List of professional wrestling attendance records in Puerto Rico

The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records in Puerto Rico. The list is dominated by Puerto Rico's oldest promotion, the World Wrestling Council, which has controlled the industry in the country since its founding in 1973. It was part of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1979 to 1986 and is the last remaining North American member of the original NWA territory system.

The 1983 edition of WWC Aniversario, held at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum on September 17, 1983, drew approximately 32,000 spectators, making it the country's highest attended pro wrestling event.

According to this list, 6 events are from WWC's annual Aniversario supercard, which in the late-1980s had been held exclusively at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium which typically has a seating capacity of at least 22,000 people or more. Only ten of the attendances listed are non-WWC events, with eight being from the U.S.-based World Wrestling Entertainment including a co-promotional effort with IWA Puerto Rico in 1999. WWE's presence on the island has been gradually increasing since holding its New Year's Revolution pay-per-view (PPV) event in 2005. All but nine of the events have been held in the capital city of San Juan, while seven have been held in Bayamón and two in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Events and attendances

PromotionEventLocationVenueAttendanceMain Event(s)Ref.
CSPWWC Aniversario
September 17, 1983
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium32,000Abdullah the Butcher vs. André the Giant[1]
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
December 18, 1983
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium30,000Carlos Colón (c) vs. Ric Flair in a steel cage match for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship[2]
CSPWWC Aniversario
September 15, 1984
San Juan, Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum29,000Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody (c) vs. Abdullah the Butcher and Carlos Colón for the PWF World Tag Team Championship[3]
CSPBruno Sammartino vs. Gorilla Monsoon
July 22, 1978
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium25,000Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Gorilla Monsoon for the WWC North American Heavyweight Championship
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
October 16, 1982
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium24,000Carlos Colón (c) vs. Ric Flair for the WWC World Heavyweight Championship
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
January 6, 1983
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium23,000Carlos Colón (WWC) vs. Ric Flair (NWA) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the WWC World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship
WWCWWC Aniversario
September 15, 1987
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium23,000Chicky Starr vs. Invader #1 in a Hair vs. Retirement match[4]
CSPLos Dinámicos vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
June 9, 1979
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium20,000+Los Dinámicos (Carlos Colón and José Rivera) vs. Los Vaqueros Locos (Dutch Mantell and Frankie Laine)[5]
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Harley Race
April 14, 1981
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium20,000Carlos Colón vs. Harley Race
CSPCarlos Colón & El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo & Barrabás
February 1, 1975
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium18,000Carlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
August 5, 1979
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium18,000Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo[6]
WWEWWE SmackDown & ECW
September 4, 2009
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum18,000Triple H and The Undertaker vs. Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase Jr. and CM Punk in a handicap match[7]
WWEWWE Backlash
May 6, 2023
San Juan, Puerto RicoColiseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot17,944Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar[8]
WWEWWE Raw
March 8, 2007
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum17,477John Cena (c) vs. Umaga for the WWE Championship with special guest referee Ricky Steamboat[9]
WWEWWE Raw
October 18, 2008
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum17,000Chris Jericho (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[10]
WWEWWE SmackDown
June 29, 2006
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum16,940The Undertaker vs. The Great Khali and Mark Henry in a handicap match[11]
WWEWWE Smackdown
May 5, 2023
San Juan, Puerto RicoColiseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot16,896Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega vs. Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley in a mixed tag team match[12]
WWEWWE New Year's Revolution
January 9, 2005
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum15,764Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with special guest referee Shawn Michaels[13]
CSPLos Dinámicos vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
June 16, 1979
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium15,000+Los Dinámicos (Carlos Colón and José Rivera) vs. Los Vaqueros Locos (Dutch Mantell and Frankie Laine)[14]
Los Dinámicos vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
June 23, 1979
CSPBattle of the Gladiators
October 19, 1985
Bayamon, Puerto RicoJuan Ramon Loubriel Stadium15,000Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah the Butcher for the vacant WWC Universal Championship[15]
IWAMiguel Pérez Jr. & Road Dogg vs. The Brood
June 25, 1999
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium15,000Miguel Pérez Jr. and Road Dogg vs. The Brood (Gangrel and Christian)
WWCCarlos Colón vs. Invader #1
April 19, 1992
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium14,000Carlos Colón vs. Invader #1[16]
IWA / WWFIWA/WWF Histeria Boricua
January 6, 1999
Ponce, Puerto RicoAuditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns14,000The Puerto Rican Express (Miguel Pérez Jr. and Huracán Castillo Jr.) vs. New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) with special referee Savio Vega[17]
WWEWWE Raw
August 26, 2005
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum13,200John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Championship[13]
CSPGorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
March 11, 1978
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium13,000Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
WWEWWE Live in Puerto Rico
August 29, 2015
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum13,000Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt in a Street Fight match[18]
WWEWWE Live in Puerto Rico
June 8, 2017
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum12,500Jinder Mahal (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship[19]
CSPThree Kings Day
January 6, 1979
San Juan, Puerto Rico12,000Chief War Cloud (c) vs. Don Kent for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship[20]
WWCWWC Aniversario
August 8, 1993
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium12,000Carlos Colón vs. Terry Funk in a retirement match[21]
WWCWWC Aniversario (Day 2)
September 8, 2001
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium12,000Abdullah the Butcher vs. Big Hail[22]
WWCThunder & Lightning vs. The Windham Brothers
January 6, 2001
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium11,850Thunder & Lightning (Thunder and Lightning) vs. Barry Windham and Kendall Windham
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
July 14, 1979
San Juan, Puerto Rico11,000Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
WWCWWC Aniversario (Day 1)
September 7, 2001
Ponce, Puerto RicoAuditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns11,000Carly Colón and Súper Gladiador vs Thunder & Lightning (Thunder and Lightning)

Historical

Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1970s
No.PromotionEventLocationVenueAttendanceMain Event(s)
1.CSPBruno Sammartino vs. Gorilla Monsoon
July 22, 1978
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium25,000Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Gorilla Monsoon for the WWC North American Heavyweight Championship
2.CSPLos Dinámicos vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
June 9, 1979
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium20,000+Los Dinámicos (Carlos Colón and José Rivera) vs. Los Vaqueros Locos (Dutch Mantell and Frankie Laine)[5]
3.CSPCarlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás
February 1, 1975
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium18,000Carlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás
CSPCarlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
August 5, 1979
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn StadiumCarlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo[6]
4.CSPLos Dinámicos vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
June 16, 1979
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium15,000+Los Dinámicos (Carlos Colón and José Rivera) vs. Los Vaqueros Locos (Dutch Mantell and Frankie Laine)[14]
Los Dinámicos vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
June 23, 1979
5.CSPGorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
March 11, 1978
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium13,000Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
6.CSPThree Kings Day
January 6, 1979
San Juan, Puerto Rico12,000Chief War Cloud (c) vs. Don Kent for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship[20]
7.CSPCarlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
July 14, 1979
San Juan, Puerto Rico11,000Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
8.CSPLos Vaqueros Locos vs. Carlos Colón & Huracán Castillo
May 5, 1979
San Juan, Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum10,000+Los Vaqueros Locos (Dutch Mantell and Frankie Laine) (c) vs. Carlos Colón and Huracán Castillo for the WWC North American Tag Team Championship[23]
9.CSPGorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
May 24, 1978
San Juan, Puerto Rico10,000Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
10.CSPCarlos Colón & Huracán Castillo vs. Los Vaqueros Locos
May 19, 1979
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel StadiumUnknown[Note 1]Carlos Colón and Huracán Castillo (c) vs. Los Vaqueros Locos (Dutch Mantell and Frankie Laine) for the WWC North American Tag Team Championship[24]
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1980s
No.PromotionEventLocationVenueAttendanceMain Event(s)
1.CSPWWC Aniversario
September 17, 1983
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium32,000Abdullah the Butcher vs. André the Giant[25]
2.CSPCarlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
December 18, 1983
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium30,000Carlos Colón (c) vs. Ric Flair in a steel cage match for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship[26]
3.CSPWWC Aniversario
September 15, 1984
San Juan, Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum29,000Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody (c) vs. Abdullah the Butcher and Carlos Colón for the PWF World Tag Team Championship[27]
4.WWCCarlos Colon vs. The Iron Sheik
January 30, 1988
San Juan, Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum25,000Carlos Colon (c) vs. The Iron Sheik for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
5.CSPCarlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
October 16, 1982
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium24,000Carlos Colón (c) vs. Ric Flair for the WWC World Heavyweight Championship
6.CSPCarlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
January 6, 1983
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium23,000Carlos Colón (WWC) vs. Ric Flair (NWA) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the WWC World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship
WWCWWC Aniversario
September 15, 1987
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel StadiumChicky Starr vs. Invader #1 in a Hair vs. Retirement match[28]
7.CSPWWC Aniversario
September 21, 1985
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium22,000Jimmy Valiant vs. Kamala
8.CSPCarlos Colón vs. Harley Race
April 14, 1981
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium20,000Carlos Colón vs. Harley Race
9.CSPWWC Aniversario (Night 3)
September 21, 1986
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium17,500Carlos Colon vs. Terry Funk for the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
10.WWCWWC Aniversario
September 10, 1988
Bayamón, Puerto RicoRubén Rodríguez Coliseum17,000Hurricane Castillo Jr. and Miguel Perez Jr. vs. Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat in a Hair vs. Hair match
WWCWWC Aniversario
October 7, 1989
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel StadiumSteve Strong (c) vs. Carlos Colon in a barbed wire cage match to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 1990s
No.PromotionEventLocationVenueAttendanceMain Event(s)
1.IWAMiguel Pérez Jr. and Road Dogg vs. The Brood
June 25, 1999
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium15,000Miguel Pérez Jr. and Road Dogg vs. The Brood (Gangrel and Christian)
2.WWCCarlos Colón vs. Invader #1
April 19, 1992
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium14,000Carlos Colón vs. Invader #1[29]
IWA / WWFIWA/WWF Histeria Boricua (Day 2)
January 6, 1999
Ponce, Puerto RicoAuditorio Juan Pachín VicénsThe Puerto Rican Express (Miguel Pérez Jr. and Huracán Castillo Jr.) vs. New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) with special referee Savio Vega[30]
3.WWCWWC Aniversario
August 1, 1998
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium13,000Ricky Santana vs. El Texano in a Hair vs. Hair match
4.WWCWWC Aniversario
August 8, 1993
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium12,000Carlos Colón vs. Terry Funk in a retirement match[31]
5.WWCWWC Aniversario
August 14, 1999
Caguas, Puerto RicoParque Yldefonso Solá Morales11,678Abdullah the Butcher vs. Tower of Doom in a Lumberjacks with Whips match
6.IWA / WWFIWA/WWF Histeria Boricua (Day 1)
January 5, 1999
Caguas, Puerto RicoColiseo Héctor Solá Bezares9,000The Undertaker vs Kane
7.WWCWWC Aniversario
August 15, 1997
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium8,000Ray González (c) vs. Tom Brandi for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
WWCCarlos Colón & Abdullah the Butcher vs. La Familia del Milenio
December 20, 1998
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel StadiumCarlos Colón and Abdullah the Butcher vs. La Familia del Milenio (Ray González and Víctor the Bodyguard)
8.IWA / WWFChristmas in Puerto Rico (Day 1)
December 15, 1999
San Juan, Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum7,800Kane and The Godfather vs. Ministry of Darkness (The Undertaker and Viscera)
9.WWCWWC Aniversario
August 6, 1994
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium7,500Eddie Gilbert vs. Huracán Castillo Jr. in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Fire match
10.WWCCarlos Colón vs. Bronco I
October 8, 1994
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium7,000Carlos Colón (c) vs. Bronco I for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 2000s
No.PromotionEventLocationVenueAttendanceMain Event(s)
1.WWEWWE SmackDown & ECW
September 4, 2009
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum18,000Triple H and The Undertaker vs. Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase Jr. and CM Punk in a handicap match[32]
2.WWEWWE Raw
March 8, 2007
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum17,477John Cena (c) vs. Umaga for the WWE Championship with special guest referee Ricky Steamboat[33]
3.WWEWWE Raw
October 18, 2008
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum17,000Chris Jericho (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[34]
4.WWEWWE SmackDown
June 29, 2006
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum16,940The Undertaker vs. The Great Khali and Mark Henry in a handicap match[35]
5.WWEWWE New Year's Revolution
January 9, 2005
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum15,764Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with special guest referee Shawn Michaels[13]
6.WWEWWE Raw
August 26, 2005
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum13,200John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Championship[13]
7.WWCWWC Aniversario (Day 2)
September 8, 2001
Bayamón, Puerto RicoJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium12,000Abdullah the Butcher vs. Big Hail[36]
8.WWCThunder & Lightning vs. The Windham Brothers
January 6, 2001
San Juan, Puerto RicoHiram Bithorn Stadium11,850Thunder & Lightning (Thunder and Lightning) vs. Barry Windham and Kendall Windham
9.WWCWWC Aniversario (Day 1)
September 7, 2001
Ponce, Puerto RicoAuditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns11,000Carly Colón and Súper Gladiador vs Thunder & Lightning (Thunder and Lightning)
10.WWCWWC Aniversario
July 11, 2009
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén Rodríguez10,400Ray González vs. La Pesadilla in a Mask vs. Hair match with special referee Tito Trinidad
Top 10 most-attended shows in the 2010s
No.PromotionEventLocationVenueAttendanceMain Event(s)
1.WWEWWE Live in San Juan
August 29, 2015
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum13,000Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt in a Street Fight match
2.WWEWWE Live in San Juan
June 8, 2017
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum12,500Jinder Mahal (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
3.WWCWWC Euphoria
January 6, 2013
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén Rodríguez10,000Ricky Banderas vs. Apolo
4.WWEWWE RAW
September 3, 2010
Ponce, Puerto RicoAuditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns9,000John Cena, Mark Henry, John Morrison and Primo vs. The Nexus (Wade Barrett, David Otunga, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater)
5.WWEWWE SmackDown
January 5, 2013
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum7,000Big Show (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus in a 3-Way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
6.WWCWWC Euphoria
January 16, 2010
San Juan, Puerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum6,000Ray González vs. Carlito Caribbean Cool vs. El Mega Campeon de AAA in a 3-Way match for the Puerto Rico Wrestler of the Decade Cup
7.WWCWWC Aniversario
July 11, 2010
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén Rodríguez5,500Ricky Banderas vs. Carlito Caribbean Cool
8.WWCWWC Aniversario
July 16, 2011
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén Rodríguez4,500Los Fugitivos de la Calle (Lynx and El Niche) (c) vs. La Artilleria Pesada (Thunder and Lightning) for the WWC World Tag Team Championship
9.WWLWWL Guerra de Reyes
January 6, 2015
San Juan, Puerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum4,200Carlitos vs. Hammett in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs match to determine the number-one contender for the WWL Americas Championship
10.WWCWWC Aniversario
June 30, 2012
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén Rodríguez4,000
WWLWWL Navidad Corporativa
December 13, 2014
Bayamón, Puerto RicoLa Cancha Pepín CesteroCarlitos vs. Hammett
WWCWWC Lockout
December 5, 2015
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén RodríguezMr. 450 (c) vs. Carlitos for the WWC Unified Universal Heavyweight Championship
WWCWWC Euphoria
January 9, 2016
Bayamón, Puerto RicoColiseo Rubén RodríguezMr. 450 (c) vs. Carlitos in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs match for the WWC Unified Universal Heavyweight Championship
WSMysterioMania 3: Tributo Al Mesias Ricky Banderas
November 29, 2018
Guaynabo, Puerto RicoMario Morales ColiseumPenta el 0M (c) vs. Ricky Banderas for the WS World Submission Lucha Championship

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