WWE WrestleMania 41 notes: Celebrities, announced attendance, Rey Fenix

Here are some news and notes from Saturday’s night one of WWE WrestleMania 41.

Celebrities in the house

As expected, a who’s who of celebrities were at the first night including NFL star George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers, musicians Jelly Roll and Lil Yachty, UFC head Dana White (who was booed the second time he was shown on camera), actor Stephen Amell, podcaster Bill Simmons, former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, magician Criss Angel, music producer Rick Rubin, and TKO executives.

WrestleMania 41 attendance

Shawn Michaels announced night one was attendance was a sellout of 61,467. At 9 AM Saturday morning, WrestleTix estimated a distributed number of just under 56,000 with a setup for just over 57,000.

The announced number is shy of the 63,969 for the 2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic between USC and LSU and a few hundred behind the 61,629 for that same year’s Super Bowl.

WrestleMania in-ring debuts

A year ago, Rey Fenix was readying for his return to the AEW ring after dealing with injuries to his back and hip — ones he called the worst of his career.

Fast forward to Saturday night and Fenix came in as an injury replacement for Rey Mysterio who tore his groin in a trios match on Friday’s SmackDown, making his WrestleMania debut in the process. He still fell in defeat to El Grande Americano who continues his war with his, ahem, fellow luchadores.

Fenix wasn’t the only one to make their WrestleMania debuts Saturday as WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton picked up a successful title defense against Charlotte Flair. Stratton competed in a dark match on the SmackDown before WrestleMania just over a year ago.

Jacob Fatu made his first WrestleMania a big one as he defeated LA Knight for the WWE United States title — his first singles belt in WWE.

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