List of professional wrestling attendance records in Europe

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This article is about professional wrestling attendance records in continental Europe. For attendance records in the United Kingdom, see list of professional wrestling attendance records in the United Kingdom. For an all-time records, see List of professional wrestling attendance records.

The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records in Europe. The list is dominated by the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment which has controlled the industry in North America since 2002. As the World Wrestling Federation, it became the first national promotion in the U.S. during the 1980s wrestling boom. Its first-ever show in mainland Europe took place on October 23, 1987, at the sold-out in Paris, France. The main event was a match between Harley Race and Junkyard Dog featuring André the Giant as special guest referee. The event was attended by 12,000 people and televised on Canal+.[1]

According to this list, 7 events are from WWE's weekly television programs WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown, with the June 18, 2005 episode of WWE SmackDown in Dublin, Ireland being the most attended wrestling event in Europe of all time. Only eleven of the attendances listed are non-WWE events, with and being the only European-based promotions on the list. There are still six attendance records remaining from the "Pioneer-era". All but thirteen of the events have been held in the Paris, France, while five have held in Spain, four in Germany, two in Italy, and one each in Ireland and the Soviet Union.

Events and attendances[]

Promotion Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s) Ref.
WWE WWE SmackDown
June 18, 2005 		Dublin, Ireland Convention Centre Dublin 22,000 John Cena (c) vs. John Bradshaw Layfield vs. Kurt Angle in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Championship with special guest referee Steve Austin [2]
WWF
October 5, 1991 		Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi 19,000 Tito Santana vs. The Undertaker [3][4]

January 22, 1934 		Paris, France Palais des Sports 18,000 Dan Koloff vs. Charles Rigoulot [5][6]
WWE WWE Raw
September 24, 2010 		Paris, France 15,800 Randy Orton (c) vs. Sheamus for the WWE Championship [7]
WWE WWE Raw
September 25, 2010 		Paris, France 15,800 Randy Orton (c) vs. Edge vs. Sheamus in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Championship [7]
WWE WWE Live in Madrid
November 7, 2015 		Madrid, Spain Barclaycard Center 15,000 Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt in a Street Fight match [8]
WWE WWE SmackDown & ECW
September 27, 2009 		Paris, France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 15,000 The Undertaker (c) vs. CM Punk for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [9]
WWE WWE SmackDown & ECW
September 26, 2009 		Paris, France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 15,000 The Undertaker, Matt Hardy and Batista vs. Chris Jericho, CM Punk and Big Show [9]
(Day 1)
April 19, 2008 		Madrid, Spain 15,000 Booker T vs. Kishi [10]
NJPW
December 31, 1989 		Moscow, Soviet Union Luzhniki Stadium 15,000 Antonio Inoki and Shota Chochishvili vs. Brad Rheingans and Masa Saito [11][12]

December 3, 1934 		Paris, France Palais des Sports 15,000 Henri Deglane vs. Ed "Strangler" Lewis [5][6]

November 20, 1933 		Paris, France Palais des Sports 15,000 Dan Koloff vs. Henri Deglane [5][6]

January 8, 1934 		Paris, France Palais des Sports 15,000 Henri Deglane vs. Charlie Santen [5][6]
(Day 3)
June 25, 2008 		Badalona, Spain Pavelló Olímpic 14,000 Orlando Jordan (c) vs. The Warrior for the NWE World Heavyweight Championship [10]
Misc.
January 24, 1988 		Rome, Italy Palasport 13,854 Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen [13]
WWF
February 6, 1994 		Dortmund, Germany Westfalenhalle 13,000 Yokozuna (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [14]
WWF (Day 1)
April 17, 1995 		Dortmund, Germany Westfalenhalle 13,000 The Undertaker vs. Bam Bam Bigelow [15]
WWE WWE SmackDown
April 23, 2006 		Cologne, Germany Kölnarena 12,500 Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry in a three-way elimination match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [16]
WWF WWF European Rampage (Day 8)
April 14, 1992 		Munich, Germany Olympiahalle 12,345 Randy Savage (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [17]
WWE WWE Live in Badalona
November 6, 2015 		Badalona, Spain Pavelló Olímpic 12,300 Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt in a Street Fight match [8]
Misc.
January 23, 1988 		Milan, Italy 12,125 Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen [13]
WWE WWE SmackDown
September 14, 2007 		Paris, France 12,000 Rey Mysterio and Batista vs. The Great Khali and Finlay [18]
WWF
October 23, 1987 		Paris, France 12,000 Harley Race vs. Junkyard Dog with special guest referee André the Giant [1]

December 4, 1933 		Paris, France Palais des Sports 12,000 Dan Koloff vs. Youssef Mahamut [5][6]

October 10, 1933 		Paris, France Palais des Sports 12,000 Henri Deglane vs. Sailor Arnold [5][6]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Yearly Results: 2005". TheHistoryOfWWE.com.
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  10. ^ a b "Nu Wrestling Evolution". OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com. 2009.
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  13. ^ a b Meltzer, Dave (February 8, 1988). "New Japan". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. Antonio Inoki proved to be very over in Italy. His shows drew 12,125 on 1/23 in Milan and 13,854 on 1/24 in Rome.
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  15. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Yearly Results: 1995". TheHistoryOfWWE.com.
  16. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Yearly Results: 2006". TheHistoryOfWWE.com.
  17. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Yearly Results: 1992". TheHistoryOfWWE.com.
  18. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Yearly Results: 2007". TheHistoryOfWWE.com.

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