Wrestlemania 38 has been touted to be the biggest of all time under the same chronology all around the globe. India is the biggest market for WWE when it comes to television viewership and the latest edition of the Show of Shows also drew big numbers.
According to The Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC), WrestleMania drew 56.1 million viewers in India on the broadcast channel, Sony Sports Network. The number is up by 29% from the total viewership of WrestleMania 37 in 2021.
The viewership of WrestleMania 38 – Night One was 34% up compared to WrestleMania 37 – Night One, while the viewership of WrestleMania 38 – Night Two was 33% up compared to WrestleMania 37 – Night Two.
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In more news, the debut of Indian Superstar Veer Mahaan helped increase the RAW after WrestleMania 38 episode viewership in India by 9% compared to the go-home show for the premium live event.
Paul Heyman also noted that the viewership of the Biggest Event of the Year on Peacock was 58% more than the viewership of WrestleMania 37 from last year. Per him, the credit to draw the numbers goes to the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, who defeated Brock Lesnar in the main event of Night Two.
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WWE should be happy with how the viewership numbers went for Wrestlemania 38 but the numbers were far better a few years ago with top popular stars within the Indian fanbase The Undertaker, John Cena, and Roman Reigns being involved in matches.
“India is one of our top international markets. In terms of audience size, it is our largest,” a WWE Official said regarding the TV viewership in India.
Something like 89 million Indians watched WrestleMania 33, 50 million Indians watch RAW and SmackDown every week (on Sony Ten 1 and Sony Ten 1 HD).
Sunday Dhamaal has 25 million tuning in. And those are numbers greater than any other international markets we have.”
Wrestlemania 38 defeated Super Bowl in social media numbers
It has already been noted by the WWE that WrestleMania 38 also defeated Super Bowl 56 on Social Media numbers. Per WWE’s official statement, the stats go as follows:
WrestleMania 38 beat Super Bowl LVI with 2.2 billion social media impressions for WWE vs. 1.8 billion impressions for the NFL.
– WWE won in video views with WrestleMania at 1.1 billion vs. Super Bowl at 618 million.
– WWE won in engagements with WrestleMania 38 at 87 million vs. Super Bowl at 78 million.
– WWE won in video watch time with WrestleMania at 13.1 million hours vs. Super Bowl at 3.56 million hours.
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WrestleMania 38 also became WWE’s highest-grossing and most-attended event in company history as it saw 156,352 fans coming from all 50 USA states and 53 countries at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Dallas, Texas over the course of two exciting nights. (info courtesy WWFOldSchool)
