Taker666 Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 "New Year's Revoltion looks to have sold 270,000. This is quite high compared to the two other new PPVs WWE added this year and is nearly 100,000 higher than Taboo Tuesday. The PPV also sold more than this Judgment Day, Great American Bash, Vengeance, Unforgiven, No Mercy, and Armageddon. This is the most successful single brand PPV event since Bad Blood '04, and the fourth best selling WWE PPV of fiscal 2005."
Black Lushus Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 you know what this means right? this means the shit you guys hate is going to be pumped out even more now! great...
Taker666 Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Posted January 21, 2005 The only thing I didn't like about NYR was Triple H winning the title and Benjamin/Maven not happening.(yeah, the match proabaly would of sucked, but it was hyped to be a match on the card so it should of happened). everything else I pretty much enjoyed. EDIT: oh yeah, and Jerry/Arab sucked to.
Guest ShootingStylesPress Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 Shows that with a good gimmick match and a great story, people will buy the PPV.
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 The show benifited from having a unique storyline going into it. Weak card but the promise of crowning a new champion in the Chamber was clearly an appealing draw. This likely allows vince to have confidence in using the EC once again to sell a exclusive raw ppv (speaking of which; SMDN needs their own special gimmick ppv/match since Raw has EC and taboo tuesday).
Slickster Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 I'd make HIAC SmackDown-exclusive. That or the barbed-wire cage that's supposedly going to be used for NWO.
Guest Hass of Pain Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 Yikes. I don't know how much celebrating WWE should be doing internally knowing that a lot of buyers on the fence who don't typically order every pay-per-view were treated to one of the worst values in recent memory when they shelled out their hard earned money for that mess of a card. I'm pretty suprised it did so well, but really, who doesn't love a chamber.
BHK Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 That or the barbed-wire cage that's supposedly going to be used for NWO. I think that pretty much makes it official. http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/nowayout/
Kahran Ramsus Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 I have said it before, and nobody listened to me then either. People buy shows based on the main event. If the main event looks terrible they won't order it, if it looks good, then they will. The rest of the card has very little impact.
Slickster Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 That or the barbed-wire cage that's supposedly going to be used for NWO. I think that pretty much makes it official. http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/nowayout/ Where did they get that pic with the wire from? Is it from the July cage match with the wire photoshopped in?
Eclipse Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 Yep, it's true. People will buy the card based on the main event storylines and match type. So far, this Batista/HHH tension has proven to be a PPV seller. I have enjoyed it so far. Royal Rumble will be the PEAK of that tension.
Vyce Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 you know what this means right? this means the shit you guys hate is going to be pumped out even more now! great... Moving closer and closer to Vince's goal of 24 PPVs a year, one for each brand every month. YAY!!!! Oversaturation of an already dwindling market is FUN!!!!
Kurt Angle Mark Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 Yep, it's true. People will buy the card based on the main event storylines and match type. I agree and IMO explains why Armageddon and New Year's Revolution did WAY BETTER than expected. I thought the storyline for the Fatal Four Way match was well played out and the same can be said for the Elimination Chamber
Guest hhheld_down Posted January 21, 2005 Report Posted January 21, 2005 id like to see the promo poster for NWO
Shooting Star Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Great! maybe the WWE will come down here again
The Metal Maniac Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Where did they get that pic with the wire from? Is it from the July cage match with the wire photoshopped in? It's probably just part of the top of the cage, with fake barbed wire, that they had Bradshaw pose on. I don't get the point though; are they gonna just wrap wire around the top? Cuz if they do, then the match pretty much has to be pinfall, not escape, and if they do that, the wire is meaningless because it's at the top of the cage.
AndrewTS Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Where did they get that pic with the wire from? Is it from the July cage match with the wire photoshopped in? It's probably just part of the top of the cage, with fake barbed wire, that they had Bradshaw pose on. I don't get the point though; are they gonna just wrap wire around the top? Cuz if they do, then the match pretty much has to be pinfall, not escape, and if they do that, the wire is meaningless because it's at the top of the cage. They've been plugging the barbed-wire cage match main event here locally (I live in south-western PA and NWO's going to be in Pittsburgh) and they showed a little bit of the cage--it looks like only on the top, going by the commercial. Other than that, it appears to just be a normal cage. Come on, not even Vince is stupid enough to commission to have a special cage built for a Bradshaw match on the lame-duck-to-WM PPV.
Elbarto997 Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Well, Vince already had to go thru hell with the mayor of Pittsburgh just to have the "Barbed Wire" part of the "Barbed Wire Cage Match" inserted, so I don't think there'll be any action with the barbs.
AndrewTS Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Well, Vince already had to go thru hell with the mayor of Pittsburgh just to have the "Barbed Wire" part of the "Barbed Wire Cage Match" inserted, so I don't think there'll be any action with the barbs. That so? Please share. I never heard anything about that.
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Why just have a Barbed Wire Ladder Match then? Where the ladder is wrapped in barbed wire. It'd be hilarious to see TBS try to scale a ladder much less one covered in wire.
Guest Trivia247 Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 I wonder if the barbwires will be rigged like they did in WCW during that Cage barbwire match between Hogan and Flair.. all the tips were covered
Sass Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 The matches build-up sucked. I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that perhaps it was the Elimintaion Chamber name itself was why the show did a very respectable rating. It's one of the few intriguing gimmick matches the WWE hasn't shot it's wad with yet like the TLC matches. Good news and such for the WWE...
Guest Tjhe CyNick Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 I think it was a combination of good TV leading up to the show, the Chamber gimmick, and the prospect of a new World Champion. SD really needs a gimmick that they can use to sell PPVs. Seems like the HHH brand always gets the advantages for their shows; Foley for Backlash, HIAC for Bad Blood, Taboo Tuesday concept (although that was a failure in terms of buys) and now the Chamber for NYR. In comparison what has SD had to sell their PPVs? JBL's debut in a main event for Judgment Day, Bull Rope/Crypt for GAB, Last Ride Match for No Mercy and what? a Fatal 4 way for Armageddon. Hate to make this another HHH-bashing thread, but it seems a little one sided. And the RAW shows that had nothing special (Vengeance and Unforgiven) did similar numbers to what the SD shows have been doing. SD really needs some gimmicks that they can use to sell their shows, seems like RAW gets all the big gimmicks, and SD gets next to nothing. Maybe its a coincidence. Oh yeah, and I think their ultimate goal is to get to 20 PPVs a year. Keep the 4 dual brand shows ont heir own, and then have single brand shows for all the other months. If 200,000+ people are willing to pay for the crap we've seen over this past year, its hard to imagine it wont happen and that it wont work.
AndrewTS Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 The matches build-up sucked. I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that perhaps it was the Elimintaion Chamber name itself was why the show did a very respectable rating. It's one of the few intriguing gimmick matches the WWE hasn't shot it's wad with yet like the TLC matches. Good news and such for the WWE... The Elimination Chamber gets a bigger push than pretty much anyone on Raw not named HHH, so it should have done respectably. And it wasn't just Hogan/Flair with the rubber-tipped wire in WCW. They did it in pretty much all their "hardcore" matches involving the wire, which they had only started to do about when Hak showed up.
Jericholic82 Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 Interesting. But I doubt many who paid for it would tell you it was worth it even with the chamber match. Better off waiting for the dvd and getting it at a discount store like best buy or walmart for less than 20 bucks a barbed wire cage match? with JBL in it? 2005 ppv of the year
Dobbs 3K Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 I'm sure the match will have blood. Big Show and JBl might neither be great workers, but neither strikes me like they'd be scared to get hardcore and bleed a little bit, even if it's just a bladejob. They've both done it before after all. The promo picture also has a lock in it...makes me think the cage will be locked with wire at least on the top. Probably the only way to win is by pinfall or submission then.
Jericholic82 Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 off topic but has anyone else had a problem with these forums lately? oftne it wont let me add replies and keeps going to an error message and asking me to log in again. I emailed dames about it but havent got a response/ can anyone help me here?
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