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2009, Extreme Rules, Wrestling

Extreme Rules 2009

|Date: June 7, 2009 |Venue: New Orleans Arena |City: New Orleans, Louisiana |Attendance: 9,124 |Buys: 213,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Extreme Rules replaces One Night Stand but keeps the same traditions, lots of gimmicks and lots of hardcore wrestling. Sadly, gimmicks aside, this pay per view is almost identical to last months Judgment Day which doesn’t get me very excited for this show. Batista once again gets a shot at … Continue reading Extreme Rules 2009

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2009, Judgment Day, Wrestling

Judgment Day 2009

|Date: May 17, 2009 |Venue: Allstate Arena |City: Rosemont, Illinois |Attendance: 14,822 |Buys: 228,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger It might be Judgment Day tonight but buys for this show are the lowest in Judgment Day history. It does feel like the WWE is starting off fresh. We’re coming off a brand split, there are new feuds, the likes of Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Undertaker are nowhere to be seen … Continue reading Judgment Day 2009

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2006, Wrestlemania, Wrestling

Wrestlemania 22

|Date: April 2, 2006 |Venue: Allstate Arena |City: Rosemont, Illinois |Attendance: 17, 159 |Buys: 930,000 |Brand: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Big Time! That’s the theme for this show and it is certainly a show with a big time feel. There are eleven big matches making up the card of the biggest event of the year. For me, the WWE Championship is always the main event so I’ll being with that match. … Continue reading Wrestlemania 22

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2006, Royal Rumble, Wrestling

Royal Rumble 2006

|Date: January 29, 2006 |Venue: American Airlines Arena |City: Miami, Florida |Attendance: 16,000 |Buys: 550,000 |Brand: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Royal Rumble, my favourite match of the year and tonight will be no different. There is no clear favourite going into the match but a handful of guys worth keeping your eye on. The likes of Triple H, Shawn Michaels and the returning Rob Van Dam representing Raw and Randy Orton, … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2006

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2005, Armageddon, Wrestling

Armageddon 2005

|Date: December 18, 2005 |Venue: Dunkin’ Donuts Center |City: Providence, Rhode Island |Attendance: 8,000 |Buys: 320,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Armageddon is upon us and more specifically it is upon Randy Orton. Randy has been haunted over the last few weeks by the man that he burned alive in his own casket, The Undertaker. But Undertaker is now in Randy’s head, haunting him from week to week and he has challenged Orton … Continue reading Armageddon 2005

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2005, The Great American Bash, Wrestling

The Great American Bash 2005

| Date: July 24, 2005 | Venue: HSBC Arena | City: Buffalo, New York | Attendance: 8, 000  | Buys: 280, 000   | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Great American Bash returns for a second year and John “Bradshaw” Layfield will be hoping to replicate what he did in 2004 and win a world title. This time he vies for the World Heavyweight Championship held by Smackdown’s newest draft pick, Batista. Layfield thought … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2005

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2005, Judgment Day, Wrestling

Judgment Day 2005

|Date: May 22, 2005 |Venue: Target Center |City: Minneapolis, Minnesota |Attendance: 12, 000 |Buys: 260, 000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Judgment Day has finally arrived for many of the Smackdown superstars. On the poster is WWE Champion John Cena and tonight he will be defending his title against number one contender John “Bradshaw” Layfield. Layfield made the mistake of not putting a rematch clause in his contract but his fortunes would change as … Continue reading Judgment Day 2005

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2005, No Way Out, Wrestling

No Way Out 2005

| Date: February 20, 2005 | Venue: Mellon Arena | City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 9,500 | Buys: 240, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tonight there will be no way out for John “Bradshaw” Layfield as he defends his WWE Championship against The Big Show inside a barbed-wire steel cage. It’s the first time this match type has ever happened in the WWE and it’ll be very interesting to see how it plays … Continue reading No Way Out 2005

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2004, Survivor Series, Wrestling

Survivor Series 2004

| 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

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2004, No Mercy, Wrestling

No Mercy 2004

| Date: October 3, 2004 | Venue: Continental Airlines Arena | City: East Rutherford, New Jersey | Attendance: 10, 000 | Buys: 240, 000 Business Can Be Brutal. And tonight it is guaranteed to be just that. Unless it’s referring to the diminishing business of the WWE as attendances and buyrates continue to drop through 2004. Tonight though, John “Bradshaw” Layfield must defend his WWE Championship one more time against The Undertaker. … Continue reading No Mercy 2004

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