WWE WrestleMania 41 Breaks Company Record For Gate, Viewership, Merchandise, & More

WWE WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas was officially the most successful and highest-grossing event in company history.

Two main events headlined WrestleMania. On night one, the main event was a triple-threat match featuring CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins. Night two was headlined by Cody Rhodes taking on John Cena.

John Cena made history by defeating Cody Rhodes and becoming a 17-time WWE World Champion, breaking Ric Flair’s record of 16-time. Rapper Travis Scott interfered in the match to help Cena win.

Seth Rollins won the triple threat match and aligned himself with Paul Heyman, who betrayed both CM Punk and Roman Reigns.

Becky Lynch returned at WrestleMania.

All of this and more contributed to record-setting viewership, ticket sales revenue, merchandise sales, social media engagement, and more.

WWE WrestleMania 41 Breaks Company Record For Gate, Viewership, Merchandise, & More

WWE WrestleMania 41 was a massive success for the WWE in Las Vegas.

Gate

WrestleMania 41 generated the largest gate for any event in WWE history. It drew 124,693 fans across two nights at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Viewership

WrestleMania 41 was the most-viewed WrestleMania of all time, up 114 percent from the record set last year at WrestleMania XL. WWE WrestleMania was on Peacock in the US, but it was available on Netflix worldwide, making it available to most of the world.

Merchandise

With a partnership with Fantatics, WWE merchandise sales onsite were up more than 45% versus the previous all-time event record set by WrestleMania XL last year. WrestleMania 41 was the highest-grossing event of all time. Additionally, e-commerce sales were up 86 percent over last year’s record.

Sponsorship

WrestleMania 41 featured a record 28 total partners and set an all-time event record for revenue.

On Location

The exclusive hospitality experiences partner for WWE saw a 75% increase in hospitality sales and packages.

WWE World

WWE World at WrestleMania 41 was a five-day interactive fan experience. It was in partnership with the Fanatics event and became the most attended WWE fan convention of all time, with more than 50,000 attendees, a 21% increase over last year’s event for WrestleMania XL.

Social

WWE WrestleMania 41 became the most socially viewed WWE event of all time, generating 1.1 billion social views throughout the weekend. Additionally, WWE’s YouTube channel saw its most-viewed day ever on WrestleMania Sunday.