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

Summerslam 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

The Great American Bash 2004

| Date: June 27, 2004 | Venue: Norfolk Scope | City: Norfolk, Virginia | Attendance: 6, 500 | Buys: 238, 000 Join Our Party. Or don’t. Because this show looks pretty terrible on paper. The main event is a re-match from Judgment Day 6 weeks ago with John “Bradshaw” Layfield getting a second shot at the WWE Championship held by Eddie Guerrero. Layfield won the first contest by disqualification so he was … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2004

Judgment Day 2004

| Date: May 16, 2004 | Venue: Staples Center | City: Los Angeles, California | Attendance: 18, 722 | Buys: 235, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Souls Will Cry. This pay per view has a dark aura about it and it’s all because The Undertaker returns to pay per view tonight. The Undertaker has spooked a few members of the Smackdown roster over the past few weeks and one man that has taken … Continue reading Judgment Day 2004

Wrestlemania 20

| Date: March 14, 2004 | Venue: Madison Square Garden | City: New York City, New York | Attendance: 18, 500 | Buys: 885, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Where it all begins again. That’s the tagline for tonight and it all begins where it all began…Madison Square Garden. There’s a sense of nostalgia surrounding this pay per view as we enter the twentieth year since the WWE began again. There’s going to … Continue reading Wrestlemania 20

Stat Pack Vol 32

Welcome everybody to my 32nd WWE Stat Pack! I have been watching every WWF PPV from the very beginning, back from Wrestlemania 1 and reviewing each and every show. Every 5 PPVs I have put together and updated a stat pack which records all the major stats, facts and figures from the big shows. Within this Stat Pack you’ll see all the PPVs ranked as … Continue reading Stat Pack Vol 32

Royal Rumble 2004

| Date: January 25, 2004 | Venue: Wachovia Center | City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 17, 289 | Buys: 500, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Man do I love a Royal Rumble pay per view. John Cena is on the poster for this one and he will be involved in the Royal Rumble match. I’m going to talk about the 30 man Rumble first because let’s be honest, it’s the highlight of the … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2004

Armageddon 2003

| Date: December 14, 2003 | Venue: TD Waterhouse Center | City: Orlando, Florida | Attendance: 12, 672 | Buys: 240, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Evolution Of The Game. That’s the tagline for this Raw brand pay per view so if you had any doubts who this show is based around, that clears it up. Triple H gets a shot at Goldbergs World Heavyweight Championship in the main event and so does … Continue reading Armageddon 2003

Survivor Series 2003

| Date: November 16, 2003 | Venue: American Airlines Arena | City: Dallas, Texas | Attendance: 13, 487 | Buys: 450, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger A Fall From Grace. That’s the tagline for the 17th annual Survivor Series pay per view but who does it apply to? Could it be the end of Stone Cold Steve Austin? Is it literal for what Shane McMahon could end up doing tonight? Or could it … Continue reading Survivor Series 2003