
The legacy of WrestleMania spans more than three decades, and with The Show of Shows’ longevity comes countless milestones and records being made along the way.
Here’s a brief snapshot of 34 amazing WrestleMania facts that demonstrate why Superstars and fans across the WWE Universe celebrate what can happen on The Grandest Stage of Them All, presented by Cricket Wireless.
With his loss at WrestleMania 33, Triple H now owns the most defeats in WrestleMania history, surpassing Big Show and Shawn Michaels. Of course, HBK suffering 11 losses didn’t stop him from earning the moniker “Mr. WrestleMania.”
More than 100,000 WWE fans packed AT&T Stadium in Dallas for WrestleMania 32, topping the 93,173 attendees for WrestleMania III in Pontiac, Mich, and smashing a record that was thought to be unbreakable.
The Bizarre One made his Show of Shows debut at WrestleMania XII, and he hasn’t found any luck in the two decades since, losing all six of his matches on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
The Streak may be dead, but The Phenom has still competed at WrestleMania in 17 consecutive years, from 2001 through 2017. Kane is right behind him, having fought on The Grandest Stage of Them All in 13 consecutive events from 2003 to 2016.
While the WWE Title wasn’t up for grabs in 1985, three title matches did occur — the Intercontinental Championship, World Tag Team Championship and classic Women’s Championship.
The Great One pinned “Stone Cold” Steve Austin for the first — and only — time in singles competition in the third match of their WrestleMania trilogy at WrestleMania XIX.
Unsurprisingly, the WrestleMania XII WWE Iron Man Match between Hart and HBK set the record at one hour, one minute, 52 seconds in a marathon battle that needed overtime to decide the winner.
The People’s Champion crushed Erick Rowan in six seconds at WrestleMania 32, besting a record set eight years earlier in an ECW Title bout between Kane and Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Stratus made her WrestleMania debut in a Women’s Title Match in her hometown of Toronto at WrestleMania X-8. She bookended her WrestleMania tenure in 2011 alongside Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi & John Morrison.
Cesaro outlasted 29 other Superstars before eliminating Big Show to win the coveted trophy named for Andre the Giant. Andre won a 20-man Battle Royal at WrestleMania II, which was WrestleMania's first multi-Superstar bout.
Phoenix, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year, was a one-woman wrecking crew at WrestleMania XXV, but finished as the runner-up in the Battle Royal to decide who would be called “Miss WrestleMania.”
In addition to defeating Triple H on three occasions, The Deadman also stood tall against Ric Flair (WrestleMania X8), Randy Orton (WrestleMania 21) and Batista (WrestleMania 23).
Seth Rollins was the most recent Superstar to achieve this feat, though that’s only because he chose to make WrestleMania history by cashing in his Money in the Bank contract during the WWE Title Match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar.
Savage defeated Greg Valentine, "The Natural" Butch Reed, One Man Gang and “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase to clinch the WWE Title at WrestleMania IV. DiBiase, Macho Man’s final opponent, benefited from a bye in the semifinal round.
Of course, the WWE Universe didn’t just keep a close eye on Macho Man during the WrestleMania IV tournament. Miss Elizabeth shined just as brightly on The Grandest Stage of Them All because she wore a different dress during each of Savage’s matches.
Meeting in the quarterfinals in the WWE Title Tournament at WrestleMania IV, Roberts and Rude fought to a time-limit draw, making them the only pair to have their battle stopped because of the timekeeper’s clock.
Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao became the first duo to do it at WrestleMania VII. Big E and Fandango joined them in separate bouts at WrestleMania 29. Sting joined the quintet with his once-thought-impossible WrestleMania debut two years later. Most recently, Baron Corbin won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32.
Cena made his WrestleMania debut by winning the U.S. Championship at WrestleMania XX, then seized the WWE Title one year later. For what it’s worth, only two Superstars — Bret Hart and Daniel Bryan — won both the WWE and Intercontinental Titles at WrestleMania.
While her rendition might not be as memorable as Aretha Franklin’s version in 1987 or her encore two decades later, Rockin' Robin is the only one of 20 "America the Beautiful" performers at WrestleMania who was also an active champion.
It’s not entirely his fault, however. Warrior only vacated the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania VI because he won the WWE Championship in the main event, which meant he had to officially end one reign to start the other.
The trophy Bad News Brown received at WrestleMania IV met an explosive end courtesy of Bret “Hit Man” Hart. Meanwhile, the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal trophy is presented to the Superstar who wins the namesake bout.
The Showcase of the Immortals has taken place from sea to shining sea, from New York in 1985 to Santa Clara, Calif. in 2015 and everywhere between, including two memorable trips north of the border in 1990 and 2002.
Because a championship cannot change hands due to disqualification or count-out in a standard match, Shawn Michaels, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, The Honky Tonk Man, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and Jeff Jarrett all left WrestleMania as a champion, if not a victor.
That scheduling choice makes the 1986 edition the only one to not take place on a Sunday. WrestleMania returned to Sunday the following year, while WWE embraced the idea of Monday night fights nine years later with Raw, the longest-running weekly episodic program on television.
The Road to WrestleMania is a long one, and it is clearly an easier one for challengers to travel than a champion. In 2016, Roman Reigns became the latest of the 74 percent of challengers to claim championship gold in the last fight of the night.
Is there a curse on WWE Champions at WrestleMania? Of the 34 WWE Title defenses to occur at The Showcase of The Immortals, only 12 of them ended with the champion retaining, most recently in 2012.
Of course, it helps that the number of fans coming to experience The Showcase of the Immortals continues to grow. Attendance at WrestleMania has steadily increased from WrestleMania 22 at Chicago’s Allstate Arena to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., a decade later.
Excluding patriotic displays opening The Showcase of the Immortals, Run DMC made WWE history in 1989 when they introduced the WrestleMania Rap to the WWE Universe. Their performance opened the door to the likes of Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kid Rock and Flo Rida, among others.
Roman Reigns achieved the feat by felling WWE Champion Triple H at WrestleMania 32. Seth Rollins did it by pinning Reigns one year earlier. Ambrose did it first, clinching the 3-count in The Shield’s pinfall victory against Sheamus, Big Show & Randy Orton at WrestleMania 29.
From The DX Band to Snoop Dogg, musicians can add a special touch to a Superstar’s entrance at WrestleMania. Motörhead just happened to do it on two occasions at WrestleMania X-Seven and WrestleMania 21, recreating the entrance music they previously produced for Triple H.
Roman Reigns has competed in the final match of WrestleMania in each of the last three years, tying John Cena and The Rock. Hulk Hogan holds the record with four consecutive main events. Could The Big Dog tie him this year?
The Bodydonnas became World Tag Team Champions by winning a tournament finale preceding WrestleMania XII, The Colons became the first Unified WWE Tag Team Champions prior to WrestleMania XXV and The Miz became Intercontinental Champion during the closing moments of the WrestleMania 29 Pre-Show.
Tito Santana won the first match in WrestleMania history, while Roman Reigns became the most recent victor more than three decades later. It’s not the easiest club in sports-entertainment to join, but the perks are definitely worth it.
If she can hang on to her title until Sunday, April 8, Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss will join Victoria and Trish Stratus as the third competitor to defend a Women’s Title at consecutive WrestleManias. Bliss will also become the first Superstar to defend both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Titles at WrestleMania.