10 Amazing WWE WrestleMania 41 Stats, Facts & Figures

by Scott Carlson

1. Iyo Breaks New Ground

WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 2 Iyo Sky
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It’s only fitting that the incredible triple-threat opener from WrestleMania Sunday made history in addition to immediately vaulting into the conversation of greatest 'Mania openers ever.

Iyo Sky successfully defended her Women’s World Championship against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley. In doing so, Iyo became the first Japanese female wrestler to win a match at WrestleMania. She was also the first Japanese superstar to win a WrestleMania match (on the main card) in 27 years, when Taka Michinoku defended his Light Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 14 against Aguila.

That says a lot about a lot of things. Asuka is 0-5 at WrestleMania. Iyo lost her previous two 'Mania matches. And Kairi Sane has lost both of her matches at WrestleMania. Even Shinsuke Nakamura has never won at WrestleMania.

While a celebratory moment, let’s hope it isn’t 27 years before the next Japanese WWE superstar gets to enjoy a WrestleMania win.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.