Luna Vachon reportedly had a hard time when she trained with Rena Mero (Sable) for their match; Mero refused to learn how to take bumps and Vachon was told by WWF management that hurting Mero in the ring would put her job in jeopardy.
Shawn Michaels wrestled the main event with a serious back injury. This was his last wrestling match for over four years.
This was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 2 to not feature Bret Hart.
Kofi Kingston was in attendance, almost ten years before he made his debut on WWE TV.
The referees that Ken Shamrock took out after his match were not real referees, but rather, local independent wrestlers in referee outfits. After SummerSlam 1997 (in which Shamrock did the same thing), it was decided not to put the real referees in danger like that again.