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The following is a list of the largest attendances in the history of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The list is dominated by WWE's flagship WrestleMania pay-per-view (PPV) event, which since 2007's WrestleMania 23 has been held exclusively in stadiums that typically have a seating capacity of at least 70,000 people or more.
Prior to 2022, all events were generally held on a Sunday. The change was attributed to WWE president Nick Khan who felt that "big sports events were better on Saturday nights". [17] WWE also airs a pre-show before most events which includes interviews, match previews, and a panel of experts analyzing the upcoming line-up.
Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On November 6 during the special NXT episode NXT 2300, NXT General Manager Ava announced the return of Deadline. [ 7 ]
Cody Rhodes did enough to defeat Kevin Owens and retain the Undisputed WWE Championship but the celebration was short-lived. Owens attacked Rhodes after the Saturday Night's Main Event show went ...
Full list of current WWE Champions, including Universal, Intercontinental, Women's, US, Tag Team, and more across Raw, SmackDown and NXT.
Forced attendance [2] NJPW / WCW: Collision in Korea (Day 1) April 28, 1995: Pyongyang, North Korea: May Day Stadium: 150,000 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Scott Norton for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Forced attendance [3] WWE: WrestleMania 32 April 3, 2016: Arlington, Texas: AT&T Stadium: 80,709 Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE ...
The event was held at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.. SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event traditionally held in August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", [2] it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".
Only three of the attendances listed are non-WWE events, with two WCW Monday Nitro episodes being the only house show events on the list. There are only two attendance records remaining from the " Territory-era " (1940s-1980s) and one from the " Pioneer-era " (1900s-1940s).