| 1 | Steve Austin New WWF World Heavyweight Champion — Main Event WrestleMania XIV was the defining moment of Steve Austin's career and the night that established him as the most commercially valuable performer in professional wrestling history. His championship win launched the Attitude Era proper and began the company's recovery in the Monday Night Wars ratings battle. Despite his own admission that the match was below his personal quality standard due to both men's injuries, the cultural significance of the championship change transcended the in-ring quality debate. | Challenger — became WWF Champion | Won | WWF Champion through Attitude Era's commercial golden period |
| 2 | Shawn Michaels Outgoing WWF Champion — Career-Ending Back Injury Shawn Michaels' performance at WM14 remains one of professional wrestling's most extraordinary acts of physical courage — competing with three herniated discs in conditions that most athletes would consider career-ending. His four-year subsequent absence proved the severity of the injury. His WM14 performance — given those circumstances — drew widespread praise for its professionalism and quality despite the physical limitations. | WWF Champion — lost title | — | — |
| 3 | The Undertaker Brothers of Destruction Match — First vs. Kane | WM Streak: 7-0 The Undertaker's WM14 performance against Kane was considered his most entertaining WrestleMania match in the event's history to that point — a genuinely compelling grudge match between two physically imposing performers in a programme with real narrative depth. His streak extended to 7-0 as the Brothers of Destruction mythology was formally established. | Singles match vs. Kane — first meeting | Won | — |
| 4 | Kane WM Debut — First Match vs. Undertaker Kane's WrestleMania debut against The Undertaker launched one of professional wrestling's most celebrated and enduring rivalries. Glenn Jacobs' portrayal of the masked, silent, supernatural Kane had been one of WWF's most effectively executed character introductions of the decade. | WM debut — first match vs. Undertaker | Lost | — |
| 5 | The Rock WWF Intercontinental Champion — Retained via Reverse Decision The Rock's WM14 championship retention via the reverse DQ decision was a perfect character moment — The Great One escaping with his championship through his opponent's uncontrolled fury rather than his own superiority. Rocky also coined 'If you smell what The Rock is cooking?' at WM14 in his pre-match Gennifer Flowers interview. His Attitude Era ascent was visible in every aspect of his WM14 performance. | WWF Intercontinental Champion — retained | — | — |
| 6 | Mick Foley (as Cactus Jack) Won WWF Tag Team Championship — Dumpster Match Mick Foley's WM14 performance as Cactus Jack in the Dumpster Match was one of the event's most crowd-pleasing championship changes. Foley's willingness to take extraordinary physical punishment in service of the match's entertainment value was characteristic of his entire career. | Dumpster Match — won WWF Tag Title as Cactus Jack | Won with Terry Funk | — |
| 7 | Triple H WWF European Champion — Retained vs. Owen Hart Triple H retained the European Championship at WM14 with Chyna's assistance — the most significant singles championship defence of his career to that point. His trajectory from the Hunter Hearst Helmsley blue-blood character through the D-Generation X leader to eventual world championship contender was advancing rapidly in early 1998. | WWF European Champion — retained | — | — |
| 8 | Owen Hart Final WrestleMania — Lost European Championship Match Owen Hart's WM14 performance against Triple H was his final WrestleMania appearance — he died tragically on May 23, 1999 at Over the Edge 1999 in a ring entrance stunt accident. The knowledge of what came later gives every Owen Hart WM performance retrospective emotional weight. | European Championship challenger — lost | — | — |