| Date: December 9, 2001 | Venue: San Diego Sports Arena | City: San Diego, California | Attendance: 11, 800 | Buyrate: 315, 000 Tonight four men in the spotlight will be looking for Vengeance. Since the Invasion of The Alliance ended in November, four men have been looking to become the top man in the company and tonight they have their chance to prove it. Since Survivor Series, a lot … Continue reading Vengeance 2001
| Date: November 18, 2001 | Venue: Greensboro Coliseum | City: Greensboro, North Carolina | Attendance: 10, 142 | Buyrate: 450, 000 Winner Take All is the theme for tonight as the WWF vs. Alliance rivalry officially ends tonight. The fate of both companies is on the line in the 5 against 5 traditional Survivor Series match main event. If the WWF wins then The Alliance are out of business and if … Continue reading Survivor Series 2001
| Date: August 19, 2001 | Venue: Compaq Centre | City: San Jose, California | Attendance: 15, 293 | Buyrate: 565, 000 Finally……The Rock has returned to the WWF! He’s been away since losing his WWF title to Steve Austin at Wrestlemania, suspended by Vince McMahon. Vince lifted his suspension to bring The Rock back to the WWF and although it was up in the air which side The Rock would join, … Continue reading Summerslam 2001
| Date: July 22, 2001 | Venue: Gund Arena | City: Cleveland, Ohio | Attendance: 17, 964 | Buyrate: 770, 000 The biggest buyrate in history for a non-Wrestlemania PPV belong to the Invasion of wCw and ECW on the WWF. Since King Of The Ring the Invasion has taken centre stage with Shane McMahons wCw joining together with Paul Heyman and Stephanie McMahon’s ECW. Wrestlers such as DDP and Booker T … Continue reading Invasion 2001
| Date: May 20, 2001 | Venue: ARCO Arena | City: Sacremento, California | Attendance: 13, 632 | Buyrate: 405, 000 Tonight could be Judgment Day for the two man power trip of Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H. Both men will defend their championships with Austin defending his WWF title in the main event against The Undertaker. This rivalry has been going on since Wrestlemania and took a turn for … Continue reading Judgment Day 2001
| Date: May 5, 2001 | Venue: Earls Court | City: London, England | Attendance: 15, 794 Insurrextion is one of two annual PPVs held in the UK. What I like about these shows are that you don’t always get matches you expect. They don’t necessarily follow the curve of the storylines that are current. Tonight will probably be no different. No matches have been announced going into this but … Continue reading Insurrextion 2001
| Date: April 29, 2001 | Venue: Allstate Arena | City: Rosemont, Illinois | Attendance: 15, 592 | Buyrate: 375, 000 The Backlash of Wrestlemania is always a great time of year as some new feuds get started and some continue from the biggest show of the year. The biggest story coming out of Wrestlemania was “Stone Cold” Steve Austin turning heel and joining forces with Vince McMahon and later, Triple H. … Continue reading Backlash 2001
| Date: January 21, 2001 | Venue: New Orleans Arena | City: New Orleans, Louisiana | Attendance: 17, 137 | Buyrate: 625, 000 30 men. Every man for himself. One victor. It’s the pay per view that provides the biggest match of the year signalling the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania. This years Rumble will be as big as always with some of the biggest names in the company being … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2001
| Date: December 10, 2000 | Venue: Birmingham – Jefferson Civic Centre | City: Birmingham, Alabama | Attendance: 14, 920 | Buyrate: 465, 000 Lord I’m Coming Home To You! How about that for tagline? It can only mean that this pay per view is taking place in sweet home Alabama. On paper this looks like a one match show but we’ll have to see. That one match I refer to is … Continue reading Armageddon 2000
| Date: December 2nd, 2000 | Venue: Sheffield Arena | City: Sheffield, England | Attendance: 11, 077 | Buyrate: 165, 000 This is the (now) annual Rebellion PPV from the UK, the seocnd PPV from England this year. There are never any matches announced for this card so I can’t tell you what to expect. What I will say is that there is a new Intercontinental champion in “The One” Billy Gunn. … Continue reading Rebellion 2000
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