10 Interesting Stats About WrestleMania Fans Didn't Know

During the build-up to the Royal Rumble, the WWE announcing team loves to tell us that “it’s all about the numbers.” WrestleMania might not be all about the numbers but there are plenty of unique numbers that surround the pageantry of The Showcase Of The Immortals.

For instance - only one WrestleMania has taken place on a Monday and coincidentally it’s also the same WrestleMania to take place at three different locations. WrestleMania 2 is certainly is considered “the forgotten WrestleMania,” but it is also very unique for those two reasons. There are also plenty of other numbers to extrapolate from the show of shows.

10 How Long Would It Take To Watch Every WrestleMania?

Over the years has held several contests where fans would try to watch all of the Marvel movies or every episode of The Simpsons in one sitting.

It’s the kind of competition that is a couch potato’s dream. If one wanted to do the same to check out all 37 WrestleManias, they would need to take to call out sick to work for a little over five days - the total combined running time is 138 hours and 30 minutes.

9 How Many Wrestlers Have Competed In The Show Of Shows?

Over the years, former competitor-turned-commentators like Jesse The Body Ventura and Jerry "The King" Lawler have made reference to the WrestleMania jitters. The dinosaur-sized butterflies in a superstar’s stomach before heading out into their first-ever Show Of Shows.

Including the very first one, which every competitor was heading into their first show, 413 superstars have walked that aisle for the first time at the Showcase Of The Immortals, 413 superstars have sought out their individual WrestleMania glory.

8 49 Managers

Valets, advocates, cornermen, you name it, and they’re still just a variation on the tried and true concept of managers. From Bobby The Brain Heenan to Sunny to Zelina Vega to Paul Heyman, if a wrestler needed a mouthpiece, managers were there to help get their charges over.

Some managers are also not coincidentally the most legendary names in the sport and 49 of them have had the honor of heading to the ring at WrestleMania.

7 136 Celebrities

Since the moment WrestleMania started with Liberace high-kicking with the Radio City Rockettes, celebrities and The Grandaddy Of Them All have always gone hand in hand. The big stars that take part in WrestleMania take part in all kinds of ways - timekeepers, announcers, guest referees, and even getting in on the action themselves.

Whether it was Pete Rose trying assault Kane or Shaq mixing it up with The Big Show, 136 stars have come out to take part in WrestleMania.

6 11 Celebrity Matches

Of those 136 members of the Tinseltown and sporting communities, ten celebrity matches have taken place. Mr. T teamed up with Hogan at the first WrestleMania against Piper and Orndorff. One year later, he would take on Roddy Piper in a boxing match. The stars of the NFL would participate in a massive WrestleMania 2 Battle Royal, won by Andre The Giant. Lawrence Taylor headlined WrestleMania XI against Bam Bam Bigelow. Snooki from the Jersey Shore teamed up with with Trish and John Morrison against LayCool and Dolph Ziggler. Maria Menounos teamed up with Kelly Kelly against Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres at WrestleMania XXVIII.

Shaq, Michael Che, and Colin Jost entered the Andre Battle Royal at 32 and 35. The Big mixed it up with several celebrities over the years but no bigger name than Floyd Mayweather and no bigger person than Sumo champion Akebono. Finally, Bad Bunny threw his hat in the ring at WrestleMania 37.

5 Back To Back Matches

When a big match at WrestleMania works, might as well do it again the next year. Six times over, a massive WrestleMania match and rematch has happened at back-to-back shows. Hulk and Andre main event WrestleMania III and opened up round two of the tournament the next year.

The very first main event of two straight WrestleManias came when Bret Hart fought Yokozuna. The Hardys, Dudleys, Edge And Christian decoded one year wasn’t enough to obliterate each other with tables, ladder, and chairs. The Rock and John Cena hooked it up not once but twice in a lifetime, and of course The Phenom defended The Streak against HBK and HHH and back-to-back Manias, twice.

4 The Host Cities Of The Immortals

The host city of WrestleMania has become not just a destination to hold a wrestling card but the WWE takes over the entire city and holds all kinds of events over the years. Eleven cities have hosted WrestleMania surprisingly only one time. Seven cities or areas like Los Angeles/Anaheim have had the honor of hosting The Showcase Of The Immortals twice.

Considering the New York area has long been considered the WWE’s home base, it comes as no shock that NY/NJ has hosted WrestleMania on eight separate occasions.

3 5 Debuting Last Match Headliners

Aside from the original show’s tag team spectacular, six wrestlers have made their WrestleMania debuts in the final match - Ted DiBiase worked his way to the tournament final of IV. Sgt. Slaughter made his WrestleMania debut as the defending WWE Champion at VII.

Sid’s first Mania was hyped up as Hogan’s last. Yokozuna was not only the first ever Rumble winner to earn a title shot, but he was the first ever heel to win the WWE title at WrestleMania. Brock Lesnar made his grand stage debut against Kurt Angle at WrestleMania XIX. Lastly, Bianca Belair made her debut vs Sasha Banks at night one of WrestleMania 37.

2 7 Non-Title Matches Have Closed The Show

While the WWE Title has always been considered everything, several times a non-title match closed out the show. The inaugural event's main event was a massive tag team match between Hulk Hogan and Mr. T taking on Paul Orndorff and The Hot Rod. Several years later Hogan took on Sid in what was supposedly Hogan’s retirement match.

Lawrence Taylor became the second celebrity main eventer when he took on Bam Bam Bigelow. HBK’s swan song was the main event of XXVI the Rock and Cena’s first clash headlined XXVIII and The Boneyard Match headlined Night One of WrestleMania 36.

1 13 Final Matches

Whether a superstar intended WrestleMania to be their final match, or it was just an extended sabbatical, 13 matches have been hyped up as either the last stand or wound up being one more round for 13 superstars.

Roddy Piper (III), Randy Savage (VII), and Hulkamania (VIII) all had extended sabbaticals. But other legends like Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, Ronda Rousey, John Cena, Rock, Batista, JBL, The Undertaker, and Stone Cold would say their WWE goodbyes on the grandest stage possible.

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