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WrestleMania 34 was the 34th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The event took place on April 8, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was the second WrestleMania held at this venue after XXX.

Wrestlemania 34
Wrestlemania 34 Poster
The Official Wrestlemania 34 Poster
Tagline(s) The Mardi Gras of Professional Wrestling
The Granddaddy of The South
The Dragon vs The Machine in The Big Easy
The Franchise vs The Phenom
Theme song(s) "Let the Good Times Roll" by Freddie King
"New Orleans" by Kid Rock
"Celebrate" by Kid Rock
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Promotion WWE
Brand(s) RAW
SmackDown Live
205 Live
Date April 8th, 2018
Venue Mercedes Benz Superdome
City New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance 78,133
Pay-per-view chronology
NXT Takeover: New Orleans Wrestlemania 34 Backlash 2018
Wrestlemania 34 chronology
Wrestlemania 33 Wrestlemania 34 Wrestlemania 35 Night 1
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Wrestlemania 35 Night 2

The card comprised fourteen matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, which was the main match of the SmackDown brand, the winner of the 2018 Royal Rumble, Daniel Bryan would defeated Samoa Joe to win the World Heavyweight Championship. The main match from RAW was contested between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. Where Nakamura would win the WWE Championship. Other matches saw Ronda Rousey make her WWE debut and John Cena taking on the Undertaker in a Highly Anticipated match.

Also on the card, the 2018 and First Women's Royal Rumble winner, Asuka defeated Charlotte Flair to win the Smackdown Women's Championship, Zante Maverick defeated Bobby Roode, Seth Rollins, and Hideo Itami to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time in a Fatal 4 Way Ladder Match, BCW's Eddie Hawkins defeated AJ Styles, Finn Balor defeated , Brock Lesnar defeated Roman Reigns, Shane McMahon and Edge defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, and Akame Yamamoto defeated Alexa Bliss to win her first RAW Women's Championship.

WrestleMania 34 received mixed to positive reviews from fans and critics, with the world title matches being subjected to more mixed to positive Praise, with the main event receiving the most of the latter praise.

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WrestleMania is WWE's flagship pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985. It was the company's first pay-per-view produced and was also WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the WWE Network in 2014. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.

Announced on January 9, 2017, WrestleMania 34 was scheduled to be held on April 8, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event was the second WrestleMania to be held in the state of Louisiana and the second held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, which previously hosted WrestleMania XXX in 2014. On October 30, 2017, traveling packages for the event were sold; tickets went on sale on November 17, 2017, with individual tickets costing from $35 to $2,000.

The three official theme songs for the event were "Celebrate", "New Orleans" (both by Kid Rock), and "Let the Good Times Roll" (by Freddie King). On April 8, prior to the start of WrestleMania, WWE and Snickers held the WrestleMania Block Party at the Champions Square plaza. The tailgate event included appearances from Alundra Blayze and Ric Flair as well from active competitors Tamina and R-Truth. American duo Chloe x Halle performed "America the Beautiful" to kick off the main card of WrestleMania.

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No. Results Stipulation Time Notes
1p Matt Hardy won by last eliminating Baron Corbin Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
2p Cedric Alexander defeated Mustafa Ali by pinfall Tournament Finals for the Vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship
3p Jinder Mahal defeated Cole Quinn (c) by pinfall Singles Match for the WWE Television Championship
4p Naomi won by last eliminating Bayley 20-woman WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal
5 Zante Maverick defeated Seth Rollins (c), Hideo Itami, and Bobby Roode by unhooking the title from it's clasp Fatal 4 Way Ladder Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
6 Asuka defeated Charlotte Flair via Submission Singles Match for the Smackdown Women's Championship
7 Devon Luthor defeated Dean Ambrose (c) by Referee Stoppage Falls Count Anywhere for the WWE United States Championship
8 Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey defeated Triple H and Stephanie McMahon by submission Mixed Tag Team Match
9 The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso), and Rusev Day (Rusev and Aiden English) by pinfall Fatal 4 Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championships
10 Eddie Hawkins (with Barron Blade) defeated AJ Styles (with Triple H and Finn Balor) by pinfall Singles Match
11 Edge and Shane McMahon defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn by pinfall Tag Team Match
12 Finn Balor defeated Randy Orton Singles Match
13 Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable defeated The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro) (c) by pinfall Tag Team Match for the WWE World Tag Team Championships
14 Nia Jax defeated Alexa Bliss (c) (with Mickie James) by pinfall Singles Match for the RAW Women's Championship
15 Shinsuke Nakamura defeated AJ Styles (c) by pinfall Singles Match for the WWE Championship
16 The "American Badass" Undertaker defeated "Dr. of Thuganomics" John Cena by pinfall Singles Match
17 Daniel Bryan defeated Samoa Joe (c) by Submission Singles Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
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