimination Chamber to pick which championship to challenge for, as Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss was scheduled to defend her title in the first-ever women's Elimination Chamber match.[15]
Since men's Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura chose to stay on SmackDown and challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34, this left Brock Lesnar, who at the same event retained his Universal Championship against Braun Strowman and Kane in a triple threat match, without an opponent at WrestleMania.[11] In response, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle scheduled a number one contender's Elimination Chamber match at the namesake event to determine who would face Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania.[15] Strowman, Elias, John Cena, Roman Reigns, The Miz, Finn Bálor, and Seth Rollins each qualified, marking the first seven-man Elimination Chamber match.[15][16][14]
After previous WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore was released from WWE on January 23, 2018, and the title was vacated,[17][18] it was announced that a general manager would be appointed for 205 Live and would address the championship; 205 Live was previously controlled by the Raw General Manager as 205 Live is part of the Raw brand.[19] On the January 30 episode of 205 Live, Drake Maverick (formerly known as Rockstar Spud in Impact Wrestling) was appointed as the 205 Live General Manager. Maverick announced that there would be a 16-man single elimination tournament to crown a new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, with the finals to occur at WrestleMania 34. The tournament began that episode with Cedric Alexander and TJP advancing to the quarter finals by defeating Gran Metalik and Tyler Bate, respectively.[20] Over the next couple of weeks, Kalisto, Roderick Strong, Mark Andrews, and Drew Gulak also advanced to the quarter finals with wins over Lince Dorado, Hideo Itami, Akira Tozawa, and Tony Nese, respectively.[21][22] Mustafa Ali versus Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Buddy Murphy versus Ariya Daivari will finish out the first round matches on the February 20 episode.[22]
Matches
No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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1 | TBD (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura | Singles match for the WWE Championship[23][24] | ||||
2 | TBD (c) vs. Asuka | Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship or the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[25] | ||||
3 | TBD (c) vs. TBD | Match for the WWE Universal Championship[15] | ||||
4 | TBD vs. TBD | Tournament final match for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship[26] | ||||
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WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament
First Round 205 Live (1/30/18[20], 2/6/18,[21] 2/13/18,[22] 2/20/18[22]) | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final WrestleMania 34 | ||||||||||||
Cedric Alexander | Pin[20] | ||||||||||||||
Gran Metalik | 9:27 | ||||||||||||||
Cedric Alexander | |||||||||||||||
TJP | |||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | Pin[20] | ||||||||||||||
TJP | 14:31 | ||||||||||||||
Kalisto | Pin[21] | ||||||||||||||
Lince Dorado | 11:37 | ||||||||||||||
Kalisto | |||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | |||||||||||||||
Hideo Itami | 17:04 | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin[21] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | Pin[22] | ||||||||||||||
Akira Tozawa | 12:28 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | |||||||||||||||
Drew Gulak | |||||||||||||||
Tony Nese | 16:10 | ||||||||||||||
Drew Gulak | Sub[22] | ||||||||||||||
Mustafa Ali | |||||||||||||||
Gentleman Jack Gallagher | |||||||||||||||
Buddy Murphy | |||||||||||||||
Ariya Daivari |
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