Did WWE Really Have Over 100,000 Fans At WrestleMania 32?

Reality versus fiction when it comes to the actual attendance figure.

By Grahame Herbert /

The actual attendance for WrestleMania 32 was just under 94,000. Venue officials at Dallas' AT&T stadium confirmed the number to Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer, with Bryan Alvarez tweeting "Dave got the actual number from the building, legit did just under 94,000 and $17 million gate. Legit broke fake record!" WWE had unsurprisingly announced a figure of over 100,000 for the event, naming 101,763 during the event, with The Rock claiming it was the new record. It is standard for WWE to provide a worked number, and the previous record, WrestleMania 3's 93,173, was also an exaggeration. Roman Reigns and Triple H can now claim to have headlined the most successful wrestling show of all time, although the truth is that the 'Mania brand name is what draws. Tickets were being sold in extremely large volume long before a single match had been announced for WrestleMania 32. Speaking of Triple H, the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion tweeted the following shortly after losing his belt to Roman Reigns last night... https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/717003088695984128 Omnes spes demortae sun translates as "All Hope Is Dead" in Latin, a neat reference to the beginning of the new Roman Empire with Reigns' third run now as World Heavyweight Champion.