Wrestlemania 38 was a two-night extravaganza that went down from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Dallas, Texas. The biggest stars in the WWE participated in it to make live up to the stupendous gimmick.
Check out interesting facts/records/ from Wrestlemania 38:
– 57-year-old Stone Cold Steve Austin became the oldest superstar to main-event WrestleMania in WWE history. The previous record was held by The Undertaker, who was 55 years old when he main evented WrestleMania 36 – Night One in 2020.
– With Wrestlemania 38 headliner match, Austin has also become the wrestler having the most gap between two WrestleMania main events: 21 years. His last WrestleMania main event happened in 2001, WrestleMania X-Seven against The Rock. The previous record was set by WWE Hall of Famer Edge who main-evented in 2008 and then at Wrestlemania 37, last year. Plus, this was Austin’s 4th overall main event while Owens featured in the main event for the first time.
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– The Undertaker made a record 28th appearance at WrestleMania but Wrestlemania 38 Night One and Two were the first two times that he appeared at a WrestleMania and didn’t wrestle a match.
– Bianca Belair has joined Becky Lynch as the only two women who have the accolade of winning both the RAW and SmackDown Women’s Titles wins at WrestleMania. While Becky did it in a Winner Takes All match, Belair did the unthinkable by winning both the title, separately in back-to-back Wrestlemania events.
– Wrestlemania 38 marked the first time since Becky Lynch lost the RAW Women’s Title via pinfall since her WrestleMania 35 win. She vacated this title in 2020 due to pregnancy and she officially lost the belt to Belair on April 2.
– Drew McIntyre became the first-ever superstar in WWE history to kick out of Baron Corbin’s End of Days finisher. The Scottish Warrior also became the first man to cut the ring ropes at a Wrestlemania event. His win over Happy Corbin at Wrestlemania 37 also ended the latter’s winning streak under this Happy gimmick.
– Seth Rollins now has 3 back-to-back losses at WrestleMania 36 (against Kevin Owens), Wrestlemania 37 (against Cesaro), and Wrestlemania 38 (against Cody Rhodes)
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Charlotte Flair made incredible records at Wrestlemania 38
– Charlotte Flair became the second woman (after Becky Lynch) in WWE to pin Ronda Rousey. Rousey also lost her first singles match in WWE history at the hands of Flair. As for The Queen, she now holds the record for the highest number of wins for a female star at WrestleMania, toppling Trish Stratus and Lita.
– Charlotte is also a superstar in ‘Mania history who made more than five appearances and all of those were in title matches. Plus, she is the only superstar in WWE history to have competed for WWE Raw/Smackdown/NXT Women’s Titles. Not to mention, she also entered Wrestlemania 32 with the earlier version of Women’s Titles, the Divas Championship.
– Randy Orton retained the Raw tag team championships at Wrestlemania 38 Night Two. With this, he became the only male superstar to have competed for every title in WWE history (WWE/World/United States/Intercontinental/Tag Team Titles)
– Sasha Banks became the only three-time Women’s Tag Team Champions in WWE history at Wrestlemania 38 with Naomi being her partner. Sasha’s 0-6 WrestleMania losing streak also came to an end with this win.
– Vince McMahon defeated Pat McAfee to become the oldest wrestler in Wrestlemania history to compete and win a match at 76 years. This was also his first match since 2012 and his first Wrestlemania match since 2010.
– Bobby Lashley defeated Omos at Wrestlemania 38 to end the 7-foot-3 giant’s undefeated singles streak.
– AJ Styles became the only superstar in Wrestlemania history who was bleeding from his face (during his entrance) even before the match began.
– With his Title Unification win, Roman Reigns has defeated/pinned Brock Lesnar in a Wrestlemania match. This was his third overall win over Lesnar after Summerslam 2018 and Crown Jewel 2021. Plus, Wrestlemania 38 was the sixth time that Reigns main-evented the Show of Shows.
