WrestleMania

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
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 event	WrestleMania I (1985)
Event gimmick	WWE's biggest yearly show

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

#	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	61,467	Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat match	[43]
		April 20, 2025			63,226	Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship
42	WrestleMania 42[h]	April 18, 2026				TBA	[46]
		April 19, 2026				TBA
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

Related pages

• List of WWE pay-per-view events

Footnotes

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. 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.
8. WrestleMania 42 was originally scheduled to take place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Aprill 11 and 12, 2025.^[44] However, in May 2025, WWE announced that the event would not happen there.^[45] On June 7, 2025, the event's new date and location was revealed.