|Date: August 26, 2007 |Venue: Continental Airlines Arena |City: East Rutherford, New Jersey |Attendance: 17,441 |Buys: 537,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Party Is Over. Summerslam is always the biggest party of the summer but this show marks the return of Triple H. Triple H has been off TV for most of this year but one man that has taken exception, mostly with Triple H’s nickname of “The King Of … Continue reading Summerslam 2007
|Date: July 22, 2007 |Venue: HP Pavilion |City: San Jose, California |Attendance: 13,034 |Buys: 230,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Great American Bash returns for 2007 and the buyrate is the worst in this events history. John Cena will be defending the WWE Championship in the main event and it is against the winner of a beat the clock challenge that pitted the likes of Mr Kennedy, Randy Orton, King … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2007
|Date: June 24, 2007 |Venue: Toyota Center |City: Houston, Texas |Attendance: 15,000 |Buys: 247,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Night Of Champions. It’s a special Vengeance event this year as every title will be defended. All nine of them. And because of the draft, superstars have switched brands so there are plenty of new angles and match-ups. The WWE Championship will be front and center as John Cena will be defending … Continue reading Vengeance 2007: Night Of Champions
|Date: April 1, 2007 |Venue: Fort Field |City: Detroit, Michigan |Attendance: 80,103 |Buys: 1,188,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger All Grown Up. Wrestlemania has come a long way in 23 years but this event draws comparisons to Wrestlemania 3. This event has the highest number of buys of any WWE PPV ever up to now and officially has the second highest amount of buys of all time (as I write this … Continue reading Wrestlemania 23
|Date: February 18, 2007 |Venue: Staples Center |City: Los Angeles, California |Attendance: 14,000 |Buys: 218,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger It’s the worst buyrate for a No Way Out PPV since 1998 but will the final stop before Wrestlemania pick up some steam before the biggest show of the year? To be honest, I’m disappointed in the main event. I’m a fan of title matches but sadly, as we have come to expect with … Continue reading No Way Out 2007
|Date: January 27, 2007 |Venue: AT&T Center |City: San Antonio, Texas |Attendance: 13,500 |Buys: 491,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Royal Rumble, my favourite pay per view of the year, the one I always look forward to and this edition is no different. The Royal Rumble match is the jewel in the crown as always and this year all 30 men that re in the match have already been announced. … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2007
|Date: December 17, 2006 |Venue: Richmond Coliseum |City: Richmond, Virginia |Attendance: 8,200 |Buys: 239,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The End…..Is Only The Begnning. I think it’s refering to the end of the year being the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania? But maybe I’m looking too much into it. Batista is on the poster for this event but sadly for the second year in a row (with him as champion at … Continue reading Armageddon 2006
|Date: November 26, 2006 |Venue: Wachovia Center |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Attendance: 15,400 |Buys: 383,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The 20th anniversary of Survivor Series has a traditional feel to it with 3 of the 7 matches announced being traditional Survivor Series matches, which is the most amount of traditional matches since 1999. The main event however is for the World Heavyweight Championship as King Booker defends his belt against Batista. … Continue reading Survivor Series 2006
|Date: November 5, 2006 |Venue: U.S. Bank Arena |City: Cincinnati, Ohio |Attendance: 7,000 |Buys: 228,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Log on. Take over. This is the debut Cyber Sunday pay per view which steps in where Taboo Tuesday left off. Clearly they thought that Sunday would be a more profitable day then Tuesday but buy rates are down from the previous year. The main event tonight is a unique one with all … Continue reading Cyber Sunday 2006
|Date: October 8, 2006 |Venue: RBC Center |City: Raleigh, North Carolina |Attendance: 9,000 |Buys: 197,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tonight there could be No Mercy for World Heavyweight Champion King Booker as he is set to defend his title against three of the top Smackdown stars in a fatal four way match. Originally Booker was set to defend against Bobby Lashley after Lashley beat Finlay in a number one contenders match on Smackdown. … Continue reading No Mercy 2006
