Some Historic WWE PPV Tidbits

[humanoid92 0]

I was bored and started sifting through all the old WWE PPV Results and found some interesting tidbits that I thought I'd share on the off-chance anyone else finds this stuff the slightest bit informative.

 

Add to the list with your own stats and tidbits and let's see what we can come up with.

 

Here's what I've found:

 

PPV CLOSERS:

 

From Royal Rumble 1998 (Undertaker/HBK) until No Way Out 2003 (Rock/Hogan), the final match of each PPV card contained one or more of the following: HHH, Austin, Rock, Undertaker. That's it. Over 5+ years, and a whopping 62 consecutive PPVs, the final match contained one or more of those four guys, without exception (for Royal Rumble matches I counted only the final two guys in the ring). That may not seem too surprising since it's no revelation they were all on top for so long, but consider that all of them missed significant time during that stretch (be it for injuries or movie careers).

 

A lot of other guys were involved in the main event scene during this era: Foley, Angle, Kane, Benoit, Jericho, Big Show, Brock, Booker, RVD, HBK, etc. Now we did get a few different Title matches during that time: Boss Man/Big Show, Brock/Big Show, Benoit/Angle. But they never closed the show. You'd think just ONCE in five years, we would have seen Kane/Angle or Jericho/Benoit, or Brock/Show end a show; something different. But no. Just the big four. The streak didn't end until Wrestlemania XIX, which ended with Brock/Angle.

 

If you expanded the group to include Shawn Michaels, the streak goes all the way back to Royal Rumble 1997. If you then expand it to include Bret Hart, it goes all the way back to Survivor Series 1995. Throw in Kevin Nash, and it goes back to the first In Your House.

 

So, which aspect of the streak sounds more impressive?

 

One of 7 guys finishing every PPV from May 1995-February 2003 (95 PPVs)

One of 6 guys finishing every PPV from November 1995-February 2003 (88 PPVs)

One of 5 guys finishing every PPV from January 1997-February 2003 (74 PPVs)

One of 4 guys finishing every PPV from January 1998-February 2003 (62 PPVs)

 

Austin has the longest consecutive streak of closing PPVs, with 9 (Rock Bottom 1998-Summerslam 1999). HHH also has a streak of 9 from Bad Blood 2003-Vengeance 2004 if you discount Smackdown-only PPVs AND the Rumble match.

 

Total number of PPV final matches:

Undertaker: 38

HHH: 35

Austin: 34

Michaels: 26

Rock: 23

Hogan: 21

Bret: 16

 

A note on Hogan and The Undertaker: They've never wrestled in an opening match on PPV. Not once. All those other guys on that list have done it multiple times. Taker has been in the second match a few times (Survivor Series 1996, Royal Rumble 1995, Wrestlemania VIII, Survivor Series 1990, etc) but not the first. I haven't done the numbers for everybody, but Taker has got to have the record for most total PPVs without appearing in an opener... which brings us to....

 

PPV OPENERS:

 

Bubba Ray Dudley has been in the most PPV Openers with 19.

 

Other notables include: D'Von (16), Christian (14), Edge (12), Waltman (11), Owen (10), Bulldog (10), Bradshaw (10), Godfather (10)

 

HHH (1997) and Lance Storm (2001) have both opened 4 consecutive PPVs, which is the record.

 

Shawn Michaels has the largest gap between PPV Openers. He opened Survivor Series 1994, and didn't open another one until Royal Rumble 2005. That's 10 years, 2 months, and 123 PPVs in between. Big Boss Man went from Survivor Series 1989 until Royal Rumble 1999, which is 9 years and 2 months, and spanned 69 PPVs.

 

PPVs BY LOCATION:

 

33 states as well as Washington D.C. have held WWE PPVs. The 17 states that haven't are: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming

 

Oklahoma is soon to come off that list.

 

PPVs per state:

 

New York: 18

California: 17

Pennsylvania: 12

Ohio: 10

Texas: 9

Florida: 8

Illinois: 7

New Jersey: 6

Michigan: 6

Massachusetts: 6

North Carolina: 6

Missouri: 5

Connecticut: 4

Tennessee: 4

Wisconsin: 4

Rhode Island: 3

Nevada: 3

Kentucky: 3

Maryland: 3

Washington DC: 2

Indiana: 2

Virginia: 2

Minnesota: 2

Georgia: 2

 

Nebraska, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, and New Hampshire all have one.

 

Canada has held 11, Puerto Rico had 1 (New Year's Revolution), and England had 1 (Summerslam 1992). England has also had 9 UK-only PPVs.

 

What other quirky PPV stats are there?

[Jericholic82 0]

I figured out that JBL wrestled in 12 consecutive PPV wwe/world title matches(or main events depending on your judgment on the word main event) from Judgement Day 04- Summerslam 05

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

And you figured out wrong due to brand-exclusive PPVs.

[Jericholic82 0]

And you figured out wrong due to brand-exclusive PPVs.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

true, but he can only appear on sd brand ppvs and cobranded ones. I guess I should Preface that with "In the post brand-extension era JBL wrestled for the world/wwe title on 12 consecutive ppvs that he appeared on."

 

 

 

 

thanks for being so anal about that btw

 

Truth be told, I'd have done the same thing