Backlash 2005

|Date: May 1, 2005 |Venue: Verizon Wireless Arena |City: Manchester, New Hampshire |Attendance: 14, 000 |Buys: 320,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tonight Triple H has promised a Backlash as he looks to retain the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista. Triple H has decided to cash in his contracted re-match at Backlash against a man that has had the better of him over the past month. Triple H has been acting like he runs Raw … Continue reading Backlash 2005

Wrestlemania 21

| Date: April 3, 2005 | Venue: Staples Center | City: Los Angeles, California | Attendance: 20, 193 | Buys: 980, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Wrestlemania goes Hollywood! This years event comes from LA and has the second highest amount of buys for any PPV up to now (behind Wrestlemania 17). There’s a double main event as both world championships are set to be defended. Royal Rumble winner Batista turned his back … Continue reading Wrestlemania 21

No Way Out 2005

| Date: February 20, 2005 | Venue: Mellon Arena | City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 9,500 | Buys: 240, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tonight there will be no way out for John “Bradshaw” Layfield as he defends his WWE Championship against The Big Show inside a barbed-wire steel cage. It’s the first time this match type has ever happened in the WWE and it’ll be very interesting to see how it plays … Continue reading No Way Out 2005

Royal Rumble 2005

| Date: January 30, 2005 | Venue: Save Mart Center | City: Fresno, California | Attendance: 12, 000 | Buys: 575, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger All The Rumbling, Minus The Dancing And Singing! The WWE Championship is set to be defended as John “Bradshaw” Layfield puts his title on the line against both Kurt Angle and The Big Show in a triple threat match. Kurt Angle had a shot at JBL on … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2005

New Year’s Revolution 2005

| Date: January 9, 2005 | Venue: Coliseo De Puerto Rico | City: San Juan, Puerto Rico | Attendance: 15, 764 | Buys: 49, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger New Year’s Revolution makes its debut in 2005 as a pay per view to see in the new year. This edition is a Raw brand show and as it stand there are only 6 matches booked for it. This is in part because of … Continue reading New Year’s Revolution 2005

Survivor Series 2004

| Date: November 14, 2004 | Venue: Gund Arena | City: Cleveland, Ohio | Attendance: 7, 500 | Buys: 325, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The 18th annual Survivor series may have the lowest buyrate for 7 years but it has a stacked card. The WWE Championship is set to be defended as John “Bradshaw” Layfield puts his title on the line against Booker T. Booker T teased teaming with JBL for a … Continue reading Survivor Series 2004

Unforgiven 2004

| Date: September 12, 2004 | Venue: Rose Garden | City: Portland, Oregon | Attendance: 10, 000 | Buys: 239, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Insane. Pain. Kane. The Big Red Machine is the man on the poster for this show and he is the only man that has fought on the previous 6 Unforgiven PPV’s. He’ll be in action tonight too but I’ll get to that shortly. The main event tonight is … Continue reading Unforgiven 2004

Summerslam 2004

| Date: August 15, 2004 | Venue: Air Canada Centre | City: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Attendance: 17, 640 | Buys: 415, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Let The Games Begin. Summerslam 2004 has an Olympics theme to it, falling in line with the 2004 Olympic Game in Athens. Besides the over-the-top advertising campaign, there isn’t a lot of “gamesmanship” involved except for one particular event but I’ll get to that later. Summerslam … Continue reading Summerslam 2004

Vengeance 2004

| Date: July 11, 2004 | Venue: Hartford Civic Center | City: Hartford, Connecticut | Attendance: 7,000 | Buys: 240, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Vengeance is the name of the game and the man looking to get it in tonights main event is Triple H. Triple H demanded another shot at the World Heavyweight Championship following his win over Shawn Michaels at Bad Blood and Eric Bischoff had no choice but to … Continue reading Vengeance 2004