WWE Touts WrestleMania 2024 as Its Most-Viewed Event Ever — Up 41% From 2023

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Highlighted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wrestling and Cody Rhodes’ championship match, the annual culmination of the company’s storylines saw strong fan interest

A man on the left with medium-toned skin is about to be thrown into the turnbuckle by a man on the right, with light-toned skin. They are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Cody Rhodes. They are in a wrestling ring at a live event, with bright lights in teh background.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40 at Lincoln Financial Field on April 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by WWE/Getty Images)

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The viewership for this year’s annual two-night WWE WrestleMania was up 41% across Night 1 and Night 2, compared with last year’s audience. That viewership was driven by the culmination of a multi-year storyline around Cody Rhodes going after Roman Reigns’ world title, and also featured a match Saturday with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Johnson joined the board of WWE parent company TKO Group at the beginning of the year, taking a $30 million payday for the new role, which has also included TV appearances throughout the first quarter.

Mike Roe

Mike Roe joined the staff as Weekend News Editor for TheWrap in 2023. Before that, he wrote “The 30 Rock Book” for publisher Abrams and won an L.A. Press Club award for his oral history of “30 Rock’s” “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah.” Previously, Mike spent more than a decade as a journalist for NPR station LAist/KPCC,…

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