Summerslam 2003

| Date: August 24, 2003 | Venue: America West Arena | City: Phoenix, Arizona | Attendance: 16, 113 | Buys: 465, 000 Summerslam is traditionally the second biggest show of the year and the 2003 edition should be no different. There are 7 matches on the card as opposed to the usual 8, with 4 matches coming from the Raw brand and 3 matches presented by Smackdown. The WWE Championship will be … Continue reading Summerslam 2003

Bad Blood 2003

| Date: June 15, 2003 | Venue: Compaq Centre | City: Houston, Texas | Attendance: 10, 000 | Buys: 385, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Bad Blood has been building between the superstars of Raw and issues will be settled tonight as the Raw brand go into business for themselves and present 7 matches tonight exclusive to Eric Bischoff and Stone Cold Steve Austins brand. The main event will be for the World … Continue reading Bad Blood 2003

Insurrextion 2003

| Date: June 7, 2003 | Venue: Telewest Arena | City: Newcastle, England | Attendance: 10, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger  Insurrextion is the annual pay per view held in the United Kingdom and this year, like last, it’ll be the Raw brand representing the WWE. Oddly the show hasn’t been mentioned on Raw so you wouldn’t know it was happening but it is and the likes of Triple H, Booker … Continue reading Insurrextion 2003

Backlash 2003

| Date: April 27, 2003 | Venue: Worcester Centrum | City: Worcester, Massachusetts | Attendance: 10, 000 | Buys: 345, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Backlash is always the pay per view that marks the start of the new WWE year following Wrestlemania. Sadly this one has the lowest buys of any Backlash PPV up to now marking the end of the Attitude Era and Invasion years. Brock Lesnar will be defending the … Continue reading Backlash 2003

Royal Rumble 2003

| Date: January 19, 2003 | Venue: Fleet Centre | City: Boston, Massachusetts | Attendance: 15, 338 | Buyrate: 585, 000 The Royal Rumble, one of the “big 4” pay per views and this one will be a big one despite having the worst buyrate of a Royal Rumble PPV since 1998. Triple H is on the poster and that’s because he defends the World Heavyweight Championship that he won back from … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2003

Armageddon 2002

| Date: December 15, 2002 | Venue: Office Depot Centre | City: Sunrise, Florida | Attendance: 9,000 | Buyrate: 335, 000 The end is here. The end of the calendar year that is and with it comes the end before the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania. With Armageddon comes 3 stages of hell and that is the stipulation for the World Heavyweight Title match tonight. Triple H beat Rob Van Dam … Continue reading Armageddon 2002

Survivor Series 2002

| Date: November 17, 2002 | Venue: Madison Square Garden | City: New York, New York | Attendance: 17, 930 | Buyrate: 540, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Survivor Series is known for its elimination tag team matches although there are no traditional Survivor Series matches on the card tonight, there are 3 matches based around elimination. There are only 6 matches tonight but those three elimination matches do feature 6 wrestlers in … Continue reading Survivor Series 2002

Unforgiven 2002

| Date: September 22, 2002 | Venue: Staples Centre | City: Los Angeles, California | Attendance: 16, 000 | Buyrate: 300, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Next Big Thing has arrived. Brock Lesnar walks into his first pay per view as WWE Champion, defending it against The Undertaker (in front of the smallest buyrate of the year). The Undertaker was a surprise entrant in a gauntlet series through Smackdown a few weeks … Continue reading Unforgiven 2002