List_of_professional_wrestling_attendance_records

List of professional wrestling attendance records

List of the largest attendances in the history of professional wrestling

The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records. The highest number of events on the list have been promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the largest professional wrestling promotion in Japan.

NJPW's Collision in Korea, a two-day interpromotional supercard co-hosted with World Championship Wrestling, was the first-ever pro wrestling event held in North Korea and remains the most attended live event of all-time. The event reportedly had a combined crowd of 320,000, with 150,000 and 190,000 attending the first and second nights respectively.^[1] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter claimed actual attendances were about 150,000 and 165,000.^[2]^[3] Regardless, the second night of Collision in Korea remains the most attended overall live event of all-time. It is generally accepted that many attendees at Collision in Korea attended for free.^[2]

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[8] [N 1]
80,709 is the turnstile attendance as disclosed by the Arlington, Texas police department; the figure of 101,763 is WWE's announced estimate including no-shows, complimentary tickets, and staff and stewarding.

[Disputed-60to125-11] [N 2]
There are different reports on the attendance of the event with numbers ranging from 60,000 to as high as 110,000 or 125,000.

[Summerslam92-13] [N 3]
78,927 was the paid attendance for SummerSlam 1992; the total attendance for the event was 79,127.

[19] [N 4]
72,265 was the turnstile attendance as disclosed by Brent London Borough Council; 81,035 was the separate metric of tickets sold.

[Disputed-50to60-83] [N 5]
There are different reports on the attendance of the event with numbers ranging from 50,000 to as high as 60,000.

[Disputed-50to70-84] [N 6]
There are different reports on the attendance of the event with numbers ranging from 50,000 to as high as 70,000.

[Disputed-AAA-93] [N 7]
There are different reports on the attendance of the event with numbers ranging from 48,000 to 50,000.

[WCW98-112] [N 8]
Total attendance 41,412. The paid attendance for the event was ~5000 less than the total attendance.

[Disputed-40to65-117] [N 9]
There are different reports on the attendance of the event with numbers ranging from 40,000 to as high as 50,000 or 65,000.

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Promotion	Event	Location	Venue	Actual attendance	Marketed attendance	Main event(s)	Notes
NJPW / WCW	Collision in Korea (Day 2) April 29, 1995	Pyongyang, North Korea	May Day Stadium	165,000	190,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair	^[2]
NJPW / WCW	Collision in Korea (Day 1) April 28, 1995	Pyongyang, North Korea	May Day Stadium	150,000	165,000	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Scott Norton for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[3]
WWE	WrestleMania 32 April 3, 2016	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	80,709	101,763	Triple H (c) vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^{[Note 1]}^[4]^[8]^[9]
—	Jim Londos vs. Kola Kwariani October 22, 1933	Athens, Greece	Panathenaic Stadium	80,000+		Jim Londos (c) vs. Kola Kwariani for the World Heavyweight Championship	^{[Note 2]}^[10]
WWF	SummerSlam August 29, 1992	London, England	Wembley Stadium	78,927	80,355	Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	^{[Note 3]}^[11]^[12]
WWF	WrestleMania III March 29, 1987	Pontiac, Michigan	Pontiac Silverdome	78,000	93,173	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. André the Giant for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[13]
WWE	WrestleMania 23 April 1, 2007	Detroit, Michigan	Ford Field	74,687	80,103	John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship	^[14]^[15]
WWE	Wrestlemania XL (Night 2) April 7, 2024	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Lincoln Financial Field	72,755	72,755	Roman Reigns(c) vs. Cody Rhodes in a Bloodline Rules match for the WWE Championship
WWE	Wrestlemania XL (Night 1) April 6, 2024	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Lincoln Financial Field	72,543	72,543	The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins in a tag team match
AEW	All In August 27, 2023	London, England	Wembley Stadium	72,265	81,035	MJF (c) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship	^{[Note 4]}^[8]^[16]^[17]^[18]
WWE	Super Show-Down October 6, 2018	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground		70,309	Triple H vs. The Undertaker in a No Disqualification match
WWE	WrestleMania 29 April 7, 2013	East Rutherford, New Jersey	MetLife Stadium	68,900	80,676	The Rock (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship	^[14]^[19]^[20]
WWE	WrestleMania 39 (Night 2) April 2, 2023	Inglewood, California	SoFi Stadium	67,553	81,395	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship	^[21]
WWE	WrestleMania 39 (Night 1) April 1, 2023	Inglewood, California	SoFi Stadium	67,303	80,497	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship	^[21]
WWE	WrestleMania XXIV March 30, 2008	Orlando, Florida	Florida Citrus Bowl	65,700	74,635	Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship	^[14]^[22]
WWE	WrestleMania 38 (Night 1) April 2, 2022	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	65,719	77,899	Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens	^[23]^[24]
WWE	WrestleMania 38 (Night 2) April 3, 2022	Arlington, Texas	AT&T Stadium	65,653	78,453	Roman Reigns (c - Universal) vs. Brock Lesnar (c - WWE) in a Winner Takes All match for the WWE and Universal Championships	^[23]^[24]
—	Jim Londos vs. Karl Zbyszko December 9, 1928	Athens, Greece	Panathenaic Stadium	65,000		Jim Londos vs. Karl Zbyszko	^[25]
TPW	Battle Entertainment (Day 1) July 23, 1996	Atami, Japan	Atami Sun Beach	65,000		Abdullah the Butcher and Daikokubo Benkei vs. Kishin Kawabata and Takashi Ishikawa	^[26]^[27]
WWE	WrestleMania 33 April 2, 2017	Orlando, Florida	Camping World Stadium	64,900	75,245	Roman Reigns vs. The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match	^[28]^[29]
WWE	WrestleMania XXVI March 28, 2010	Glendale, Arizona	University of Phoenix Stadium	64,100	72,219	The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification Streak vs. Career match	^[14]^[22]
WWE	WrestleMania 35 April 7, 2019	East Rutherford, New Jersey	MetLife Stadium	63,000	82,265	Ronda Rousey (c - Raw) vs. Charlotte Flair (c - SD) vs. Becky Lynch in a Winner Takes All Triple Threat match for the WWE Raw Women's and the WWE SmackDown Women's Championships	^[30]
WWE	WrestleMania XXVIII April 1, 2012	Miami Gardens, Florida	Sun Life Stadium	62,400	78,363	John Cena vs. The Rock	^[14]^[31]
WWE	Clash at the Castle September 3, 2022	Cardiff, Wales	Principality Stadium	62,296	62,296	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship	^[32]^[33]
WWE	WrestleMania XXVII April 3, 2011	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	61,846	71,617	The Miz (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship	^[14]
WWF	WrestleMania VI April 1, 1990	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome	61,846	67,678	Hulk Hogan (c - WHC) vs. The Ultimate Warrior (c - IC) in a Winner Takes All match for the WWF World Heavyweight and WWF Intercontinental Championships	^[14]^[34]
WWF	The Big Event August 28, 1986	Toronto, Canada	Exhibition Stadium	61,470	64,000	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[35]
WWF	WrestleMania X-Seven April 1, 2001	Houston, Texas	Reliant Astrodome	61,079	67,925	The Rock (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship	^[14]^[36]
WWF	WrestleMania X8 March 17, 2002	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome	61,069	68,237	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Triple H for the Undisputed WWF Championship	^[14]^[37]
WWE	WrestleMania XXX April 6, 2014	New Orleans, Louisiana	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	59,500	75,167	Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[38]
WWE	WrestleMania 25 April 5, 2009	Houston, Texas	Reliant Stadium	58,200	72,744	Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
WWE	WrestleMania 31 March 29, 2015	Santa Clara, California	Levi's Stadium	57,800	76,976	Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[39]
NJPW / UWFi	NJPW vs. UWFi October 9, 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	57,000		Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[14]^[40]
NJPW	Antonio Inoki Retirement Show April 4, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	57,000	70,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye	^[14]^[41]
NJPW	Battle Formation April 29, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	55,000	65,000	Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[42]^[43]
NJPW / WCW	Starrcade in Tokyo Dome March 21, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	54,500		Tatsumi Fujinami (c - IWGP) vs. Ric Flair (c - NWA) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the IWGP Heavyweight and NWA World Heavyweight Championships	^[42]^[44]
WWF	WrestleMania VIII April 5, 1992	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hoosier Dome	54,000	62,167	Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice	^[14]
NJPW	Do Judge!! October 9, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	54,000		Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki	^[42]^[45]
NJPW	Super Fight in Tokyo Dome February 10, 1990	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	53,000		Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto	^[42]^[46]
NJPW	Strong Style Symphony: New Japan Spirit April 10, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	53,000		Keiji Muto (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[42]^[47]
NOAH	Destiny July 18, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		62,000	Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa	^[48]
NJPW	Indicate of Next October 8, 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		61,500	Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata vs. BATT (Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto)	^[49]
NJPW	Battle Formation April 12, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		60,500	Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa	^[50]
WWF	Royal Rumble January 19, 1997	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome		60,447	Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship	^[51]
UWF	U-Cosmos November 29, 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		60,000	Akira Maeda vs. Willie Wilhelm in a Wrestler vs. Judoka match	^[52]
NJPW	Dome Impact April 7, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		60,000	Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa	^[45]
WWE	Greatest Royal Rumble April 27, 2018	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	King Abdullah International Stadium		60,000	50-man Greatest Royal Rumble match	^[53]
AJPW	25th Anniversary Show May 1, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		58,300	Mitsuharu Misawa (c) vs. Toshiaki Kawada for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship	^[54]
NOAH	Departure July 10, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		58,000	Kenta Kobashi (c) vs. Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship	^[55]
NJPW	Toukon Memorial Day May 2, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		57,000	Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa	^[56]
WWE	Global Warning August 10, 2002	Melbourne, Australia	Colonial Stadium		56,734	The Rock (c) vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Undisputed Championship	^[57]
NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka Dome May 3, 1993	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Dome	55,000		Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu	^[58]
NJPW	Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome January 4, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	55,000	65,000	Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[41]
AJPW	Giant Baba Memorial Show May 2, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	55,000		Vader (c) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship	^[59]
NJPW	Ultimate Crush May 2, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		55,000	Yuji Nagata (c - IWGP) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (c - NWF) in a Title for Title match for the IWGP Heavyweight and NWF Heavyweight Championships	^[60]
WWE	WrestleMania XIX March 30, 2003	Seattle, Washington	Safeco Field		54,097	Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship	^[61]
NJPW / UWFi	Wrestling World 1996 January 4, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	54,000	64,000	Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[62]^[63]
NJPW / WCW	Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome January 4, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	53,500	63,500	Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu	^[64]^[65]
NJPW	Wrestling World 2000 January 4, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	53,500	63,500	Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[66]
NJPW / WCW	Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka Dome May 1, 1994	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Dome	53,000	53,500	Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Muta	^[67]
NJPW	Strong Style Evolution May 3, 1997	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Dome	53,000		Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Naoya Ogawa for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[68]
WWE	Elimination Chamber: Perth February 24, 2024	Perth, Western Australia, Australia	Optus Stadium		52,590	Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax for the Women's World Championship
NJPW	Battle 7 January 4, 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	52,500	62,500	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[69]^[70]
NJPW / BJW	Wrestling World 1997 January 4, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	52,500	62,500	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[71]
NJPW	Wrestling World 1999 January 4, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	52,500	62,500	Scott Norton (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[72]
WWE	Royal Rumble January 29, 2017	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome		52,020	30-man Royal Rumble match	^[73]
FMW	5th Anniversary Show May 5, 1994	Kawasaki, Japan	Kawasaki Stadium		52,000	Atsushi Onita vs. Genichiro Tenryu in an Exploding Barbed Wire Cage Deathmatch	^[74]
NJPW	Wrestling World 2001 January 4, 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	52,000	62,000	Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final for the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[75]
NJPW	Wrestling World 2002 January 4, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		51,500	Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship	^[76]
WWE	SummerSlam August 5, 2023	Detroit, Michigan	Ford Field	51,477	59,194	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso in a Tribal Combat match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and recognition of Tribal Chief of the Anoaʻi family	^[77]
WWE	SummerSlam August 21, 2021	Las Vegas, Nevada	Allegiant Stadium		51,326	Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Universal Championship	^[78]
—	Jim Londos vs. Dinarli Mehmed August 2, 1936	Athens, Greece	Panathenaic Stadium	50,000+		Jim Londos vs. Dinarli Mehmed	^{[Note 5]}^[10]
—	Jim Londos vs. Johannes van der Walt July 25, 1937	Athens, Greece	Panathenaic Stadium	50,000+		Jim Londos vs. Johannes van der Walt	^{[Note 6]}^[10]
—	Gino Garibaldi vs. Colonel Kobolo 1927	Trieste, Italy	Unknown	50,000		Gino Garibaldi vs. Colonel Kobolo	^[25]
WWF	WWF at the Ohio State Fair August 13, 1985	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State Fairgrounds		50,000	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Big John Studd for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	^[79]
NJPW / WCW	Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome January 4, 1992	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	50,000	60,000	Tatsumi Fujinami (c – IWGP) vs. Riki Choshu (c – Greatest 18) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the IWGP Heavyweight and Greatest 18 Club Championships	^[44]
—	Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show April 2, 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	50,000	60,000	Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono	^[80]^[81]
FMW	6th Anniversary Show May 5, 1995	Kawasaki, Japan	Kawasaki Stadium	50,000	58,250	Atsushi Onita (c) vs. Hayabusa in an Exploding Barbed Wire Cage Deathmatch for the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship	^[82]
NJPW	The Spiral October 14, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		50,000	Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[76]
NJPW	Nexess May 3, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		50,000	Bob Sapp (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[83]
WWE	Tribute to the Troops December 11, 2010	Fort Hood, Texas	Fort Hood		50,000	John Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, and The Miz	^[84]
CWE	The Great Khali Returns (Day 2) February 28, 2016	Dehradun, India	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium		50,000	Brody Steele (c) vs. The Great Khali for the CWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[5]
FMW	Barbed Wire Deathmatch Tournament August 17, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	Torisu Stadium		48,221	Atsushi Onita vs. Sambo Asako in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch tournament final	^[85]
WWE	Royal Rumble January 27, 2019	Phoenix, Arizona	Chase Field		48,193	30-man Royal Rumble match	^[86]
AAA	Triplemanía April 30, 1993	Mexico City, Mexico	Plaza de Toros	48,000+		Cien Caras vs. Konnan in a Best 2-of-3 Falls Retirement match	^{[Note 7]}^[87]
TVC	Médico Asesino vs. Gardenia Davis October 3, 1954	Guadalajara, Mexico	Plaza de Toros el Progreso	48,000		Médico Asesino vs. Gardenia Davis	^[88]
NJPW	Battlefield January 4, 1994	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	48,000	62,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu	^[89]
NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka Dome May 3, 1995	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Dome	48,000	52,500	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[90]
NJPW	Jingu Climax August 28, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Jingu Stadium		48,000	The Great Muta vs. The Great Nita in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire and Explosive Barricades Land Mine Deathmatch	^[47]
NJPW	Final Dome October 11, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	48,000	58,500	Naoya Ogawa (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	^[91]
NJPW	Ultimate Crush II October 13, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		47,000	Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Bob Sapp, Minoru Suzuki and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Seiji Sakaguchi in a 10-man elimination match	^[92]
UWFi	Pro-Wrestling World Championship: Takada vs. Vader December 5, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	Jingu Stadium		46,168	Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Super Vader for the Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship	^[93]
NJPW	Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005 January 4, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		46,000	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship	^[94]
AJPW	2nd Wrestle-1 January 19, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		45,371	Bob Sapp vs. Ernesto Hoost	^[95]
NJPW	Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen August 15, 1984	Islamabad, Pakistan	Almin Sports Center		45,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Bad News Allen	^[6]
NJPW	Rising the Next Generations in Osaka Dome August 8, 1998	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Dome		45,000	Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[96]
NJPW	Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome April 24, 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	43,800	53,600	Antonio Inoki (c) vs. Shota Chochishvili in a no rope martial arts match for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship	^[97]^[98]
NJPW	The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome August 10, 1997	Nagoya, Japan	Nagoya Dome	43,500		Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[99]
AJPW / NJPW / WWF	The US/Japan Wrestling Summit April 13, 1990	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	43,000	53,742	Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen	^[100]
—	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye December 31, 2000	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Dome		42,753	Antonio Inoki vs. Renzo Gracie	^[101]
WWE	Royal Rumble January 26, 2020	Houston, Texas	Minute Maid Park		42,715	30-man Royal Rumble match	^[102]
SWS / WWF	WrestleFest March 30, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		42,000	Hulk Hogan and Genichiro Tenryu vs. The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal)	^[103]
WWF	Raw Is War February 8, 1999	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome		41,432	Vince McMahon, Ken Shamrock, Test, Kane, Chyna and Big Boss Man vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a 6-on-1 handicap elimination match	^[104]
WCW	Monday Nitro July 6, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	41,412	39,000	Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship	^{[Note 8]}^[105]^[106]
TVC	Médico Asesino vs. Tonina Jackson February 28, 1954	Guadalajara, Mexico	Plaza de Toros el Progreso	41,000		Médico Asesino vs. Tonina Jackson in a Mask vs. Hair match	^[88]
FMW	4th Anniversary Show May 5, 1993	Kawasaki, Japan	Kawasaki Stadium		41,000	Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk in a No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire Timebomb Deathmatch	^[74]
PWFG	Stack of Arms October 4, 1992	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		40,800	Masakatsu Funaki vs. Maurice Smith in a Different Style Fight	^[107]
NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Day 1) January 4, 2020	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		40,008	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	^[108]
—	Jim Londos vs. Karol Zbyszko December 2, 1928	Athens, Greece	Panathenaic Stadium	40,000+		Jim Londos vs. Karol Zbyszko	^{[Note 9]}^[10]
—	Jim Londos vs. Jim Wright October 3, 1956	Athens, Greece	Panathenaic Stadium	40,000		Jim Londos vs. Jim Wright	^[10]
AWA	Braves Field Show July 30, 1935	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000		Ed Don George (c) vs. Danno O'Mahoney for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship	^[109]
NJPW	Antonio Inoki vs. Akram Pahalwan December 12, 1976	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium^[110]	40,000	50,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Akram Pahalwan	^[110]^[6]
NJPW	Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Crusher August 6, 1984	Peshawar, Pakistan	Peshawar Stadium		40,000	Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Crusher	^[6]
SWS / WWF	SuperWrestle December 12, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome		40,000	Genichiro Tenryu vs. Hulk Hogan	^[111]
NJPW	Final Power Hall in Fukuoka Dome November 2, 1997	Fukuoka, Japan	Fukuoka Dome	40,000	48,000	Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono vs. Tatsumi Fujinami and Genichiro Tenryu	^[112]
NJPW	Wrestling World 2004 January 4, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Dome	40,000	53,000	Shinsuke Nakamura (c - IWGP) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (c - NWF) in an Unification match for the IWGP Heavyweight and NWF Heavyweight Championships	^[113]
MPW	Sendai Television Broadcasting Festival: Happy!! Juni*Land (Day 2) November 5, 2006	Sendai, Japan	Sendai West Park		40,000	Jinsei Shinzaki and Shinjitsu Nohashi vs. Yoshitsune and Rasse	^[114]

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