| 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
Welcome everybody to my 25th WWE Stat Pack! I have been watching every WWF PPV from the very beginning, back from Wrestlemania 1 and reviewing each and every show. Every 5 PPVs I have put together and updated a stat pack which records all the major stats, facts and figures from the big shows. Within this Stat Pack you’ll see all the PPVs ranked as … Continue reading Stat Pack Vol 25
| Date: June 24, 2001 | Venue: Continental Airlines Arena | City: East Rutherford, New Jersey | Attendance: 17, 777 | Buyrate: 445, 000 My muscles ache. My mind is spent. My body is broken. Lead me to my throne. Those would be the words uttered by our four King Of The Ring semi finalists. The annual tournament is back to just the semi-finals unlike last year when the PPV hosted the … Continue reading King Of The Ring 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: April 1, 2000 | Venue: Reliant Astrodome | City: Houston, Texas | Attendance: 67, 925 | Buyrate: 1, 040, 000 Houston….We have a problem. And that is the biggest show of the year coming to Texas this very evening to the biggest buyrate of all time to this point. And what an incredible line up we have. It’s going to be a 4 four spectacle with no less than 11 … Continue reading Wrestlemania 17
Welcome everybody to my 24th WWE Stat Pack! I have been watching every WWF PPV from the very beginning, back from Wrestlemania 1 and reviewing each and every show. Every 5 PPVs I have put together and updated a stat pack which records all the major stats, facts and figures from the big shows. Within this Stat Pack you’ll see all the PPVs ranked as … Continue reading Stat Pack Vol 24
| Date: February 25th, 2001 | Venue: Thomas & Mack Center | City: Las Vegas, Nevada | Attendance: 15, 223 | Buyrate: 590, 000 There’ll be No Way Out tonight as the biggest ever viewing figure for a No Way Out PPV watch on. In the main event tonight will be Kurt Angles final hurdle before the biggest show of the year, Wrestlemania. Kurt defends his WWF Championship against the man that … Continue reading No Way Out 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
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