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Greed '01

0.10

 

Sin '01

0.17

 

Starrcade '00

0.32

 

Mayhem '00

0.45

 

Halloween Havoc '00

0.15

 

Fall Brawl '00 0.16

New Blood Rising '00 0.18

Bash At The Beach '00

0.26

 

Great American Bash '00

0.20

 

Slamboree '00

0.14

 

Spring Stampede '00

0.27

 

Uncensored '00

0.13

 

SuperBrawl '00

0.10

 

Souled Out '00

0.25

 

Starrcade '99

0.32

 

Mayhem '99

0.45

 

Halloween Havoc '99

0.52

 

Fall Brawl '99

0.35

 

Road Wild '99

0.55

 

Bash At The Beach '99

0.39

 

Great American Bash '99

0.43

 

Slamboree '99

0.48

 

Spring Stampede '99

0.60

 

Uncensored '99

0.73

 

SuperBrawl '99

0.15

 

Souled Out '99

0.25

 

Starrcade '98

1.15

 

World War III '98

0.75

 

Halloween Havoc '98

0.78

 

Fall Brawl '98

0.70

 

Road Wild '98

0.91

 

Bash At The Beach '98

1.50

 

Great American Bash '98

0.75

 

Slamboree '98

0.44

 

Spring Stampede '98

0.72

 

Uncensored '98

1.10

 

SuperBrawl '98

1.10

 

Souled Out '98

1.02

 

Starrcade '97

1.90

 

World War III '97

0.56

 

Halloween Havoc '97

1.10

 

Fall Brawl '97

0.53

 

Road Wild '97

0.65

 

Bash At The Beach '97

0.78

 

Great American Bash '97

0.60

 

Slamboree '97

0.44

 

Spring Stampede '97

0.58

 

Uncensored '97

0.89

 

SuperBrawl '97

0.75

 

Souled Out '97

0.47

 

Starrcade '96

0.95

 

World War III '96

0.55

 

Halloween Havoc '96

0.70

 

Fall Brawl '96

0.65

 

Hog Wild '96

0.62

 

Bash At The Beach '96

0.71

 

Great American Bash '96

0.48

 

Slamboree '96

0.44

 

Uncensored '96

0.70

 

SuperBrawl '96

0.63

 

Starrcade '95

0.36

 

World War III '95

0.43

 

Halloween Havoc '95

0.60

 

Fall Brawl '95

0.48

 

Bash At The Beach '95

0.82

 

Great American Bash '95

0.51

 

Slamboree '95

0.57

 

Uncensored '95

0.96

 

SuperBrawl '95

0.95

 

Starrcade '94

0.60

 

Halloween Havoc '94

0.97

 

Fall Brawl '94

0.53

 

Bash At The Beach '94

1.02

 

Slamboree '94

0.48

 

Spring Stampede '94

0.53

 

SuperBrawl '94

0.50

 

Starrcade '93

0.55

 

Battle Bowl '93

0.27

 

Halloween Havoc '93

0.50

 

Fall Brawl '93

0.46

 

Beach Blast '93

0.50

 

Slamboree '93

0.50

 

SuperBrawl '93

0.50

 

Starrcade '92

0.50

 

Halloween Havoc '92

0.90

 

Great American Bash '92

0.40

 

Beach Blast '92

0.40

 

Wrestle War '92

0.61

 

SuperBrawl '92

0.96

 

Starrcade '91

0.50

 

Halloween Havoc '91

0.80

 

Great American Bash '91

1.00

 

SuperBrawl '91

0.96

 

Wrestle War '91

1.20

 

Starrcade '90

1.30

 

Halloween Havoc '90

1.33

 

Great American Bash '90

1.70

 

Capital Combat '90

1.40

 

Wrestle War '90

1.60

 

Starrcade '89

1.30

 

Halloween Havoc '89

1.77

 

Great American Bash '89

1.50

 

Music City Showdown '89

1.30

 

Chi-Town Rumble '89

1.50

 

Starrcade '88

1.80

 

Great American Bash '88

2.20

 

Bunkhouse Stampede '88

3.50

 

Starrcade '87

3.30

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SuperBrawl '99

0.15

 

Souled Out '99

0.25

 

Starrcade '98

1.15

 

World War III '98

0.75

 

Halloween Havoc '98

0.78

 

Fall Brawl '98

0.70

 

Road Wild '98

0.91

 

Bash At The Beach '98

1.50

 

Great American Bash '98

0.75

 

Slamboree '98

0.44

 

Spring Stampede '98

0.72

 

Uncensored '98

1.10

 

SuperBrawl '98

1.10

 

Souled Out '98

1.02

 

Starrcade '97

1.90

 

World War III '97

0.56

 

Halloween Havoc '97

1.10

 

Fall Brawl '97

0.53

 

Road Wild '97

0.65

 

Bash At The Beach '97

0.78

 

Great American Bash '97

0.60

 

Slamboree '97

0.44

 

Spring Stampede '97

0.58

 

Uncensored '97

0.89

 

SuperBrawl '97

0.75

 

Souled Out '97

0.47

What accounted for some of the big changes in buyrates for WCW over the months. Were some shows just promoted horribly and others very well?

 

I mean Starcade '98 with a 1.1 to Souled Out the next month with a .25 and Superbrawl after that with a .15? Slamboree '97 with a .44? Wasn't WCW at its hottest at this point, with the whole nWo angle and kicking the WWF's ass?

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Starrcade 1998 had Goldberg's biggest challenge on ppv, Flair/Bischoff, and ummm . . . I can't remember anything else about it. Souled Out's 2 big marquee matches were Goldberg/Hall in a meaningless match along with the Flairs vs. Hennig/Windham. Their Nitros spoiled the viewers so there was nothing they could offer the ppv audience that they weren't seeing on Monday and Thursday every week. ECW had the same problem.

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What accounted for some of the big changes in buyrates for WCW over the months. Were some shows just promoted horribly and others very well?

 

I mean Starcade '98 with a 1.1 to Souled Out the next month with a .25 and Superbrawl after that with a .15? Slamboree '97 with a .44? Wasn't WCW at its hottest at this point, with the whole nWo angle and kicking the WWF's ass?

I think Souled Out and Superbrawl are way off. Prowrestlinghistory.com gives Souled Out a .78 and Superbrawl a 1.10.

 

For 97, well GAB, Slamboree, and Spring Stampede didn't have Hogan on them. That's why they're so low. Hogan was the world champ, but he was gone making movies. He went something like 6 or 7 months without defending the title ONE single time. Fucking idiots. Is it any wonder they couldn't stay on top?

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BTW, here's what headlined all the PPVs that drew in the .1-.3 range.

 

Greed '01

0.10 - Scott Steiner vs DDP, Booker T vs Rick Steiner, Rhodes vs Flair & Jarrett

 

Sin '01

0.17 - Scott Steiner vs Sid vs Jarrett vs Mystery man, Luger & Bagwell vs Goldberg & Dwayne Bruce (?)

 

Starrcade '00

0.32 - Scott Steiner vs Sid, Goldberg vs Luger

 

Halloween Havoc '00

0.15 - Booker T vs Steiner, Goldberg vs Kronic, Jeff Jarrett vs Sting

 

Fall Brawl '00

0.16 - Booker T vs Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner vs Goldbeg

 

New Blood Rising '00

0.18 - Booker T vs Jeff Jarrett

 

Bash At The Beach '00

0.26 - Booker T vs Jeff Jarrett (hogan vs jeff jarrett scheduled), Goldberg vs Nash, Douglas vs Bagwell

 

Great American Bash '00

0.20 - Jeff Jarett vs Nash, Sting vs Vampiro, Ric Flair vs David Flair, Hogan vs Kidman

 

Slamboree '00

0.14 - Jeff Jarrett vs David Arquette vs DDP, Hogan vs Kidman, Douglas vs Flair, Sting vs Vampiro

 

Spring Stampede '00

0.27 - Jeff Jarrett vs DDP, Sting vs Vampiro

 

Uncensored '00

0.13 - Sid vs Jeff Jarrett, Hogan vs Flair, Sting vs Luger

 

SuperBrawl '00

0.10 - Sid vs Scott Hall vs Jeff Jarrett, Hogan vs Luger, Flair vs Funk

 

Souled Out '00

0.25 - Chris Benoit vs Sid, Nash vs Funk, The Wall vs Kidman

 

Starrcade '99

0.32 - Bret Hart vs Goldberg, Benoit vs Jeff Jarett, Nash vs Sid

 

Fall Brawl '99

0.35 - Sting vs Hogan, Goldberg vs DDP, Benoit vs Sid

 

Bash At The Beach '99

0.39 - Savage & Sid vs Nash & Sting, Bagwell vs Piper

 

SuperBrawl '99

0.15 - Hogan vs Flair, Goldberg vs Bigelow, Hall vs Piper, Steiner vs DDP

 

Souled Out '99

0.25 - Goldberg vs Scott Hall

 

Again, last two might be off. I seriously doubt Hogan in 99 drew worse than every ECW PPV. (their lowest was a .2)

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Starrcade 1998 had Goldberg's biggest challenge on ppv, Flair/Bischoff, and ummm . . . I can't remember anything else about it.

The Giant vs Diamond Dallas Page was one of the featured bouts as well.

 

It was surprisingly decent, thanks of course to DDP.

 

Also the two openers:

 

Juvi vs Rey vs Kidman and then Kidman vs Eddie G. (Eddie threw a spat when neither Juvi or Rey could beat Kidman, so Kidman challenged him to do any better...which he didn't ).

 

Those two cruiser matches are just about two of the hottest, most exciting openers to a PPV I had seen at the time. Awesome stuff.

 

The rest of the show was total donkey balls.

 

UYI

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