WrestleMania history: Every date and main event from Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper to Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns
Take a trip down memory lane of the 'Showcase of the Immortals'
On a Sunday afternoon in early Spring of 1985, the then-World Wrestling Federation put on a crossover showcase featuring its bigger-than-life professional wrestlers and some of the biggest entertainers in the world. WrestleMania has only grown in the 37 years since, consistently upping the ante in terms of in-ring performance and attracting some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, music and sports like Muhammad Ali, Bad Bunny, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Lawrence Taylor, Donald Trump, Mike Tyson and many others.
Here's a trip down memory lane:
WrestleMania
Date: March 31, 1985
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York
Attendance: 19,121
Main event: Hulk Hogan and Mr. T def. Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff and Rowdy Roddy Piper (with Cowboy Bob Orton) in 13:34 with Pat Patterson as guest referee and Muhammad Ali the ringside “enforcer”
WrestleMania 2
Date: April 7, 1986
Venues: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York; Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois; Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles
Attendance: 40,085 combined
Main events: Uniondale – Mr. T def. Rowdy Roddy Piper (with Lou Duva and Cowboy Bob Orton) by DQ in a boxing match in 13:14.
Rosemont – “The British Bulldogs” Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid (with Lou Albano and Ozzy Osbourne) def. “The Dream Team” Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake (with Johnny Valiant) in 13:03 to win the WWF Tag Team Championships.
Los Angeles – Hulk Hogan def. King Kong Bundy (with Bobby Heenan) in 10:15 to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match
WrestleMania III
Date: March 29, 1987
Venue: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan
Attendance: 93,173
Main event: Hulk Hogan def. André the Giant (with Bobby Heenan) in 12:01 to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania IV
Date: March 27, 1988
Venue: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance: 19,199
Main event: Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) def. Ted DiBiase (with Andre the Giant) in 9:27 in a tournament final for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania V
Date: April 2, 1989
Venue: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance: 18,946
Main event: Hulk Hogan def. Randy Savage (C) in 17:54 to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania VI
Date: April 1, 1990
Venue: SkyDome, Toronto
Attendance: 67,678
Main event: The Ultimate Warrior def. Hulk Hogan in 24:51 to unify the WWF and Intercontinental Championships
WrestleMania VII
Date: March 24, 1991
Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles
Attendance: 16,158
Main event: Hulk Hogan def. Sgt. Slaughter (C) in 20:26 to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania VIII
Date: April 5, 1992
Venue: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis
Attendance: 62,167
Main event: Hulk Hogan def. Sid Justice in 18:28 by disqualification
WrestleMania IX
Date: April 4, 1993
Venue: Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada
Attendance: 16,891
Main event: Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji) def. Bret Hart (C) in 8:55 to win the WWF Championship
Yokozuna won after Fuji threw sand in Hart’s eyes prompting an incensed Hulk Hogan to come out and challenge for the championship. Hogan won the match in 22 seconds
WrestleMania X
Date: March 20, 1994
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York
Attendance: 18,065
Main event: Bret Hart def. Yokozuna (C) (with Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette) in 10:38 to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania XI
Date: April 2, 1995
Venue: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 16,305
Main event: Lawrence Taylor (with Carl Banks, Rickey Jackson, Steve McMichael, Ken Norton Jr., Chris Spielman and Reggie White) def. Bam Bam Bigelow (with King Kong Bundy, Ted DiBiase, Kama, Irwin R. Schyster, Tatanka and Nikolai Volkoff) in 11:42 with Pat Patterson as guest referee
WrestleMania XII
Date: March 31, 1996
Venue: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California
Attendance: 18,853
Main event: Shawn Michaels (with José Lothario) def. Bret Hart (C) in 1:56 of sudden death overtime of a 60-minute Iron Man Match to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania 13
Date: March 23, 1997
Venue: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance: 18,197
Main event: The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) def. Sycho Sid (C) in 21:20 of a no disqualification match to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania XIV
Date: March 29, 1998
Venue: FleetCenter, Boston
Attendance: 19,028
Main event: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Shawn Michaels in 20:08 with Mike Tyson as the special ringside enforcer to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania XV
Date: March 28, 1999
Venue: First Union Center, Philadelphia
Attendance: 20,276
Main event: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. The Rock in no disqualification match with The Big Show as guest referee to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania 2000
Date: April 2, 2000
Venue: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California
Attendance: 19,776
Main event: Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon Helmsley) def. The Rock (with Mr. McMahon), Mick Foley (with Linda McMahon) and The Big Show (with Shane McMahon) in 38:00 of a Fatal 4-Way match to retain the WWF Championship
WrestleMania X-Seven
Date: April 1, 2001
Venue: Reliant Astrodome, Houston
Attendance: 67,925
Main event: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. The Rock (C) in 28:08 to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania X8
Date: March 17, 2002
Venue: SkyDome, Toronto
Attendance: 68,237
Main event: Triple H def. Chris Jericho (C) (with Stephanie McMahon) in 26:41 to win the WWF Championship
WrestleMania XIX
Date: March 30, 2003
Venue: Safeco Field, Seattle
Attendance: 54,097
Main event: Brock Lesnar def. Kurt Angle (C) in 21:08 to win the WWE Championship
Angle did not have the “champions advantage” meaning if he’d been disqualified or counted out, he would lose the title
WrestleMania XX
Date: March 14, 2004
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York
Attendance: 20,000
Main event: Chris Benoit def. Shawn Michaels and Triple H (C) in 32:07 of a Triple-Threat Match to win the WWE Championship
WrestleMania 21
Date: April 3, 2005
Venue: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Attendance: 20,193
Main event: Batista def. Triple H (C) (with Ric Flair) in 21:33 to win the WWE Championship
WrestleMania 22
Date: April 2, 2006
Venue: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance: 17,155
Main event: John Cena (C) def. Triple H in 22:02 to retain the WWE Championship
WrestleMania 23
Date: April 1, 2007
Venue: Ford Field, Detroit
Attendance: 80,103
Main event: John Cena (C) def. Shawn Michaels in 28:20 to retain the WWE Championship
WrestleMania XXIV
Date: March 30, 2008
Venue: Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 74,635
Main event: The Undertaker def. Edge (C) in 24:03 to win the WWE Championship
WrestleMania 25
Date: April 5, 2009
Venue: Reliant Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 72,744
Main event: Triple H (C) def. Randy Orton in 24:35 to retain the WWE Championship
Triple H did not have the “champions’ advantage”
WrestleMania XXVI
Date: March 28, 2010
Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Attendance: 72,219
Main event: The Undertaker def. Shawn Michaels in 25:00 of a WrestleMania win streak vs. career match
Undertaker entered the match with a 17-0 record at WrestleMania; with the loss, Michaels was forced to end his in-ring career
WrestleMania XXVII
Date: April 3, 2011
Venue: Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Attendance: 71,617
Main event: The Miz (C) (with Alex Riley) def. John Cena in 15:21 to retain the WWE Championship
The Rock served as host for the event and interfered on behalf of The Miz, setting in motion the next two WrestleMania main events
WrestleMania XXVIII
Date: April 1, 2012
Venue: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Attendance: 78,363
Main event: The Rock def. John Cena in 30:35
WrestleMania 29
Date: April 7, 2013
Venue: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 80,676
Main event: John Cena def. The Rock (C) in 24:00 to win the WWE Championship
WrestleMania XXX
Date: April 6, 2014
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Attendance: 75,167
Main event: Daniel Bryan def. Batista and Randy Orton (C) in 24:20 of a Triple-Threat match to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 31
Date: March 29, 2015
Venue: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Attendance: 76,976
Main event: Seth Rollins def. Brock Lesnar (C) and Roman Reigns in 16:43 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Rollins cashed in his “Money in the Bank” contract late in the Lesnar-Reigns match to make it a Triple-Threat and pinned his former tag team partner Reigns for the title
WrestleMania 32
Date: April 3, 2016
Venue: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 101,763
Main event: Roman Reigns def. Triple H (C) (with Stephanie McMahon) in 27:11 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 33
Date: April 2, 2017
Venue: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 75,245
Main event: Roman Reigns def. The Undertaker in 23:00 of a No Holds Barred match
WrestleMania 34
Date: April 8, 2018
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, New Orleans
Attendance: 78,133
Main event: Brock Lesnar (C) (with Paul Heyman) def. Roman Reigns in 15:55 to retain the WWE Universal Championship
WrestleMania 35
Date: April 7, 2019
Venue: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 82,265
Main event: Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair (C, SmackDown) and Ronda Rousey (C, Raw) in a Triple-Threat winner-take-all match for the Womens' Raw and SmackDown Championships
WrestleMania 36
Dates: April 4-5, 2020
Venue: WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 0
Main events: Night 1 – Undertaker def. A.J. Styles (with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) in 24:00 of a Boneyard Match
Night 2 – Drew McIntyre def. Brock Lesnar (C) (with Paul Heyman) to win the WWE Championship
WrestleMania 37
Dates: April 10-11, 2021
Venue: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: Night 1 – 27,675; Night 2 – 27,675
Main events: Night 1 – Bianca Belair def. Sasha Banks (C) in 17:15 to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship
Night 2 – Roman Reigns (C) (with Paul Heyman and Jey Uso) def. Daniel Bryan and Edge in 22:40 of a Triple-Threat match to retain the WWE Universal Championship
WrestleMania 38
Dates: April 2-3, 2022
Venue: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Attendance: Night 1 – 77,899; Night 2 – 78,453
Main events: Night 1 – Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Kevin Owens in 13:55
Night 2 – Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) def. Brock Lesnar in 12:15 to unify the WWE and Universal Championships
WrestleMania 39
Dates: April 1-2, 2023
Venue: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
Attendance: Night 1 — 80,497; Night 2 — 81,395
Main events: Night 1 — Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens def. Jey and Jimmy Uso in 24:15 to win the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship
Night 2 — Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa) def. Cody Rhodes in 34:35 to retain the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship
