Buyrates & Main Events For All Past WrestleManias

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PPV Buyrates & Main Events For All Past WrestleManias

Posted By Ashish on 03.12.04

 

See how WrestleMania has done over the years and who has drawn...

 

The following are the buyrates for the past WrestleMania PPVs (going back to 1987). As of last year, a 1.0 buyrates translates to roughly 400,000 buys. That figure does not apply to earlier years. Note that WWE is hoping that WrestleMania XX draws at least 1,000,000 buys (roughly a 2.5 buyrate). WWE has not drawn that high a buyrate for WrestleMania since 1991.

 

WrestleMania III 1987

Main Event: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant

10.2 buyrate

 

WrestleMania IV 1988

Main Event: Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase

6.5 buyrate

 

WrestleMania V (1989)

Main Event: Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

5.9 buyrate

 

WrestleMania VI (1990)

Main Event: Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior

3.8 buyrate

 

WrestleMania VII (1991)

Main Event: Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter

2.8 buyrate

 

WrestleMania VIII (1992)

Main Event: Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair | Hulk Hogan vs. Sycho Sid

2.3 buyrate

 

WrestleMania IX (1993)

Main Event: Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna

2.0 buyrate

 

WrestleMania X (1994)

Main Event: Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna

1.68 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XI (1995)

Main Event: Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel | Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Lawrence Taylor

1.3 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XII (1996)

Main Event: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels

1.2 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XIII (1997)

Main Event: Sycho Sid vs. The Undertaker | Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin

0.77 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XIV (1998)

Main Event: Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin

2.3 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XV (1999)

Main Event: Steve Austin vs. The Rock

2.32 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XVI (2000)

Main Event: The Rock vs. Triple H vs. The Big Show vs. Mick Foley

2.35 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XVII (2001)

Main Event: Steve Austin vs. The Rock

2.18 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XVIII (2002)

Main Event: The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan

1.60 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XIX (2003)

Main Event: Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar | Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon | The Rock vs. Steve Austin

1.40 buyrate

[KTID 0]

I always thought WM XVII was the most successful of recent times. Guess not.

[Guest Brian]

I don't think the buyrates are consistent throughout time. Buyrate numbers are based on availability, and in the older days, less people had the ability to purchase pay per views. Hence, you can get a higher buyrate without the same amount of customers. So that 400,000 number probably needs to be revised through time. At least that's how I always understood it.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Wrestlemania 9 did better than Wrestlemania 13 in buyrates as well. MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Slayer 0]

WrestleMania XIII (1997)

Main Event: Sycho Sid vs. The Undertaker | Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin

0.77 buyrate

 

WrestleMania XIV (1998)

Main Event: Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin

2.3 buyrate

Amazing what can happen in a year

[KTID 0]

Wrestlemania 9 did better than Wrestlemania 13 in buyrates as well. MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

Speaking of the worst WrestleMania of all time...

 

WrestleCrap's Newest Induction

[SuperJerk 0]

WrestleMania XVIII (2002)

Main Event: The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan

1.60 buyrate

So, Triple H goes blame free, huh?

[Guest Choken One]

WrestleMania XVIII (2002)

Main Event: The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan

1.60 buyrate

So, Triple H goes blame free, huh?

He wasn't the advertised Main event and BLAME free?

 

That's a good buyrate...considering the entire card was made on the spot.

 

I'm betting WMXX goes 1.95 this year...bigger hype and more appealing card.

[snuffbox 0]

WrestleMania XVIII (2002)

Main Event: The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan

1.60 buyrate

So, Triple H goes blame free, huh?

He wasn't the advertised Main event.

Wasnt his match heavily promoted....terribly at that?

[haVoc 0]

No it wasn't. His feud with Steph was.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

They think they are going to get a 2.5?

 

*laughs*

 

They'll be lucky to get a 1.5 which would be 600,000.

 

I'll do something embarassing if they manage to get a 2.0 or higher.

[CanadianChris 0]

Has a WWF/E PPV EVER gotten 1,000,000 buys?

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Speaking of the worst WrestleMania of all time...

 

WrestleCrap's Newest Induction

 

Bah. I had a good time...at the time.

[Drury37 0]

Wrestlemania 9 did better than Wrestlemania 13 in buyrates as well. MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

Speaking of the worst WrestleMania of all time...

 

WrestleCrap's Newest Induction

Tito's owned in that picture.

Thanks.

[Use Your Illusion 0]

They think they are going to get a 2.5?

 

*laughs*

 

They'll be lucky to get a 1.5 which would be 600,000.

 

I'll do something embarassing if they manage to get a 2.0 or higher.

Such as posting pictures of yourself naked engaging in sexual acts with a cardboard cut-out of Triple H?

 

UYI

[Guest reshad974]

I don't think the buyrates are consistent throughout time. Buyrate numbers are based on availability, and in the older days, less people had the ability to purchase pay per views. Hence, you can get a higher buyrate without the same amount of customers. So that 400,000 number probably needs to be revised through time. At least that's how I always understood it.

that's why the number of buys is much more accurate.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

I bought 13,14,15,X-7, X-8, aand 19. I like Wrestlemania 13 cause it was my first WM I watched.

[SuperJerk 0]

No it wasn't. His feud with Steph was.

Steph was part of the match, though.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

No it wasn't. His feud with Steph was.

Steph was part of the match, though.

Yeah but. lets be real here it was booked as a feud between HHH and Steph with Jericho tagging along.

[Mole 0]

Has a WWF/E PPV EVER gotten 1,000,000 buys?

I don't think so.

 

WM will get above a 1.5.

[Kizzo 0]

This years Mania will be below 2.0...

[SuperJerk 0]

No it wasn't. His feud with Steph was.

Steph was part of the match, though.

Yeah but. lets be real here it was booked as a feud between HHH and Steph with Jericho tagging along.

I still say it was the main event, not Hogan/Rock.

[Guest krazykat72]

The X-8 Main Event was totally Hogan vs. Rock. It was promoted far more heavily than any other match including the Jericho/HHH match.

 

The most PPV buys any WWF/E PPV has done was Wrestlemania X-7 with Austin vs. Rock on top which did 950,000 buys.

 

So, no wrestling PPV has ever topped 1,000,000 buys.

 

 

Paul Jacobi

[SuperJerk 0]

Except the WWE never called it the "main event", did they?

[Anya 0]

When Rock made the challenge he offered Hogan "one more main event", refering to the match as the main event.

[SuperJerk 0]

When Rock made the challenge he offered Hogan "one more main event", refering to the match as the main event.

To my knowledge, that was the only time it was referred to as a "main event".

 

Y2J/HHH was a, if not the, main event because it was (a) the last match on the card and (b) was for the WWF Undisputed Title.

[KTID 0]

The most PPV buys any WWF/E PPV has done was Wrestlemania X-7 with Austin vs. Rock on top which did 950,000 buys.

 

 

WrestleMania III 1987

Main Event: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant

10.2 buyrate (4,080,000 buys)

 

WrestleMania XVII (2001)

Main Event: Steve Austin vs. The Rock

2.18 buyrate (872,000 buys)

 

 

Sorry, krazykat72.

[Guest Brian]

I don't think the buyrates are consistent throughout time. Buyrate numbers are based on availability, and in the older days, less people had the ability to purchase pay per views. Hence, you can get a higher buyrate without the same amount of customers. So that 400,000 number probably needs to be revised through time.

Read this RVDmark.

[BUTT 0]

Didn't they promote Austin/Hall, Rock/Hogan and HHH/Jericho as a triple main event?

 

However, I do remember that they had Drowning Pool "tell the story of the main event", performing "Tear Away" while highlights of the HHH/Jericho feud played on the video screen. Still, they did promote Rock/Hogan like it was the biggest match on the card.