| Date: November 18, 2001 | Venue: Greensboro Coliseum | City: Greensboro, North Carolina | Attendance: 10, 142 | Buyrate: 450, 000 Winner Take All is the theme for tonight as the WWF vs. Alliance rivalry officially ends tonight. The fate of both companies is on the line in the 5 against 5 traditional Survivor Series match main event. If the WWF wins then The Alliance are out of business and if … Continue reading Survivor Series 2001
| Date: July 22, 2001 | Venue: Gund Arena | City: Cleveland, Ohio | Attendance: 17, 964 | Buyrate: 770, 000 The biggest buyrate in history for a non-Wrestlemania PPV belong to the Invasion of wCw and ECW on the WWF. Since King Of The Ring the Invasion has taken centre stage with Shane McMahons wCw joining together with Paul Heyman and Stephanie McMahon’s ECW. Wrestlers such as DDP and Booker T … Continue reading Invasion 2001
| Date: June 24, 2001 | Venue: Continental Airlines Arena | City: East Rutherford, New Jersey | Attendance: 17, 777 | Buyrate: 445, 000 My muscles ache. My mind is spent. My body is broken. Lead me to my throne. Those would be the words uttered by our four King Of The Ring semi finalists. The annual tournament is back to just the semi-finals unlike last year when the PPV hosted the … Continue reading King Of The Ring 2001
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Date: October 22, 2000 | Venue: Pepsi Arena | City: Albany, New York | Attendance: 14, 342 | Buyrate: 550, 000 No Mercy. That is exactly what Kurt Angle and The Rock will have for another as they battle over the WWF title in tonights main event. Kurt Angle won number one contendership for the WWF title when he beat Triple H on Raw a few weeks ago. It wasn’t a … Continue reading No Mercy 2000
| Date: September 24, 2000 | Venue: First Union Centre | City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 18, 092 | Buyrate: 605, 000 Unforgiven has the second biggest buyrate of any none big 5 PPV ever. That’s a lot of eyes on this PPV which says a lot about the build into this show. The WWF Champion is the man that tends to get the credit for the big numbers and that man … Continue reading Unforgiven 2000
| Date: August 27, 2000 | Venue: Raleigh Entertainment And Sports Arena | City: Raleigh, North Carolina | Attendance: 18, 128 | Buyrate: 570, 000 Summerslam, the second biggest PPV of the year following Wrestlemania and tonight promises 10 big matches. The main event features the WWF Champion The Rock defending his title. But who would he defend against? Commissioner Mick Foley made a triple threat match on Raw a few weeks … Continue reading Summerslam 2000
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