9 Most Obscure WWE WrestleMania Records You Need To Know
Attendance fibs, celebrity involvement, main event futility... the records WWE doesn't keep.
When Howard Finkel stood in the centre of the ring at Madison Square Garden in 1985 welcomed everyone to WWE's first ever WrestleMania, no one could have imagined that 40 years later, not only would this event continue to take place annually, but it would become an institution in professional wrestling.
But here it is, 2025 and WrestleMania has reached legendary status as the longest-running annual PPV/PLE in the industry. As an event with 40 shows logged, WrestleMania has accrued a significant amount of history. It’s simply impossible to exist for this long and not have filled the books with all kinds of records, many of which are celebrated and revered.
This is not a celebration of those records.
By virtue of existing for 40 years, WrestleMania really has “seen it all,” in a manner of speaking. If one can imagine it in professional wrestling, it’s probably happened at Mania. There’s a collection of strange and wonderful records that have been established through the years at WrestleMania, some of which are fun and harmless, while others are ignominious and best to be forgotten.
Let’s dig into the dark recesses of WrestleMania history to pull out some of the most obscure records that will likely never show up on a WWE YouTube list, but should be appreciated by any devoted fan.
Let’s get to it…