Bragging Rights 2009

|Date: October 25, 2009 |Venue: Mellon Arena |City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |Attendance: 13,562 |Buys: 200,000 |Brands: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Welcome to this review of the first ever Bragging Rights PPV. Bragging Rights replaces Cyber Sunday and has a considerably higher buyrate. The theme for the show is Raw vs. Smackdown and there are three matches tonight pitting Raw superstars against Smackdown superstars to decide who is the better brand. As well as … Continue reading Bragging Rights 2009

Wrestlemania 25

|Date: April 5, 2009 |Venue: Reliant Stadium |City: Houston, Texas |Attendance: 72,744 |Buys: 960,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The 25th Anniversary Of Wrestlemania is upon us and there are eight huge matches scheduled. The WWE Championship will be on the line of course as Triple H defends against Royal Rumble winner Randy Orton. Orton has taken out the McMahon family one by one, Shane and Vince first and then Stephanie … Continue reading Wrestlemania 25

Taboo Tuesday 2004

| Date: October 19, 2004 | Venue: Bradley Center | City: Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Attendance: 3, 500 | Buys: 174, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger You Control – The fate of Raw superstars, the World Heavyweight Championship, and the Course of History! Fan interaction is the name of the game tonight and every single match tonight will be influenced by the fans of WWE. The World Heavyweight Championship will be defended tonight but … Continue reading Taboo Tuesday 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

Bad Blood 2004

| Date: June 13, 2004 | Venue: Nationwide Arena | City: Columbus, Ohio | Attendance: 9,000 | Buys: 264, 000 He’s Back. Watch Yours. That’s the tagline and judging by the big picture of Edge on the poster, it suggests that Edge is the man to watch in this show. He’ll be teaming up with Chris Benoit as they challenge for the World Tag Team Championships against the two men that beats … Continue reading Bad Blood 2004

Backlash 2004

| Date: April 18, 2004 | Venue: Rexall Place | City: Edmonton, Alberta | Attendance: 13, 000 | Buys: 320, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Backlash from Wrestlemania features the Raw Brand picking up where they left off on the biggest show of the year. And the main event will be a Wrestlemania re-match with Chris Benoit defending his World Heavyweight Championship against the two men he beat at Madison Square Garden, … Continue reading Backlash 2004

Unforgiven 2003

| Date: September 21, 2003 | Venue: Giant Centre | City: Hershey, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 10, 347 | Buys: 365, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Face Your Fear. It’s a Raw only pay per view and Kane is the man on the Unforgiven 2003 poster. Tonight Shane McMahon will be facing his fear in the Big Red Machine. After months of Kane tormenting not just the Raw roster but also Shane McMahon’s family, Shane … Continue reading Unforgiven 2003