Backlash 2007

|Date: April 29, 2007 |Venue: Phillips Arena |City: Atlanta, Georgia |Attendance: 14,500 |Buys: 194,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger ThisPPV is centred around the backlash from Wrestlemania. The buyrate is terrible though, the worst of any Backlash event up to now. The WWE Championship is set to be defended as Randy Orton, Edge and Shawn Michaels vi for John Cena’s title. Originally Vince McMahon’s executive assistant on Raw, Jonathan Coachman, announced … Continue reading Backlash 2007

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

New Year’s Revolution 2007

|Date: January 7th, 2007 |Venue: Kemper Memorial Stadium |City: Kansas City, Missouri |Attendance: 10,000 |Buys: 220,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Revolution Continues. D-Generation X are on the poster so presumably it is their revolution that is continuing. Tonight they’ll be in tag team action, they get a world tag team title shot against the champions Rated RKO. Randy Orton and Edge have stepped up their agression, bloodying both Shawn Michaela dn Triple … Continue reading New Year’s Revolution 2007

Armageddon 2006

|Date: December 17, 2006 |Venue: Richmond Coliseum |City: Richmond, Virginia |Attendance: 8,200 |Buys: 239,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The End…..Is Only The Begnning. I think it’s refering to the end of the year being the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania? But maybe I’m looking too much into it. Batista is on the poster for this event but sadly for the second year in a row (with him as champion at … Continue reading Armageddon 2006

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