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INDIANAPOLIS -- The return to Las Vegas for WrestleMania at Allegiant Stadium kicked off in Indianapolis, Indiana this past weekend with the largest crowd in North American history for a Professional Wrestling event not named WrestleMania.
WWE announced that the Royal Rumble event was the “most-successful and highest-grossing” in the event’s 30+ year history. In fact this year’s Royal Rumble generated the largest gate for any single-night event in WWE history with the 70,347 fans in attendance at Lucas Oil Stadium.
All while some of their top stars such as Rhea Ripley, Gunther, & rumored returns of names like The Rock and Becky Lynch not appearing during the event. The WWE also highlighted several other records broken by the event in Indianapolis:
- Viewership: Royal Rumble 2025, which was distributed by Peacock, set the event's all-time viewership record, up nearly 14% from last year's record audience.
"International viewing numbers are up even higher year-over-year with Royal Rumble shifting to Netflix globally," the WWE said.
- Merchandise: Merchandise sales were up more than 95% over the previous Royal Rumble record from last year. Royal Rumble 2025 was the highest-grossing non-WrestleMania event of all-time for the WWE.
- Sponsorship: Sponsorship revenue was up 94% over the 2024 record, officials said.
- Social: The organization said Royal Rumble 2025 also set a new record for the most social video viewers in event history.
We are now officially 75 days away from Night One of WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium. With WrestleMania & WWE World tickets now on sale & the weekend announcement of T-Mobile Arena hosting Friday Night Smackdown, NXT’s Stand & Deliver, & Monday Night Raw during “WrestleMania Week”.
The only expected announcement is the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony which will be headlined by Triple H with rumors of it being held inside MSG’s Sphere. The first full WrestleMania under the TKO banner WrestleMania 41 is expected to be the biggest WrestleMania ever.
