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WM XXX: Money, Mania and The End Of An Era.

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     On April 6 th 2014, WrestleMania XXX descended upon the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, with over 75,000 spectators in attendance. The event went down in the history books as the biggest and most spectacular WrestleMania of all time. It was filled with action, drama, excitement, surprises and shocks but most of all, it turned out to be the biggest money – spinner of the year for the WWE. For the past three decades, WrestleMania has been the chef d’oeuvre of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the event is often billed as the Mecca of sports entertainment.      WrestleMania XXX marked three decades of the WWE’s flagship pay-per-view and the company went all out to generate the hype, excitement and storylines, in the build – up to the Super Bowl of professional wrestling. A star-studded line-up of wrestlers, multiple championships on the line and a legendary host, the immortal Hulk Hogan, were just some of the fireworks that the WWE ignited at WrestleMania. And no