I could be wrong but I gotta imagine Invasion is number 1, the whole storyline is a collasal fumble in hindsight but back then it was still hype and tbh i can't imagine much past 01-02 beating it given how many wrestling fans left
Haha that was the one (and only) wrestling PPV I ever bought on VHS. Found it on sale at my local F.Y.E. store when it was first released as a total impulse buy while visiting my sister at work.
This was the mask vs. mask match for Kane vs. Vader... This was stupid for several reasons. Most importantly, Vader took his mask off regularly, you could see Vader's face through his mask, and Kane was in the middle of the most important storyline in WWF history. It was very clear, that Kane wasn't going to lose. So even at 12, I knew to just wait to see the outcomes on RAW.
Near the end the pay per views were just getting so expensive, around $40-50 in the USA and $70-75 in Canada - individually the prices are not so bad, but when they start showing more and more each year and you get the occasional stinker in the mix its hard to say you were getting good value for your money.
By 2004 wrestlemania was $60, and somewhere around 2008 I remember them offering different versions of Wrestlemania based on resolution, with 1080p being $90. Keep in mind, 2008 was well before the idea of a 2 night Wrestlemania. So this was before they had the red carpet stuff, or the hall of fame on the same day, or the fan axxess stuff. Nope. It was just the 3 1/2 hour show, and also if you watched sunday night heat on either USA or MTV, you got that hour free. Outside of that, it wasn't the big event it is today.
That could be a good future punishment, like "Hell in a Smell" - have the loser have to watch the King Mabel final match and coronation over and over and over again...
It was crazy that i was one of the 90,000 buys who ordered December To Dismember just to see Bobby Lashley win the ECW Title and watched Bobby Lashley win his first WWE Title on Monday Night Raw just more than 14 years apart.
@@quentinkaasa47 two time champion even. Just like Drew and AJ but all three of those guys held the top championship in the company but were STILL not the main event regardless
@@richborn6700 It was all downhill for Styles after his program with Cena. He was still Champion and main evented plenty of SmackDown's, but things just weren't the same. I actually just got done playing a Sporcle quiz on WWE PPV Main Eventers and was surprised to see that Drew never main evented a "PPV" special until 2019. It looks like they're going to give him the Undisputed Championship at Clash at the Castle. I feel bad for him getting his big WrestleMania moment against Brock Lesnar in front nobody. He never really got a chance to prove himself as champion so we're gonna have to wait and see how that plays out, but I find Drew to be a pretty dry personality, so I'm not expecting much.
I have attended two PPVs. KOTR 95 was the first. The biggest takeaway I had was it was finally deciding to look into ECW. I had heard of it, and the chants at the show made me seek it out.
I wouldn’t say they intentionally sandbagged anything except the main event. Paul Heyman & Big Show wanted to use the match to elevate CM Punk and start his run as ECW Champion, only for Vince to interfere, fire Heyman, and change the match so Bobby Lashley won by beating Big Show. Everything else was a consequence of the lack of overall direction for ECW as a brand; they weren’t given any kind of undercard championships, had a virtually non-existent women’s division, and generally seemed like the lowest possible priority of any show (save for Heat) that was being produced at the time. I can see the argument that these steps were intentional, but I don’t know that WWE would’ve committed the money to launching ECW and promoting standalone house shows/PPVs if the plan was always to kill it off.
Can you imagine how WWF felt in December of 1997 when they put on In Your House: Degeneration X to 120,000 buys, and WCW put on Starcade 1997? The most successful PPV in the history of the company. Then how quickly the tide turned by the summer of 1998. It's crazy to think of.
You know, people like to blame Kevin Nash, or finger pokes of doom, or tony schiavone telling people what will put butts in seats, or david arquette winning the wcw title. But the truth is, what killed WCW was ego, stupidity and arrogance. You have Sting vs Hogan. The match representing one of the only times it truly felt like WCW vs NWO. If you're going to have the NWO be the star centerpiece of your show, then you're going to need a counter balance to make them seem like they can be beaten. You're going to need to show the audience that it's not the same thing over and over and over and over. But that's what it was. And at the end of the night, people watching starcade were confused about what right Bret Hart had to restart the match. It was a clean 3 count, which I personally chose to believe was at the request of hulk hogan, because it's a really really hard thing to screw up. Seems intentional to me. And so now, it felt like the NWO were just on top again, until Bret Hart comes out and confusingly restarts the match, and then Sting wins........but, why? If they knew Bret was going to be at the show, they should have advertised it. They already had this storyline going that he was coming in to join the NWO. You could have had Mike Tenay say that he would never join the NWO, and that he's a guy who stands up for what's right. You could have had NWO saying they already signed him, with Tenay and crew telling fans that's pure BS. So they advertise Bret as coming in to be the guest ref for the WHOLE MATCH. And then throughout the match, Hogan tries to buddy up to him, only for Bret to pull away. You could have Sting try to shake Brets hand, only for Bret to slap it away. And as the match continues, it becomes apparent that Bret doesn't HAVE a side. He's calling it 50/50 right down the middle. So Hogan at some point tries to trick Bret, but it backfires and Bret throws the whole NWO out of the ringside area. NWO doesn't listen to rules, and Bret grabs a mic saying that if NWO doesn't vacate the ringside area that Hogan will forfeit the WCW championship to Sting. Which causes them to leave. At some point Lex Luger comes out to check on his buddy Sting, but before he even gets a chance to do anything, Bret throws HIM out of the ringside area. That distraction causes Hogan an opportunity to slam Sting, and then goes for the leg drop. 1....2....kickout, but the pace of the count was steady and neither slow nor fast. Right down the middle. After some back and forth Sting gets Hogan into the scorpion deathlock, but Hogan reaches the ropes, which initiates a 5 count from Bret, which again is steady and fair. Sting breaks after 4, and causes Sting to look disgusted, while Bret gets in Stings face about breaking the move immediately, and not take extra seconds. Upon getting up, Hogan is bitching about the extra 4 seconds, with Bret replying he'[s already addressed that issue. Which causes Bobby Heenan to throw in some line about "See? See? Bret's a coward and is sticking up for Hogan! He's joining the NWO! He's doing Hogans bidding before Hogan even knows he wants it done!" The finish comes when Hogan slams Sting, goes for a leg drop, but Sting rolls out of the way. Hogan clutching his legs, Sting gets the scorpion deathlock in one more time, and Hogan taps clean. But, the question still remains. Now that the match is over, why is Bret here? Who's side is he on? And when asked these questions by Mean Gene, Bret just looks at him, and says "I'll have more to say tomorrow night when we have more airtime. What I have to say can't be said in a soundbyte. I've got a LOT to say about everything that's happened these past few months.." And walks away. THAT'S how you make people watch Nitro the next night, while making them feel they got their moneys worth, while at the same time keeping up interest for the next nights show. Even now, in my alternate reality, I bet you're wondering what Bret would have said on Nitro. Remember, this would be his first public speaking since the screwjob.
Brand warfare could be improved by it being a year long story between the GMs. Also, stop wearing raw/Smackdown shirts. Accent the wrestlers unique outfits with red and blue to give the match a subtle, but powerful, sense of distinctness.
Kids these days don't know how good they got it. Imagine asking and getting a 40 dollar ppv where it sucked vs today paying 10 bucks a month for all the wwe content at their finger tips including that month's ppv.
wtf is adam on about with IYH: degeneration X? 1. they didn't capitalize on the screwjob by naming the PPV after DX - they were already running promos for it on the raw before and during the survivor series. 2. austin wasn't injured - he faced the rock for the IC title. they were feuding for the week leading up to the event.
Since 2018 Saudi Arabia money is WWE's lifeblood money too. I can't believe Bragging Rights aka pre Raw vs SD Survivor Series copycat got more buys than Cyber Sunday lol
I remember being so annoyed that I couldn’t go to Bragging Rights because of a stupid work meeting … the job was kind of a joke but I don’t feel bad that I missed the show
Don’t forget the other fact of Survivor Series 2006 (which featured ECW talent too) had aired just a week before December To Dismember. That didn’t help either.
I remember me not caring to watch "Over the Limit" 2011 cause of the Joplin Tornado Disaster was unfolding & I was tuned in to developing updates for hours =/
Tbh I don't think 100,000 buys category is terrible I would say if it went from that to like 20,000 buys then it'd be bad. I think lots of people overreact(WWE themselves) and cancels it which is just stupid
Worst of all time was Wrestle Manina 15 , that was the most throw together , predictable ppv . The Rock and Austin match is praised so much yet its the most overrated of all time . Also HBK vs Vader was awesome and there was a lot of build up for it.
This isn't "Buy Rate". What you show are are the total number of buys, or purchases. Buy Rate is the percentage of locations that could purchase the show and did purchase it. Many website that don't understand list "buys" as "buy rate", or think buy rate translates to a fixed number. It's a similar concept to TV ratings. For example, Wrestlemania V had a Buy Rate of 5.90 and 767,000 buys. Wrestlemania 17 had a much lower buy rate of 2.40, but it had 970,000 buys. There were more homes that could purchase 17 than V. (Wrestlemania 1 had a Buy Rate of 1.1, but the number of buys is extremely small. While it was actually on PPV despite what is commonly thought, it was a very small number of locations).
Likely everyone agreed that trying to revive ECW in the PG era was a joke, the talents did their best with what they had but still it was the less interesting show even when it started
If It Wasn’t For The WWE Network, There Would’ve Been More Worst WWE Buyrates. The WWE Network Started One Year Before The WWE Raw Ratings Would Permanently Be Lower Than WCW 2000/2001 Ratings.(After Wrestlemania 31 Featuring Sting vs Triple H - WCW Burial). If It Wasn’t For The Network, WWE Would’ve Had Buyrates Lower Than WCW Near Final 15 Months 2000-2001. The WWE Charge Fans $10 For PPV’s To Keep From Record Low Buyrates. The WWE Network Can’t Keep The Company Afloat Anymore. 89% Of Fans Purchased The Network For The Classic Old Stuff. 90% Fans Buy WWE Video Games To Have WCW Return & Have WCW vs WWE. Fans Aren’t Interested In Todays Wrestlers Nor WWE Present vs Past. The WWE Know This. That’s Why All Their Video Games Have Legends & WCW Legends. Fans Aren’t Interested In The PG Era Stars vs The Current Stars. Fans Aren’t Interested In John Cena vs Roman Reigns Nor The Wyatt Family vs The Bloodline. WCW’s Raven’s Flock & Dungeon Of Doom Would’ve Destroyed Them Both. They Can Both Beat The Ministry Of Darkness. The Dungeon Of Doom Could’ve Destroyed The Ministry Of Darkness. They Had Most Big Guys With Sizes To Be Main Eventers.
Yes, but it wasn’t rolled out everywhere at that point, so shows remained available via PPV for some time. I watched Mania 30 via standard PPV that year.
So basically what you're saying is that if the network did not come along, that would have been more poor buy rates. No wonder WWE went to 9.95 a month. They had to just about give it away
Would like to see a most bought WWE PPVs. But a twist would be that are not Wrestlemania.
Doesn't sound like a bad idea
I could be wrong but I gotta imagine Invasion is number 1, the whole storyline is a collasal fumble in hindsight but back then it was still hype and tbh i can't imagine much past 01-02 beating it given how many wrestling fans left
@@BasementBubbatunde I believe I heard that in the top 10 and the only non-mania
My god you are a genius i bow to your divine wrestling divinity.
@@Zombiekilleryamato Dayum it made *THAT* much? 😂😂 Jesus
For those that did skip No Way Out 1998, they missed out on THE best trashcan throw in wrestling history when Austin launched one at Billy Gunn.
I was there for that show.
The hornswaggle trash can toss is my favorite one
Haha that was the one (and only) wrestling PPV I ever bought on VHS. Found it on sale at my local F.Y.E. store when it was first released as a total impulse buy while visiting my sister at work.
@@eshep71 That is a great one too.
This was the mask vs. mask match for Kane vs. Vader...
This was stupid for several reasons. Most importantly, Vader took his mask off regularly, you could see Vader's face through his mask, and Kane was in the middle of the most important storyline in WWF history. It was very clear, that Kane wasn't going to lose. So even at 12, I knew to just wait to see the outcomes on RAW.
Near the end the pay per views were just getting so expensive, around $40-50 in the USA and $70-75 in Canada - individually the prices are not so bad, but when they start showing more and more each year and you get the occasional stinker in the mix its hard to say you were getting good value for your money.
By 2004 wrestlemania was $60, and somewhere around 2008 I remember them offering different versions of Wrestlemania based on resolution, with 1080p being $90. Keep in mind, 2008 was well before the idea of a 2 night Wrestlemania. So this was before they had the red carpet stuff, or the hall of fame on the same day, or the fan axxess stuff. Nope. It was just the 3 1/2 hour show, and also if you watched sunday night heat on either USA or MTV, you got that hour free. Outside of that, it wasn't the big event it is today.
I much prefer paying the 5 dollars for ppvs lol thank god for the wwe network
That could be a good future punishment, like "Hell in a Smell" - have the loser have to watch the King Mabel final match and coronation over and over and over again...
Rage in a cage, Painus in your anus.
Have the loser watch all of Mabel's matches at the PPV and every King Mabel segment / match from then until he becomes Viscera.
Have the loser watch all the bad matches and ppv’s
It was crazy that i was one of the 90,000 buys who ordered December To Dismember just to see Bobby Lashley win the ECW Title and watched Bobby Lashley win his first WWE Title on Monday Night Raw just more than 14 years apart.
Wow
Oh yeah, Bobby is now a former WWE World champion. It's all just so forgettable nowadays.
@@quentinkaasa47 two time champion even. Just like Drew and AJ but all three of those guys held the top championship in the company but were STILL not the main event regardless
@@richborn6700 It was all downhill for Styles after his program with Cena. He was still Champion and main evented plenty of SmackDown's, but things just weren't the same.
I actually just got done playing a Sporcle quiz on WWE PPV Main Eventers and was surprised to see that Drew never main evented a "PPV" special until 2019. It looks like they're going to give him the Undisputed Championship at Clash at the Castle. I feel bad for him getting his big WrestleMania moment against Brock Lesnar in front nobody. He never really got a chance to prove himself as champion so we're gonna have to wait and see how that plays out, but I find Drew to be a pretty dry personality, so I'm not expecting much.
Of course nobody was interested in an I Quit match with Cena in it, because everyone knew they would never let him lose.
And these interested in UFC in 2009
Now that match has over 111 Million views on RUclips in only two years.
Looks like that match payed off in the long run.
I have attended two PPVs. KOTR 95 was the first. The biggest takeaway I had was it was finally deciding to look into ECW. I had heard of it, and the chants at the show made me seek it out.
You weren't alone
Just a thought for the conspiracy theorists among us: did WWE creative intentionally sandbag December to Dismember?
100%
There is a conpiracy that vince made himself the ECW champ so he could kill the product and ec dub chants which is hilarious if you think about it
I wouldn’t say they intentionally sandbagged anything except the main event. Paul Heyman & Big Show wanted to use the match to elevate CM Punk and start his run as ECW Champion, only for Vince to interfere, fire Heyman, and change the match so Bobby Lashley won by beating Big Show. Everything else was a consequence of the lack of overall direction for ECW as a brand; they weren’t given any kind of undercard championships, had a virtually non-existent women’s division, and generally seemed like the lowest possible priority of any show (save for Heat) that was being produced at the time.
I can see the argument that these steps were intentional, but I don’t know that WWE would’ve committed the money to launching ECW and promoting standalone house shows/PPVs if the plan was always to kill it off.
@@gabepollock1641 also they want it to use it to make big lashley a big star
You can almost hear Adam's brow furrow as he reads the words "NFC North rivals, the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings."
FTP !!
@@dh.9752 File Transfer Protocol?
For as weak as Bragging Rights 2010 was, at the very least it gave us a banger in Daniel Bryan Vs. Dolph Ziggler.
I miss Judgement Day - one of my favorite PPVs in the 00s. Maybe they should bring it back now but it's just three hours of Rhea beating on Dominik.
man i miss taboo tuesday was a great ppv
I was one of the 157,000 that ordered SummerSlam (Well, begged my parents to)... I remember really wanting to see the Boiler Room Brawl
It had never been done before so a lot of people were curious
Can you imagine how WWF felt in December of 1997 when they put on In Your House: Degeneration X to 120,000 buys, and WCW put on Starcade 1997? The most successful PPV in the history of the company. Then how quickly the tide turned by the summer of 1998. It's crazy to think of.
You know, people like to blame Kevin Nash, or finger pokes of doom, or tony schiavone telling people what will put butts in seats, or david arquette winning the wcw title.
But the truth is, what killed WCW was ego, stupidity and arrogance.
You have Sting vs Hogan. The match representing one of the only times it truly felt like WCW vs NWO. If you're going to have the NWO be the star centerpiece of your show, then you're going to need a counter balance to make them seem like they can be beaten. You're going to need to show the audience that it's not the same thing over and over and over and over.
But that's what it was.
And at the end of the night, people watching starcade were confused about what right Bret Hart had to restart the match. It was a clean 3 count, which I personally chose to believe was at the request of hulk hogan, because it's a really really hard thing to screw up. Seems intentional to me.
And so now, it felt like the NWO were just on top again, until Bret Hart comes out and confusingly restarts the match, and then Sting wins........but, why?
If they knew Bret was going to be at the show, they should have advertised it. They already had this storyline going that he was coming in to join the NWO. You could have had Mike Tenay say that he would never join the NWO, and that he's a guy who stands up for what's right. You could have had NWO saying they already signed him, with Tenay and crew telling fans that's pure BS.
So they advertise Bret as coming in to be the guest ref for the WHOLE MATCH. And then throughout the match, Hogan tries to buddy up to him, only for Bret to pull away. You could have Sting try to shake Brets hand, only for Bret to slap it away. And as the match continues, it becomes apparent that Bret doesn't HAVE a side. He's calling it 50/50 right down the middle.
So Hogan at some point tries to trick Bret, but it backfires and Bret throws the whole NWO out of the ringside area. NWO doesn't listen to rules, and Bret grabs a mic saying that if NWO doesn't vacate the ringside area that Hogan will forfeit the WCW championship to Sting. Which causes them to leave.
At some point Lex Luger comes out to check on his buddy Sting, but before he even gets a chance to do anything, Bret throws HIM out of the ringside area.
That distraction causes Hogan an opportunity to slam Sting, and then goes for the leg drop. 1....2....kickout, but the pace of the count was steady and neither slow nor fast. Right down the middle.
After some back and forth Sting gets Hogan into the scorpion deathlock, but Hogan reaches the ropes, which initiates a 5 count from Bret, which again is steady and fair. Sting breaks after 4, and causes Sting to look disgusted, while Bret gets in Stings face about breaking the move immediately, and not take extra seconds.
Upon getting up, Hogan is bitching about the extra 4 seconds, with Bret replying he'[s already addressed that issue. Which causes Bobby Heenan to throw in some line about "See? See? Bret's a coward and is sticking up for Hogan! He's joining the NWO! He's doing Hogans bidding before Hogan even knows he wants it done!"
The finish comes when Hogan slams Sting, goes for a leg drop, but Sting rolls out of the way. Hogan clutching his legs, Sting gets the scorpion deathlock in one more time, and Hogan taps clean.
But, the question still remains. Now that the match is over, why is Bret here? Who's side is he on? And when asked these questions by Mean Gene, Bret just looks at him, and says "I'll have more to say tomorrow night when we have more airtime. What I have to say can't be said in a soundbyte. I've got a LOT to say about everything that's happened these past few months.." And walks away.
THAT'S how you make people watch Nitro the next night, while making them feel they got their moneys worth, while at the same time keeping up interest for the next nights show. Even now, in my alternate reality, I bet you're wondering what Bret would have said on Nitro.
Remember, this would be his first public speaking since the screwjob.
Brand warfare could be improved by it being a year long story between the GMs. Also, stop wearing raw/Smackdown shirts. Accent the wrestlers unique outfits with red and blue to give the match a subtle, but powerful, sense of distinctness.
1998 no way out was fucking good
Kids these days don't know how good they got it.
Imagine asking and getting a 40 dollar ppv where it sucked vs today paying 10 bucks a month for all the wwe content at their finger tips including that month's ppv.
wtf is adam on about with IYH: degeneration X?
1. they didn't capitalize on the screwjob by naming the PPV after DX - they were already running promos for it on the raw before and during the survivor series.
2. austin wasn't injured - he faced the rock for the IC title. they were feuding for the week leading up to the event.
I was at the battleground ppv, huge pop for big shows run in SOLEY cause he ACTUALLY ran and we were all amazed.
How the heck did capital punishment not make it ? Or is everyone just trying to erase it from existence ?
Now we have to do 10 best we buy PPV!
Since 2018 Saudi Arabia money is WWE's lifeblood money too. I can't believe Bragging Rights aka pre Raw vs SD Survivor Series copycat got more buys than Cyber Sunday lol
My friend and I bough December to Dismember. It was my birthday, we got pizza and played MTG. Sure the show was awful, but we had fun at least.
I remember being so annoyed that I couldn’t go to Bragging Rights because of a stupid work meeting … the job was kind of a joke but I don’t feel bad that I missed the show
Don’t forget the other fact of Survivor Series 2006 (which featured ECW talent too) had aired just a week before December To Dismember. That didn’t help either.
Quite frankly, there are two many pay per views. No time to build rivalries. Say what you will. But Savage and Hogan took a year to build.
I remember me not caring to watch "Over the Limit" 2011 cause of the Joplin Tornado Disaster was unfolding & I was tuned in to developing updates for hours =/
A list of Non Big 4 (Wrestlemania/Summerslam/Royal Rumble/Survivor Series) PPVs with highest buy rates.
Joey Mercury did work in ECW during the dying days
I use to get every pay per view in the attitude era, went from 30 to 60 and that's when I stopped.
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How have they not marketed Pacitti's Judgmental Pointing Image on a shirt yet?
Joey Matthews aka Joey Mercury one half of MNM is an ecw original
You Could of Also Said Before WWE Network And Peacock In The Intro
Tbh I don't think 100,000 buys category is terrible I would say if it went from that to like 20,000 buys then it'd be bad. I think lots of people overreact(WWE themselves) and cancels it which is just stupid
90,000 buys.. at the price of $50(American) that’s still $4,500,000. Pretty much one of the pay offs from Vince. 🤦🏻♂️… and that’s the lowest…
Yeah. They kicked it into overdrive. Then dug their grave.
What about the evolution PPV which had one of the worst buy rate
It wasn’t available PPV only, which is likely what disqualified it from the list.
Worst of all time was Wrestle Manina 15 , that was the most throw together , predictable ppv . The Rock and Austin match is praised so much yet its the most overrated of all time . Also HBK vs Vader was awesome and there was a lot of build up for it.
That I Quit match with Cena and Miz was terrible. The way it became a handicap match and then Cena hits like 2 moves and Miz quits.
I had the displeasure of attending December to Dismember. Not only that but I drive almost four hours to be there. 😒
Vengeance 2011 is one of my all time favourites
Battleground 2013 was decent too
Even the worst PPV event they had was a orig profit of over $900k. Remember payouts were not as big then as they are now for the top guys...
So now we want 10 Best WWE PPV Buy Rates
All of them will be wrestlemania
@@ananyaraizada7657 And Invasion.
@@ananyaraizada7657 i just still have the desire to know , i think that a Royal Rumble or SummerSlam PPV will enter the list
that's like barely anyone watching. you can't even tell your mom, but everyone is watching it
This isn't "Buy Rate". What you show are are the total number of buys, or purchases. Buy Rate is the percentage of locations that could purchase the show and did purchase it. Many website that don't understand list "buys" as "buy rate", or think buy rate translates to a fixed number. It's a similar concept to TV ratings.
For example, Wrestlemania V had a Buy Rate of 5.90 and 767,000 buys. Wrestlemania 17 had a much lower buy rate of 2.40, but it had 970,000 buys. There were more homes that could purchase 17 than V.
(Wrestlemania 1 had a Buy Rate of 1.1, but the number of buys is extremely small. While it was actually on PPV despite what is commonly thought, it was a very small number of locations).
what about tlc 2014?
Likely everyone agreed that trying to revive ECW in the PG era was a joke, the talents did their best with what they had but still it was the less interesting show even when it started
Wasn’t pg in 06
@@KnucklesWTD I explained myself uncorrectly, what I wanted to say was that trying to KEEP alive the ECW in the PG era was a joke
I would love to see the Best Buy rates now after seeing this video
Wrestlemania 9 really dug them out of a hole and in many ways is more significant than the success of the original wrestlemania.
How did WM 9 did them out of a hole when its regarded as one of, if not the worst WM?
I never knew about some of these.
If It Wasn’t For The WWE Network, There Would’ve Been More Worst WWE Buyrates. The WWE Network Started One Year Before The WWE Raw Ratings Would Permanently Be Lower Than WCW 2000/2001 Ratings.(After Wrestlemania 31 Featuring Sting vs Triple H - WCW Burial). If It Wasn’t For The Network, WWE Would’ve Had Buyrates Lower Than WCW Near Final 15 Months 2000-2001. The WWE Charge Fans $10 For PPV’s To Keep From Record Low Buyrates. The WWE Network Can’t Keep The Company Afloat Anymore. 89% Of Fans Purchased The Network For The Classic Old Stuff. 90% Fans Buy WWE Video Games To Have WCW Return & Have WCW vs WWE. Fans Aren’t Interested In Todays Wrestlers Nor WWE Present vs Past. The WWE Know This. That’s Why All Their Video Games Have Legends & WCW Legends. Fans Aren’t Interested In The PG Era Stars vs The Current Stars. Fans Aren’t Interested In John Cena vs Roman Reigns Nor The Wyatt Family vs The Bloodline. WCW’s Raven’s Flock & Dungeon Of Doom Would’ve Destroyed Them Both. They Can Both Beat The Ministry Of Darkness. The Dungeon Of Doom Could’ve Destroyed The Ministry Of Darkness. They Had Most Big Guys With Sizes To Be Main Eventers.
& Now I'D Love to see what's the 10 Best buy Rates.
Mabel was god awful to look at. He offered nothing as a wrestler.
Please do the same with wcw
Thanks 🙏
It’s no wonder UFC kill wwe in the buyrates of 2000s and 2010s
The worst drawing WWE PPVs are still higher then the lowest UFC shows. UFC 215, 224 and 250 all did less then 100k
good video
Big Ted DiBiase Jr
We need a Best WWE PPV buyrates list now.
Wasn’t the network launched in February of 2014?
Yes, but it wasn’t rolled out everywhere at that point, so shows remained available via PPV for some time. I watched Mania 30 via standard PPV that year.
Vengeance 2011 is a gem show it was a pretty fun show
So basically what you're saying is that if the network did not come along, that would have been more poor buy rates. No wonder WWE went to 9.95 a month. They had to just about give it away
December the Dismember was free on sky sports thank Christ.
Bummer that ECW went down like that. I can't imagine how Paul Heyman must have felt. :/
I'm sure he was just happy being able to afford to move back out of his parents' house.
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December to dismember cm punk was suppose to win the ecw championship but it got changed not right
wow
No Way Out = NWO. Just got that.
When business is bad they blame it on the black man and put him in the thumbnail put Kevin Nash in thumbnail
no
Bro you're gonna throw out your back with that reach
@@michaeltombs5351 lol
A lot of these are from the PG/Super Cena era. Time I stopped watching.
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Haha I was one of the 157,000 buyers of 1996 Summer Slam. It was okay. I was 9 so I was just happy my parents actually bought it.