WWE WrestleMania Interesting Facts And Stats: New Undefeated Streak, Celebrity Records, Austin, More
Before this year's Royal Rumble event, we provided you with a bevy of stats and facts about the event. We're back for WrestleMania 32 with even more.
Below are dozens of stats and facts on WrestleMania:
The Streak
* The Undertaker holds the record for most consecutive WrestleMania match appearances, with 15. That will extend to 16 this year.
* The Undertaker has defeated all four members of Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, Randy Orton) at WrestleMania.
* 20 of Undertaker's 23 WrestleMania matches were against eventual world champions, Hall of Famers, or WrestleMania headliners.
* The Undertaker has never successfully defended a title at WrestleMania. Both of his title wins were as a challenger.
Yokozuna
* Aside from the Hardcore title, Yokozuna is the only wrestler to win and lose the same title at WrestleMania (WrestleMania 9).
* Yokozuna is the only wrestler to win a world title and a tag team title at WrestleMania.
* Yokozuna was in four WWF title matches over the course of WrestleMania 9 & 10.
* The shortest WrestleMania main event was Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna at WrestleMania 9.
Win- Loss Records
* Tito Santana had 7 straight WrestleMania losses.
* Rob Van Dam, Road Warriors, Sable and Ax are all unbeaten at WrestleMania.
* The Miz has never been pinned or submitted at WrestleMania.
* Other impressive WrestleMania records include Big Bossman (5-1), Hulk Hogan (8-3-1), Owen Hart (5-2-1), and Stone Cold Steve Austin (5-2).
* Yokozuna and Cesaro are the only wrestlers to pull double duty at WrestleMania two years in a row.
* Ax/Smash as a team are 3-0 at Wrestlemania. Without Ax, Demolition Members are 0-6 at Wrestlemania.
* LOD and Ax & Smash are the most successful Wrestlemania teams, both at 3-0.
* Jeff Hardy is 0-5 at WrestleMania. Goldust is 0-6.
* Virgil, Terry Funk, Shane McMahon, Mr T. are all 2-0 at WrestleMania.
John Cena
* John Cena has competed for a championship or went on last at every WrestleMania in which he has performed, except for 2014.
* John Cena has won 4 world titles at WrestleMania, more than anyone else.
* WrestleMania 30 was the first not headlined by John Cena, Triple H or Undertaker since WrestleMania 19.
Young Guns
* King Kong Bundy (28) was the only person under 30 to headline WrestleMania until 1993.
* Yokozuna (26-27), King Kong Bundy (28), Shawn Michaels (29), The Rock (26-28), Big Show (28), Brock Lesnar (25), John Cena (28-29), Randy Orton (29) would all go on to headline WrestleMania under 30 years old.
* Roman Reigns at 29, was be the first man under 30 to headline WrestleMania since Randy Orton. Technically Seth Rollins, who was 28, also main evented WrestleMania 31.
Championship History
* Over the course of 9 WrestleMania events from 2003-2011, the Intercontinental Title was only defended once, and only for 21 seconds.
* The World Heavyweight title changed hands at WrestleMania or within 2 weeks of WrestleMania every year from 2004-2013.
* Rey Mysterio competed for the World Heavyweight Title, Cruiserweight Title, and the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania. He also went into WrestleMania 21 as a tag team champion.
* The Miz has competed for the WWE Title, Intercontinental Title, Tag Team Title, and the Andre The Giant Memorial trophy at WrestleMania. He also competed in a match to determine WWE's permanent GM.
* The Big Show is the only person to compete for all four active championships at WrestleMania.
* Five Intercontinental champions have retained their title while losing matches at WrestleMania.
* Every 10th WrestleMania has featured two title challengers. Batista and Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 30, Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 20, and Lex Luger and Bret Hart at WrestleMania 10 .
* The WWE Divas Title went undefended at WrestleMania between WrestleMania 24-29.
The Kliq
* Razor Ramon was featured on the WrestleMania 12 poster, although he did not have a match on the card. He was slated to face Goldust, but was pulled from the show and replaced with Roddy Piper.
* A member of DX/The Kliq (More specifically Shawn Michaels or HHH) has wrestled at every WrestleMania since 1989.
* Diesel was the only WWE Champion in the 1990's to show up and leave WrestleMania with the title.
Specialty Matches
* The Intercontinental Title Ladder match will be the eleventh ladder match in WrestleMania history
* WrestleMania 21 had no tag team matches, and WrestleMania 2000 had no one-on-one male singles matches.
* Cesaro, Yoshi Tatsu, Santino Marella, Kane, Viscera, Great Khali, Booker T, Iron Sheik, Andre The Giant, Bad News Brown, D'Lo Brown and Test have all won battle royal matches at WrestleMania.
Celebrities, Retirements and Departures
* The Rock (2013) Maria Menunous (2012), Edge, Snooki (2011), Shawn Michaels, Mr. McMahon (2010), Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka (2009), Floyd Mayweather (2008), all wrestled in the last PPV of their wrestling careers at WrestleMania, as of this writing. Several members of the 2014 and 2015 battle royals haven't wrestled on PPV since.
* 10 WrestleMania 31 performers are currently out with an injury.
* Snooki, Mayweather, Lawrence Taylor, Akebono, Butterbean, Maria Menunous, and Mr. T- Celebrities and Athletes are 8-0 in Wrestlemania non-battle royal matches. None would ever wrestle in the WWE again.
* Pete Rose has appeared for WWE more times than he has in an official WWE capacity at WrestleMania in the past 25 years than he has for MLB.
Miscellaneous
* DDP and CM Punk both served as extras for WrestleMania entrances prior to their WWE careers. Current NXT stars Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss were also entrance extras.
* In the first 15 WrestleMania events, 33 matches ended in DQ, no contest, countout or draw. Since then, only one has.
* Stone Cold Steve Austin forgot his vest, and had to wear a t-shirt to the ring at WrestleMania 15.
* Tons of Funk vs. Rhodes Scholars & Bella Twins (2013) as well as Smoking Gunns, Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly vs. Headshrinkers, I.R.S, Rick Martel, & Jeff Jarrett (1994) were cut from WrestleMania shows at the last minute due to time.
* Daniel Bryan in 2014 had more ring time at any one WrestleMania since Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart in 1996.
* Rikishi (Rikishi, The Sultan, Fatu) appeared at WrestleMania under three personas. Charles Wright (Kama, Papa Shango, The Godfather, The Goodfather), appeared under four.
* Bam Bam Bigelow was the only man who held ECW's incarnation of the ECW title who main evented a Wrestlemania.
* Before his 2011 World Heavyweight Title Match, Alberto Del Rio had gone winless in his previous 5 TV matches.
* Stone Cold Steve Austin has served as a special guest referee at three WrestleMania events since retiring.
* Dolph Ziggler has never had a one-on-one match at WrestleMania.
* There have been three hair vs. hair matches at WrestleMania. Adrian Adonis vs. Roddy Piper (WrestleMania 3), Victoria vs. Molly Holly (WrestleMania 20), and Umaga vs. Bobby Lashley (WrestleMania 23)
* There have been only 18 matches to end in submission at the first 31 WrestleMania events.
Familiar Faces:
* DDP drove Greg Valentine, Jimmy Hart and Honky Tonk Man to the ring at WrestleMania 6.
* Alexa Bliss, Charlotte and Sasha Banks were a part of Triple H's WrestleMania 30 entrance.
* CM Punk was an extra in John Cena's entrance during WrestleMania 22 in Chicago.