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Josh Mathews opened the show and then
brought in The Bella Twins. The Bellas agreed that A.J. Lee will not be the
champion after Sunday, but they disagree on which one of them will take the
title. Brie spoke about Daniel Bryan going for the title at WrestleMania. She
said the fans want it and it has to happen.
Mathews brought up “your
fiancée John Cena” to Nikki, who quickly pointed out that they’re not engaged
yet. They spoke about Cena vs. Bray Wyatt. She said the John Cena you see on
television is the same person she sees at home. “He’s real and he’s authentic,”
she said.
Brie said she thinks the fans have connected with Bryan like
they haven’t with another superstar in a long time. Summer Rae walked into the
interview and Mathews asked about her issues with Brie on Total Divas. She said
she is new and has to prove herself to everyone.
Mark Henry checked in
and the Divas headed out. I guess he has that effect on women. Henry noted that
he lives just up the street. He said he enjoys WWE Axxess because he has young
children and enjoys watching them play with other fans. He spoke about the Andre
the Giant Battle Royal, but he was interrupted by the music…
Michael
Cole opened the actual press conference on the stage. He spoke about the impact
that WrestleMania has on communities, then introduced Stephanie McMahon. She
spoke about 30 years of WrestleMania and how her father created the event. She
spoke about “my friend” Andre the Giant bodyslam Big John Studd, and Hulk Hogan
and Mr. T beat Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. She said she was smiling ear to
ear.
Steph said WrestleMania 30 will be held in front of a capacity crowd
and will be available on all pay-per-view platforms and on WWE Network. She
threw out the “putting smiles on people’s faces” line, then spoke about their
charity efforts. She laid it on thick while talking about seeing the children
smile when WWE talent read them books.
Cole introduced Hulk Hogan and
noted that he has main evented a third of all WrestleMania events. Hogan tried
to pump up the flat room of reporters. He said it’s “the cat’s meow” for him to
be back at WrestleMania. He spoke about WrestleMania moments like when he
slammed Andre the Giant.
Hogan said “we’re all immortal now” because the
whole thing is going down on WWE Network. He said he is happy to be home. He
said he’s been asking the same “Whatcha gonna do” question for 30 years. He
tried to get the media members to play along with him. He finished the line and
said it was great to be home, then posed for photos.
Triple H said it’s
normally a little more lively when they are in the building. He said if Hogan
couldn’t wake them up then there’s not much he can do. He spoke about wearing
multiple hats in WWE, but he said the biggest is that he’s a fan with a dream.
He spoke about the dream starting in NXT.
Hunter said guys like the Wyatt
Family, Shield, and Big E Langston (he included the name) were in NXT and are
now main eventing WrestleMania. Hunter ran through some of the WWE Network
coverage of WrestleMania 30 week and “the extraordinary value for just $9.99 a
month.”
Hunter said it was time to put his talent hat on. He said no one
exemplifies the dream of making to WrestleMania more than Daniel Bryan. He said
that dream is put out there by the WWE Universe via the Yes Movement.
“Unfortunately for Daniel Bryan, his dream intersects with mine,” Hunter said.
“Unfortunately for Daniel Bryan, that’s not going to work out so good.” He
concluded by saying “only The Game is forever.”
Cole introduced Daniel
Bryan, who did his Yes! arm pumping. He said it’s funny that some of the media
doesn’t know what they’re supposed to do when he comes out. Bryan spoke about
the dream of becoming the best and headlining WrestleMania. “And here I am,” he
said. “It’s unreal.”
Bryan went into character while talking about how
Triple H hates him as a businessman. He pointed out a man dressed up like a
Wyatt Family member and said he looks more like that. Bryan said people have way
more power than they think. He noted that he was wearing a suit and didn’t want
to sound hypocritical, but people can make a difference even though everyone
thinks everything is run by corporate types. He did the “Yes!” bit to
close…
Batista said he had a little time between movies so he thought
he would come back and become WWE Champion. He then pretended to be fans and
mocked himself with “Boo-tista” and “Skinny Jeans” jabs. He said he has one pair
of skinny jeans and he’s going to wear them every week just to piss you
off.
Batista said he wanted to do some things outside WWE, but his heart
is always with WWE. He said he’s a professional wrestler and it’s what he loves.
He spoke about how special it is for him to be at WrestleMania 30. He said it
kind of sucks they turned the match into a Triple Threat, but it’s something he
will deal with. He said this is the last time people will see him as a non-WWE
Champion.
“That was interesting,” Cole said. He introduced Randy Orton,
who came out with both title belts over his shoulders. Orton was in character as
he spoke about retaining his titles. His promo lasted less than a minute. Cole
brought out the other participants in the title scenario and they posed for
photos. A small “Yes!” chant started as Hunter and Bryan posed
together.
Cole introduced John Cena. He said he sees a few members of the
WWE Universe and members of the media. He said based on their silence, he
assumes they are hanging on their every word. He joked about Batista’s speech.
He told a story about a man enthusiastically telling Hulk Hogan that he was at
WrestleMania 3.
Cena said WWE puts on the show of shows so that every
person puts eyes on WrestleMania will have that one moment where they say they
were there. Cena said WrestleMania 30 is revolutionary because the company is
giving everyone a better chance to say they were there (via the
network).
Cena said they will honor and appreciate their past with stars
like Hogan. He said the card and the event is “one for the ages.” He said the
event is 30 years old, but the event is revolutionary. Cena impersonated Hogan
during his closing line.
The production crew cleaned up the stage briefly
and then everyone who took part in the press conference other than Batista got
up and posed for photos. Batista eventually came out and joined them. Then Great
Khali, Naomi, Cameron, Mark Henry, Natalya, Eva Marie, The Bella Twins, Alberto
Del Rio, Big Show, and Summer Rae joined them to close the event…
