WrestleMania is the name given to the grandest event in professional wrestling, started in March 31, 1985 in New York's Madison Square Garden by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

WrestleMania is to wrestling as the Super Bowl is to the NFL or as the World Series is to Major League Baseball, in the sense that it is the most important event of the year. It is the largest of all major wrestling events in the world.

On Sunday, March 14, 2004 the 20th WrestleMania event took place at Madison Square Garden, which is where the first WrestleMania event took place.

WrestleMania Dates and Venues

• WrestleMania I: March 31, 1985 - New York Madison Square Garden
• WrestleMania 2: April 7, 1986 - Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum; Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon; Los Angeles Los Angeles Sports Arena
• WrestleMania III: March 29, 1987 - Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac Silverdome
• WrestleMania IV: March 27, 1988 - Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City Convention Hall, hosted by Trump Plaza
• WrestleMania V: April 2, 1989 - Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City Convention Hall, hosted by Trump Plaza
• WrestleMania VI: April 1, 1990 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada SkyDome
• WrestleMania VII: March 24, 1991 - Los Angeles Los Angeles Sports Arena
• WrestleMania VIII: April 5, 1992 - Indianapolis, Indiana Hoosier Dome
• WrestleMania IX: April 4, 1993 - Las Vegas, Nevada Outdoor Arena at Caesar's Palace
• WrestleMania X: March 20, 1994 - New York Madison Square Garden
• WrestleMania XI: April 2, 1995 - Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center
• WrestleMania XII: March 31, 1996 - Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• WrestleMania 13: March 23, 1997 - Rosemont, Illinois The Rosemont Horizon
• WrestleMania XIV: March 29, 1998 - Boston FleetCenter
• WrestleMania XV: March 28, 1999 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center
• WrestleMania 2000: April 2, 2000 - Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• WrestleMania X-Seven: April 1, 2001 - Houston, Texas Astrodome
• WrestleMania X8: March 17, 2002 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada SkyDome
• WrestleMania XIX: March 30, 2003 - Seattle, Washington Safeco Field
• WrestleMania XX: March 14, 2004 - New York Madison Square Garden
• WrestleMania 21: April 3, 2005 - Los Angeles Staples Center
• WrestleMania 22: Tentative date of April 2, 2006 - Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena

Trivia

• WrestleMania III set the record for the largest indoor attendance of an event in history: 93,173 .
• Celebrities like Cyndi Lauper, Mr. T, Aretha Franklin, Donald Trump, Vanna White, Run DMC and many others have attended WrestleMania.

External links

• WrestleMania website (http://www.wrestlemania.com)
• WWE Official Website (http://www.wwe.com)