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WrestleMania
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Nickname(s) "The Grandest Stage of Them All"
"The Showcase of the Immortals"
"The Prove of Shows"
"The Greatest Spectacle in Sports Entertainment"

"The Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment"
"The Granddaddy of Them All"
Created past Vince McMahon
Promotion(s) WWE
Brand(s) Raw
(2003–2011, 2017–present)
SmackDown
(2003–2011, 2017–present)
205 Live
(2018–2019)
NXT
(2020)
ECW
(2007–2009)
First event WrestleMania I

WrestleMania is a professional person wrestling live outcome held annually between mid-March and mid-Apr by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Since premiering in 1985, 36 editions followed, most recently in Tampa, Florida on Apr 10 and 11, 2021. It is the most successful and longest-running professional wrestling event in history. The event is shown through pay-per-view (PPV), and has also been bachelor to stream through the WWE Network since 2014 and Peacock since 2021. WrestleMania was conceptualized by WWE chairman Vince McMahon and named by ring announcer and WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel. It is the company'south flagship event and along with Purple Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Serial, and Coin in the Banking concern, it is referred to as i of the "Large Five", WWE's five biggest annual events of the year.

The widespread success of WrestleMania helped transform professional wrestling. The annual upshot has facilitated the rise to stardom of several meridian WWE wrestlers. Celebrities such equally Aretha Franklin, Cyndi Lauper, Muhammad Ali, Mr. T, Alice Cooper, Lawrence Taylor, Pamela Anderson, Mike Tyson, Donald Trump, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pete Rose, Burt Reynolds, Donnie Wahlberg, Mickey Rourke, Snoop Dogg, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Child Rock, Fred Durst, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronda Rousey, Rob Gronkowski, Shaquille O'Neal, and Bad Bunny have participated or fabricated special appearances within the events. Rousey herself later became a WWE wrestler and was 1 of the three women to compete in the very first women's match to headline a WrestleMania at WrestleMania 35 in 2019.

The first WrestleMania was held in Madison Foursquare Garden in New York Metropolis; the 10th and 20th editions were also held there. WrestleMania 3 in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan was the highest-attended indoor sports result in the world, with 93,173 fans in attendance. The record stood until February 14, 2010, when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game broke the indoor sporting outcome record with an attendance of 108,713 at Cowboys Stadium, since renamed AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas.[1] In 2016, WrestleMania 32 surpassed WrestleMania III every bit the highest-attended professional person wrestling result ever held in America, with 101,763 fans in attendance at AT&T Stadium, although the company revealed that attendance figures are manipulated for marketing purposes through investor calls. All editions of the event have been hosted in North American cities, with 35 in the United states of america and 2 in Canada.

The only WrestleMania in the outcome's history to not air live and be held without fans in omnipresence was WrestleMania 36 in 2020 due to the COVID-xix pandemic; it was the get-go major professional person wrestling event to be afflicted by the pandemic. It was too the first to be held beyond ii nights, with each WrestleMania since condign 2-night events. WrestleMania 37 in 2021 was the company'due south starting time event to take fans in attendance during the pandemic, although at a reduced venue capacity, before the company resumed live touring in July that twelvemonth with full capacity crowds.

Organization

Most WrestleMania events have taken place in large stadiums in big cities, with some in sports arenas. Much similar the Super Bowl, cities bid for the right to host the yr'southward edition of WrestleMania.[two] The most-attended events include WrestleMania Iii (93,173) in Pontiac, WrestleMania VI (67,678) in Toronto, WrestleMania VIII (62,167) in Indianapolis, WrestleMania X-7 (67,925) in Houston, WrestleMania X8 (68,237) too in Toronto, WrestleMania 19 (54,097) in Seattle, WrestleMania 23 (lxxx,103) in Detroit, WrestleMania XXIV (74,635) in Orlando, WrestleMania 25 (72,744) also in Houston, WrestleMania XXVI (72,219) in Phoenix, WrestleMania XXVII (71,617) in Atlanta, WrestleMania XXVIII (78,363) in Miami, WrestleMania 29 (80,676) in East Rutherford, WrestleMania XXX (75,167) in New Orleans, WrestleMania 31 (76,976) in Santa Clara, and WrestleMania 32 (101,763) in Arlington.[3] [four] Since moving to big stadiums and running WrestleMania Axxess, the event produces a local economy boost for the host cities.[5] [6] [7] [8]

WrestleMania centers on the main event matches, primarily for the WWE Championship - and boosted world titles, such every bit the Globe Heavyweight Title (2003–2013) and the WWE Universal Championship (since 2017) – besides as matches involving celebrities such as American footballer Lawrence Taylor or actor Mr. T. Other WWE championships are also contested for, while the friction match card also includes gimmick matches and matches involving personal feuds.

Since 1993, the winner of the annual Imperial Rumble match has been able to receive a guaranteed WWE Championship lucifer at the same twelvemonth'southward WrestleMania. With the introduction of the Earth Heavyweight Championship in 2002, the winner was besides given the option to choose between the world title or the WWE championship. The creation of the ECW brand in June 2006 gave the Rumble winner a 3rd selection: to cull to challenge for the ECW World Championship. This option was made available from 2007 until the brand was retired in 2010. Notwithstanding, this choice was never chosen.[9] The make split ended in 2011 and the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships were unified in 2013, leaving the former equally the merely championship to claiming for until the reintroduction of the brand split in 2016, which added the WWE Universal Championship as a selection. A women's Royal Rumble match was introduced in 2018, and the winner has the pick of challenging for either the WWE Raw Women'due south Championship or WWE SmackDown Women's Title. NXT'due south championships, the NXT Championship and NXT Women's Championship, became additional choices in 2020.

WrestleMania 21 saw the introduction of the Money in the Bank ladder friction match. This match features six to ten participants and took place at six WrestleManias between 2005 and 2010 earlier becoming the headline match of its own pay-per-view event, Money in the Bank which incorporated the use of ii Money in the Bank ladder matches for both respective WWE brands, Raw and SmackDown. The participant who retrieves the briefcase suspended higher up the ring wins a contract, which guarantees a earth title match at the time and identify of the winner'due south choosing for upward to one year, including the following year'southward WrestleMania. This lasted until 2010 when the Coin in the Bank pay per view was introduced and thus the Money in the Bank ladder match was retired from WrestleMania.[10]

Forbes named WrestleMania ane of the world's most valuable sports event brands from 2014 to 2019, ranking it sixth with a brand value of US$245 1000000 in 2019 backside the Super Bowl, Summertime Olympics, NCAA Last Four, the FIFA World Cup, and the College Football Playoffs.[eleven] [12]

For five of the starting time vi WrestleManias Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura served as the colour commentators (the exception being WrestleMania ii, which was split amidst iii venues and had Monsoon, Ventura, and Vince McMahon split upwards with invitee commentators), while Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, Lord Alfred Hayes and others filled guest roles. For WrestleMania VII and Viii, Monsoon and Heenan provided colour commentary. In the mid to late 1990s the commentator team comprised Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Since the brand separation in 2002, matches from the Raw brand accept been chosen past Ross and Lawler; the SmackDown matches chosen by Michael Cole, Tazz, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Jonathan Coachman, and from 2006 to 2010, the ECW matches chosen past Joey Styles and Tazz. At WrestleMania 25 the first three-human inter-brand commentary team since the WWE Make Extension was used, and consisted of Jim Ross, Jerry "The Rex" Lawler, and Michael Cole. The post-obit year Jim Ross was replaced by Matt Striker at WrestleMania XXVI. At WrestleMania XXVII Jim Ross returned to commentate, along with Josh Mathews and new SmackDown color commentator Booker T; the sudden alter of commentary was due to a singles match between regular commentators Michael Cole and Lawler. Howard Finkel, who is credited with coming upward with the name "WrestleMania" in 1984,[13] has served as the long-standing ring-journalist and has appeared at every event except WrestleMania 33, but since the WWE Brand Extension, Lilian Garcia, Tony Chimel and Justin Roberts have taken over equally announcers for their respective brand matches. Iv French commentators were at ringside: Jean Brassard and Raymond Rougeau (WrestleMania 13), Phillippe Chéreau and Christophe Agius (WrestleMania XXX, WrestleMania 31, WrestleMania 32, and WrestleMania 33).

History

1980s

Venues of WrestleMania in the 1980s

Mr. T and Hulk Hogan at the showtime WrestleMania event; Mr. T returned for WrestleMania ii while Hulk Hogan wrestled at the first ix events.

The World Wrestling Federation staged the first WrestleMania on March 31, 1985 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The chief issue was a tag-team lucifer betwixt the WWF Earth Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, accompanied past Jimmy Snuka against the team of Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff, who were accompanied by Cowboy Bob Orton. The financial and critical success of the effect secured the visitor'south status as the most successful promotion in the United States, rising above competitors such as the National Wrestling Brotherhood and American Wrestling Clan. In attendance were business celebrity Sy Sperling and broadcasting executive Tony D'Angelo. WrestleMania 2 was held the following year and took place in iii venues across the country. The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon (now Allstate Arena) in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Loonshit in Los Angeles. They each featured multiple matches that led up to the main event; this saw WWF Earth Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defeat the challenger King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage match.

A world indoor attendance-record of 93,173 fans was fix at WrestleMania III, which was besides the largest paying attendance in the history of professional wrestling at the time. The event is widely considered to exist the height of the 1980s wrestling nail. To make certain that every seat in the Pontiac Silverdome would be filled, WWF decided to exclude the entire country of Michigan from pay-per-view access to the event, which fabricated attention the consequence the simply fashion for fans in Michigan to see it.[fourteen] The event featured Hulk Hogan defending the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against André the Behemothic and the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship match betwixt "Macho Homo" Randy Savage and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. The match between Savage and Steamboat would proceed to be regarded as one of the best matches in WrestleMania history, is acknowledged by many (including Vince McMahon) as having "stolen the show".

WrestleMania Four was held at the Atlantic Metropolis Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey (though on the broadcast it was billed as being held in the Trump Plaza because the adjacent casino hotel was the result's principal sponsor). The upshot was an all-tournament event to crown a new WWF World Heavyweight Champion, with four non-tournament matches to fill up betwixt the gaps in the tournament rounds. The 2d round of the tournament featured a rematch of the previous year'due south chief event between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant while Randy Savage went on to defeat Ted DiBiase in the finals. The event returned the following year to Atlantic City for WrestleMania V, in which Blob Hogan defeated Randy Vicious for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship Savage had won the previous year. To date, this is the only fourth dimension consecutive WrestleManias have been held in the aforementioned venue.

1990s

Venues of WrestleMania in the 1990s

The first time WrestleMania took place outside of the The states was WrestleMania VI, which was held at the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) in Toronto, Canada. In the principal result friction match, The Ultimate Warrior won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship from Hulk Hogan. The following year, the event returned to the United states of america for WrestleMania 7, which was originally scheduled to be held at the outdoors Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event was moved to the adjacent indoors Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena later poor ticket sales, sold on television receiver as beingness for security reasons related to the Gulf War and Sgt. Slaughter's storyline defection to Iraq.[xv] The effect saw Hulk Hogan face defending champion Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF Earth Heavyweight Championship, while The Undertaker fabricated his WrestleMania debut defeating Jimmy Snuka. Post-obit this, The Undertaker was undefeated in 21 of his WrestleMania matches, until he lost to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania Thirty.[16] The next edition, WrestleMania VIII, was held in the Hoosier Dome with Macho Homo Randy Barbarous defeating Ric Flair for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and Hulk Hogan defeating Sid Justice via disqualification.

WrestleMania IX was the starting time WrestleMania held at an outdoor venue. It was also the first and but time in WrestleMania history that the WWF Earth Heavyweight Championship switched twice. Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to get the WWF World Heavyweight Champion, merely to lose it to Hulk Hogan. In the tenth edition of the issue, WrestleMania X saw its render to Madison Square Garden. The event featured Owen Hart defeating his elder brother Bret; a ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship besides headlined, in which Razor Ramon defeated Shawn Michaels. Bret having been defeated earlier won the WWF Earth Heavyweight Championship from Yokozuna in the main upshot. Bret is the first wrestler in WrestleMania history to lose his first lucifer and come up back to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in the main event. After failing to capture the championship from Diesel at WrestleMania XI, Michaels defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title in a threescore-minute Fe Man match at WrestleMania XII. The lucifer was widely praised. The event also saw the return of the Ultimate Warrior who defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley (later on known as Triple H) in the latter's WrestleMania debut.

At WrestleMania 13, a submission friction match pitted Bret Hart and Stone Common cold Steve Austin against ane another in a bout that received much acclamation and The Undertaker defeated Sycho Sid for the WWF Earth Heavyweight Championship in the principal event. The match between Hart and Austin is considered by many fans every bit one of the best professional wrestling matches of all time and has been voted by IGN as the greatest match in WrestleMania history, and was number 1 among their listing of pinnacle 20 WrestleMania matches of all fourth dimension.[17] Various other sources also names the match as the greatest WrestleMania match of all fourth dimension.[18]

At WrestleMania XIV, Austin defeated Shawn Michaels to get the new WWF Globe Heavyweight Champion in a match that featured Mike Tyson serving equally the special enforcer. Although Tyson had been aligned with Michaels and his stable D-Generation X, Tyson revealed to have been aligned with Austin all along equally he personally counted the pinfall and declared Austin the winner. The Undertaker and Kane fought for the beginning time at this event where The Undertaker won. The following yr at WrestleMania XV, Austin defeated The Rock to regain the WWF Championship. The upshot featured the first of three encounters at WrestleMania betwixt Austin and The Stone in the rivalry of the two nigh prominent and pop stars of The Mental attitude Era.

2000s

Venues of WrestleMania in the 2000s

WrestleMania 2000 featured the kickoff-e'er Triangle Ladder match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, involving The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian. The primary event featured the WWF Champion Triple H successfully defending his title in a fatal four-way lucifer against iii challengers: The Stone, Big Show and Mick Foley. This lucifer was billed as having 'a McMahon in every corner' as Triple H was accompanied by Stephanie McMahon, The Stone by Vince McMahon, Big Show by Shane McMahon and Mick Foley past Linda McMahon.

At WrestleMania X-Seven, Steve Austin defeated The Rock and regained the WWF Championship. The event also featured Vince and Shane McMahon in a Street Fight, while Edge and Christian won the WWF Tag Team Championship against the Hardy Boyz and Dudley Boyz in the second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. The event was the meridian of the 1990s wrestling boom. It was besides the commencement WrestleMania held after the dissolution and WWF's subsequent purchase of the visitor's rival, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the end of the Mon Nighttime Wars.

WrestleMania X8 was the last WrestleMania to be produced under the WWF name, and featured Triple H defeating Chris Jericho to win the Undisputed Championship. Austin, The Rock and The Undertaker defeated Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair respectively, all of whom had rejoined the company after their stints with WCW. Also Rob Van Dam won his get-go Intercontinental Title in his WrestleMania debut.

WrestleMania XIX saw Steve Austin's final match, as he faced The Stone for a 3rd time at WrestleMania, ending their long-running feud. Hulk Hogan defeated Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels participated in his first WrestleMania lucifer in five years, defeating Chris Jericho. The Globe Heavyweight Championship was dedicated for the starting time time at the event, with Triple H retaining against Booker T, while Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWE Championship.

WWE celebrated the twentieth edition of WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden with WrestleMania XX. The event featured The Undertaker (who returned to his Deadman persona) defeating the unmasked Kane in their 2d encounter and the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship victories of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit, respectively with Guerrero defeating Kurt Angle to retain the WWE Championship and Benoit defeating Triple H and Shawn Michaels to win the World Heavyweight Championship. The event also featured the Rock 'n' Sock Connection, The Rock and Mankind/Mick Foley versus Batista, Randy Orton, and Ric Flair of Evolution where this ii-on-3 handicap match saw The Rock's last friction match for over seven years, besides as Steve Austin as the guest referee in an inter-promotional singles, lucifer betwixt the departing superstars Brock Lesnar (who would render to the visitor 8 years later) and Nib Goldberg. The WWE Hall of Fame was reintroduced with an annual consecration prove held the nighttime before WrestleMania.

At WrestleMania 21, the concept of the Money in the Bank ladder match was introduced; a six-man ladder match that featured a briefcase suspended higher up the ring containing a contract that guaranteed the winning Raw brand participant a world title friction match at any time and place of their choosing within one year upwardly to the next year'southward WrestleMania, in which Border went on to win this match. In the main events, the WWE Title and the Earth Heavyweight Title passed on to John Cena and Batista respectively by defeating John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Triple H in their respective matches. Eddie Guerrero's last WrestleMania match took place at WrestleMania 21 against Rey Mysterio, before he died later that year. The event also featured the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin afterwards a year-long hiatus, while Kurt Angle defeated Shawn Michaels in a highly acclaimed friction match.

The Money in the Banking concern ladder match was also held at WrestleMania 22 as a 6-man interpromotional match where the winner would get a world title friction match of their choosing, regardless of the brand they were on, and this match was won by Rob Van Dam. The main events of WrestleMania 22 featured Rey Mysterio win the World Heavyweight Championship against Kurt Angle and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat Match, and John Cena retains the WWE Championship confronting Triple H. Edge defeated Mick Foley in a Hardcore Rules lucifer, where Border infamously speared Foley of the ring apron through a flaming tabular array at ringside. WrestleMania 22 besides featured Shawn Michaels defeating Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred friction match, Undertaker defeating Mark Henry in a casket match, and Mickie James defeat Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women's Championship.

Shawn Michaels earned the moniker "Mr. WrestleMania".

At WrestleMania 23, the Money in the Bank friction match expanded to include viii men and would include stars from the revived ECW brand which was won past Mr. Kennedy. John Cena would go on to retain his WWE Title against Shawn Michaels, while The Undertaker would win the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista. Representing Donald Trump, ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley defeated Umaga, who represented Vince McMahon, in a match billed as the "boxing of the billionaires" and arbitrated by Stone Common cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 23. This was as well the last WrestleMania where the WWE Women's Title was defended when Melina defeated Ashley Massaro in a lumberjills lucifer.

At WrestleMania XXIV, Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair in a highly acclaimed match, while the Coin in the Bank ladder match included seven participants from all three brands which were won by CM Punk who likewise win information technology once again at WrestleMania 25. The ECW Title was defended for the only time at a WrestleMania event, when Kane emerged every bit the new ECW Champion in a record 8 seconds, while Randy Orton retained the WWE Championship and The Undertaker won the Earth Heavyweight Championship for the second consecutive year, defeating Edge. In an run across that featured major media coverage, boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. defeated Big Show. The event was the second WrestleMania to be held at an outdoor venue.

WrestleMania 25 featured Chris Jericho defeating WWE Hall of Famers Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, and Ricky Steamboat in a match that featured appearances by Ric Flair and histrion Mickey Rourke. Shawn Michaels unsuccessfully attempted to hand The Undertaker his first defeat at a WrestleMania in an acclaimed match, and the WWE Intercontinental Championship was defended at the event for the outset time since WrestleMania X8 with Rey Mysterio defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield. John Cena defeated Edge for the Earth Heavyweight Championship also involving the Big Prove, while Triple H retained the WWE Championship against Randy Orton.

2010s

Venues of WrestleMania in the 2010s

At WrestleMania XXVI, the professional wrestling career of Shawn Michaels came to an finish as he faced The Undertaker in a highly acclaimed re-lucifer of their encounter from the previous year. The event also featured John Cena winning the WWE Championship and Chris Jericho retaining the Earth Heavyweight Championship. Post-obit Bret Hart'southward render to WWE in over twelve years since the Montreal Screwjob incident, Bret Hart defeated Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match with members of the Hart wrestling family present. The Money in the Bank Ladder match included ten participants from both Raw and SmackDown (the ECW brand was retired in February), and this match was won by Jack Swagger. This was the concluding Money in the Banking company Ladder match to date at WrestleMania outcome.

The Rock is the simply wrestler to confront and defeat Hulk Hogan, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and John Cena at WrestleMania

WrestleMania XXVII featured the return of The Rock following a vii-twelvemonth hiatus to serve as host for the event. Trish Stratus competed in her first WrestleMania since the twenty-second edition, teaming with John Morrison and Jersey Shore 's Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi to defeat LayCool and Dolph Ziggler. Longtime WWE announcers Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler brawled in a friction match officiated past Stone Cold Steve Austin, while Triple H failed in his attempt to avenge Shawn Michaels' loss to The Undertaker from a year prior. This was the commencement WrestleMania in history in which both the World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Champion were able to successfully retain their titles. Earth Heavyweight Champion Border defeated the challenger Alberto Del Rio in what would be Edge'southward last match before his retirement on Apr 11, and The Rock closed out the issue saluting the fans after laying out John Cena and The Miz with the signature motion Rock Bottom post-obit Miz retaining the WWE Title. This incident would set the principal issue for the following twelvemonth's WrestleMania.

WrestleMania XXVIII had three matches in the upper carte. In the outset principal upshot, The Undertaker defeated Triple H in a Hell in a Prison cell match via pinfall, officiated by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, extending his WrestleMania streak to 20–0. The second principal event featured CM Punk retaining the WWE Championship against Chris Jericho, via submission.[19] The tertiary chief issue featured The Rock defeating John Cena via pinfall in a "In one case in a Lifetime" match, announced a year in accelerate.

In 2013, WrestleMania 29 had 80,676 fans in attendance, becoming the tertiary-highest attended WrestleMania e'er. This WrestleMania had three main events. The offset saw The Undertaker extend his undefeated streak to 21–0 by defeating CM Punk. Triple H, with the aid of Shawn Michaels, defeated Brock Lesnar in a No Holds Barred match; had Triple H lost, he would have had to retire from in-ring competition. In the final match, John Cena avenged his loss from the previous year by defeating The Rock for the WWE Championship, winning the championship a record 11th fourth dimension and setting a record of iv victories equally a Challenger in World title match at WrestleMania. Other matches included Alberto Del Rio successfully defending his Globe Heavyweight Championship against Jack Swagger, and Fandango pulling off an upset by defeating Chris Jericho. In the opening bout, The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) defeated the team of Large Show, Sheamus, and Randy Orton, in their WrestleMania debut.

WrestleMania XXX was the 30th almanac WrestleMania event produced by WWE on April 6, 2014, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event was the first WrestleMania to exist held in the land of Louisiana.[twenty] Information technology saw Daniel Bryan defeat Triple H in the opening match. Per the stipulation, this gave Bryan a spot in the main result, where he won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship past making Batista submit in a Triple Threat match which as well included Randy Orton. It was the only WrestleMania where the WWE Divas Title was defended, with AJ Lee retaining the title in the "Vickie Guerrero Divas Title Invitational". WrestleMania XXX also saw the cease of The Undertaker'southward undefeated streak at WrestleMania equally he was defeated by Brock Lesnar in what was described as 'the most shocking outcome in sports-amusement history'.[21] At WrestleMania XXX, Bray Wyatt'south undefeated streak since his debut came to an end at the hands of John Cena. Also, at WrestleMania Xxx, The Shield defeated Kane and The New Historic period Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) in a six-human being tag team match, and Cesaro won the first-ever André the Giant Memorial Battle Purple by body-slamming Big Show exterior of the ring, in like manner to Hulk Hogan bodyslamming Andre the Giant, at WrestleMania 3.

WrestleMania 31 was held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on March 29, 2015.[22] Brock Lesnar defended the WWE Globe Heavyweight Championship in the main event confronting Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns, with Seth Rollins cashing in his Money in the Banking company briefcase, turning the bout into a Triple Threat, ending with Rollins pinning Reigns to win the championship. Other main bouts included Sting'due south offset-always WWE match against Triple H which he lost, The Undertaker returned and defeated Bray Wyatt to get his 22nd victory at the upshot's history, Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins and Rusev lost the The states Championship and his unbeaten streak to John Cena. Some other important promoted match was the vii-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship, which was won by Daniel Bryan. Also, at WrestleMania 31, AJ Lee teamed with Paige to defeat The Bella Twins in a tag team friction match, while Big Evidence won the second almanac Andre the Giant memorial boxing majestic, past last eliminating Damien Mizdow.

WrestleMania 32 was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 3, 2016. WrestleMania 32 broke the attendance record at 101,763 as announced by The Rock at the event. In the main result, Roman Reigns defeated Triple H to win the WWE World Heavyweight Title. Other bouts included the Undertaker defeating Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match. Had Shane won, he would have gained command of Raw, while had Undertaker lost, this would have been his last WrestleMania. Brock Lesnar defeated Dean Ambrose in a No Holds Barred Street Fight, Charlotte defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks to win the countdown WWE Women'southward Championship (at present Raw Women's Championship), Chris Jericho defeated AJ Styles in a singles lucifer, The League of Nations (Sheamus, Rusev, and Alberto Del Rio) (with King Barrett) defeated The New Mean solar day (Xavier Forest, Kofi Kingston, and Big E) in a half-dozen-man tag lucifer, Zack Ryder won a 7-man ladder friction match for the Intercontinental Championship, and The Stone defeated Erick Rowan in a tape-breaking 6-2nd lucifer. Also, at WrestleMania 32, Businesswoman Corbin won the 3rd almanac Andre the Giant memorial boxing royal, past terminal eliminating Kane.

WrestleMania 33 took place on Apr two, 2017, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. It was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 29 in 2013 to characteristic ii world championships on the line: Raw'due south Universal Title, defended for the first time at WrestleMania, and SmackDown's WWE Championship. The main upshot saw Roman Reigns defeat The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred friction match, giving Undertaker his 2nd loss at WrestleMania. Elsewhere on the event'south card, Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg to get the new Universal Champion, Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Title, and Mojo Rawley won the fourth annual Andre the Behemothic memorial battle royal, by terminal eliminating Jinder Mahal. The result also marked the unannounced return of The Hardy Boyz, who won the Raw Tag Team Title at the consequence.

WrestleMania 34 was held on April 8, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the main event, Brock Lesnar retained the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns. In some other main event promoted the lucifer, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. Other marquee matches saw Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey defeat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a mixed tag squad match, which was Rousey's WWE debut friction match, and Daniel Bryan had his in-band return later on three years, teaming with Shane McMahon to defeat Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. As well, The Undertaker defeated John Cena in an impromptu match. In another prominent match, Charlotte Flair retained the SmackDown Women's Championship against Asuka, ending Asuka's two-year undefeated streak, and a ten-year old fan became the youngest WWE champion when he teamed with Braun Strowman to defeat Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Squad Championship, The SmackDown Tag Team Championship was also defended for the commencement time at WrestleMania, where The Bludgeon Brothers defeated The Usos and The New Mean solar day to win the titles, Matt Hardy last eliminated Baron Corbin to win fifth Andre the Giant memorial battle regal also as start ever WrestleMania Women'southward Boxing Imperial contested where Naomi won by last eliminating Bayley.

WrestleMania 35 was held on April seven, 2019, at MetLife Stadium in Eastward Rutherford, New Jersey.[23] At the event, Kofi Kingston became the outset African-born WWE Champion after defeating Daniel Bryan, while Seth Rollins unseated Brock Lesnar to win the Universal Championship.[24] The event also saw the retirement of veteran WWE stars Kurt Bending and Batista.[25] [ circular reference ] [26] For the beginning time, the main event of WrestleMania was a women'due south match, with Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey, SmackDown Women'south Champion Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch facing off in a Winner Takes All Triple Threat match for both championships, in which Lynch emerged victorious.[27]

2020s

Venues of WrestleMania in the 2020s

For the outset time in WrestleMania'southward history, WrestleMania 36 was taped and held across two nights. The tapings occurred on March 25 and 26, 2020 at multiple locations including the WWE Performance Middle in Orlando, Florida. It then aired on tape filibuster on April iv and 5.[28] It was originally scheduled to accept place solely on Apr five at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and to air live, but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[29] [30] [31] [32] It was just attended by essential personnel, and was the first WWE pay-per-view event unattended by fans.[33] [34] Information technology was the first WrestleMania to promote the NXT brand. In the main event for Role i of WrestleMania 36, The Undertaker defeated AJ Styles in a Boneyard friction match, which was produced as a cinematic match and was 1 of two matches non filmed at the Performance Heart—this would in plough be The Undertaker's final match. Braun Strowman also defeated Goldberg to win the Universal Championship while Becky Lynch retained the Raw Women'south Championship over NXT'due south Shayna Baszler.[35] In the chief outcome for Part 2, Drew McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship; later the show went off the air, a dark match occurred wherein McIntyre retained the title over Big Prove in a lucifer described by WWE as the "hidden WrestleMania main event" (which was shown on the Apr half dozen episode of Raw). Also on the testify, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defeated John Cena in a Firefly Fun House match, which was the other match not filmed at the Performance Center and also produced every bit a cinematic lucifer, and Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to win the NXT Women'due south Championship, which was the starting time fourth dimension an NXT title was defended at WrestleMania. As well on Part ii, Edge had his first singles match since 2011 in which he defeated Randy Orton in a Last Man Continuing match.[36]

WrestleMania 37 was originally scheduled to take place on March 28, 2021 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, only due to California'due south strict COVID-19 regulations, WWE announced in Jan 2021 that the consequence would take identify every bit a 2-night event on April x–11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, the original location of WrestleMania 36, to let for fan attendance—making it the first WWE event to have ticketed fans in attendance during the pandemic, though to a limited capacity of 25,000 for each night. At the aforementioned fourth dimension, WrestleMania 38 and 39 were announced to take place on April three, 2022 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and April 2, 2023 at SoFi Stadium, respectively.[37] [38] In the main event for WrestleMania 37 Night 1, Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks to win the SmackDown Women's Title, which was the first fourth dimension two African Americans headlined WrestleMania, as well as the 2d time women headlined the upshot. Besides on the card, Bobby Lashley defeated Drew McIntyre by technical submission to retain the WWE Championship and celebrity Bad Bunny teamed with Damian Priest and defeated The Miz and John Morrison.[39] In the main effect of Night 2, Roman Reigns retained the Universal Championship against Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match. Also on the card, Apollo Crews defeated Large E in a Nigerian Pulsate Fight to win the Intercontinental Title, Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka to win the Raw Women's Championship, and Randy Orton defeated The Fiend.[40]

Celebrity involvement

Over the years, WrestleMania has featured many celebrity appearances with varying levels of interest. The main event of the starting time WrestleMania showcased numerous celebrities along with the wrestlers. Billy Martin served as ring announcer with Liberace as timekeeper, and Muhammad Ali served every bit an official. Mr. T competed in the main event aslope tag squad partner, Hulk Hogan. WrestleMania 2 featured a xx-man boxing royal pitting several NFL players confronting WWF wrestlers, while Lawrence Taylor faced Bam Bam Bigelow at WrestleMania XI. Mike Tyson appeared at WrestleMania XIV as the special guest enforcer for the WWF Championship bout between Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin, while professional boxer Butterbean was challenged to a boxing friction match by Bart Gunn at WrestleMania XV. At WrestleManias XIV, XV, and 2000, Pete Rose became involved in a curt feud with Kane that became a running gag with each appearance ending with Rose receiving a Tombstone piledriver or chokeslam from Kane. Big Prove faced sumo wrestling yokozuna Akebono in a sumo competition at WrestleMania 21, and fought professional welterweight boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at WrestleMania XXIV. Jersey Shore star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi competed in a 6-person tag team lucifer teaming with Trish Stratus and John Morrison in a winning effort against Dolph Ziggler and LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool), at WrestleMania XXVII.

The event has likewise featured live musical performances. Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire, Little Richard, Boyz II Men, Ashanti, Boys Choir of Harlem, Michelle Williams, John Legend, Nicole Scherzinger, Fantasia Barrino, and Keri Hilson have each renditioned the songs "The Star-Spangled Banner" or "America the Beautiful" before the show. Robert Goulet performed "O Canada" at WrestleMania Half dozen. Acts such as Motörhead, Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Run–D.Chiliad.C., Common salt-n-Pepa, Living Colour, Ice-T, Drowning Puddle, Flo Rida, P.O.D., Machine Gun Kelly, Rev Theory, Mark Crozer, and Snoop Dogg have also performed during the live entrances of competitors.

WrestleMania Axxess

In 1988, in association with The Trump Organisation, WWF prepared a minor festival to gloat WrestleMania IV, which included autograph signings, a brunch, and a 5K run; the event was held again in 1989 for WrestleMania 5. In 1992, a festival was held the 24-hour interval of WrestleMania VIII which included a WWF superstar expect-akin contest and a tournament for the WWF WrestleFest arcade game. In 1993, the WWF held a "WrestleMania Brunch" the day of WrestleMania Nine at Caesars Palace, during the course of which Lex Luger attacked Bret Hart. In 1994, WWF offered "Fan Fest" for the weekend of WrestleMania 10, which allowed fans to step inside a WWF ring, participate in games, run across superstars, and purchase merchandise; the event was followed up in 1995 with another "Fan Fest" for WrestleMania Eleven. For WrestleMania XV, a pre-event concert known as the "WrestleMania Rage Party" (in reference to that year's theme, "The Ragin' Climax") was held at the Pennsylvania Convention Heart and televised by United states Network in an hour-long special, featuring performances by Isaac Hayes and Big Pun.[41] [42]

The following year WWF held its first WrestleMania Axxess event at the Anaheim Convention Center expanding upon the party idea of WrestleMania Rage Political party. The outcome included autograph signings and mementos to inductees of the WWE Hall of Fame. In that location were also activities where fans could enter a wrestling band and commentate a wrestling match.[43] In 2001, WrestleMania Axxess was held at the Reliant Hall which expanded upon the issue past adding numerous activities including areas where attendees could purchase special merchandise, see a production truck and check out special WWE vehicles.[44] From 2002, WrestleMania Axxess would be extended to a three-day event (March 14–16) and would be held at the Canadian National Exhibition.[45] [46] The three-day event included like activities to that of the one-day line-upwards.[46] 2003 would be the final WrestleMania Axxess at a convention eye for 6 years. From 2004 to 2008, WrestleMania Axxess visited cities around the United states of america and Canada with a smaller touring version of what was previously presented at regular Axxess events. In 2009 WrestleMania Axxess returned, and has continued every twelvemonth since, every bit a iv-day event held at convention centers and arenas in the host city of that year'southward WrestleMania.

Events

# Event Engagement Location Venue Claimed omnipresence Final match Ref.
1 WrestleMania March 31, 1985 New York Urban center Madison Square Garden nineteen,121 Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff with Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as the special guest referees [47]
2 WrestleMania 2 April 7, 1986 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum 16,585 Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a battle friction match [48]
Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon 9,000 Greg Valentine and Brutus Anatomy (c) vs. The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) for the WWF Tag Squad Title
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,500 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage friction match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
3 WrestleMania Iii March 29, 1987 Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac Silverdome 93,173 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF Globe Heavyweight Championship [49]
4 WrestleMania Iv March 27, 1988 Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey Historic Atlantic Urban center Convention Hall xviii,165 Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship [50]
5 WrestleMania V Apr ii, 1989 eighteen,946 Randy Brutal (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [51]
6 WrestleMania Half-dozen Apr 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 [52]
vii 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 [53]
8 WrestleMania VIII April v, 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana Hoosier Dome 62,167 Blob Hogan vs. Sid Justice [54]
9 WrestleMania IX Apr 4, 1993 Paradise, Nevada Caesars Palace 16,891 Yokozuna (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship [55]
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 equally the special guest referee [56]
11 WrestleMania Eleven April ii, 1995 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Borough Center 16,305 Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Lawrence Taylor with Pat Patterson as the special guest referee [57]
12 WrestleMania XII March 31, 1996 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 18,853 Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in a 60-minute Fe Human lucifer for the WWF Title [58]
13 WrestleMania xiii March 23, 1997 Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon 18,197 Sycho Sid (c) vs. The Undertaker in a No Disqualification lucifer for the WWF Championship [59]
14 WrestleMania Xiv March 29, 1998 Boston, Massachusetts FleetCenter xix,028 Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship with Mike Tyson as the special exterior enforcer [60]
15 WrestleMania Fifteen March 28, 1999 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center 19,514 The Stone (c) vs. Rock Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification lucifer for the WWF Championship with Mankind as the special guest referee [61]
xvi WrestleMania 2000 April 2, 2000 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond eighteen,034 Triple H (c) vs. The Rock vs. Big Show vs. Mick Foley in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Championship [62]
17 WrestleMania X-Seven April 1, 2001 Houston, Texas Reliant Astrodome 67,925 The Rock (c) vs. Rock Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Title [63]
xviii WrestleMania X8 March 17, 2002 Toronto, Ontario, Canada SkyDome 68,237 Chris Jericho (c) vs. Triple H for the Undisputed WWF Championship [64]
xix WrestleMania XIX March 30, 2003 Seattle, Washington Safeco Field 54,097 Kurt Bending (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship [65]
20 WrestleMania XX March 14, 2004 New York Urban center Madison Foursquare Garden xx,000 Triple H (c) vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match for the Globe Heavyweight Championship [66]
21 WrestleMania 21 Apr 3, 2005 Los Angeles, California Staples Middle 20,193 Triple H (c) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship [67]
22 WrestleMania 22 April 2, 2006 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena 17,159 John Cena (c) vs. Triple H for the WWE Championship [68]
23 WrestleMania 23 Apr one, 2007 Detroit, Michigan Ford Field 80,103 John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship [69]
24 WrestleMania XXIV March 30, 2008 Orlando, Florida Florida Citrus Bowl 74,635 Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship [seventy]
25 WrestleMania 25 April five, 2009 Houston, Texas Reliant Stadium 72,744 Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship [71]
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 friction match [72]
27 WrestleMania XXVII Apr 3, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Dome 71,617 The Miz (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [73]
28 WrestleMania XXVIII Apr 1, 2012 Miami Gardens, Florida Sun Life Stadium 78,363 John Cena vs. The Rock [74]
29 WrestleMania 29 Apr 7, 2013 Due east Rutherford, New Jersey MetLife Stadium 80,676 The Stone (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [75]
thirty WrestleMania XXX April half-dozen, 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 Globe Heavyweight Championship [76]
31 WrestleMania 31 March 29, 2015 Santa Clara, California Levi'south Stadium 76,976 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Earth Heavyweight Championship[a] [77]
32 WrestleMania 32 Apr 3, 2016 Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium 101,763 Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Title [78]
33 WrestleMania 33 April 2, 2017 Orlando, Florida Camping World Stadium 75,245 The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns in a No Holds Barred match [79]
34 WrestleMania 34 April eight, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana Mercedes-Benz Superdome 78,133 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship [lxxx]
35 WrestleMania 35 Apr seven, 2019 Due 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 lucifer for the WWE Raw Women's Championship and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[81] [82]
36 WrestleMania 36 April 4, 2020 [b] Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center[c] 0[d] The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard match [83]
April 5, 2020 [b] Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship
37 WrestleMania 37 Apr x, 2021 Tampa, Florida Raymond James Stadium[eastward] 25,675[f] Sasha Banks (c) vs. Bianca Belair for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[85] [86]
Apr 11, 2021 25,675[f] Roman Reigns (c) vs. Border vs. Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Universal Championship
38 WrestleMania 38 April two, 2022 Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium TBD Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship [86] [87]
April 3, 2022 TBD Brock Lesnar (WWE Champion) vs. Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champion) in a Winner Takes All Championship Unification match
39 WrestleMania 39 April 2, 2023 Inglewood, California SoFi Stadium TBD TBA [86]

Run across also

  • Listing of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
  • Starrcade, the premier effect produced by the defunct World Championship Wrestling
  • November to Call up, the premier event produced by the defunct Extreme Title Wrestling
  • FMW Anniversary Show, the premier upshot produced by the defunct Borderland Martial-Arts Wrestling
  • Euro Catch Festival, the premier event produced past the defunct Catch Wrestling Clan
  • Ultima Lucha, the premier outcome produced by the defunct Lucha Surreptitious
  • Bound for Glory, the premier consequence produced past Bear upon Wrestling
  • Last Boxing, the premier event produced by Band of Award
  • January 4 Tokyo Dome Show, the premier event produced by New Nihon Pro Wrestling
  • CMLL Ceremony Testify, the premier event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • Triplemanía, the premier result produced by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
  • NWA Anniversary Show, the premier consequence produced by National Wrestling Alliance
  • WWC Aniversario, the premier result produced past Globe Wrestling Quango (WWC)
  • SuperFight, the premier event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW)
  • Double or Nothing, the premier event produced past All Aristocracy Wrestling (AEW)

Notes

  1. ^ Rollins was not originally scheduled to be in this match, but he cashed in his Money in the Depository financial institution contract while the scheduled Lesnar-Reigns singles friction match was in progress, turning it into a Triple Threat friction match.
  2. ^ a b The event was taped on March 25 & 26 and aired on April 4 & v.
  3. ^ Two matches were taped elsewhere. The Boneyard lucifer 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 just by essential personnel due to the COVID-nineteen pandemic.
  5. ^ Originally announced to accept place on March 28, 2021 at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California; moved due to California land regulations regarding sporting effect attendance during the COVID-xix pandemic.
  6. ^ a b The chapters for each dark was capped at ~25,000 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees were separated by pods with physical distancing in place.[84]

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Farther reading

  • Basil V. Devito & Joe Layden (2001). WWF WrestleMania : The Official Insider's Story. HarperCollins. ISBN0-00-710667-Ten.

See besides

  • Wrestlepalooza

External links

  • WrestleMania Official Website
  • WrestleMania history
  • WrestleMania: Happy 25th! Archived 2010-05-07 at the Wayback Car – slideshow past Life

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania

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