List of WrestleMania 2 Attendance and Event Facts

Total Combined Attendance: 40,085

Spread across three venues in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles

WrestleMania 2 drew a combined total attendance of 40,085 fans across its three simultaneous venues. The individual breakdowns were 16,585 in New York at Nassau Coliseum, approximately 9,000 in Chicago at the Rosemont Horizon, and 14,500 in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. While the combined figure was significant for the era, each individual venue's crowd was substantially smaller than the 19,121 who had attended the original WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden in 1985.

Only WrestleMania Held on a Monday

April 7, 1986 — Until WrestleMania 36 in 2020

WrestleMania 2 was the only WrestleMania in history to be held on a Monday — a distinction it held exclusively until WrestleMania 36 in April 2020, which was spread across two Wednesdays in the WWE Performance Center without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every other WrestleMania in history has been held on a Sunday. The Monday scheduling of WrestleMania 2 was a deliberate logistical choice tied to the three-venue broadcast format and arena availability.

First WrestleMania on National Pay-Per-View

Historic Broadcast Achievement

WrestleMania 2 was the first WrestleMania event to air on the national pay-per-view market across the United States. The original WrestleMania in 1985 had been available on pay-per-view in select areas only. The expansion to national PPV for WrestleMania 2 marked a pivotal moment in the WWF's commercial strategy — the beginning of the pay-per-view era that would define professional wrestling's business model for the next three decades. The event was also simultaneously broadcast on closed-circuit television across North America, as had been the tradition with WrestleMania I.

Total Matches: 12

Four matches per venue, three venues

WrestleMania 2 featured a total of 12 matches — four from each of the three venues broadcast back-to-back-to-back throughout the evening. This remains one of the highest match counts for any single WrestleMania event in history. The sheer volume of matches allowed the WWF to service multiple feuds simultaneously and give a wide range of talent WrestleMania appearances, from main eventers to mid-card performers to enhancement talent.

Three Separate Main Events

A First in WrestleMania History

WrestleMania 2 was the only WrestleMania to feature three entirely separate main events — one per venue. New York's main event was Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a boxing match. Chicago's main event was the 20-Man WWF vs. NFL Battle Royal won by Andre the Giant. Los Angeles' main event was Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy for the WWF Championship in a Steel Cage. No WrestleMania before or since has structured its programming with three co-equal main events across multiple simultaneous broadcasts.

First Steel Cage Match in WrestleMania History

Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy — Los Angeles

The main event of WrestleMania 2 — Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship — was the first Steel Cage Match in WrestleMania history. The steel cage stipulation, in which the winner must escape the structure by climbing over the top and touching both feet to the floor, added a level of drama and physicality appropriate for a championship match of this magnitude. The cage match remains the most dramatic in the entire WrestleMania 2 broadcast.

WrestleMania 2 Featured the First Use of Arabic Numerals

Historical Naming Convention Change

WrestleMania 2 was the first WrestleMania to use a cardinal number (the Arabic numeral '2') in its official title rather than the Roman numeral format that WrestleMania I had established. This naming convention — using standard numeric characters — continued through WrestleMania 6, after which the company would experiment with various naming styles including Roman numerals and themed subtitles before standardising on the Arabic numeral format that is used through to the present day.