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 member of the original NWA territory system.

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

Promotion Event Location Venue Attendance Main Event(s) Ref.
WWC WWC Aniversario
September 17, 1983
San Juan, Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum 32,000 Abdullah the Butcher vs. André the Giant [1]
WWC Carlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
December 18, 1983
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 30,000 Carlos Colón (c) vs. Ric Flair in a steel cage match for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship [2]
WWC WWC Aniversario
September 15, 1984
San Juan, Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum 29,000 Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody (c) vs. Abdullah the Butcher and Carlos Colón for the PWF World Tag Team Championship [3]
WWC Carlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
October 16, 1982
San Juan, Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium 24,000 Carlos Colón (c) vs. Ric Flair for the WWC World Heavyweight Championship
WWC Carlos Colón vs. Ric Flair
January 6, 1983
San Juan, Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium 23,000 Carlos Colón (WWC) vs. Ric Flair (NWA) in a Champion vs. Champion match for the WWC World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship
WWC WWC Aniversario
September 15, 1987
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 23,000 Chicky Starr vs. Invader #1 in a Hair vs. Retirement match [4]
WWC Carlos Colón vs. Harley Race
April 14, 1981
San Juan, Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium 20,000 Carlos Colón vs. Harley Race
WWC Carlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás
February 1, 1975
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 18,000 Carlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás
WWE WWE SmackDown & ECW
September 4, 2009
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 18,000 Triple H and The Undertaker vs. Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase Jr. and CM Punk in a handicap match [5]
WWE WWE Raw
March 8, 2007
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 17,477 John Cena (c) vs. Umaga for the WWE Championship with special guest referee Ricky Steamboat [6]
WWE WWE Raw
October 18, 2008
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 17,000 Chris Jericho (c) vs. Shawn Michaels in a No Disqualification match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [7]
WWE WWE SmackDown
June 29, 2006
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 16,940 The Undertaker vs. The Great Khali and Mark Henry in a handicap match [8]
WWE WWE New Year's Revolution
January 9, 2005
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 15,764 Triple 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 [9]
IWA Miguel Pérez Jr. and Road Dogg vs. The Brood
June 25, 1999
San Juan, Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium 15,000 Miguel Pérez Jr. and Road Dogg vs. The Brood (Gangrel and Christian)
WWC Carlos Colón vs. Invader #1
April 19, 1992
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 14,000 Carlos Colón vs. Invader #1 [10]
IWA / WWF IWA/WWF Histeria Boricua
January 6, 1999
Ponce, Puerto Rico Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns 14,000 The Puerto Rican Express (Miguel Pérez Jr. and Huracán Castillo Jr.) vs. New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) with special referee Savio Vega [11]
WWE WWE Raw
August 26, 2005
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 13,200 John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels in a three-way elimination match for the WWE Championship [9]
WWC Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
March 11, 1978
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 13,000 Gorilla Monsoon vs. Bruno Sammartino
WWE WWE Live in Puerto Rico
August 29, 2015
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 13,000 Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt in a Street Fight match [12]
WWE WWE Live in Puerto Rico
June 8, 2017
San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 12,500 Jinder Mahal (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship [13]
WWC WWC Aniversario
August 8, 1993
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 12,000 Carlos Colón vs. Terry Funk in a retirement match [14]
WWC WWC Aniversario (Day 2)
September 8, 2001
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 12,000 Abdullah the Butcher vs. Big Hail [15]
WWC Thunder & Lightning vs. The Windham Brothers
January 6, 2001
San Juan, Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium 11,850 Thunder & Lightning (Thunder and Lightning) vs. Barry Windham and Kendall Windham
WWC Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
July 14, 1979
San Juan, Puerto Rico 11,000 Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo
WWC WWC Aniversario (Day 1)
September 7, 2001
Ponce, Puerto Rico Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns 11,000 Carly Colón and Súper Gladiador vs Thunder & Lightning (Thunder and Lightning)

See also

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