The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records in the United Kingdom. The list is dominated by the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment which has controlled the industry in North America since 2002. As the World Wrestling Federation, it became the first national promotion in the U.S. during the 1980s wrestling boom. World Championship Wrestling, the main competitor to the WWF during the 1990s wrestling boom, also set several records during their visits. However, all of their events were surpassed by the WWE in the early 2000s.

In its heyday, British-based Joint Promotions and its independent rivals generally relied on intensive touring rather than major individual shows - by the mid-1960s Joint had an annual touring schedule of between 4000 and 5000 house shows including weekly residencies in over thirty cities. However, Joint regularly appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in London (capacity 5,272) and organised three major shows at Wembley Arena between 1979 and 1981 at the height of top star Big Daddy's popularity. Both venues would later host WWF and WCW shows.

The mainstream popularity of British wrestling largely declined after the cancellation of ITV's World of Sport in 1985 and then the standalone Wrestling programme on the network in 1988. (A programme continued on regional Welsh language terrestrial channel S4C until 1995.) Joint Promotions closed down in February 1995, although rival All Star Wrestling, which supplanted Joint as dominant local promotion in the late 1980s after taking over a share of the final two years of ITV coverage, survives at grassroots level as of .

As a result, all of the attendance records formerly set by British wrestling promotions were gradually surpassed in the years following the WWF's arrival in the UK. The WWF's official UK debut took place on October 10, 1989, at the sold-out London Arena in London, England. The main event was a match between Hulk Hogan (with Miss Elizabeth) and Randy Savage (with Sensational Sherri) for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The event was broadcast live on Sky One. A similar show was held the next night in Birmingham.

This was followed by a series of high-profile UK tours, starting with the 1991 UK Rampage. By August 1992 this had culminated in the WWF holding Summerslam '92 at Wembley Stadium before nearly 80,000 fans - a live event on a scale precedented within the worldwide wrestling industry only by 1987's Wrestlemania III. WCW meanwhile, with WCW Worldwide in a graveyard slot on ITV, conducted an exploratory tour in December 1991. Fuller tours were conducted in 1993–1994 by which time ITV had moved WCW to British wrestling's old Saturday afternoon timeslot. These ceased once the company moved to pan-European satellite channel Superchannel in late 1995 but resumed after the move back to terrestrial television on Channel 5 in 1999, with two more tours in 2000 before the company closed in 2001.

WWF/WWE created a series of live and PPV events, Mayhem in Manchester (1998), No Mercy (1999), Rebellion (1999–2002), Insurrextion (2000–2003), exclusively for the British market. WWE ended all-UK exclusive pay-per-views when its weekly programming began broadcasting on British television in 2004. According to this list, 13 events are from WWE's flagship television show WWE Raw and 5 from WWE Smackdown, which since 2005's has been held exclusively in stadiums that typically have a seating capacity of at least 20,000 people or more.

Only four of the attendances listed are non-WWE events, AEW's Wembley Stadium shows All In 2023 and All In 2024, AEW and NJPW's Forbidden Door 2025, and a house show during WCW Nitro U.K. Tour 2000!, which is the last remaining record set by the company. All bar one of these events have been held in England, most often in the metropolitan areas of either Manchester or the capital city of London, the exception being 2022 Cardiff, Wales WWE event Clash at the Castle. On November 15, 2015, an Insane Championship Wrestling show in Glasgow, Scotland, headlined by Grado vs. Drew Galloway, drew a sellout crowd of 3,802 fans and a $152,780 gate. It was the biggest crowd for a British-based promotion since 1982 and the largest UK gate of the "modern-era".

Events and attendances Promotion Event Location Venue AttendanceMain Event(s)Ref. WWF (WWE) SummerSlam London, England Wembley Stadium 78,927 Bret Hart (c) vs. The British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental ChampionshipAt the time of the event, "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship was promoted as the top of the bill match. Retrospectively, WWE recognises Hart vs Bulldog as having been the main event.Summerslam '92 report, WWF Magazine November 1992Summerslam '92, UK VHS, Silver Vision WF10 1992- cover art gives prime position to Savage vs Warrior match and depicts Hart vs Bulldog as one of three supporting matches, rear cover places Savage vs Warrior at top of list of matches with Hart vs Bulldog below itWWE: SummerSlam 1992 - 30th Anniversary Edition DVD Sports DVD Freemantle 2022, front cover art depicts Hart vs Bulldog as main event match, rear cover match list places Hart vs Bulldog at top and relegates Warrior vs Savage to joint third place with Natural Disasters vs Beverly Brothers78,927 was the paid attendance for SummerSlam 1992; the total attendance for the event was 79,127. AEW All In London, England Wembley Stadium 72,265 MJF (c) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship Turnstile attendance was recorded at 72,265 by Brent Council. Tickets sold – a separate metric – was announced at 81,035; distributed tickets (including complimentary tickets) was estimated by wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer to between 84,000 and 85,000. WWE Clash at the Castle Cardiff, Wales Principality Stadium 62,296 Roman Reigns (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship AEW All In London, England Wembley Stadium 46,476 Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Bryan Danielson in a Title vs. Career match for the AEW World Championship Turnstile attendance was recorded at 46,476 by Brent Council. Tickets sold – a separate metric – was reported at 53,385. AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door London, England The O2 Arena 18,992 Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi), Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Will Ospreay vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley), The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), and Gabe Kidd in a Lights Out Steel Cage match WWE Money in the Bank London, England The O2 Arena 18,885 The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) WWF (WWE) Mayhem in Manchester Manchester, England NYNEX Arena 18,514 The Undertaker vs. Kane WWF (WWE) No Mercy Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 18,407 Steve Austin (c) vs. Triple H vs. The Undertaker in an Anything Goes Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship WWE WWE SmackDown Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 17,500 John Cena (c) vs. John Bradshaw Layfield vs. Kurt Angle in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Championship with special referee Steve Austin WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 777) London, England The O2 17,363 Triple H vs. John Bradshaw Layfield WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1303) London, England The O2 17,341 Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens vs. Elias in a Money in the Bank qualifying match WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 820) London, England The O2 17,176 John Cena (c) vs. Edge for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1039) London, England The O2 16,603 5-woman Battle Royal to decide the number one contender for the WWE Divas ChampionshipWWEWWE Live in London London, EnglandThe O216,410Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the Undisputed WWE Championship WCW WCW Nitro U.K. Tour 2000! (Day 3) Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 16,318 The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) (c) vs. The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) for the WCW World Tag Team ChampionshipWWEWWE Raw (Ep. 1662) London, EnglandThe O216,276IYO SKY (c) vs. Rhea Ripley for the WWE Women's World Championship with special referee Bianca Belair WWE WWE SmackDown London, England The O2 16,000 Big Show vs. The Undertaker in a Falls count anywhere match WWF (WWE) Insurrextion London, England Earls Court Exhibition Centre 15,794 The Power Trip (Steve Austin (c) and Triple H) vs. The Undertaker in a handicap match for the WWF Championship WWF (WWE) Rebellion Manchester, England Manchester Arena 15,612 Steve Austin (c) (Alliance) vs. The Rock (WWF) for the WWF Championship WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 703) Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 15,266 Ric Flair and Roddy Piper (c) vs. Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) for the WWE World Tag Team Championship WWE WWE SmackDown Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 15,000 Batista and Bobby Lashley vs. King Booker and Finlay WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1095) London, England The O2 15,000 John Cena vs. Luke Harper WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1276) Manchester, England Manchester Arena 15,000 The Shield (Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins) (c) vs. The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 807) Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 14,925 Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels in a Last Man Standing match WWE WWE SmackDown Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena 14,700 Jeff Hardy vs. The Undertaker in an Extreme Rules match WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1250) London, England The O2 14,500 Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose WWE WWE Raw Manchester, England Manchester Arena 14,000 CM Punk (c) vs. Ryback for the WWE Championship WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1142) London, England The O2 13,800 Dolph Ziggler vs. Neville WWE WWE Live in London London, England The O2 13,750 Kevin Owens (c) vs. Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Universal Championship WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1195) London, England The O2 13,713 Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens WWE WWE SmackDown London, England The O2 13,713 Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose and Sami Zayn WWE WWE Raw (Ep. 1068) Manchester, England Phones 4u Arena 13,612 CM Punk and Daniel Bryan vs. Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a handicap match WWE Rebellion Manchester, England Manchester Arena 13,416 Brock Lesnar (c) and Paul Heyman vs. Edge in a handicap match for the WWE Championship

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