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Ten Fun Facts about WWE WrestleMania.

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The inaugural WrestleMania did not have a WWE TitleMatch

While the WWE Title wasn't up for gets in 1985, three title matches occurred — the Intercontinental Championship, World Tag Team Championship and Women's Championship.

At 4-0, Rob Van Dam is now the WrestleMania undefeated streak leader.

As a result of Brock Lesnar defeating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 30, Rob Van Dam now has the most Victories without a defeat on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

The WrestleMania 32 attendance record is 101,763.

More than 100,000 WWE fans packed AT&T Stadium in Dallas for WrestleMania 32, topping the 93,173 attendees for WrestleMania III in Pontiac, Mich, and smashing a record that was thought to be unbreakable.

Nearly 1.4 million fans have attended WrestleMania since its inception in 1985.

WrestleMania 2 happened on a Monday

That Scheduling decision makes the 1986 version the just a single to not occur on a Sunday. WrestleMania come back to Sunday the next year, while WWE grasped the possibility of Monday night battles nine years after the fact with Raw, the longest-running week by week Episodic program on TV.

Three Superstars share the record for most WrestleMania defeats.

With their respective losses at WrestleMania 32, Triple H and Big Show tied Shawn Michaels for the infamous record. Of course, HBK suffering 11 losses didn’t stop him from earning the moniker “Mr. WrestleMania.”

Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels squared off in WrestleMania’s longest match.

The WrestleMania XII WWE Iron Man Match between Hart and HBK set the record at 61 minute, 52 seconds in a marathon fight that required extra minutes to choose the victor.

The Rock won the shortest match in WrestleMania history.

The rock Crushed Erick Rowan in 6 seconds at WrestleMania 32. And made a record of shortest match at WrestleMania’s history.

With five appearances, Trish Stratus has competed at WrestleMania more than any female Superstar.

Stratus made her WrestleMania debut in a Women’s Title Match in her hometown of Toronto at WrestleMania 18.

Miss Elizabeth wore four different outfits at one WrestleMania.

Miss Elizabeth sparkled similarly as splendidly on The Grandest Stage of Them All since she wore an alternate dress during each of Savage's matches.

posted May 31, 2017 by Ranjith Havaldar

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3. His Influence in Pop culture

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