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ESPN ratings for first hour of Wrestlemania 42

May 4, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

For the first time, we could see how many people tuned in to watch Wrestlemania. ESPN showed the first hour of each night with the rest on the ESPN Unlimited App.

The first night Saturday scored 1.62M viewers per Nielsen. On Sunday, it drew 1.82M viewers.

The telecast on Saturday featured crossover stars Logan Paul and IShowSpeed in a six man tag team matchup. The final spot of the match showed Speed turn on Paul and jump on him from the top rop to the announcers table. The second match on Saturday was Jacob Fatu defeating Drew Mcintyre in an Unsanctioned match.

The Sunday matches on the network showed the purported in-ring retirement of Brock Lesnar as he was defeated by Oba Femi. In addition, there was a six-man ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Filed Under: ESPN, ratings, UFC, Wrestlemania, WWE

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