WrestleMania Historical Facts And Stats

Earlier this week, Fightful gave you WrestleMania stats tied to this year's show. Now, we've compiled some historical stats. Please let us know if there are any corrections!

• Vince McMahon, Pat McAfee, Miz, Snoop Dogg, John Cena, Undertaker, Yokozuna, Hulk Hogan, Erick Rowan, The Rock, Shane McMahon all competed in impromptu, unadvertised matches at WrestleMania, not including cash-ins.

• The Rock (2024), Snoop Dogg (2023), Shane McMahon (2023), Vince McMahon (2022), Johnny Knoxville (2022), Stone Cold Steve Austin (2022) have had their last matches to date at WrestleMania events.

• Hulk Hogan, Damian Priest and Seth Rollins all won world title matches at WrestleMania without being booked in title matches

  The Streak

• The Undertaker holds the record for most consecutive WrestleMania match appearances, with 18. This was snapped in 2019.

• The Undertaker has defeated all four members of Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, Randy Orton) at WrestleMania.

• 22 of Undertaker's 26 WrestleMania matches were against eventual or former world champions, Hall of Famers, or WrestleMania headliners.

• The Undertaker never successfully defended a title at WrestleMania. Both of his title wins were as a challenger.

• The Undertaker ended his career at 25-2 in WrestleMania matches.

• The Undertaker became the first man to main event WrestleMania across four decades. He's also won across four decades.

• King Kong Bundy, A-Train and Giant Gonzalez were Undertaker's only WrestleMania opponents to not win a WWE, World Heavyweight or Universal Title, or otherwise be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

• Undertaker has defeated wrestlers that have or became WWE, Universal, World Heavyweight, NWA, TNA, IWGP Heavyweight, ROH World, WCW and ECW Champions at WrestleMania

• Undertaker has more WrestleMania matches than anyone, at 27. Only he, Randy Orton and Triple H have more than 17.

  Yokozuna

• Aside from the Hardcore title, Yokozuna was the only wrestler to win and lose the same title at WrestleMania (WrestleMania 9). That changed when Drew McIntyre won and lost the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania 40.

• Yokozuna was in four WWF title matches over the course of WrestleMania 9 & 10.

• The shortest WrestleMania main event was Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna at WrestleMania 9.

• Yokozuna competed in six matches in his WrestleMania career, which was only four events.

• Yokozuna's WrestleMania opponents included Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Lex Luger, Billy and Bart Gunn, British Bulldog, Owen Hart and Vader.

  Win- Loss Records

• Tito Santana had 7 straight WrestleMania losses.

• Rob Van Dam, Road Warriors, Sable and Ax are all unbeaten at WrestleMania.

• Bianca Belair holds the most dominant women's WrestleMania record, 4-0. Sable was 3-0. Paige and AJ Lee are 2-0.

• The Miz had never been pinned or submitted at WrestleMania until WrestleMania 33. R-Truth was winless in his first six Mania matches.

• Other impressive WrestleMania records include Big Bossman (5-1), Hulk Hogan (8-3-1), Owen Hart (5-2-1), Seth Rollins (6-2) and Stone Cold Steve Austin (6-2), Roman Reigns (9-3)

• Ax/Smash as a team are 3-0 at Wrestlemania. Without Ax, Demolition Members are 0-6 at Wrestlemania.

• LOD and Ax & Smash are the most successful Wrestlemania teams, both at 3-0. The Dudley Boyz are 0-4.

• Jeff Hardy was 0-5 at WrestleMania until WrestleMania 33, where he finally won a match.

• Goldust is winless in 10 matches, Brian Adams/Crush is 0-4, as is Fit Finlay.

• Virgil, Terry Funk, Mr T., Tom Prichard, are all 2-0 at WrestleMania.

• Seth Rollins had won a match at all six WrestleMania events in which he's competed until 2020. He lost to Randy Orton in 2015, but won the WWE World Heavyweight Title that night.

• John Cena has won 4 world titles at WrestleMania, more than anyone else.

• WrestleMania 30 was the first not headlined by John Cena, Triple H or Undertaker since WrestleMania 19.

• John Cena only had one advertised WrestleMania match between 2016 and 2019, and no advertised singles matches during that period. He's only had one advertised, in-ring match between 2016 and 2021, since Firefly Funhouse was taped, and his match with Undertaker wasn't advertised.

• Young Guns

• King Kong Bundy (28) was the only person under 30 to headline WrestleMania until 1993.

• Yokozuna (26-27), King Kong Bundy (28), Shawn Michaels (29), The Rock (26-28), Big Show (28), Brock Lesnar (25), John Cena (28-29), Randy Orton (29), Roman Reigns (29), Seth Rollins (28), Sasha Banks (29) would all go on to headline WrestleMania under 30 years old.

• Roman Reigns at 29, was the first man under 30 to headline WrestleMania since Randy Orton. Technically Seth Rollins, who was 28, also main evented WrestleMania 31.

• Nicholas was the youngest WrestleMania competitor ever. He won the WWE Raw Tag Team Titles with Braun Strowman at WrestleMania 34.

  Championship History

• Over the course of 9 WrestleMania events from 2003-2011, the Intercontinental Title was only defended once, and only for 21 seconds.

• The World Heavyweight title changed hands at WrestleMania or within 2 weeks of WrestleMania every year from 2004-2013.

• Rey Mysterio competed for the World Heavyweight Title, Cruiserweight Title, United States and the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania. He also went into WrestleMania 21 as a tag team champion.

• The Miz has competed for the WWE Title, Intercontinental Title, Tag Team Title, and the Andre The Giant Memorial trophy at WrestleMania. He also competed in a match to determine WWE's permanent GM.

• Five Intercontinental champions have retained their title while losing matches at WrestleMania.

• Every 10th WrestleMania has featured two title challengers for one title. Batista and Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 30, Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 20, and Lex Luger and Bret Hart at WrestleMania 10. At WrestleMania 40 that technically continued, as Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest both challenged for the World Title.

• The WWE Divas Title went undefended at WrestleMania between WrestleMania 24-29.

  The Kliq

• Razor Ramon was featured on the WrestleMania 12 poster, although he did not have a match on the card. He was slated to face Goldust, but was pulled from the show and replaced with Roddy Piper.

• A member of DX/The Kliq (More specifically Shawn Michaels or HHH) had wrestled at every WrestleMania since 1989 until 2020.

• Diesel was the only WWE Champion in the 1990's to show up and leave WrestleMania with the title.

  Specialty Matches

• WrestleMania 21 had no tag team matches, and WrestleMania 2000 had no one-on-one male singles matches.

• Braun Strowman, Carmella, Matt Hardy, Baron Corbin, Big Show, Cesaro, Yoshi Tatsu, Santino Marella, Kane, Viscera, Great Khali, Booker T, Iron Sheik, Andre The Giant, Bad News Brown, D'Lo Brown, Mojo Rawley and Test have all won battle royal matches at WrestleMania.

  Celebrities, Retirements and Departures

• The Undertaker, (2020), Kurt Angle, Batista (2019), Nicholas (2018), The Rock (2016), Maria Menunous (2012), Snooki (2011), Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka (2009), Floyd Mayweather (2008), all wrestled in the last PPV of their wrestling careers at WrestleMania, as of this writing. Several members of the 2014 and 2015 battle royals haven't wrestled on PPV since.

• Colin Jost, Michael Che (2019), Tian Bing (2017), Shaquille O'Neal, DDP, Tatanka (2016) all had their last PPV matches in WrestleMania battle royals.

• 11 straight WrestleManias (from 27-38) featured a person in the Main Event on a part time wrestling scheduled. Outside of 2023, and 2011, every year since 2010 has featured such.

• - Snooki, Mayweather, Lawrence Taylor, Akebono, Butterbean, Maria Menounous, and Mr. T- Celebrities and athletes are 8-0 in Wrestlemania non-battle royal matches. None would ever wrestle in the WWE again.

• Pete Rose appeared for WWE more times than he has in an official WWE capacity at WrestleMania in the past 25 years than he did for MLB

  Miscellaneous

• In the first 15 WrestleMania events, 33 matches ended in DQ, no contest, countout or draw. Since then, only one has.

• Stone Cold Steve Austin forgot his vest and had to wear a t-shirt to the ring at WrestleMania 15.

• Tons of Funk vs. Rhodes Scholars & Bella Twins (2013) as well as Smoking Gunns, Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly vs. Headshrinkers, I.R.S, Rick Martel, & Jeff Jarrett (1994) were cut from WrestleMania shows at the last minute due to time.

• Daniel Bryan in 2014 had more ring time at any one WrestleMania since Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart in 1996.

• Rikishi (Rikishi, The Sultan, Fatu) appeared at WrestleMania under three personas. Charles Wright (Kama, Papa Shango, The Godfather, The Goodfather), appeared under four.

• Bam Bam Bigelow was the only man who held ECW's incarnation of the ECW title who main evented a Wrestlemania.

• Before his 2011 World Heavyweight Title Match, Alberto Del Rio had gone winless in his previous 5 TV matches.

• Stone Cold Steve Austin has served as a special guest referee at three WrestleMania events since retiring.

• There have been three hair vs. hair matches at WrestleMania. Adrian Adonis vs. Roddy Piper (WrestleMania 3), Victoria vs. Molly Holly (WrestleMania 20), and Umaga vs. Bobby Lashley (WrestleMania 23)

• There were only 21 matches to end in submission at the first 31 WrestleMania events.

  Familiar Faces:

• - DDP drove Greg Valentine, Jimmy Hart and Honky Tonk Man to the ring at WrestleMania 6.

• Alexa Bliss, Charlotte and Sasha Banks were a part of Triple H's WrestleMania 30 entrance.

• Although their faces were covered, Hideo Itami, The Revival, Chad Gable, Simon Gotch, Oney Lorcan, Enzo Amore, Elias Samson, Blake and Murphy, were extras in Triple H's WrestleMania 32 entrance.

• CM Punk was an extra in John Cena's entrance during WrestleMania 22 in Chicago.