Updating the Mania stats By JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling

Now that WrestleMania is in the history books, it\'s time to get down to business and update the WM Stat Sheet.

Before I begin, I want to thank everyone who e-mailed me with corrections from the first list, as well as all the feedback I got. I urge all of you to e-mail me with any thoughts you have about the list.

Also want to quickly mention that, by request, I have assembled a list of the 86 Battle Royal participants in Mania history. Hillbilly Jim has competed in the most at three.

Now onto the highlights:

First-timers

• Eight wrestlers making their WrestleMania debuts this year, pushing the grand total to 209 wrestlers having competed in matches at Mania.
• Of those eight wrestlers, four recorded victories (Nathan Jones, Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin and Brock Lesnar) while four were defeated (Victoria,Chavo Guererro Jr., Rey Mysterio Jr. and Rhyno).
• The only debuting wrestler to not be in a title bout was Nathan Jones.
• Interesting to note that Victoria and Lesnar were both pictured in last year\'s WrestleMania program. Randy Orton was also included, but he is currently on the injured list.
• Of the first-timers, three had been on WWE TV in various capacities at the time of WrestleMania 18 (Rhyno, Victoria and Chavo). Rhyno is also the only one of this group to have previously appeared at a WrestleMania (at WM X-7‚s TLC match).
• Of the first-timers, four were call-ups during the last 12 months from Ohio Valley Wrestling (Lesnar, Benjamin, Haas and Victoria). Jones came from the WWA, Mysterio Jr. was working independents and Mexican leagues, while Guererro Jr. and Rhyno were both employed previously by the WWF but did not have a match at a previous Mania.

Seasoned veterans

• As mentioned previously, Hulk Hogan sits atop the WWF with the most WrestleMania matches with 12.
• Shawn Michaels became the fifth wrestler to have 10 WrestleMania matches.
• Shawn also competed in a match at Mania for the tenth time, becoming the fourth wrestler to do so (the others being Hogan, Undertaker and Bret Hart).
• The next wrestler to join the 10-match club will likely be Triple H, who has now competed at eight WrestleManias. Steve Austin and The Rock are now at seven apiece.

Streak stats

• The Undertaker did manage to continue his winning streak this year. He\'s now 11-0.
• The Undertaker\'s win also caused some movements in the streak department for the Big Show. Show tied Goldust for the most Mania losses without a win at four.
• Booker T and Vince McMahon had better be careful. At 0-2, they might be joining Show and Goldust on that list soon.
• Matt Hardy avoided the 0-4 curse by beating Mysterio Jr. He\'s now at 1-3.
• Christian\'s streak of three-straight WrestleManias winning a title belt remains intact, as he did not compete this year.

Canadian content?

• There were only three Canadians who competed at WrestleMania this year (Trish Stratus, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit). That\'s a pretty low number, especially considering the number of Canadians on the current roster, including Lance Storm and Sean Morley, who competed on Heat.
• Trish was the only Canadian to gain a victory at Mania this year, her first duke.

Looking forward to WM20

WM2 battle
royal
Ted Arcidi
Bret Hart
Jim Neidhart
Jimbo Covert
Pedro Morales
Tony Atlas 
Harvey Martin
Dan Spivey
Hillbilly Jim
King Tonga (Haku)
Iron Shiek
Ernie Holmes
B. Brian Blair
Jim Brunzell
Big John Studd
Bill Fralic
Bruno Sammartino
Russ Francis
William Perry
Andre the Giant
WINNER: Andre the Giant

WM4 battle
royal
Bad News Brown
Bret Hart
Ray Rougeau
B. Brian Blair
Jim Brunzell
Rob Bass
Junkyard Dog
Sika
Sam Houston
George Steele
Hillbilly Jim
Ken Patera
Jim Powers
Danny Davis
Nikolai Volkoff
Boris Zhukov
Jacques Rougeau
Harley Race
Paul Roma
Jim Neidhart
WINNER: Bad News Brown

WM14 Tag-Team
Animal
Hawk
Savio Vega
Miguel Perez
Sniper
Recon
Bradshaw
Chainz
D-Lo Brown
Mark Henry
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Kama
Faarooq
Mosh
Thrasher
Bob Holly
Bart Gunn
Phineas Godwinn
Henry Goddwinn
Scott Taylor
Brian Christopher
Jose Estrada
Jesus Castillo
Jacques Rougeau
Pierre-Carl Ouelett
WINNERS: Hawk & Animal

WM16 Hardcore
Hardcore Holly
Crash
Tazz
Taka Michinoku
Funaki
Rodney
Pete Gas
Joey Abs
Mosh
Thrasher
Viscera
Faarooq
Bradshaw
WINNER: Hardcore Holly

WM17 Gimmick
Gobbeldy Gooker
Iron Shiek
Sgt. Slaughter
Jim Cornette
Brother Love
Michael Hayes
The Goon
Earthquake
Typhoon
Kamala
Kim Chee
Hillbilly Jim
Luke
Butch
One Man Gang
Duke Droese
Doink
Repo Man
Nikolai Volkoff
WINNER: Iron Sheik

Multiple
participants
Hillbilly Jim (3)
B. Brian Blair (2)
Bradshaw (2)
Bret Hart (2)
Faarooq (2)
Iron Sheik (2)
Jacques Rougeau (2)
Jim Brunzell (2)
Jim Neidhart (2)
Mosh (2)
Nikolai Volkoff (2)
Thrasher (2)