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"Oh Deary Me"

One thing i always love mocking - WWE PPV Buyrates :-D

from wrestlezone.com

"The PPV, headlined by JBL vs. Batista, scored an estimated 200,000 buys. Although the first estimates are usually a bit lower than the final number, the PPV is still dangerously close to being the worst-performing WWE event this year.

Considering WWE has opted to continue two of the more prominent storylines - JBL/Batista and Guerrero/Mysterio - through Summerslam, the news is extremely alarming"


Way to sell out those arenas and sell tickets oh wrestling god. Pretty funny to see the ECW PPV outsold it by a good 100,000 even with McMahon involvement turning potential customers away as well as only having 2 weeks on tv promotion and not even announcing a card.

Good point! At least the low buy rate meant not too many people had to watch that excuse for a show. Wonder how many were still tuned in at the end?

Glad to say i wasn't one of them, went to bed after the Eddie vs Rey match. Such a shame i missed another 5 star classic from JBL and Boretista

One thing that made wrestling so good in the past was that big matches were hyped up over a period of time, the match happened once and that was it. Hogan vs Andre the Giant at WM3, Hogan vs Savage at WM5, Hogan vs Warrior at WM6 (seems to be a theme here!). Ok there have been some good feuds that have had a few matches over time, Bret Hart against Michaels was great but it's in the minority. Nowadays the writers seem to come up with a good feud and milk it for all it's worth, Batista and HHH and now Batista and JBL (although I'm not saying this is even a good feud) would have been good for 1 match and then move them on to another opponent. It also makes the storylines less believable - HHH losing 3 times in a row to Batista!?

Kawada wrote:

> 200,000 buys

> Way to sell out those arenas and sell tickets oh wrestling god.
> Pretty funny to see the ECW PPV outsold it by a good 100,000 even
> with McMahon involvement turning potential customers away as well as
> only having 2 weeks on tv promotion and not even announcing a card.


I believe the ECW did around 800,000... thus making it a good 600,000 more.

Even if it wasnt 800,000, and if your 200,000 buys is correct... it outsold it by way more than 100,000.

Ash ooooo

800,000 was what crazy people were predicting it was going to do (which would mean it would have outsold Wrestlemania) The figure turned out to be around 300,000 (although i still haven't found a definite figure dammit)

I wouldnt have been suprised if it did outsell mania.

Reefer wrote:
> WWE has been pretty cack for a while now. I miss the old era
> >_<

then you must be pleased to see backstage taped promos as the guys are walking to the ring (Matt Striker).. it REEKED of 80's greatness :D

Considering Tatanka showed up last week and who showed up on Smackdown this week you'd be forgiven for thinking that it is still the 80's :-D

hehe, part of me really wants to see that match though.

.. another part of me just gave up on wrestling a bit.

Did I hear that Tatanka has been offered a contract?

Vince and Johnny 'Ace' need red-hot pokers shoving where the sun don't shine.