Ask 411 Wrestling: Who Had the Most Matches Over WrestleMania 42 Weekend?

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Who had the most matches over Wrestlemania weekend? Unless there’s something that you should think that otherwise be included, I’d keep it to Nevada wrestling shows.

Based on the few reports I read, I think it might be Invisible man or Oliver and/or Price. Most appearances by George Kittle.

It’s a good thing for you people that I like spreadsheets, because there was an absurd amount of data to organize here.

As is often the case with these larger, research-driven questions, let’s start with some ground rules. First off, I considered “Wrestlemania weekend” to be Thursday, April 16, 2026 through Monday, April 20, 2026. Also, I am counting only shows that actually took place during that period of time. If it was taped before that time-frame and aired on television or streaming between April 16 and April 20, it doesn’t count.

Finally, despite Iain’s suggestion that I limit the count to shows taking place in the State of Nevada, I’m a glutton for punishment, so I took this project WORLDWIDE, baby, looking at every show that Cagematch had records for, regardless of where it took place.

All in all, that means I had to count up matches for a whopping 2,675 wrestlers, because, believe it or not, that is the number of individual grapplers who stepped into the ring during Mania weekend.

Before we get to the wrestlers who had the most matches during the weekend, let’s take a look at a couple of other stats that I thought were of interest.

First off, every year there are a handful of wrestlers who manage to have matches on multiple continents during WM weekend, which I always find interesting. In 2026, I was able to find four such individuals.

Three of the four are Japanese. The first, Fuminori Abe, is a freelance wrestler with 11 years of experience. He started the weekend by appearing on New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Death Vegas Invitational show in Vegas before also having U.S.-based matches on ACTION Wrestling’s “We Gambled Away the Graphix Budget” and Bloodsport XV. He then traveled back to his native Japan, where on April 20 he competed on a show called “Aoki Clutch 01,” an indy show promoted by PRIDE fighter turned pro wrestler Shinya Aoki.

Our next transcontinental wrestler is NJPW booker Gedo, who was also on the Death Vegas card and, upon returning to Japan, wrestled on day one and day two of his home promotion’s “Road to Wrestling Dontaku” tour.

Rounding out this trio is Dragon Gate wrestler YAMATO, who also appeared on Death Vegas and competed on DG’s latest tour, “The Gate of Passion” back home.

The fourth and final wrestler to compete on two different continents during Mania weekend is not Japanese but rather Irish. I’m talking about Big Damo, who NXT fans may remember as Killian Dain thanks to his five-ish year run in WWE developmental (and a blip on the main roster). Damo wrestled in Vegas last weekend for British promotion Progress Wrestling, which decided to run in the states during the Wrestlemania festivities. Just a couple of days later, he was in Hamilton, Scotland, wrestling for an indy called Alba Championship Wrestling on their “Butchermania” card. That evening, he won the main event against a fellow named BT Gunn (no relation to Bart and Billy – or even Johnny).

With that, let’s move on to the folks who had the most matches during Wrestlemania weekend.

There were many, many wrestlers who had four matches over the course of the weekend, so we’ll be focusing on those who had five or more.

The first two wrestlers who had five matches during Wrestlemania weekend are names that are probably not familiar to the vast majority of our readership. They are Dustin Connors and Elijah Henry.

Who are Dustin Connors and Elijah Henry? They are both Australian indy wrestlers, with Connors having been in the game for ten years and Henry for four. Both of them have wrestled exclusively in Australia during their careers and mostly in the western party of the country. Their matches over Wrestlemania weekend were all for Explosive Pro Wrestling, a promotion based in Perth. Their matches also occurred over the course of just two events.

Both shows occurred at the Phat Brew Pub in West Perth. The first was on April 18 and was called EPW Untapped. It was a relatively normal-length show, where Connors defeated Ty Thayer in the opener and Henry was in the main event, losing to champion James Hartness in a street fight for the EPW Heavyweight Title.

The second show was a super-sized card simply referred to as EPW at Phat Brew on April 19, a.k.a. Wrestlemania Sunday. Most wrestlers on the show had multiple matches throughout the event, though Connors and Henry had more than any other, as they each had four in total. Connors, who holds a championship called the EPW Coastal Title, successfully defended that belt three times on the event, first beating Captain Jozef Blackheart, then Jimmy G, and then in a four-way against Blackheart, Josh Myers, and Sage. On the other side of things, Henry was not nearly as successful, losing a singles match to El Phoenician, a tag match to Lucas Fantasia & Rogan Karguis, and a six man to The Cretins & WAR.

Both men were then in a Royal Rumble-style bout for their fifth matches to close the show, though neither emerged victorious, as El Phoenician came out on top.

For our next two wrestlers who had five matches over Wrestlemania weekend, we’re going to move from Australia to Mexico, where we meet up with two of the biggest stars of CMLL, those being Ultimo Guerrero and Mistico.

CMLL had its own show in Las Vegas as part of Wrestlemania weekend, taking place at the Palms Casino on April 16. On that show, Ultimo had a singles match with Blue Panther which I have not seen but which several reviews I’ve read peg as being one of the best in-ring bouts of Wrestlemania weekend despite the two wrestlers involved being 54 and 65 years of age. Meanwhile, Mistico main evented the Palms show, teaming with Templario to defeat Angel de Oro and Hechicero.

After the CMLL Vegas show, Mistico stayed in Nevada and took part in Maple Leaf Wrestling’s “Multiverse” show which had the gimmick of crossing over wrestlers from multiple styles and multiple promotions. On that card, Mistico was in trios action, teaming with Mascara Dorada and the Amazing Red to take on the AEW stable of the Rascals, consisting of Desmond Xavier, Myron Reed, and Zachary Wentz. Team Mistico picked up the win there.

The same day that Mistico was wrestling for MLP (no, not “My Little Pony”), Ultimo Guerrero was back in Mexico and competing on CMLL’s Viernes Espectacular, where he, Gran Guerrero, and Stuka Jr. were winners in a trios bout, beating the Los Infernales team of Averno, Euforia, and Mephisto.
On April 18, both Mistico and Ultimo were south of the border, and they wound up in the ring against each other on a show co-promoted by CMLL and Promociones Deluxe in Veracruz. On that card, Mistico and Neon teamed up to get the win against Ultimo Guerrero and Soberano Jr.

The next day, April 19, Mistico and Guerrero split up and went to different cities. Guerrero headed back to Mexico City, where at Arena Mexico he got the duke over Xelhua in a singles match. Meanwhile, Mistico was in the Yucatan on a card co-promoted by CMLL and Promotora JC, where he again teamed with Neon, this time beating El Clon and Hechicero.

On the final day of Wrestlemania weekend, April 20, Mistico and Guerrero faced each other in a tag match again, this time at Arena Puebla. Mistico’s partner was Esfinge, while Ultimo paired up with Volador Jr.

We’ve talked about Austrian wrestlers, Mexican wrestlers, Japanese wrestlers, and even one Irish wrestler . . . but now, it’s America’s turn.

There were two wrestlers from the U.S. who had five matches over Wrestlemania weekend.

The first of them is recent TNA signee Bear Bronson. His first four matches for the weekend were all on shows promoted by Game Changer Wrestling in Las Vegas. On April 17, he had two matches. One of those was an 11-man “Grab the Brass Ring Doors, Ladders, and Chairs Match,” which was part of Joey Janela’s Spring Break. Bear lost that match to Steve “1 Called” Manders. The same day, on a show called MDK Fight Club, Bronson teamed up with Mr. Danger in a losing effort to the Japanese team of Masato Tanaka and Hayabusa. (For those who may not be aware, the original Hayabusa from the 90s is deceased, and this is a new version who was endorsed to take over the gimmick by the original’s family.)

On April 18, Bear Bronson also had two matches. One of them was an appearance in a “Twink Gauntlet” match on Effy’s Big Gay Brunch. I did not watch this match, but I really hope that somebody on commentary pointed out the irony of having somebody named “Bear” wrestling in a “Twink” match. Bronson’s second match of the night was a run in the Immortal Clusterfuck rumble-style match, promoted by GCW and Joey Janela.

By the final day of Wrestlemania weekend, April 20, Bear, who hails from New York, was back in the northeast and had a match in Cranston, Rhode Island for Beyond Wrestling on their “Wrestling Open” card. Bronson was part of the titular Wrestling Open tournament and won his first round match, scoring the win over Kylon King.

Also with five matches over the course of Wrestlemania weekend we have former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion and tank enthusiast Shotzi Blackheart. Shotzi kicked off the weekend on April 16 by appearing of House of Glory’s Las Vegas-based show “Culture Clash,” where she retained the HOG Women’s Title against Charlie, who was previously known as Dakota Kai in WWE.

From there, Shotzi wrestled on shows we’ve already discussed in this column. She lost in a women’s five-way on the Progress Wrestling Vegas show, lost in a women’s four-way on the MLP Multiverse show, and she was part of the same Grab the Brass Ring Match that Bear Bronson was in on Spring Break.

However, despite those losses, Ms. Blackheart also picked up one of the single biggest victories of the weekend, as she was the last person standing at the end of the Immortal Clusterfuck.

We now move on to wrestlers who had six matches during Wrestlemania weekend. The first is a name that we’ve already seen in discussing some other matches. It’s Steve “1 Called” Manders. Steve actually had three matches on three separate shows in Las Vegas on April 16. This included a win over JT Thorne at West Coast Pro Wrestling’s “West Coast vs. The World,” a win over Timur the Great at New Texas Pro’s “Sin City Stampede,” and a tag team loss with Thomas Shire against Aaron Williams and Gary Jay at St. Louis Anarchy’s “Let There Be Anarchy.”

Mr. Manders then wrestled twice on April 17. One of those matches was for ACTION Wrestling, a Georgia-based indy that presented a Vegas card called “We Gambled Away the Graphix Budget.” There, he beat Primetime Emmy Award winner Paul Walter Hauser in a one-on-one match. Also on the 17th, Manders was in the Grab the Brass Ring Match at Spring Break that we previously discussed in connection with Shotzi and Bear Bronson. However, unlike those two, Manders managed to grab the brass ring and win the match.

Finally, Steve completed his Wrestlemania weekend on April 18, taking part in the Immortal Clusterfuck.

To find our next wrestler who had six matches over Wrestlemania weekend, we completely leave Las Vegas, much like Nick Cage. In fact, we leave North America altogether, heading over to jolly old England, where we meet up with ”The Whole Shebang” Ricky Regan a 22 year old wrestler with seven years of in-ring experience, and, no, that’s not a typo.

In order to rack up his six bouts, Regan wrestled on three shows, but he had two matches on each show. First, on April 17, he appeared for indy promotion Megaslam on a card in Doncaster, England, where he initially lost to Caz Crash in singles action. Then, he came back later on the card to participate in a Rumble that included all the wrestlers who had competed earlier on the show.

On April 18, Regan was on another Megaslam show, this time in Rushden, England. He lost to Franco Fate in the opener and then, at the end of the night, participated in a six man tag comprised of wrestlers who were also in action earlier on the card. Regan teamed with Rocky Underwood and Viktor Milenov to score a win over Fate, Brad Matthews, and Georgi Stamenov.

Finally, on April 19, Ricky Regan wrestled for a promotion called Elevation Wrestling in Sileby, England. He got his first singles win of the weekend there beating Mark Midgar. He also participated in a seven-man gauntlet match elsewhere on the same card, but it was not a winning effort.

Hopefully, by our drawing attention to Regan’s efforts over Mania weekend, he’ll get the vaunted “Ask 411 Bump” and next year will be involved in the Wrestlemania festivities proper.

And now, we’re at the top of the heap. We have reached the person who had the most matches over Wrestlemania weekend with a whopping SEVEN bouts in total.

Hailing from Los Angeles, California, let me introduce you to Latina wrestling star . . .

Vipress

Vipress started out her weekend on Ladies Night Out 16, an all-women’s show at The Luxor in Las Vegas. There, she dropped a fall to Lacey Lane, formerly known as Kayden Carter in the WWE system.

The next night, April 17, Vipress was on three different shows that were part of the GCW Collective. She was victorious on the previously mentioned MDK Fight Club show, winning a three-way over Charli Evans and Rina Yamashita. Then, on Gringo Loco’s The Wrld on Lucha, she was in an intergender death match against New Japan Pro Wrestling’s El Desperado, where she came out on the losing end. Rounding out April 17, Vipress was also part of Spring Break’s Grab the Brass Ring Match that we’ve mentioned several times.

On April 18, Vipress had two bouts. Much like many, many other wrestlers, she was part of the Immortal Clusterfuck and ultimately fell to Shotzi Blackheart. On top of that, she was also part of Effy’s Big Gay Brunch, where she got a singles victory over a legend of women’s wrestling on the indy scene, that being Mercedes Martinez.

However, Vipress wasn’t quite done yet, as she also decided to wrestle on April 19, appearing for SPARK Joshi on their “Lady Luck” show held at the HyperX Arena in Vegas. There, she won another three-way match, this time against opponents Brittany Blake and Stardom’s Aya Sakura.

So, there you have it. Vipress takes home the title of “Most Wrestlemania Weekend Matches” for 2026. Hopefully all the exposure from the weekend will allow her to take the next step in her pro wrestling journey. She’s certainly demonstrated that she is dedicated to the craft.

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