Wrestlemania 23

|Date: April 1, 2007 |Venue: Fort Field |City: Detroit, Michigan |Attendance: 80,103 |Buys: 1,188,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger All Grown Up. Wrestlemania has come a long way in 23 years but this event draws comparisons to Wrestlemania 3. This event has the highest number of buys of any WWE PPV ever up to now and officially has the second highest amount of buys of all time (as I write this … Continue reading Wrestlemania 23

No Way Out 2007

|Date: February 18, 2007 |Venue: Staples Center |City: Los Angeles, California |Attendance: 14,000 |Buys: 218,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger It’s the worst buyrate for a No Way Out PPV since 1998 but will the final stop before Wrestlemania pick up some steam before the biggest show of the year? To be honest, I’m disappointed in the main event. I’m a fan of title matches but sadly, as we have come to expect with … Continue reading No Way Out 2007

Royal Rumble 2007

|Date: January 27, 2007 |Venue: AT&T Center |City: San Antonio, Texas |Attendance: 13,500 |Buys: 491,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Royal Rumble, my favourite pay per view of the year, the one I always look forward to and this edition is no different. The Royal Rumble match is the jewel in the crown as always and this year all 30 men that re in the match have already been announced. … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2007

December To Dismember 2006

|Date: December 3, 2006 |Venue: James Brown Arena |City: Augusta, Georgia |Attendance: 4,800 |Buys: 90,000 |Brand: ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger You Better Watch Out….this might be terrible. I tend to introduce my reviews with a run-down of the matches. Well, only two matches have been advertised for this show so it won’t take long. The main event will be for the ECW Championship held by The Big Show. Originally Rob Van Dam was given … Continue reading December To Dismember 2006

Survivor Series 2006

|Date: November 26, 2006 |Venue: Wachovia Center |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Attendance: 15,400 |Buys: 383,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The 20th anniversary of Survivor Series has a traditional feel to it with 3 of the 7 matches announced being traditional Survivor Series matches, which is the most amount of traditional matches since 1999. The main event however is for the World Heavyweight Championship as King Booker defends his belt against Batista. … Continue reading Survivor Series 2006

Cyber Sunday 2006

|Date: November 5, 2006 |Venue: U.S. Bank Arena |City: Cincinnati, Ohio |Attendance: 7,000 |Buys: 228,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Log on. Take over. This is the debut Cyber Sunday pay per view which steps in where Taboo Tuesday left off. Clearly they thought that Sunday would be a more profitable day then Tuesday but buy rates are down from the previous year. The main event tonight is a unique one with all … Continue reading Cyber Sunday 2006

Summerslam 2006

|Date: August 20, 2006 |Venue: TD Banknorth Garden |City: Boston, Massachusetts |Attendance: 16,168 |Buys: 541,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Biggest Party Of The Summer! Summerslam tonight features 7 matches, four from Raw, two from Smackdown and one from ECW. The WWE Championship will of course be defended but the title hasn’t actually changed hands on a Summerslam event since 2002. That night Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock but tonight … Continue reading Summerslam 2006