Best hyped PPVs?

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This thread isn't about whether a pay per view actually delivered or not, but how the buildup to that pay per view was. What shows were you most excited about going into, whether you ended up liking the show or not? What were the best hyped shows for the WWF/WWE, WCW, ECW, and anyone else?

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Even though it was panned as a bad show, I thought WM 15 was hyped very well.

 

WM 5 simply for the Hogan/Savage breakup storyline

 

Survivor Series 2003 because of the Austin storyline

 

WM 7 was hyped to death, in fact it became sickening after a while with the pro-America promotion

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Halloween Havoc 98, you had 3 main event build-ups over months (Hall / Nash, Warrior / Hogan, and Hart / Sting) and DDP / Goldberg being built in a month. A lot of hype but unfortunately it didn't delivered mostly because of the outcomes of the matches plus Warrior / Hogan II sucking unlimited amount of ass. Page / Goldberg still remains a WCW classic to me up to this very day and the only one out of the 4 that delivered.

 

Starrcade 98 mainly because of Goldberg / Nash which I felt delivered even if many didn't like the outcome. Hey I hated Goldberg so it was a blessing for me.

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

Without question the 1998 Over the Edge pay-per-view with the main event of Austin vs. Dude Love. While the rest of the card was underhyped for the most part (except for the NOD-DX six-man tag and maybe the Sable-Mero affair) the main event with its many facets of stacking the deck against Austin cemented the McMahon-Austin feud. I can't remember before or since when a main event had so many components built into it that made perfect sense and that culminated in a beautiful, creative finish.

[The Tino Standard 0]

I thought WM 14, 16 and 17 had good hype... Hell, I watched all 12 hours of "Wrestlemania All Day Long" in 2000 because I was so jacked for that night.

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I would have to say Survivor Series 1997 because of the Bret/Shawn rematch alone

 

Also Wrestlemanias 3, 4, 10, 12 and 20

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Wrestlemania X-7. You had 2 legit Main Events (Rock/Austin, UT/HHH), a Hot McMahon vs. McMahon feud, TLC 2 hyping with Rhyno & Spike added in the mix, good hype for Jericho/Regal, and a Benoit/Angle match with little hype, but it just ruled and everyone knew it will. Like it or not, the Chyna/Ivory crap was built up for months, but no one cares.

 

Starrcade 97. Hogan vs. Sting. Too bad it didn't deliver.

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Wrestlemania XIV had alot of hype. Just about every match had history going in. Of course, HBK-Austin-Tyson was what the media was focusing on. Then there was Taker-Kane which started building in October, Rock-Shamrock from December, Outlaws-Cactus & Funk from February, HHH-Owen from December. This was a show that delivered.

 

In the same year, Summerslam 98, mainly due to the Austin-Taker "Highway to Hell" story. I remember going in I didn't know who was going to win at all. The HHH-Rock Ladder match was being built up since May, and that match more than delivered and many say that the match basically made both's careers. Owen-Shamrock had their blowoff Lion's Den, a feud that started in late April. Everything else was just there, but those three made the show for me.

 

Survivor Series 98. 1998 had some great builds, and while not a PPV that delivered on wrestling, it delivered on great story. Shane flipping off Austin, the McMahons screwing Mankind, and Rock turning heel... I didn't see any of it coming.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

1998 is probably my favorite wrestling year in history for all that happened during that 12 month period.

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Summerslam 1998 and Wrestlemania 15. By far. I have never been excited for a wrestling show as much as those 2. Especially Summerslam...they started building that show since May of 1998.

 

And if I was around, probably Wrestlemania 3 for as far as all time.

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Starcade 1997: One of the longest, slowest builds of the cable era, the show was easily the most hyped WCW show of the Monday Night Wars and the buyrate was indicative of it.

 

Wrestlemania X-7: As much as I hate Limp Bizket, those video packages were just incredible going into the Wrestlemania III of the second WWE boom. The return to the huge stadium, Austin/Rock and Wrestling's popularity peaking, the event was just spectacularly hyped.

 

SummerSlam 2002: Lesnar/Rock was a really underrated match in terms of hype. It pulled a great buyrate, Lesnar had rolled through the likes of Hogan and others en route to the show, they had some incredible training videos and the show delivered big time.

 

Wrestlemania V: Savage and Hogan spent the better part of a year planting the seeds for a split, and exploded on one of the hightest rated SNME's ever. The print ads and commercials were inescapable. Rude/Warrior had a ton of hype going into the show too.

 

The Great American Bash 1989: This show was just INCREDIBLY hyped for months on NWA television. Every match was huge. Ric Flair has been out for months with a broken neck given to him when Funk piledrove him through a table. It was the kind of grudge match that you just don't see anymore, it was huge. Sting and Muta were meeting in a hugely anticapted match, Luger took on Steamboat, War Games etc. It was one of the most loaded cards ever.

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WM 20 is probably the most hyped event ever.

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Summerslam 1998. Nothing comes close. Austin/Taker was SO perfectly built up as was the rest of the card. Delivered too.

[The Mandarin 0]

For a match (in recent times), SummerSlam 2002 for Rock vs. Brock. The vignettes were incredible, showing the training methods for both guys. Haven't been topped since.

 

As a show, I'd go with WrestleMania X-7. You knew it was going to be great before the event. X-8 could have been the same, but Stephanie McMahon ruined everything and other than Rock vs. Hogan, nothing was important.

[snuffbox 0]

I thought the build for X-7 was rather poor...but the actual show was incredibly good.

 

Id say that Starrcade 97 had the best hype...which was matched by the worst end result in wrestling ppv history.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

The build-up to Austin v Rock at WM X-7 was awesome, bar Debra getting involved, and the video package for that match was incredible. Brock v Rock was superbly built to as well, with a real legit sportslike feel to it, and when the crowd exploded when Brock got the win, you knew it had hit the right nerves.