16 things you didn't know about WWE

The very first WrestleMania event took place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. During the inaugural match, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper in the main event. And, Cyndi Lauper was a ringside manager for a female wrestler named Wendi Richter.

WrestleMania is always held on a Sunday, except for WrestleMania 2. The event took place on Monday, April 7, 1986, making it the only one to not take place on a Sunday.

World Wrestling Entertainment hasn't always been known as WWE. From 1979 to 2002, the wrestling franchise was known as World Wrestling Federation or WWF for short. The organization changed its name following a lawsuit by the World Wildlife Fund, which also goes by WWF.

The two actually first settled in 1994, according to the Guardian, on the terms that the WWE would cut back on the use of the acronym, but in 2002, a UK court found that the original agreement had been breached and thus, the WWE was born out of necessity.

Unlike the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, or the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, there is no actual WWE Hall of Fame you can visit. But the organization hosts an annual WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony and this year's event takes place on Saturday, April 6 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Trump has been in attendance at many WWE events throughout the years and Trump Plaza in Atlantic City hosted WrestleMania 4 (1988) and 5 (1999). The president even took to the ring a few times, notably competing against Vince McMahon during Wrestlemania and dropping real money from the rafters.

In 2013, Trump was inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame by McMahon. Linda McMahon, who is married to Vince, even serves in Trump’s cabinet as the head of Small Business Administration and is going to be part of his 2020 PAC, according to Politico.

Orlando has been dubbed the "Theme Park Capital of the World," but roller coasters and rides aren't the only form of entertainment the city has to offer. It's also where top up-and-coming wrestlers train to become part of the main WWE roster.

You may know John Cena from the big screen, but his career as a professional wrestler is remarkable. As of 2017, Cena has 16 WWE World Championship victories. Ric Flair is the only other professional wrestler to accomplish this.

The WWE Network, which launched in February 2014, offers a subscription streaming service that includes live WWE pay-per-view events and unlimited access to WWE premium content. It's also the only place to watch WrestleMania for free.

According to Bloomberg, it's the 11th most popular streaming video service.

In 2016, WrestleMania 32 set a new WWE attendance record with 101,763 fans at Arlington's AT&T Stadium. The previous record was 93,173 at WrestleMania 3 in Detroit in 1987.

Since 2008, WWE has banned performers from bleeding in the ring — a result of WWE programming shifting from TV-14 to TV-PG.

Glenn Jacobs, the Republican mayor of Knox County, hasn't always been a professional politician. Prior to his 2018 election, Jacobs was a professional wrestler in the WWE in the 1990s.

Unlike major sports such as basketball, baseball, football, and hockey, WWE doesn't take a break. The sports entertainment organization operates 52 weeks a year.

WWE Executive Vice President Triple H is a former champion and has been married to Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon since 2003.

Between 1991 and 2013, The Undertaker won a total of 21 back-to-back WrestleMania matches before finally losing to Brock Lesnar in a match at WrestleMania 33.

In April, WWE the women's match will be the main event of WrestleMania 35 as the Raw Women’s Championship for the first time in WWE history. The match-up, slated for Sunday, April 7 at MetLife Stadium, features Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch.

This follows the company's first all-female pay-per-view match in October.