List of professional wrestling attendance records

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The May Day Stadium hosted Collision in Korea, a two-day supercard co-promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, from April 28-29, 1995. With a combined crowd of 320,000, it is the highest attended wrestling event of all-time.

The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records. The list is dominated by the Japanese wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) which is the largest organization in the country. NJPW's Collision in Korea, a two-day interpromotional supercard co-hosted with World Championship Wrestling, was the first-ever pro wrestling event held in North Korea and remains the most attended live event of all-time with a combined crowd of 320,000.[1][2][3]

The second highest number of shows is held by the U.S.-based World Wrestling Entertainment which controlled the wrestling industry in North America from 2002[4] to 2019. According to this list, 17 events are from 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. Excluding WWE live events, there are no attendance records remaining from the "Territory-era" (1940s-1980s) and only one record from the "Pioneer-era" (1900s-1940s). All but thirty of the events have been held in Japan, while twenty-one have been held in the United States, four in Canada, two in Australia and one each in India, Mexico and North Korea.

Events and attendances[]

Note: Minimum attendance of 40,000.
Although many of WWE's attendance records are disputed, for the purpose of this list, WWE's announced attendance figures are shown.

Promotion Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
NJPW / WCW Collision in Korea (Day 2)
April 29, 1995 		Pyongyang, North Korea May Day Stadium 170,000 Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair [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 [3]
WWE WrestleMania 32
April 3, 2016 		Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium † 101,763 Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [5]
WWF WrestleMania III
March 29, 1987 		Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac Silverdome 93,173 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [6]
WWE WrestleMania 29
April 7, 2013 		East Rutherford, New Jersey MetLife Stadium * 80,676 The Rock (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [7]
WWF SummerSlam
August 29, 1992 		London, England Wembley Stadium * 80,355 Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship [8]
WWE WrestleMania 23
April 1, 2007 		Detroit, Michigan Ford Field 80,103 John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship [9]
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
April 1, 2012 		Miami Gardens, Florida Sun Life Stadium * 78,363 John Cena vs. The Rock [10]
WWE WrestleMania 31
March 29, 2015 		Santa Clara, California Levi's Stadium * 76,976 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [11]
WWE WrestleMania 33
April 2, 2017 		Orlando, Florida Camping World Stadium * 75,245 Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match [12]
WWE WrestleMania XXX
April 6, 2014 		New Orleans, Louisiana Mercedes-Benz Superdome 75,167 Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [13]
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
March 30, 2008 		Orlando, Florida Florida Citrus Bowl * 74,635 Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [14]
WWE WrestleMania XXV
April 5, 2009 		Houston, Texas Reliant Stadium † 72,744 Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship [15]
WWE 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 match [16]
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
April 3, 2011 		Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Dome 71,617 The Miz (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [17]
WWE Super Show-Down
October 6, 2018 		Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground* 70,309 Triple H vs. The Undertaker in a No Disqualification Match
NJPW
April 4, 1998 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 70,000 Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye [18]
WWF WrestleMania X8
March 17, 2002 		Toronto, Canada SkyDome † 68,237 Chris Jericho (c) vs. Triple H for the WWE Undisputed Championship [19]
WWF WrestleMania X-Seven
April 1, 2001 		Houston, Texas Reliant Astrodome 67,925 The Rock (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship [20]
WWF WrestleMania VI
April 1, 1990 		Toronto, Canada SkyDome † 67,678 Hulk Hogan (WHC) vs. The Ultimate Warrior (IC) - Title for Title for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championships [21]
NJPW / UWFi
October 9, 1995 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 67,000 Keiji Muto (NJPW) vs. Nobuhiko Takada (UWFI) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and UWFI Heavyweight Championship [22]
NJPW
April 29, 1996 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 65,000 Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [23]
TPW
July 23, 1996 		Atami, Japan Sun Beach 65,000 Abdullah the Butcher and Daikokubo Benkei vs. Kishin Kawabata and Takashi Ishikawa [24]
NJPW Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome
January 4, 1998 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 65,000 Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [18]
NJPW / WCW WCW/New Japan Supershow I
March 21, 1991 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 64,500 Tatsumi Fujinami (c - NJPW) vs. Ric Flair (c - NWA) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championships [25]
WWF The Big Event
August 28, 1986 		Toronto, Canada Exhibition Stadium * 64,000 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [26]
NJPW / UWFi Wrestling World 1996
January 4, 1996 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 64,000 Keiji Mutoh (c - NJPW) vs. Nobuhiko Takada (UWFi) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [27]
NJPW Do Judge!!
October 9, 2000 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 64,000 Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki [28]
NJPW
February 10, 1990 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 63,900 Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto with special referee Lou Thesz [29]
NJPW Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
January 4, 1993 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 63,500 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu [30]
NJPW
April 10, 1999 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 63,500 Keiji Muto (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [31]
NJPW Wrestling World 2000
January 4, 2000 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 63,500 Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [32]
NJPW Battle 7
January 4, 1995 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 62,500 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [33]
NJPW Wrestling World 1997
January 4, 1997 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 62,500 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [34]
NJPW Wrestling World 1999
January 4, 1999 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 62,500 Scott Norton (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [35]
WWF Wrestlemania VIII
April 5, 1992 		Indianapolis, Indiana Hoosier Dome 62,167 Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice [36]
NJPW Battlefield
January 4, 1994 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 62,000 Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu [37]
NJPW Wrestling World 2001
January 4, 2001 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 62,000 Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [38]
NOAH Destiny
July 18, 2005 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 62,000 Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa [39]
NJPW
October 8, 2001 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 61,500 Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata vs. BATT (Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto) [40]
NJPW
April 12, 1997 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 60,500 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa [41]
WWF Royal Rumble
January 19, 1997 		San Antonio, Texas Alamodome 60,447 Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship [42]
UWF
November 29, 1989 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 60,000 Akira Maeda vs. Willie Wilhelm in a "Wrestler vs. Judoka" match [43]
NJPW / WCW Starrcade in Tokyo Dome
January 4, 1992 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 60,000 Sting (WCW) and The Great Muta (NJPW) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) [25]
Multi-promotional Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show
April 2, 1995 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 60,000 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono [44]
NJPW
April 7, 2000 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 60,000 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa [28]
NJPW Final Dome
October 11, 1999 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 58,500 Naoya Ogawa (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [45]
AJPW
May 1, 1998 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 58,300 Mitsuharu Misawa (c) vs. Toshiaki Kawada for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship [46]
FMW FMW 6th Anniversary Show
May 5, 1995 		Kawasaki, Japan Kawasaki Stadium 58,250 Atsushi Onita (c) vs. Hayabusa in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship [47]
NOAH Departure
July 10, 2004 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 58,000 Kenta Kobashi (c) vs. Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship [48]
NJPW
May 2, 2002 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 57,000 Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa [49]
WWE WWE Global Warning
August 10, 2002 		Melbourne, Australia Colonial Stadium † 56,734 The Rock (c) vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWF Undisputed Championship [50]
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka Dome
May 3, 1993 		Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka Dome 55,000 Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu [51]
AJPW
May 2, 1999 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 55,000 Vader (c) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship [52]
NJPW Ultimate Crush
May 2, 2003 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 55,000 Yuji Nagata (IWGP) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF) - Title for Title for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championships [53]
WWE WrestleMania XIX
March 30, 2003 		Seattle, Washington Safeco Field † 54,097 Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship [54]
AJPW / NJPW / WWF The US/Japan Wrestling Summit
April 13, 1990 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 53,742 Hulk Hogan (WWF) vs. Stan Hansen (AJPW) [55]
NJPW
April 24, 1989 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 53,600 Antonio Inoki vs. Shota Chochishvili [56]
NJPW / WCW NJPW/WCW Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka Dome
May 1, 1994 		Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka Dome 53,000 Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Muta [57]
NJPW
May 3, 1997 		Osaka, Japan Osaka Dome 53,000 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Naoya Ogawa for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [58]
NJPW Wrestling World 2004
January 4, 2004 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 53,000 Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF) in a unification match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championships [59]
WWE Royal Rumble
January 29, 2017 		San Antonio, Texas Alamodome 52,020 Royal Rumble match [60]
FMW FMW 5th Anniversary Show
May 5, 1994 		Kawasaki, Japan Kawasaki Stadium 52,000 Atsushi Onita vs. Genichiro Tenryu in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch [61]
NJPW Wrestling World 2002
January 4, 2002 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 51,500 Jun Akiyama (c - NOAH) vs. Yuji Nagata (NJPW) for the GHC Heavyweight Championship [62]
WWE SummerSlam
August 21, 2021 		Las Vegas, Nevada Allegiant Stadium * 51,326 Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship [63]
WWF
August 13, 1985 		Columbus, Ohio Ohio State Fairgrounds 50,000 Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Big John Studd for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [64]
NJPW The Spiral
October 14, 2002 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 50,000 Yuji Nagata (c - NJPW) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (Foreign Army) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [62]
NJPW Wrestling World 2003
January 4, 2003 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 50,000 Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Josh Barnett for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [65]
NJPW
May 3, 2004 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 50,000 Bob Sapp (c - NJPW) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (K-1) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [66]
WWE WWE Tribute to the Troops
December 11, 2010 		Fort Hood, Texas Fort Hood 50,000 John Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, and The Miz [67]
(Day 2)
February 28, 2016 		Dehradun, India Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium 50,000 Brody Steele vs. The Great Khali (c) for the CWE World Heavyweight Championship [68]
FMW Barbed Wire Deathmatch Tournament
August 17, 1991 		Tokyo, Japan Torisu Stadium 48,221 Atsushi Onita vs. in a no rope barbed wire death match tournament final [69]
WWE Royal Rumble
January 27, 2019 		Phoenix, Arizona Chase Field † 48,193 30-man Royal Rumble match [70]
AAA Triplemanía
April 30, 1993 		Mexico City, Mrxico Plaza de Toros 48,000 Cien Caras vs. Konnan in a Best 2-of-3 Falls Retirement match [71]
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 in Fukuoka Dome
May 3, 1995 		Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka Dome 48,000 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [72]
NJPW
November 2, 1997 		Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka Dome 48,000 Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono vs. Tatsumi Fujinami and Genichiro Tenryu [73]
NJPW
August 28, 1999 		Tokyo, Japan Jingu Stadium 48,000 The Great Muta vs. The Great Nita in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Explosive Land Mine Death match [31]
NJPW
October 13, 2003 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 47,000 Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Bob Sapp, Minoru Suzuki and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Seiji Sakaguchi in a 10-man elimination match [74]
UWFi
December 5, 1993 		Tokyo, Japan Jingu Stadium † 46,168 Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Super Vader for the UWFI World Heavyweight Championship [75]
NJPW Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005
January 4, 2005 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 46,000 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship [76]
AJPW / K-1 / PRIDE
January 19, 2003 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 45,371 Bob Sapp vs. Ernesto Hoost [77]
NJPW
August 8, 1998 		Osaka, Japan Osaka Dome 45,000 Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [78]
NJPW
August 10, 1997 		Nagoya, Japan Nagoya Dome † 43,500 Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [79]
NJPW
January 4, 2006 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 43,000 Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [80]
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI
January 4, 2012 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 43,000 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [81]
/ PRIDE Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye
December 31, 2000 		Osaka, Japan Osaka Dome 42,753 Antonio Inoki vs. Renzo Gracie in an exhibition match [82]
WWE Royal Rumble
January 26, 2020 		Houston, Texas Minute Maid Park † 42,715 30-man Royal Rumble match [83]
AJW Super Woman Great War: Big Egg Wrestling Universe
November 20, 1994 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 42,500 Akira Hokuto vs. Aja Kong in the V*TOP Woman Tournament final [84]
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom V
January 4, 2011 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 42,000 Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [85]
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
January 4, 2010 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 41,500 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [86]
WWF WWF Raw Is War
February 8, 1999 		Toronto, Canada SkyDome † 41,432 Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon, Ken Shamrock, Test, Kane, Chyna and Big Boss Man in a 6 on 1 handicap elimination match [87]
WCW WCW Monday Nitro
July 6, 1998 		Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Dome 41,412 Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. Bill Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship [88]
FMW FMW 4th Anniversary Show
May 5, 1993 		Kawasaki, Japan Kawasaki Stadium 41,000 Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Timebomb Death match [61]
PWFG Tokyo Dome Show
October 4, 1992 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 40,800 Masakatsu Funaki vs. Maurice Smith [89]
AWA
July 30, 1935 		Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Ed Don George (c) vs. Danno O'Mahoney for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship [90]
SWS / WWF SuperWrestle
December 12, 1991 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 40,000 Genichiro Tenryu vs. Hulk Hogan [91]
MPW (Day 2)
November 5, 2006 		Sendai, Japan Sendai West Park Open Space 40,000 Jinsei Shinzaki and Shinjitsu Nohashi vs. Yoshitsune and [92]
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
January 4, 2009 		Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome † 40,000 Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [93]

See also[]

Notes[]

  • † ^ Retractable roof stadium
  • * ^ Open air venue

References[]

General

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