List of professional wrestling attendance records in Mexico

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Lucha Libre
event of the all time.

The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records in Mexico. The list is dominated by the now defunct Mexican

El Palacio de los Deportes
in Mexico City between 2006 and 2011.

According to this list, 3 events are from AAA's flagship Triplemanía pay-per-view (PPV) event series, which since 1994's Triplemanía II-C has been held exclusively in stadiums that typically have a seating capacity of at least 20,000 people or more. The event series was created by Antonio Peña after breaking away from CMLL in 1992.

All but eleven of the events have been held in Mexico's capital city of Mexico City, while seven additional events have been held in the State of Mexico, and one each in Jalisco, Nayarit, and Querétaro.

Events and attendances

Promotion Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s) Ref.
AAA
Triplemanía
April 30, 1993
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
48,000+[Note 1]
Retirement match
[1]
TVC
Medico Asesino vs. Gardenia Davis
October 3, 1954
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros el Progreso
48,000 Médico Asesino vs. Gardenia Davis [2]
TVC
Médico Asesino vs. Tonina Jackson
February 28, 1954
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros el Progreso
41,000
Mask vs. Hair match
[2]
EMLL
Vincent Lopez vs. Man Mountain Dean
October 12, 1935
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza Mexico
35,000 Vincent Lopez (c) vs. Man Mountain Dean for the World Heavyweight Championship [3][4]
UWA Lou Thesz vs. Mil Mascaras
September 7, 1977
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
30,000 [5]
UWA Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
June 12, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
30,000 Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. El Canek for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [6]
AAA
AAA in Queretoro
May 28, 1993
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
La Arena Querétaro 30,000 Heavy Metal (c) vs. El Hijo del Santo for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship [7]
AAA
Lucha Libre Internacional
March 27, 2012
Tepic, Mexico El Palenque de la Feria 30,000
Luke Gallows
[8]
AAA / NWA The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. AAA
September 15, 2023
Iztacalco, Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol 30,000 Tyrus (c) vs. Daga for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship [9]
EMLL
Blue Demon vs. El Santo
September 27, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
28,000 Blue Demon (c) vs. El Santo for the NWA World Welterweight Championship [10]
UWA Lou Thesz vs. Mil Mascaras
August 15, 1977
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
28,000 [11]
UWA Colosal Torneo de la Muerte
August 22, 1982
Mexico City, Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 28,000
double Mask vs. Mask tournament final
[12]
UWA El Canek vs. Dos Caras
October 4, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
28,000 El Canek (c) vs. Dos Caras for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [13]
UWA Torneo de la Muerte
May 1, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico La Plaza de Toros 27,500
double Mask vs. Mask tournament final
[14]
UWA México contra el Resto del Mundo
December 19, 1979
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
27,000 Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Ángel Blanco for the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship [15]
UWA El Santo Retirement Show
September 12, 1982
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
25,500 [16][17]
EMLL
Blue Demon vs. El Santo
July 25, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
25,000
Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match
[18]
EMLL
Blue Demon vs. Tony Borne
November 27, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
25,000
Mask vs. Beard match
[19][20]
EMLL
Black Shadow vs. Tony Borne
October 30, 1958
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
25,000
Hair vs. Hair match
[21]
UWA El Solitario vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
May 22, 1977
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
25,000 El Solitario (c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship [14]
UWA El Canek vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
May 1, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
25,000 El Canek (c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [22]
UWA UWA 9th Anniversary Show
February 12, 1984
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
25,000 El Canek (c) vs. André the Giant for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [23]
AAA / CMLL
Padrísimo
June 17, 2000
Mexico City, Mexico Plaza de Toros 25,000
Cibernetico and Abismo Negro
[6]
UWA Bobby Lee & Villano III vs. Los Escorpiones
August 13, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
24,000 Bobby Lee and
Mask and Hair vs. Masks match
[12]
UWA Bobby Lee vs. El Santo
September 24, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
24,000
Mask vs. Hair match
[24]
UWA Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
April 22, 1979
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
24,000 Antonio Inoki (c) vs. El Canek for the NWF Heavyweight Championship [25]
UWA El Canek vs. Riki Choshu
July 23, 1982
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
23,000 El Canek (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [16]
EMLL
EMLL 57th Anniversary Show
September 21, 1990
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
23,000
Mask vs. Mask match
[26]
AAA
Triplemanía XIII
May 15, 2005
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
22,129
"Lucha Libre rules" six-man tag team match
[27]

Historical

Top 5 most-attended shows in the 1930s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
EMLL
Vincent Lopez vs. Man Mountain Dean
October 12, 1935
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza Mexico
35,000 [[Vincent Lopez vs. Man Mountain Dean for the World Heavyweight Championship [3][4]
2.
EMLL
Jim Londos vs. El Enmascarado Rojo
May 12, 1935
Naucalpan, Mexico El Toreo de la Condesa 20,000 Jim Londos (c) vs. El Enmascarado Rojo in a Mask vs. Title match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [3]
3.
EMLL
Jueves Arena México
September 22, 1938
Mexico City, Mexico
La Arena Modelo
14,000
Super Libre match
[3]
Mildred Burke vs. Lupe Acosta
June 14, 1939
Monterrey, Mexico Mildred Burke vs. Lupe Acosta [3][28]
4.
Ed Lewis vs. Jim Browning
April 15, 1934
Naucalpan, Mexico El Toreo de la Condesa 12,000
Ed "Strangler" Lewis for the NYSAC World Heavyweight Championship
[3][29]
5.
EMLL
EMLL 5th Anniversary Show
September 16, 1938
Mexico City, Mexico
La Arena Modelo
Unknown[Note 2] Tarzán López (c) vs. Don Hill for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship [24]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1940s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
EMLL
EMLL 10th Anniversary Show
September 24, 1943
Mexico City, Mexico Arena Coliseo 10,000 El Santo vs. Bobby Bonales in a Mask vs. Hair match [30][31]
EMLL
El Santo vs. Dientes Hernandez
December 29, 1943
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Super Libre match
[32]
2.
EMLL
EMLL 15th Anniversary Show
September 22, 1948
Mexico City, Mexico Arena Coliseo 9,980 Tarzán López vs. Mike Kelly [24][31]
3.
EMLL
Domingos Arena Modelo
December 28, 1941
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
9,000 El Enmascarado Rojo vs. Bobby Segura [32]
EMLL
Domingos Arena Modelo
July 26, 1942
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
El Santo vs. Ciclón Veloz [33]
EMLL
Domingos Arena Modelo
July 3, 1949
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
El Santo vs. Enrique Llanes in a Mask vs. Hair match [33]
4.
EMLL
Super Viernes

June 11, 1943
Mexico City, Mexico Arena Coliseo 8,800 El Santo (c) vs. Bobby Bonales for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship [6]
EMLL
Super Viernes

May 31, 1946
Mexico City, Mexico Arena Coliseo La Parejas Atomicos (
Gori Guerrero
) vs. The Truesdales (Jack Truesdale and Tuffy Truesdale)
[14]
EMLL
Miércoles de Coliseo
January 1, 1947
Mexico City, Mexico Arena Coliseo
The French Angel
vs. Nick Curtis
[34]
5.
EMLL
Jueves Arena México
July 4, 1940
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
8,000 El Murciélago Enmascarado vs. Dientes Hernández in a Mask vs. Hair match [33]
6.
EMLL
El Murciélago Enmascarado vs. Octavio Gaona
July 18, 1940
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Unknown[Note 3]
El Murciélago Enmascarado vs. Octavio Gaona
in a Hair vs. Mask match
[33]
EMLL
Black Shadow & Blue Demon vs. Rito Romero & Juventino Romero
January 2, 1949
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Black Shadow and Blue Demon vs. Rito Romero and Juventino Romero [34]
7.
EMLL
Domingos Arena Modelo
January 4, 1942
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Unknown[Note 4] El Enmascarado Rojo vs. Bobby Segura in a Súper Libre Mask vs. Hair match [34]
8.
EMLL
Domingos Arena Modelo
January 11, 1942
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
El Enmascarado Rojo vs. Puma Valderrama in a Mask vs. Hair match [34]
9.
EMLL
Domingos Arena Modelo
February 21, 1943
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Ciclon Veloz (c) vs. El Santo for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship [35]
10.
EMLL
Jueves de Coliseo
August 19, 1948
Mexico City, Mexico Arena Coliseo El Santo vs. Murcielago Velazquez [12]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1950s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
TVC
Medico Asesino vs. Gardenia Davis
October 3, 1954
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros el Progreso
48,000 Medico Asesino vs. Gardenia Davis [2]
2.
TVC
Medico Asesino vs. Tonina Jackson
February 28, 1954
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros el Progreso
41,000 Medico Asesino vs. Tonina Jackson in a Mask vs. Hair match [2]
3.
EMLL
Blue Demon vs. El Santo
September 27, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
28,000 Blue Demon (c) vs. El Santo for the NWA World Welterweight Championship [10]
4.
EMLL
Blue Demon vs. El Santo
July 25, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
25,000
Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match
[18]
EMLL
Blue Demon vs. Tony Borne
November 27, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
Mask vs. Hair/Beard match
[19][20]
EMLL
Black Shadow vs. Tony Borne
October 30, 1958
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
Hair vs. Hair match
[21][20]
5.
EMLL
Sugi Sito vs. El Santo
January 1, 1954
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
22,000 Sugi Sito (c) vs. El Santo for the NWA World Middleweight Championship [20]
6.
EMLL
El Santo vs. Blue Demon
August 7, 1953
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
21,000 El Santo vs. Blue Demon [20]
7.
EMLL
El Santo vs. Black Shadow
November 7, 1952
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
20,000 El Santo vs. Black Shadow [20]
EMLL
Al Kashey vs. Dory Dixon
February 13, 1959
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
Al Kashey vs. Dory Dixon for the vacant NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship [20]
8.
EMLL
El Santo vs. El Popeye Soto
October 15, 1954
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
18,000 El Santo vs. El Popeye Soto [20]
9.
EMLL
El Santo & Medico Asesino vs. Blue Demon & Rolando Vera
April 27, 1956
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
17,678 El Santo and Medico Asesino vs. Blue Demon and Rolando Vera [31][20]
EMLL
EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show
September 21, 1956
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Mask vs. Mask match
[31][20]
10.
EMLL
Mexican National Tag Team Championship Tournament
June 14, 1957
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
17,500 8-team tournament for the vacant Mexican National Tag Team Championship [20]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1960s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
EMLL
Ray Mendoza vs. Karloff Lagarde
July 2, 1965
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
20,000 Ray Mendoza vs. Karloff Lagarde [36]
EMLL
Ray Mendoza vs. Rene Guajardo
August 20, 1965
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Rene Guajardo
in a Hair vs. Hair match
[36]
EMLL
Super Viernes
December 13, 1968
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Ray Mendoza vs. El Solitario in a Mask vs. Hair match
2.
EMLL
El Santo vs. Espanto I
October 25, 1963
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
18,000 El Santo vs. Espanto I in a Mask vs Mask match [37]
3.
EMLL
Black Shadow vs. Rene Guajardo
April 30, 1965
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
17,800
Rene Guajardo
in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls Hair vs. Hair match
[36]
4.
EMLL
EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show
September 30, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
17,500
Rene Guajardo vs. Jerry London
in a Hair vs. Hair match
[24]
5.
EMLL
EMLL 32nd Anniversary Show
September 24, 1965
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
17,100 Huracán Ramírez (c) vs. Karloff Lagarde in a Best 2-out-of-3 match for the NWA World Welterweight Championship [36]
EMLL
EMLL 36th Anniversary Show
September 25, 1969
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
El Solitario (c) vs. El Santo for the NWA World Middleweight Championship [38]
6.
EMLL
EMLL 28th Anniversary Show
September 22, 1961
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
17,000 Rene Guajardo (c) vs. El Santo for the NWA World Middleweight Championship [39]
7.
EMLL
El Santo & Rayo de Jalisco vs. La Ola Blanca
December 30, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
16,000 [32]
8.
EMLL
Rey Mendoza vs. Gory Guerrero
July 29, 1960
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
15,000 [33]
EMLL
EMLL 35th Anniversary Show
September 20, 1968
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
Angel Blanco and Dr. Wagner
)
[40]
9.
EMLL
El Santo, Mil Mascaras & Ray Mendoza vs. Black Shadow, Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo
November 25, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
14,000
Rene Guajardo
[41]
10.
EMLL
Black Shadow vs. El Angel Exterminador
August 25, 1967
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
13,500 Black Shadow vs. El Angel Exterminador in a Mask vs. Hair match [12]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1970s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1. UWA Lou Thesz vs. Mil Mascaras
September 7, 1977
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
30,000 [5]
2. UWA Lou Thesz vs. Mil Mascaras
August 15, 1977
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
28,000 [11]
3. UWA Torneo de la Muerte
May 1, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico La Plaza de Toros 27,500
double Mask vs. Mask tournament final
[14][42]
4. UWA México contra el Resto del Mundo
December 19, 1979
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
27,000 Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Ángel Blanco for the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship [32][11]
[15]
5. UWA El Solitario vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
May 22, 1977
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
25,000 El Solitario (c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship [14]
6. UWA Bobby Lee and Villano III vs. Los Escorpiones
August 13, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
24,000 Bobby Lee and
Mask vs. Mask/Hair match
[12]
UWA Bobby Lee vs. El Santo
September 24, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
Bobby Lee vs. El Santo in a Mask vs. Hair match [24]
UWA Antonio Inoki vs. El Canek
April 22, 1979
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
Antonio Inoki (c) vs. El Canek for the NWF Heavyweight Championship [25][15]
7. UWA Ray Mendoza vs. Angel Blanco
July 6, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico La Plaza de Toros 22,000
Angel Blanco
in a Hair vs. Hair match
[11]
UWA Bobby Lee vs. El Santo
September 3, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
Bobby Lee vs.
Mask vs. Mask match
[43]
UWA UWA Battle Royal
September 16, 1979
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
24-man Battle Royal [15]
8. UWA Bobby Lee vs. El Santo
August 27, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
21,450 Bobby Lee (c) vs. El Santo for the UWA World Welterweight Championship [43][12]
9. UWA UWA Debut Show
January 29, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
21,000 [34][44]
UWA El Solitario vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
May 23, 1977
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
El Solitario (c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship [11]
10.
EMLL
El Solitario vs. Angel Blanco
December 8, 1972
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 20,000
Angel Blanco
in a Mask vs. Mask match
[32]
EMLL
EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show (3)
October 3, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México El Santo vs. Perro Aguayo in a Mask vs. Hair match [45]
UWA Mil Mascaras & El Solitario vs. Angel Blanco & Rene Guajardo
October 30, 1977
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
Rene Guajardo
[11]
UWA UWA 4th Anniversary Show
January 28, 1979
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
Dr. Wagner vs. Ángel Blanco in a Mask vs. Hair match [15][46]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1980s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1. UWA Tatsumi Fujinami vs. El Canek
June 12, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
30,000 Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. El Canek for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [6][16]
[47]
2. UWA Colosal Torneo de la Muerte
August 22, 1982
Mexico City, Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 28,000
double Mask vs. Mask tournament final
[48][12]
[16]
UWA El Canek vs. Dos Caras
October 4, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
El Canek (c) vs. Dos Caras for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [13][16]
3. UWA El Santo Retirement Show
September 12, 1982
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
25,500 [16][17]
4. UWA El Canek vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
May 1, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
25,000 El Canek (c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [22][14]
[16][49]
UWA UWA 9th Anniversary Show
February 12, 1984
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
El Canek (c) vs. André the Giant for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [23][50]
5. UWA El Canek vs. Riki Choshu
July 23, 1982
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
23,000 El Canek (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship [16]
6. UWA Perro Aguayo vs. Rene Guajardo
June 29, 1980
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
22,000
Hair vs. Hair match
[6]
UWA Ultraman vs. Shazam
July 13, 1980
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
Mask vs. Mask match
[33][16]
UWA Los Tres Caballeros vs. Los Misioneros de la Muerte
April 3, 1983
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
Los Tres Caballeros (
Anibal and Villano III) vs. Los Misioneros de la Muerte (El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro
)
[49]
7. UWA Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs. Super Halcon
April 23, 1989
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
21,000
Super Halcon
in a Mask vs. Mask match
[16]
8. UWA Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund
May 1, 1982
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
20,000
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship with special referee Lou Thesz
[14][16]
EMLL / UWA
Domingos Arena México
September 5, 1982
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 8-team Ruleta de la Muerte tournament [49]
9. UWA André the Giant & El Solitario vs. Aníbal, El Canek & Dr. Wagner
September 7, 1980
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
19,000 André the Giant and El Solitario vs. Aníbal, El Canek and Dr. Wagner in a 3-on-2 Handicap match [24]
UWA UWA 7th Anniversary Show
February 14, 1982
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Perro Aguayo and Abdullah the Butcher [17]
UWA Rey Mendoza & Carlos Colon vs. Perro Aguayo & Abdullah the Butcher
August 15, 1982
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
Carlos Colon vs. Perro Aguayo and Abdullah the Butcher
[17]
10. UWA El Asesino vs. Babe Face
July 19, 1981
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
18,500 El Asesino vs. Babe Face in a Hair vs. Hair match [33]
EMLL
Super Viernes

June 24, 1983
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México
Super Libre match
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1990s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
AAA
TripleManía
April 30, 1993
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
48,000
Retirement match
[51][1]
2.
AAA
AAA in Queretoro
May 28, 1993
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
La Arena Querétaro 30,000 Heavy Metal (c) vs. El Hijo del Santo for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship [51][7]
3.
EMLL
EMLL 57th Anniversary Show
September 21, 1990
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Mexico
23,000
Mask vs. Mask match
[26][51]
4.
AAA
AAA Sin Limite
July 18, 1993
Tonala, Mexico Río Nilo Coliseum 22,000 Blue Panther vs. Love Machine in a Mask vs. Hair match [51]
5. CMLL Ruleta de la Muerte
July 18, 1998
Mexico City, Mexico El Palicio del Desportes 21,000
Hair vs. Hair match
[33]
6.
AAA
AAA Sin Limite
June 18, 1993
Tonala, Mexico 20,000
Máscara Año Dos Mil and El Satánico
[51][52]
AAA
AAA Sin Limite
August 13, 1993
Tonala, Mexico Río Nilo Coliseum Cien Caras vs. MS-1 in a Hair vs. Hair match [12][51]
[53]
AAA
AAA Sin Limite
January 9, 1994
Tonala, Mexico Río Nilo Coliseum [51][54]
AAA
AAA in Pozu Rica
February 25, 1994
Pozu Rica, Mexico Pozu Rica Baseball Stadium
Eddy Guerrero
) in a tournament final
[51]
AAA
AAA in Toluca
March 19, 1994
Toluca, Mexico Toluca Baseball Stadium
Mascara Ano 2000
)
[51][55]
7. UWA El Canek vs. Kokina Maximus
March 3, 1991
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
19,500
Kokina Maximus for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship
[56]
AAA
Triplemanía III-B
June 18, 1995
Tonala, Mexico Río Nilo Coliseum Marabunta vs. Winners in a Mask vs. Mask match [57]
8. CMLL / UWA Perro Aguayo vs. Konnan
March 22, 1991
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros Monumental
19,000
Satánico and Villano III
[56]
9.
EMLL
EMLL 58th Anniversary Show
September 8, 1991
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 18,500 Konnan vs. Perro Aguayo in a Hair vs. Hair match [58]
AAA
Verano de Escándalo
September 14, 1997
Tonalá, Mexico Río Nilo Coliseum El Cobarde #2 vs.
Domo de la Muerte
match
[59]
CMLL CMLL 64th Anniversary Show
September 19, 1997
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas in a Mask vs. Hair match
10.
AAA
Torneo de los Tres Ases
April 30, 1995
Tonala, Mexico Río Nilo Coliseum 18,200 Cien Caras vs. Konnan vs. Perro Aguayo in a Triangle match for the Rio Nilo Cup [60]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 2000s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
AAA / CMLL
AAA vs. CMLL
June 17, 2000
Mexico City, Mexico Plaza de Toros 25,000
Cibernetico and Abismo Negro
[6]
2.
AAA
Triplemanía XIII
May 15, 2005
Guadalajara, Mexico
Plaza de Toros
22,129
La Parka and Octagón vs. Los Hell Brothers (Chessman and Cibernético) and Fuerza Guerrera
in a Best 2-out-of-3 falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
[27]
3. CMLL Super Viernes
March 17, 2000
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 20,000 Atlantis vs. Villano III in a Mask vs. Mask match
AAA
?
Joe Líder, Konnan & Nicho el Millonario vs. Gronda#2, La Parka Jr. & Octagón
December 13, 2008
Tepic, Mexico El Parque Ecológico
La Parka Jr. and Octagón
[61]
WWE WWE Raw
May 30, 2009
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
Randy Orton (c) vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE Championship [62]
AAA
AAA on Televisa
July 26, 2009
Mexico City, Mexico El Centro Banamex
AAA World Heavyweight Championship
WWE WWE SmackDown & ECW
October 17, 2009
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
[62]
4. WWE WWE SmackDown
January 19, 2006
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
19,726 The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton [63]
5. WWE
WWE RAW

September 20, 2006
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
19,417
Street Fight match for the WWE Championship
[63]
6.
AAA
TripleMania XV

July 15, 2007
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
19,000 Los Hell Brothers (
Domo de la Muerte
cage match
AAA
TripleMania XVI

July 13, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
Cibernético (c) vs. El Zorro for the AAA Mega Championship
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
March 20, 2009
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Último Guerrero vs. Villano V in a Mask vs. Mask match
7.
AAA
Triplemanía XII
June 20, 2004
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
18,988
La Parka Jr.
in a Mask vs. Mask match
8. CMLL Super Viernes: Infierno en el Ring
June 17, 2005
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 18,900
Domo de la Muerte
match
9.
AAA
Guerra de Titanes
December 5, 2004
Naucalpan, Mexico
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
18,500
La Parka vs. La Legión Extranjera (Konnan and Rikishi
)
CMLL CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show
September 16, 2005
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Héctor Garza vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. vs. Universo 2000 in a Hair vs. Hair match
CMLL Super Viernes: 25 Años de Atlantis
July 11, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Atlantis vs. Blue Panther
CMLL Leyenda de Plata
July 25, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Místico vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. in the Leyenda de Plata tournament final
10. CMLL Super Viernes
August 4, 2006
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 18,280
Ultimo Guerrero and Black Warrior
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 2010s
No. Promoter Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s)
1.
AAA
Lucha Libre Internacional
March 27, 2012
Tepic, Mexico El Palenque de la Feria 30,000
Luke Gallows
[8]
2.
AAA
Triplemanía XXII
August 17, 2014
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Ciudad de México
21,000
Myzteziz
in a four-way elimination match
[64]
3. WWE WWE Raw
May 8, 2010
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
20,000
Batista and Sheamus
[65]
CMLL El Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara & Místico vs. El Olímpico, El Averno & El Mephisto
January 6, 2011
Boca del Río, Mexico El Parque de Béisbol 'Beto Ávila'
El Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara and Místico
vs. El Olímpico, El Averno and El Mephisto
[66]
4. WWE WWE Raw
May 13, 2011
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
19,900 John Cena (c) vs. The Miz for the WWE Championship [67]
5.
AAA
Triplemanía XXI
June 6, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Ciudad de México
19,500
El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
in a Hair vs. Hair match
6.
AAA
Triplemanía XX
August 5, 2012
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Ciudad de México
19,000
Máscara Año Dos Mil Jr.
for the Mask vs. Mask match
7. CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
March 19, 2010
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 18,500
La Sombra vs. El Felino
in a Mask vs. Mask match
CMLL CMLL 80th Anniversary Show
September 13, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México
La Sombra vs. Volador Jr.
in a Mask vs. Mask match
8. CMLL
Super Viernes

September 17, 2010
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 18,000 Místico vs. Volador Jr. in a Torneo Bicentenario tournament final
AAA
Triplemanía XXI
June 16, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Ciudad de México
Cibernético vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. in a Hair vs. Hair match
9.
AAA
TripleMania XIX

August 3, 2019
Mexico City, Mexico
El Palacio de los Deportes
17,900 Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Rob Van Dam for the inaugural AAA Latin American Championship
10. CMLL Sin Salida
June 6, 2010
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México 17,500
Taichi Ishikari
in a Hair vs. Hair match
CMLL Infierno en el Ring
July 18, 2010
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México
Domo de la Muerte
match
CMLL CMLL 77th Anniversary Show
September 3, 2010
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México
Domo de la Muerte
match
CMLL CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
September 19, 2014
Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Atlantis vs. Último Guerrero in a Mask vs. Mask match
AAA
Triplemanía XXIII
August 9, 2015
Mexico City, Mexico
Arena Ciudad de México
Myzteziz

Footnotes

  1. ^ There are different reports on the attendance of the event with numbers ranging from 48,000 to 50,000.
  2. sellout
    ". There are different reports on the capacity of the building with numbers ranging from 5,000 to 10,000.
  3. ^ The exact attendance figure is unknown, however, both events are described as "standing-room only". Thousands of fans were reportedly turned away at the July 18, 1940 show.
  4. sellout
    ".

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