| Date: August 21, 2005 | Venue: MCI Center | City: Washington DC | Attendance: 15, 700 | Buys: 650, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Hogan vs. Michaels: For the first time ever. You can guess what is considered to be the main event tonight off that tagline alone. On paper the whole card is stacked even without the likes of Triple H, The Big Show, Kane, Booker T, Intercontinental Champion Carlito and … Continue reading Summerslam 2005
|Date: June 26, 2005 |Venue: Thomas & Mack Center |City: Las Vegas, Nevada |Attendance: 9,850 |Buys: 420,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Hell In A Cell. Tonight the long standing rivalry between Triple H and World Heavyweight Champion Batista comes to a close when the two men go one on one in Hell In A Cell. There was a number one contenders “gold rush” tournament to decide a contender to Batista and this tournament was … Continue reading Vengeance 2005
|Date: June 12, 2005 |Venue: Hammerstein Ballroom |City: New York City, New York |Attendance: 2,500 |Buys: 340, 000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger ECW returns! Albeit just for one night only. Tommy Dreamer and Paul Heyman have been tasked with putting together an ECW show featuring some of the top ECW stars from the late 90’s. Prior to the show there were no match announcements or no build to the matches. Instead the build has … Continue reading ECW One Night Stand 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
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