10 Amazing WWE WrestleMania 41 Stats, Facts & Figures
5. Titles Changing Hands
WrestleMania is one of the most popular shows of the year to crown new champions. It’s often the culmination of major storylines and is the time of year when WWE has the most eyes on its product, so it makes perfect sense.
Last year’s Mania set the record with seven titles changing hands, and while WrestleMania 41 fell short with six title swaps, it did set a record.
WrestleMania 41 is the first WrestleMania where titles have changed hands in the first two matches of the entire show. It’s also the first time new champions have been crowned in three of the first four matches of a WrestleMania.
Right out of the gate on Saturday, Jey Uso dethroned Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship. Immediately following that, New Day captured the World Tag Team Championship by beating the War Raiders. And two matches later, Jacob Fatu won the United States Championship when he pinned LA Knight.
Title changes can juice a crowd, and that seems to be what WWE was thinking here by coming out of the blocks switching titles left and right. It is a bit crazy to think that no WrestleMania has ever opened with two title changes (WrestleMania 40’s second night featured two title changes, but that’s not the same as the first matches of the event).
4. Cena Makes WWE History
This is clearly stating the obvious, but it still needs to be mentioned: John Cena made history at WrestleMania 41.
Cena captured his 17th world title, surpassing Ric Flair for the record (in WWE’s telling of history) number of title wins. It also was his first world title win in eight years, when he bested AJ Styles at the 2017 Royal Rumble.
For much of Cena’s run in WWE, the company has sported two world championships. He has won the original WWE Championship (currently called the Undisputed WWE Championship) 14 times and captured the World Heavyweight Championship (the “Big Gold Belt”) three times.
Flair is recognized officially as having 16 world title reigns (eight NWA, six WCW, and two WWF). However, depending on what accounts you trust, that number has varied from 16 to 21, with the Nature Boy himself claiming to be a 21-time world champion.
For purposes of this article and WWE’s own records, Cena now stands alone… unless Randy Orton or Charlotte Flair and their 14 world title reigns make a run for him.