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"summerslam 2005"

World Heavyweight Championship:

Batista ( c ) vs JBL

Icon vs Legend Match:

Hulk Hogan vs HBK

WWE Championship:

John Cena ( c ) vs Chris Jericho

Rap Battle:

50 Cent + G - Unit vs John Cena + The Chain Gang

Wrestlemania Rematch:

Undertaker vs Randy Orton

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Ah I remember those days - just!

Heh i remember when they used to do those sort of figures every month without having to bring in the likes of Hogan to boost flagging sales

Apparently Summerslam did 520000 buys! It's been put down mainly to the Hogan vs Michaels match and excluding Wrestlemanias it should be about the third biggest buyrate for a PPV in the past 4 years

Does anyone know how many buyrates Summerslam did? Estimate or actual?

Kawada wrote:
> Well if you only watched the 2 live kru vs Brown and Gunn and Styles
> vs X-Pac it's not really surprising you didn't think much of it.

I actually quite liked Styles vs Pac. Unlike a lot of X-Division stuff, they tried to stay away from crazy spots and actuially employ some psychology. It certainly worked better than Styles recent matches with Jarrett, for example.

Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with spot-fests, bu praise to Styles and Pac for realising that Waltman can't do that anymore...

Eddie vs Rey was by far the best match, Edge vs Hardy by far the worst. Interesting to see how many buy rates it did.

Ant wrote:
> Anyway, I turned on and was greeted almost instantly by 3 WWE
> old-timer rejects - Billy Gunn, BG James and X-Pac. Meh. Styles and
> X-Pac was okay, but I far preferred the ROH show I watched the day
> before, especially BJ Whitmer vs Homicide.


Well if you only watched the 2 live kru vs Brown and Gunn and Styles vs X-Pac it's not really surprising you didn't think much of it. The matches of the night there were the 4 way X-Division match when Dutt almost killed the guy with his finisher, Somoa Joe vs Sabin, Daniels vs Williams and Raven and Abyss (that's how you do a hardcore match WWE)

Read the other day their last show bombed or at least the parts with WWE guys in it. Stick to what you're good at ROH, let Foley go sell his book elsewhere.

Ant wrote:
> So, in conclusion, ROH owns both TNA and WWE at the moment, at least
> in terms of wrestling product.

Well of course, but ROH itself would be the first to admit that it's a 'niche' product, aimed at 'smarks' and those who appreciate in-ring product more than the casual fan.

In that respect I'm pleasantly surprised that Ant likes ROH :->

Well I watched some of No Surrender this morning, and according to Sky it was 4 hours long, not 3...

Anyway, I turned on and was greeted almost instantly by 3 WWE old-timer rejects - Billy Gunn, BG James and X-Pac. Meh. Styles and X-Pac was okay, but I far preferred the ROH show I watched the day before, especially BJ Whitmer vs Homicide.

So, in conclusion, ROH owns both TNA and WWE at the moment, at least in terms of wrestling product.