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List of WWE attendance records

Madison Square Garden, long considered WWE's home arena, holds a number of pro wrestling attendance records.

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. Only ten of the attendances listed are non-WrestleMania events, with The Big Event and Global Warning Tour: Melbourne being the only house show events on the list (although both events are listed on WWE Network as pay-per-view events on their pay-per-view list). All but eleven of the events included have been held in the United States where WWE is based, while three have been held in Canada, three in Japan, three in Saudi Arabia, two in Australia, and one in the United Kingdom.

Events and attendances

Many professional wrestling shows are marketed with an inflated attendance record "for entertainment purposes".[1] The table below gives, where possible, both actual numbers and claimed figures by the respective company.

Note: Minimum attendance of 40,000.

Notes

† Retractable roof stadium
* Open air venue
** Total combined attendance was 40,085

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ This included 4,000 at Felt Forum.

Specific

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