List of professional wrestling attendance records in Europe

The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records in Europe. The list is dominated by the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment which has controlled the industry in North America since 2002. As the World Wrestling Federation, it became the first national promotion in the U.S. during the 1980s wrestling boom. Its first-ever show in mainland Europe took place on October 23, 1987, at the sold-out Bercy de Paris in Paris, France. The main event was a match between Harley Race and Junkyard Dog featuring André the Giant as special guest referee. The event was attended by 12,000 people and televised on Canal+.[1]

According to this list, 7 events are from WWE's weekly television programs WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown, with the June 18, 2005 episode of WWE SmackDown in Dublin, Ireland being the most attended wrestling event in Europe of all time. Only eleven of the attendances listed are non-WWE events, with Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel and Nu-Wrestling Evolution being the only European-based promotions on the list. There are still six attendance records remaining from the "Pioneer-era". All but thirteen of the events have been held in the Paris, France, while five have held in Spain, four in Germany, two in Italy, and one each in Ireland and the Soviet Union.