List of WWE attendance records explained

The following is a list of the largest attendances in the history of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE.

The list is dominated by WWE's flagship WrestleMania pay-per-view (PPV) event, which since 2007's WrestleMania 23 has been held exclusively in stadiums that typically have a seating capacity of at least 70,000 people or more. Only ten of the attendances listed are non-WrestleMania events, with The Big Event and Global Warning Tour: Melbourne being the only house show events on the list (although both events are listed on WWE Network as pay-per-view events on their pay-per-view list). All but eleven of the events included have been held in the United States where WWE is based, while three have been held in Canada, three in Japan, three in Saudi Arabia, two in Australia, and one in the United Kingdom.

Events and attendances

Many professional wrestling shows are marketed with an inflated attendance record "for entertainment purposes". The table below gives, where possible, both actual numbers and claimed figures by the respective company.

Note: Minimum attendance of 40,000.

class=unsortable	Event	class=unsortable	Location	class=unsortable	Venue	data-sort-type="number"	Actual attendance	data-sort-type="number"	Marketed attendance	class=unsortable	Main event(s)	class=unsortable	Notes
WrestleMania 32	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	80,709^[1]	101,763^[2] ^[3]		Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[4]
SummerSlam	London, England	Wembley Stadium	78,927^[5]	80,355		Randy Savage (c) vs. Ultimate Warrior for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	^[6]
WrestleMania III	Pontiac, Michigan	Pontiac Silverdome	78,000	93,173^[7] ^[8]		Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[9]
WrestleMania 29	East Rutherford, New Jersey	MetLife Stadium	68,900 ^[10]	80,676		The Rock (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship	^[11]
WrestleMania 35	East Rutherford, New Jersey	MetLife Stadium	63,000 ^[12]	82,265		Ronda Rousey (c - Raw) vs. Charlotte Flair (c - SD) vs. Becky Lynch in a winner takes all triple threat match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship and the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
WrestleMania 23	Detroit, Michigan	Ford Field	72,500	80,103	John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship	^[13]
WrestleMania XXVIII	Miami Gardens, Florida	Sun Life Stadium		78,363		John Cena vs. The Rock	^[14]
WrestleMania 31	Santa Clara, California	Levi's Stadium		76,976		Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[15]
WrestleMania 33	Orlando, Florida	Camping World Stadium		75,245		Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match	^[16]
WrestleMania XXX	New Orleans, Louisiana	Mercedes-Benz Superdome		75,167	Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[17]
WrestleMania XXIV	Orlando, Florida	Florida Citrus Bowl		74,635	Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[18]
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Lincoln Financial Field		72,755	Roman Reigns (c) vs Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.	^[19]
WrestleMania XXV	Houston, Texas	Reliant Stadium		72,744		Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship	^[20]
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Lincoln Financial Field		72,543	Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns and The Rock to determine the stipulation for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match on Night Two.	^[21]
WrestleMania XXVI	Glendale, Arizona	University of Phoenix Stadium		72,219	The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification Streak vs. Career match
WrestleMania XXVII	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome		71,617	The Miz (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship	^[22]
Super Show-Down	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground		70,309	Triple H vs. The Undertaker in a No Disqualification Match
WrestleMania X8	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome		68,237		Chris Jericho (c) vs. Triple H for the WWE Undisputed Championship	^[23]
WrestleMania X-Seven	Houston, Texas	Reliant Astrodome		67,925		The Rock (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship	^[24]
WrestleMania VI	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome		67,678		Hulk Hogan (WHC) vs. The Ultimate Warrior (IC) - Title for Title for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championships	^[25]
WrestleMania 39 (Night 2)	Inglewood, California	SoFi Stadium	67,553	81,395		Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship	^[26]
WrestleMania 39 (Night 1)	Inglewood, California	SoFi Stadium	67,303	80,497	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	65,653	78,453			^[27]
WrestleMania 38 (Night 1)	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	65,719	77,899		Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens
The Big Event	Toronto, Canada	Exhibition Stadium		64,000		Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[28]
Clash at the Castle 2022	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom	Principality Stadium		62,296	Roman Reigns VS Drew McIntyre for the WWE Universal Championship
Wrestlemania VIII	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hoosier Dome		62,167		Ric Flair (c) vs. Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice	^[29]
Royal Rumble	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome		60,447		Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship	^[30]
Global Warning	Melbourne, Australia	Colonial Stadium		56,734		The Rock (c) vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWF Undisputed Championship	^[31]
WrestleMania XIX	Seattle, Washington	Safeco Field		54,097		Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship
Royal Rumble	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome		52,020		Royal Rumble match	^[32]
SummerSlam	Las Vegas, Nevada	Allegiant Stadium		51,326		Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Universal Championship	^[33]
WWF at the Ohio State Fair	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Fairgrounds		50,000	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Big John Studd for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[34]
Tribute to the Troops	Fort Hood, Texas	Fort Hood		50,000	John Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, and The Miz	^[35]
Royal Rumble	Phoenix, Arizona	Chase Field		48,193	30-man Royal Rumble match	^[36]
Royal RumbleJanuary 27, 2024	St. Petersburg, Florida	Tropicana Field	48,044		30-woman Royal Rumble match, Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight, Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul, 30-man Royal Rumble match
Royal Rumble	Houston, Texas	Minute Maid Park		42,715	30-man Royal Rumble match	^[37]
Raw Is War	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome		41,432		Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon, Ken Shamrock, Test, Kane, Chyna and Big Boss Man in a 6 on 1 handicap elimination match	^[38]

Main Event(s)! class=unsortable

1.	CWC / FKE	Pat O'Connor vs. Buddy Rogers	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park †	38,000	Pat O'Connor (c) vs. Buddy Rogers in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	^[39]
2.	CWC	Buddy Rogers vs. Bobo Brazil	Washington, D.C.	D.C. Stadium †	20,959	Buddy Rogers vs. Bobo Brazil in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	^[40]
3.	CWC	Buddy Rogers & Bob Orton vs. Johnny Valentine & Bearcat Wright	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	20,777		Buddy Rogers and Bob Orton vs. Johnny Valentine and Bearcat Wright in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match	^[41]
4.	CWC	Buddy Rogers & Bob Orton vs. Johnny Valentine & Vittorio Apollo	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	20,702		Buddy Rogers and Bob Orton vs. Johnny Valentine and Vittorio Apollo	^[42]
5.	CWC	Antonino Rocca & Johnny Valentine vs. The Fabulous Kangaroos	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	20,400		Antonino Rocca and Johnny Valentine vs. The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)	^[43]
6.	CWC	Buddy Rogers vs. Antonino Rocca	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	20,353		Buddy Rogers (c) vs. Antonino Rocca in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
7.	WWWF	Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	19,712		Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Killer Kowalski for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[44]
8.	WWWF	Bruno Sammartino vs. Gorilla Monsoon	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	19,706	Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Gorilla Monsoon for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[45]
9.	WWWF	Buddy Rogers vs. Bruno Sammartino	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	19,648		Buddy Rogers (c) vs. Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[46]
10.	WWWF	Bruno Sammartino vs. Bill Watts	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	19,614		Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Bill Watts for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[47]

Main Event(s)! class=unsortable

1.	WWWF	Showdown at Shea	New York City, New York	Shea Stadium	32,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali fought in a Boxer vs. Wrestler match	^[48]
2.	WWWF	Billy Graham vs. Bruno Sammartino	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	26,090	Superstar Billy Graham (c) vs. Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[49]
3.	WWWF	Bob Backlund vs. Ivan Koloff	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	26,000	Bob Backlund (c) vs. Ivan Koloff for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
4.	WWWF	Superstar Billy Graham vs. Dusty Rhodes	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	25,102		Superstar Billy Graham (c) vs. Dusty Rhodes for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
5.	WWWF	Bruno Sammartino vs. Waldo Von Erich	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	24,553		Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Waldo Von Erich for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[50]
6.	WWWF	Showdown At Shea	Flushing, New York	Shea Stadium	22,508		Pedro Morales (c) vs. Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[51]
7.	WWWF	Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	22,092		Superstar Billy Graham (c) vs. Bob Backlund for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
8.	WWWF	Superstar Billy Graham vs. Mil Máscaras	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	22,085		Superstar Billy Graham (c) vs. Mil Máscaras for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
9.	WWWF	Bruno Sammartino & Chief Jay Strongbow vs. The Valiants	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	22,000		Bruno Sammartino and Chief Jay Strongbow vs. The Valiants (Jimmy Valiant and Johnny Valiant) in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match
	WWWF	Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden			Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Stan Hansen in a Steel Cage match for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
	WWWF	Bob Backlund vs. Ernie Ladd	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden			Bob Backlund (c) vs. Ernie Ladd for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
10.	WWWF	Pedro Morales & Gorilla Monsoon vs. Luke Graham & Tarzan Tyler	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	21,912		Pedro Morales and Gorilla Monsoon vs. Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match

Main Event(s)! class=unsortable

1.	WWF	WrestleMania III	Pontiac, Michigan	Pontiac Silverdome	78,000	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[52]
2.	WWF	The Big Event	Toronto, Ontario	Exhibition Stadium	64,000	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[53]
3.	WWF	WWF at the Ohio State Fair	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Fairgrounds	50,000	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Big John Studd for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[54]
4.	WWF	Showdown at Shea	New York City, New York	Shea Stadium	36,295	Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko in a Steel Cage match	^[55]
5.	WWF	WWF at the Michigan State Fair	Detroit, Michigan	Michigan State Fairgrounds	30,000		Hulk Hogan (c-WC) vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (c-TTC) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the WWF World Tag Team Championship and WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[56]
6.	WWF	WWF on MSG Network	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	27,000		Bob Backlund (c) vs. George "The Animal" Steele for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
7.	WWF	WWF on MSG Network	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	26,292		André the Giant and The Soul Patrol (Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas) vs. The Wild Samoans (Afa, Sika and Samula)
8.	WWF	WWF on MSG Network	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	26,109		Bob Backlund (c-HC) vs. Don Muraco (c-IC) in a "Champion vs. Champion" Texas Death match for the WWF Heavyweight Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship
9.	WWF	WWF on MSG Network	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	26,102		Bob Backlund (c) vs. Sika for the WWF Heavyweight Championship
10.	WWF	All American Wrestling	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	26,092		Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
		Championship Wrestling	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden			Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine
		All American Wrestling	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden			Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik in a Bootcamp match
		Prime Time Wrestling	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden			Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Iron Sheik for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
		The War To Settle The Score	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden		Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Roddy Piper for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship

Main Event(s)! class=unsortable

1.	WWF	SummerSlam	London, England	Wembley Stadium	78,927	Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	^[57] ^[58]
2.	WWF	WrestleMania VI	Toronto, Ontario	SkyDome	64,287	Hulk Hogan (WHC) vs. The Ultimate Warrior (IC) in a champion vs. champion match for the WWF World Heavyweight and WWF Intercontinental Championships	^[59]
3.	WWF	WrestleMania VIII	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hoosier Dome	62,167	Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice	^[60]
4.	WWF	Royal Rumble	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome	60,447	Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship
5.	AJPW / NJPW / WWF	The US/Japan Wrestling Summit	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome †	53,742		Hulk Hogan (WWF) vs. Stan Hansen (AJPW)	^[61]
6.	SWS / WWF	WrestleFest	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome †	42,000		Hulk Hogan and Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal)	^[62]
7.	WWF	WWF Raw	Toronto, Ontario	SkyDome	41,432	Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon, Ken Shamrock, Test, Kane, Chyna and Big Boss Man in a handicap elimination match	^[63]
8.	SWS / WWF	SuperWrestle	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome †	40,000		Genichiro Tenryu vs. Hulk Hogan
9.	WWF	WWF Raw is War (Ep. 333)	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	33,375	Val Venis and The British Bulldog vs. The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (The Rock and Mankind)	^[64]
10.	WWF	WWF Live in Bangalore	Bangalore, India	Kanataka Football Stadium	30,000	Bret Hart (c) vs. Tatanka for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[65]

Main Event(s)! class=unsortable

1.	WWE	WrestleMania 23	Detroit, Michigan	Ford Field	80,103	John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship	^[66]
2.	WWE	WrestleMania XXIV	Orlando, Florida	Florida Citrus Bowl *	74,635		Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[67]
3.	WWE	WrestleMania XXV	Houston, Texas	Reliant Stadium †	72,744		Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship	^[68]
4.	WWF	WrestleMania X8	Toronto, Ontario	SkyDome	68,237	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Triple H for the WWE Undisputed Championship	^[69]
5.	WWF	WrestleMania X-Seven	Houston, Texas	Reliant Astrodome	67,925		The Rock (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship	^[70]
6.	WWE	WWE Global Warning	Melbourne, Australia	Colonial Stadium †	56,734		The Rock (c) vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWF Undisputed Championship	^[71]
7.	WWE	WrestleMania XIX	Seattle, Washington	Safeco Field †	54,097		Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship	^[72]
8.	WWF	WWF Raw is War (Ep. 352)	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	27,464	Triple H, X-Pac and Big Show vs. The Rock, Cactus Jack and Kane
9.	WWF	WWF Raw is War (Ep. 375)	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	25,000	The Rock and Lita vs. Triple H and Trish Stratus
10.	WWF	WWF Raw is War (Ep. 402)	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	24,639	The Rock and Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin and Triple H	^[73]

Main Event(s)! class=unsortable

1.	WWE	WrestleMania 32	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	80,709	Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[74]
2.	WWE	WrestleMania 35	East Rutherford, New Jersey	MetLife Stadium	63,000	Ronda Rousey (c - Raw) vs. Charlotte Flair (c - SD) vs. Becky Lynch in a winner takes all triple threat match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship and the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
3.	WWE	WrestleMania 29	East Rutherford, New Jersey	MetLife Stadium *	68,900		The Rock (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship	^[75]
4.	WWE	WrestleMania XXVIII	Miami Gardens, Florida	Sun Life Stadium *	78,363		John Cena vs. The Rock	^[76]
5.	WWE	WrestleMania 34	New Orleans, Louisiana	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	78,133	Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship	^[77]
6.	WWE	WrestleMania 31	Santa Clara, California	Levi's Stadium *	76,976		Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[78]
7.	WWE	WrestleMania 33	Orlando, Florida	Camping World Stadium *	75,245		Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match	^[79]
8.	WWE	WrestleMania XXX	New Orleans, Louisiana	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	75,167		Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[80]
9.	WWE	WrestleMania XXVI	Glendale, Arizona	University of Phoenix Stadium †	72,219		The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification Streak vs. Career match
10.	WWE	WrestleMania XXVII	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	71,617		The Miz (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship	^[81]
10.	WWE	WWE Super Show-Down	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne, Australia	70,309		The Undertaker vs. Triple H in a No Disqualification match	^[82]

Notes

† Retractable roof stadium

Open air venue

Total combined attendance was 40,085

See also

• List of professional wrestling attendance records
• List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events

References

Notes

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45. News: . . November 20, 1963 . Add to the list of names that intrigue: GORILLA MONSOON. Gorilla, who allegedly weighs 357 pounds, is the latest sensation on the pro mat circuit. A card at Madison Square Garden this week featuring Monsoon and BRUNO SAMMARTINO drew 19,706 (paid) fans. Sammartino won by drop kicking Monsoon out of the ring. It must have been one of the most fabulous drop kicks of all time.
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