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50 free WrestleMania trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
WrestleMania began in 1985 as a gamble that wrestling, pop music and celebrity guests could fill an arena and a network of big screens on the same night. It worked, and the show has been WWE's biggest date ever since, growing from a single evening indoors into a two-night stadium event. This quiz follows that story from the first main event to the modern era. Expect questions on Hulk Hogan's famous title defences, The Undertaker's long unbeaten run, surprise title changes, and the boxers, football players, singers and other famous faces who have stepped into the ring. WrestleMania 34 and 35, the twentieth edition and the crowdless show of 2020 all get their turn. It is written for fans who want to test what they remember and for anyone putting together a wrestling round for quiz night. The early questions suit casual viewers; the later ones reward people who know their venues, announcers and undercards.
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Q 01Which billionaire backed Bobby Lashley in a hair-versus-hair match at WrestleMania 23?
Donald Trump
Donald Trump picked the winner, so he and Lashley shaved Vince McMahon bald in the ring. The referee then dropped Trump with his finishing move.
Q 02Which boxer was ringside enforcer for the WrestleMania XIV main event and punched the loser?
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson made the winning three count himself, then dropped the beaten champion with one punch. Weeks earlier he had been unveiled as an ally of that champion's D-Generation X.
Q 03Which NFL linebacker beat Bam Bam Bigelow in the main event of WrestleMania XI?
Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Taylor won with a flying forearm off the second rope. He brought a squad of fellow football players to keep Bigelow's allies away from the ring.
Q 04Which television star teamed with Hulk Hogan to win the main event of the first WrestleMania?
Mr. T
Mr. T and Hogan hosted Saturday Night Live the night before to promote the show. They then beat Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff in a tag team match.
Q 05Which rival, billed as undefeated for 15 years, did Hulk Hogan body-slam at WrestleMania III?
André the Giant
André the Giant weighed about 525 pounds when Hogan lifted him. A first attempt a minute into the match had failed, and Hogan was almost pinned underneath him.
Q 06Who ended The Undertaker's 21-match unbeaten run at WrestleMania by pinning him at WrestleMania XXX?
Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar needed three F-5s to do it. The decision to end the streak after 21 straight wins divided fans, critics and former wrestlers.
Q 07Which boxing champion knocked out Big Show with brass knuckles at WrestleMania XXIV?
Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather pulled off a glove to use the knuckles and won when Big Show could not answer a ten count. Weeks earlier his punches had left Big Show bleeding from the nose.
Q 08Which boxing legend was a guest referee for the main event of the first WrestleMania?
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali patrolled the outside of the ring and threw a punch at Roddy Piper when the tag match broke down into a four-man brawl.
Q 09Which Canadian city hosted WrestleMania VI, the first WrestleMania held outside the United States?
Toronto
Toronto drew an announced 67,678 to the SkyDome, a record for the building at the time. Future stars Edge and Christian were in the crowd as fans.
Q 10Which Latin music star won a tag team match alongside Damian Priest at WrestleMania 37?
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny pinned The Miz himself to win. Earlier in the match he hit a Canadian Destroyer on the floor outside the ring.
Q 11Which arena hosted the first WrestleMania and then the tenth and twentieth editions too?
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden gave way to a football stadium for later New York-area editions: the 29th and 35th were held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Q 12Who beat Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 in a generational dream match billed as Icon vs. Icon?
The Rock
The Rock won, yet the crowd overwhelmingly cheered Hogan even though he was cast as the villain. It was Hogan's first WrestleMania in nine years.
Q 13Who pinned Hulk Hogan in the champion-against-champion main event of WrestleMania VI?
Ultimate Warrior
Q 21Which structure enclosed The Undertaker and Triple H for WrestleMania XXVIII's End of an Era match?
Hell in a Cell
Hell in a Cell was Triple H's own choice of setting when he finally accepted the challenge. The Undertaker won, lifting his WrestleMania record from 19 wins to 20 without a loss.
Q 22Who ended Roman Reigns's 1,316-day world title reign in a WrestleMania XL main event?
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes won a championship that his father Dusty Rhodes never held. Reigns had beaten him in the main event of the previous year's WrestleMania.
Q 23Which WWE ceremony returned from an eight-year hiatus in 2004 as part of WrestleMania week?
WWE Hall of Fame
Ultimate Warrior won with a big splash and became the first man to hold the WWF and Intercontinental titles at the same time. WWF rules barred holding both, so he gave up the Intercontinental belt.
Q 14Which wrestler passed out from blood loss rather than submit to Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13?
Steve Austin
Steve Austin lost the match but won over the crowd, who cheered him for refusing to quit. The bout is often cited as the start of WWE's Attitude Era.
Q 15Who beat Bret Hart in sudden-death overtime of a 60-minute Iron Man match at WrestleMania XII?
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels became champion after neither man won a fall in the full hour. Time ran out with him trapped in a submission hold, and officials ordered the match restarted.
Q 16Which veteran lost at WrestleMania XXIV under a rule that his next defeat meant retirement?
Ric Flair
Ric Flair lost a so-called Career Threatening match, closing a 35-year career. The retirement turned out to be only a period away from active wrestling.
Q 17Who won his first WWE Championship by pinning JBL in the SmackDown main event of WrestleMania 21?
John Cena
John Cena won with his FU slam. It was the first of a record-setting 17 world title reigns in WWE.
Q 18Which pop singer managed Wendi Richter to the women's title at the first WrestleMania?
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper had also stood in Richter's corner on MTV, where two wrestling specials helped build interest in the first WrestleMania.
Q 19Winning which annual WWE match has earned a guaranteed world title shot at WrestleMania since 1993?
Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble winners go on to challenge for a world title at WrestleMania. The one exception came in 2016, when the championship itself was the prize of the Rumble.
Q 20Which cinematic bout with AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36 was The Undertaker's last contest?
Boneyard match
The Boneyard match was a brawl through a graveyard and across a warehouse roof. The Undertaker partly revived his biker persona for the first time in over 16 years.
The WWE Hall of Fame began in 1993 with a single posthumous inductee. Its last ceremony before the break was held alongside Survivor Series in 1996.
Q 24Who won two titles in the first women's main event in WrestleMania history, at WrestleMania 35?
Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch pinned Ronda Rousey with a crucifix, Rousey's first pinfall loss in WWE. The match began after midnight, at the end of a show lasting about seven and a half hours.
Q 25Which longtime WCW star wrestled his first WWE match at WrestleMania 31, losing to Triple H?
Sting
Sting was making his WWE in-ring debut after decades as a headliner for rival promotions. The defeat turned out to be his only WrestleMania match.
Q 26Which celebrity beat Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 38 with help from a huge mousetrap?
Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass allies pulled the oversized trap from under the ring and snapped it shut on Zayn to set up the winning pin.
Q 27Where was WrestleMania 36 filmed without an audience after the pandemic ruled out a stadium?
Performance Center
The Performance Center, WWE's training facility in Orlando, replaced a stadium in Tampa. It was the first WrestleMania taped without a crowd and the first shown across two nights.
Q 28Who won a one-night, 14-man tournament at WrestleMania IV to claim the vacant WWF Championship?
Randy Savage
Randy Savage beat Ted DiBiase in the final. Hulk Hogan and his challenger from the year before had been disqualified together in the quarter-finals for trading chair shots.
Q 29Who won the WWF title from Bret Hart at WrestleMania IX, then lost it to Hulk Hogan in 22 seconds?
Yokozuna
Yokozuna pinned Hart after manager Mr. Fuji threw salt in the champion's eyes. Fuji then challenged Hogan on the spot, missed him with more salt and hit his own man instead.
Q 30Who beat Triple H to open WrestleMania XXX, then won the world title in the main event?
Daniel Bryan
Daniel Bryan was added to the title match only because he won the opener. He then outlasted the reigning champion and a third challenger in a triple threat match.