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

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

Vengeance 2006

|Date: June 25, 2006 |Venue: Charlotte Bobcats Arena |City: Charlotte, North Carolina |Attendance: 6,800 |Buys: 337,000 |Brand: Raw (& ECW) |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Vengeance is due tonight and this years show features the official return of D-Generation X. Vince McMahon is given Shawn Michaels and Triple H so much hell that the two former friends have teamed back up and bought back the green and black. Shawn Michaels returned to help out Triple H … Continue reading Vengeance 2006

ECW One Night Stand 2006

|Date: June 11, 2006 |Venue: Hammerstein Ballroom |City: New York, New York |Attendance: 2,460 |Buys: 280,000 |Brand: ECW, Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger ECW returns for the second annual One Night Stand PPV. ECW is due to return this week as a weekly hour-long show and this will be the catalyst heading into it. It’ll be in the same vein as the 2005 show but the 2006 event has far more WWE talent … Continue reading ECW One Night Stand 2006

ECW One Night Stand 2005

|Date: June 12, 2005 |Venue: Hammerstein Ballroom |City: New York City, New York |Attendance: 2,500 |Buys: 340, 000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger ECW returns! Albeit just for one night only. Tommy Dreamer and Paul Heyman have been tasked with putting together an ECW show featuring some of the top ECW stars from the late 90’s. Prior to the show there were no match announcements or no build to the matches. Instead the build has … Continue reading ECW One Night Stand 2005

Royal Rumble 2003

| Date: January 19, 2003 | Venue: Fleet Centre | City: Boston, Massachusetts | Attendance: 15, 338 | Buyrate: 585, 000 The Royal Rumble, one of the “big 4” pay per views and this one will be a big one despite having the worst buyrate of a Royal Rumble PPV since 1998. Triple H is on the poster and that’s because he defends the World Heavyweight Championship that he won back from … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2003

Survivor Series 2001

| 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