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WrestleMania
Nickname(s)"The Grandest Stage of Them All"
"The Showcase of the Immortals"
"The Show of Shows"
"The Greatest Spectacle in Sports Entertainment"
"The Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment"
"The Granddaddy of Them All"
Information
Promotion(s)WWE
Brand(s)Raw
(2003–2011, 2017–present)
SmackDown
(2003–2011, 2017–present)
ECW
(2007–2009)
205 Live
(2018–2019)
NXT
(2020)
First eventWrestleMania I (1985)
Event gimmickWWE's biggest yearly show

WrestleMania is a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event made by WWE since 1985. It is the company's biggest show of the year so it has nicknames like:

  • "The Showcase of the Immortals"
  • "The Granddaddy of 'em All"
  • "The Grandest Stage of Them All"'

WrestleMania is equal to the National Football League's Super Bowl and Major League Baseball's World Series.

The fortieth edition of the event took place on April 6 and 7, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Events

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# Event Date City Venue Claimed attendance Main event match(es) Ref.
1 WrestleMania March 31, 1985 New York City Madison Square Garden 19,121 Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff with Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as the special guest referees [1]
2 WrestleMania 2 April 7, 1986 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum 16,585 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship [2]
Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon 9,000
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,500
3 WrestleMania III March 29, 1987 Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac Silverdome 93,173 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF Championship [3]
4 WrestleMania IV March 27, 1988 Atlantic City, New Jersey Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall 18,165 Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase in a tournament final for the vacant WWF Championship [4]
5 WrestleMania V April 2, 1989 18,946 Randy Savage (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship [5]
6 WrestleMania VI April 1, 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada SkyDome 67,678 Hulk Hogan (WWF) vs. The Ultimate Warrior (Intercontinental) in a Winner Takes All match for the WWF Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship [6]
7 WrestleMania VII March 24, 1991 Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 16,158 Sgt. Slaughter (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship [7]
8 WrestleMania VIII April 5, 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana Hoosier Dome 62,167 Ric Flair (c) vs. Randy Savage for the WWF Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice 		[8]
9 WrestleMania IX April 4, 1993 Paradise, Nevada Caesars Palace 16,891 Bret Hart (c) vs. Yokozuna for the WWF Championship
Yokozuna (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship 		[9]
10 WrestleMania X March 20, 1994 New York City Madison Square Garden 19,444 Yokozuna (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Championship with Roddy Piper as the special guest referee [10]
11 WrestleMania XI April 2, 1995 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center 16,305 Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Lawrence Taylor with Pat Patterson as the special guest referee [11]
12 WrestleMania XII March 31, 1996 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 18,853 Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in a 60-minute Iron Man match for the WWF Championship [12]
13 WrestleMania 13 March 23, 1997 Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon 18,197 Sycho Sid (c) vs. The Undertaker in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship [13]
14 WrestleMania XIV March 29, 1998 Boston, Massachusetts FleetCenter 19,028 Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship with Mike Tyson as the special outside enforcer [14]
15 WrestleMania XV March 28, 1999 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center 19,514 The Rock (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship with Mankind as the special guest referee [15]
16 WrestleMania 2000 April 2, 2000 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond 18,034 Triple H (c) vs. The Rock vs. Big Show vs. Mick Foley in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Championship [16]
17 WrestleMania X-Seven April 1, 2001 Houston, Texas Reliant Astrodome 67,925 The Rock (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship [17]
18 WrestleMania X8 March 17, 2002 Toronto, Ontario, Canada SkyDome 68,237 Chris Jericho (c) vs. Triple H for the Undisputed WWF Championship [18]
19 WrestleMania XIX March 30, 2003 Seattle, Washington Safeco Field 54,097 Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship [19]
20 WrestleMania XX March 14, 2004 New York City Madison Square Garden 20,000 Triple H (c) vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship [20]
21 WrestleMania 21 April 3, 2005 Los Angeles, California Staples Center 20,193 Triple H (c) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship [21]
22 WrestleMania 22 April 2, 2006 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena 17,159 John Cena (c) vs. Triple H for the WWE Championship [22]
23 WrestleMania 23 April 1, 2007 Detroit, Michigan Ford Field 80,103 John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship [23]
24 WrestleMania XXIV March 30, 2008 Orlando, Florida Florida Citrus Bowl 74,635 Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship [24]
25 WrestleMania 25 April 5, 2009 Houston, Texas Reliant Stadium 72,744 Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship [25]
26 WrestleMania XXVI March 28, 2010 Glendale, Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium 72,219 The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification Streak vs. Career match [26]
27 WrestleMania XXVII April 3, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Dome 71,617 The Miz (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [27]
28 WrestleMania XXVIII April 1, 2012 Miami Gardens, Florida Sun Life Stadium 78,363 John Cena vs. The Rock [28]
29 WrestleMania 29 April 7, 2013 East Rutherford, New Jersey MetLife Stadium 80,676 The Rock (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [29]
30 WrestleMania XXX April 6, 2014 New Orleans, Louisiana Mercedes-Benz Superdome 75,167 Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [30]
31 WrestleMania 31 March 29, 2015 Santa Clara, California Levi's Stadium 76,976 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[a] [31]
32 WrestleMania 32 April 3, 2016 Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium 101,763 Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [32]
33 WrestleMania 33 April 2, 2017 Orlando, Florida Camping World Stadium 75,245 The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns in a No Holds Barred match [33]
34 WrestleMania 34 April 8, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana Mercedes-Benz Superdome 78,133 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship [34]
35 WrestleMania 35 April 7, 2019 East Rutherford, New Jersey MetLife Stadium 82,265 Ronda Rousey (Raw) vs. Charlotte Flair (SmackDown) vs. Becky Lynch in a Winner Takes All Triple Threat match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[35] [36]
36 WrestleMania 36 April 4, 2020[b] Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center[c] 0[d] The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard match [37]
April 5, 2020[b] Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship
37 WrestleMania 37 April 10, 2021 Tampa, Florida Raymond James Stadium[e] 25,675[f] Sasha Banks (c) vs. Bianca Belair for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[39] [40]
April 11, 2021 Roman Reigns (c) vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Universal Championship
38 WrestleMania 38 April 2, 2022 Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium 77,899 Kevin Owens vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Holds Barred match [40][41]
April 3, 2022 78,453 Brock Lesnar (WWE) vs. Roman Reigns (Universal) in a Winner Takes All match for the WWE Championship and the WWE Universal Championship
39 WrestleMania 39 April 1, 2023 Inglewood, California SoFi Stadium 80,497 The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship [40]
April 2, 2023 81,395 Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
40 WrestleMania XL April 6, 2024 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lincoln Financial Field 72,543 The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins[g] [42]
April 7, 2024 72,755 Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes in a Bloodline Rules match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
41 WrestleMania 41 April 19, 2025 Paradise, Nevada Allegiant Stadium TBA [43]
April 20, 2025 TBA
(c) - is the champion(s) going into the match.
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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Rollins was not originally scheduled to be in this match, but he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract while the scheduled Lesnar-Reigns singles match was in progress, turning it into a Triple Threat match.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The event was taped on March 25 & 26 and aired on April 4 & 5.
  3. ↑ Two matches were taped elsewhere. The Boneyard match was taped on location in the Orlando area, while the Firefly Fun House match was taped at WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.
  4. ↑ The event was attended only by essential personnel because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ↑ Originally announced to take place on March 28, 2021, at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California; moved due to California state regulations regarding sporting event attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. ↑ The capacity for each night was about 25,000 people because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Viewers were separated by pods with physical distancing in place.[38]
  7. ↑ This match determined the match type of night 2's main event. Since Rock and Reigns won, the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship was a Bloodline Rules match. Had Rhodes and Rollins won, all members of The Bloodline would have been banned from ringside during the championship match.

References

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  1. ↑ "Wrestlemania I main event". WWE. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wrestlemania 2 main event". WWE. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wrestlemania III main event". WWE. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wrestlemania IV main event". WWE. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Wrestlemania V main event". WWE. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wrestlemania VI main event". WWE. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wrestlemania VII main event". WWE. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Wrestlemania VIII main event". WWE. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  9. ↑ "WrestleMania IX main event". WWE. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Wrestlemania X main event". WWE. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Wrestlemania XI main event". WWE. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Wrestlemania XII main event". WWE. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Wrestlemania 13 main event". WWE. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Wrestlemania XIV results". WWE. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Wrestlemania XV results". WWE. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Wrestlemania 2000 results". WWE. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Wrestlemania X-Seven results". WWE. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Wrestlemania X8 results". WWE. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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  20. ↑ "History of WWE – 2004". history of WWE. January 16, 2023. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Wrestlemania 21". WWE. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Wrestlemania 22". WWE. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Wrestlemania 23". WWE. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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  25. ↑ "Wrestlemania 25". WWE. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Arizona Hosts WrestleMania XXVI". WWE Corporate. February 24, 2009. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
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  28. ↑ "WrestleMania is Miami-bound in 2012". Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
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  30. ↑ "New Orleans to host WrestleMania XXX". Shreveport Times. February 18, 2013. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  31. ↑ Melok, Bobby. "WrestleMania 31 to take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on March 29, 2015". WWE. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  32. ↑ "AT&T Stadium to host WrestleMania 32". WWE. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Orlando Citrus Bowl To Host WrestleMania 33". WWE. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  34. ↑ "WrestleMania returns to New Orleans in 2018". WWE. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  35. ↑ "WrestleMania to feature first-ever women's main event". WWE. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  36. ↑ "WrestleMania is coming back to MetLife Stadium". New York Post. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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  38. ↑ Middleton, Marc (April 11, 2021). "WWE Announces WrestleMania 37 Night Two Attendance". wrestlinginc.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  39. ↑ "SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair to be the main event of WrestleMania Night 1". WWE. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 "WrestleMania set for Tampa Bay in 2021; Dallas in 2022; Los Angeles in 2023". WWE. January 16, 2021. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  41. ↑ Hayden, Joey (October 25, 2021). "WWE announces WrestleMania 38 at AT&T Stadium will take place over two nights". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  42. ↑ "Philadelphia To Host WrestleMania 40". WWE. Archived from the original on July 27, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  43. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (May 4, 2024). "WWE WrestleMania 41 To Take Place At Allegiant Stadium In Las Vegas On April 19 And 20, 2025". Fightful. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

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