10 Mind-Blowing WWE WrestleMania 42 Facts You May Have Missed

4. A Lower Turnout

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During the lead-up to WrestleMania 42, much was made about the sluggish ticket sales, which were down by 15-20% from last year’s WrestleMania at the same venue.

Despite a series of very public, forceful sales, ticket distribution still was significantly down from last year, even with WWE’s typical attendance inflation. During the two nights, WWE announced an attendance of 106,072, which was down from the 118,641 they announced for WM 41.

All told, this was the lowest attendance for a WrestleMania in the post-pandemic era. Numerous reasons have been proffered – exorbitant ticket prices, a poor build, returning to the same city two years in a row – but the simple fact remains that there were fewer people in attendance this year than any other two-night WrestleMania since pandemic restrictions ended.

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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.