JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 The # of buys for PPVs from 2001 - end of 2004 are: Wrestlemania 17: 1,040,000 buys Wrestlemania 20: 885,000 Wrestlemania 18: 840,000 Invasion: 775,000 Royal Rumble 2002: 670,000 Rumble 2001: 625,000 No Way Out 2001: 590,000 Rumble 2003: 585,000 No Way Out 2002: 575,000 Summerslam 2001: 565,000 Wrestlemania 19: 560,000 Summerslam 2002: 520,000 Rumble 2004: 500,000 Summerslam 2003: 465,000 Survivor Series 2001: 450,000 (blowoff of the Invasion angle, disappointing number) No Way Out 2003: 450,000 Survivor Series 2003: 450,000 (big success for the time) King of the Ring 2001: 445,000 (Jericho and Benoit headlining with Austin) Summerslam 2004: 415,000 Judgment Day 2001: 405,000 Backlash 2002: 400,000 Bad Blood 2003: 385,000 (big buyrate shock at the time...Foley helped draw?) Backlash 2001: 375,000 (look at the drop for WM17) Vengeance 2002: 375,000 Judgment Day 2002: 373,000 Vengeance 2003: 365,000 (big success at the time) Unforgiven 2003: 360,000 (Goldberg vs. HHH, success at the time) Unforgiven 2001: 350,000 Backlash 2003: 345,000 Survivor Series 2002: 340,000 Armageddon 2002: 335,000 No Mercy 2001: 325,000 Survivor Series 2004: 325,000 King of the Ring 2002: 320,000 Vengeance 2001: 315,000 Judgment Day 2003: 315,000 Unforgiven 2002: 300,000 No Mercy 2002: 300,000 Backlash 2004: 295,000 Bad Blood 2004: 290,000 No Mercy 2003: 275,000 No Way Out 2004: 265,000 Vengeance 2004: 240,000 Armageddon 2003: 240,000 Unforgiven 2004: 239,000 Judgment Day 2004: 235,000 Armageddon 2004: 230,000 No Mercy 2004: 183,000 Taboo Tuesday: 174,000 (total for October over 350,000, however) Credit for the info goes to Meltzer. Early reports have Wrestlemania 21 getting close to a million buys...does anyone know how many buys the first three PPVs of the year got? I can edit them into here. Any thoughts on any of these numbers? ********************************************************************* MONTH BY MONTH: Royal Rumble 2001: 625,000 No Way Out 2001: 590,000 Wrestlemania 17: 1,040,000 Backlash 2001: 375,000 (look at the drop for WM17) Judgment Day 2001: 405,000 King of the Ring 2001: 445,000 (Jericho and Benoit headlining with Austin) Invasion: 775,000 Summerslam 2001: 565,000 Unforgiven 2001: 350,000 (Huge drop) No Mercy 2001: 325,000 Survivor Series 2001: 450,000 (blowoff of the Invasion angle, disappointing number) Vengeance 2001: 315,000 Royal Rumble 2002: 670,000 No Way Out 2002: 575,000 (nWo debut) Wrestlemania 18: 840,000 Backlash 2002: 400,000 Judgment Day 2002: 373,000 King of the Ring 2002: 320,000 (probably why they decided to get rid of KOTR?) Vengeance 2002: 375,000 Summerslam 2002: 520,000 Unforgiven 2002: 300,000 No Mercy 2002: 300,000 Survivor Series 2002: 340,000 Armageddon 2002: 335,000 Rumble 2003: 585,000 No Way Out 2003: 450,000 (Austin return) Wrestlemania 19: 560,000 (Big disappointment) Backlash 2003: 345,000 (Goldberg vs. Rock) Judgment Day 2003: 315,000 Bad Blood 2003: 385,000 (big buyrate shock at the time...Foley helped draw?) Vengeance 2003: 365,000 (big success at the time) Summerslam 2003: 465,000 Unforgiven 2003: 360,000 (Goldberg vs. HHH, success at the time) No Mercy 2003: 275,000 Survivor Series 2003: 450,000 (big success for the time) Armageddon 2003: 240,000 Rumble 2004: 500,000 No Way Out 2004: 265,000 Wrestlemania 20: 885,000 Backlash 2004: 295,000 Judgment Day 2004: 235,000 Bad Blood 2004: 290,000 Great American Bash: 238,000 Vengeance 2004: 240,000 Summerslam 2004: 415,000 Unforgiven 2004: 239,000 No Mercy 2004: 183,000 Taboo Tuesday: 174,000 (total for October over 350,000, however) Survivor Series 2004: 325,000 Armageddon 2004: 230,000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 These are descending, is there a "month by month" list? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 These are descending, is there a "month by month" list? No, but I could rearrange them like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 Realized I'm missing the GAB buyrate from last year...anyone know how many that got? EDIT: Nevermind, got it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 Awesome work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 That sucks that SummerSlam 2001 dropped so much from InVasion, since the card was 10x better and a lot more fun than the supposed "dream PPV". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tjhe CyNick Report post Posted April 26, 2005 The build for Invasion was crazy good though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 I just realized Triple H can claim he main-evented three of the 4 highest selling PPVs (including WM21). Fuckity fuck fuck fuck. We're never going to see the end of him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iliketurtles 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 Wow, I never knew Wrestlemania 19 did THAT bad. It will always be one of my favorite shows, but I can certainly see why lots of people don't talk about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 Survivor Series 2002: 340,000 I can't believe this one did so badly. It was a pretty good show, with a very good undercard, a heavily hyped match in Brock VS Big Show, and a mystery gimmick match (debut of the Elimination Chamber) as the main event. In a way, it felt like the WWF trying to put on a mid-90s WCW PPV, with blowout midcard matches followed by main events that weren't really that great but were kind of likable for some quirky reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naked Snake 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 Thank God for these rates. Now I can finally shut up a friend of mine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 WM 19 is a show that I saw while down in FL and for some reason it's a show I've never cared about enough to track down a tape or DVD of it. Most of it was sorta decent but the problem with the build is that it had a bunch of semi main event matches and no legit MAIN EVENT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 Just a thought here. It's weird how if you compare 94 to 96, and 96 to 98, the WWF is dynamically different, but if you go from late 2001 to early 2005, everything really feels very much the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2005 I'd say that the current era pretty much started in late 2002 for Raw, and I can see it being similar over that time period, but that's about it. Shit, Smackdown already transitioned from the "good worker" era to the "jobbers main eventing" era around GAB last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
