Editing Wembley Stadium (1923) (section)

===Other events===
The stadium also staged women's field hockey matches in which England appeared in their annual match between 1951 and 1969 and then from 1971 to 1991. The best-attended field hockey match of all time took place at the Wembley Stadium on 11 March 1978, when 65,165 people showed up for a game between England and the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/64071-largest-attendance-at-a-hockey-match | title=Largest attendance at a field hockey match }}</ref>

On 18 June 1963, Wembley hosted a [[Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper|heavyweight boxing match]] between London native boxer [[Henry Cooper]] and American rising star [[Muhammad Ali]] in front of 35,000 spectators.

On 26 May 1975, in front of 90,000 people, [[Evel Knievel]] crashed while trying to land a jump over 13 single decker city buses, an accident which resulted in his initial retirement from his daredevil&nbsp;life.<ref name=bevknvbs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EtZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6888%2C7018770 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon, U.S.) |agency=UPI |title=Battered Evel Knievel quitting stunt business |date=27 May 1975 |page=5A}}</ref>

In 1992, the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (now known as WWE) drew a sellout of 80,355 when [[SummerSlam (1992)|SummerSlam]] was hosted at Wembley Stadium. In the main event, English wrestler [[Davey Boy Smith]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]] from [[Bret Hart]]. As of April 2023, WWE considers this to be their seventh largest live gate in history behind only [[WrestleMania 32]] (2016), which drew a reported 101,763, [[WrestleMania III]] (1987), which drew a reported 93,173, [[WrestleMania 35]], which drew 82,265, [[WrestleMania 39]] (2023) Night 2 and Night 1, which drew 81,395 and 80,497, respectively, and [[WrestleMania 29]] (2013), which drew 80,676 fans.