| − | '''WrestleMania''' is a pay-per-view program produced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]. It is the company's biggest show of the year, and is said to be the equivalent of a [[Super Bowl]]/[[World Series]] for professional wrestling. It was often compared to ''Starrcade'', which was considered the premier event for National Wrestling Alliance flagship Jim Crockett Promotions, later World Championship Wrestling. ''Starrcade'' began in 1983, two years before ''WrestleMania''. The event is held around March or April. WrestleMania 22 was the last to be held in an arena. All subsequent WrestleMania events have been held in stadiums. The record attendance claimed by WWE for a WrestleMania was in 1987 at WrestleMania III, which boasted a 93,173 number. However, numerous sources, such as Dave Meltzer, have reported that WrestleMania III's attendance number was actually 78,000.<ref>http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/747901-dave-meltzer-on-wrestlemania-3-attendance-debate-former-wwe-tag-champ-talks-dino-bravos-murder-problems-with-the-steiner-brothers</ref> Regardless, WrestleMania III's official record would stand for 29 years, before being broken at WrestleMania 32, which claimed a record of 101,763 (but was revealed by Meltzer to actually be a paid attendance of 93,730<ref>[https://www.f4wonline.com/daily-updates/daily-update-wrestlemania-32-fallout-undertaker-done-again-210491 Daily Update: WrestleMania 32 fallout; Undertaker done, again?]</ref>). WrestleMania 35 featured the first Women's Main Event. | + | '''WrestleMania''' is a pay-per-view program produced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]. It is the company's biggest show of the year, and is said to be the equivalent of a [[Super Bowl]]/[[World Series]] for professional wrestling. It was often compared to ''Starrcade'', which was considered the premier event for National Wrestling Alliance flagship Jim Crockett Promotions, later World Championship Wrestling. ''Starrcade'' began in 1983, two years before ''WrestleMania''. The event is held around March or April. WrestleMania 22 was the last to be held in an arena. All subsequent WrestleMania events have been held in stadiums. The record attendance claimed by WWE for a WrestleMania was in 1987 at WrestleMania III, which boasted a 93,173 number. However, numerous sources, such as Dave Meltzer, have reported that WrestleMania III's attendance number was actually 78,000.<ref>http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/747901-dave-meltzer-on-wrestlemania-3-attendance-debate-former-wwe-tag-champ-talks-dino-bravos-murder-problems-with-the-steiner-brothers</ref> Regardless, WrestleMania III's official record would stand for 29 years, before being broken at WrestleMania 32, which claimed a record of 101,763 (but was revealed by Meltzer to actually be a paid attendance of 93,730<ref>[https://www.f4wonline.com/daily-updates/daily-update-wrestlemania-32-fallout-undertaker-done-again-210491 Daily Update: WrestleMania 32 fallout; Undertaker done, again?]</ref>). WrestleMania 35 featured the first Women's Main Event. Due to the [[Coronavirus|COVID-19]] pandemic, on March 16, 2020, WWE announced that WrestleMania 36 would not take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. Instead, it will take place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. This will be the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 22 to not take place in a stadium setting, as well as the first in the event's history in which there will be no live audience. |
| − | On March 16, 2020, WWE announced that WrestleMania 36 would not take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. Instead, it will take place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. This will be the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 22 to not take place in a stadium setting, as well as the first in the event's history to be in an empty arena.
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