Insurrextion 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

Wrestlemania 17

| 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

No Way Out 2001

| 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

Royal Rumble 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

Armageddon 2000

| 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

Rebellion 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

Survivor Series 2000

| Date: November 19, 2000 | Venue: Ice Palace | City: Miami, Florida | Attendance: 18, 602 | Buyrate: 400, 000 The Rules Have Changed. I’m not sure which rules have changed but in terms of traditional Survivor Series matches they haven’t. “Stone Cold “Steve Austin is on the poster for this pay per view as he goes one on one with Triple H. How did this come about you ask? Well … Continue reading Survivor Series 2000