Royal Rumble 2006

|Date: January 29, 2006 |Venue: American Airlines Arena |City: Miami, Florida |Attendance: 16,000 |Buys: 550,000 |Brand: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Royal Rumble, my favourite match of the year and tonight will be no different. There is no clear favourite going into the match but a handful of guys worth keeping your eye on. The likes of Triple H, Shawn Michaels and the returning Rob Van Dam representing Raw and Randy Orton, … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2006

New Year’s Revolution 2006

|Date: January 8, 2006 |Venue: Pepsi Arena |City: Albany, New York |Attendance: 11,000 |Buys: 300,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Elimination Chamber; 10 Tons of Steel. 2 Miles of Chain. One Man Left Standing. That is our main event for the evening. Eric Bischoffs last duty as Raw General Manager (before Vince McMahon fired him) was to make a 6 person Elimination Chamber match, stacking the odds against WWE Champion John Cena. There … Continue reading New Year’s Revolution 2006

Unforgiven 2005

|Date: September 18, 2005 |Venue: Ford Center |City: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |Attendance: 8,000 |Buys: 250,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger WWE Champion vs. Gold Medalist. Tonight John Cena defends his WWE Championship against Kurt Angle. Cena went one on one with Chris Jericho one final time on Raw a few weeks ago with the winner leaving with the WWE title and the loser being fired. Jericho lost the match and was subsequently given his marching … Continue reading Unforgiven 2005

Summerslam 2005

| Date: August 21, 2005 | Venue: MCI Center | City: Washington DC | Attendance: 15, 700 | Buys: 650, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Hogan vs. Michaels: For the first time ever. You can guess what is considered to be the main event tonight off that tagline alone. On paper the whole card is stacked even without the likes of Triple H, The Big Show, Kane, Booker T, Intercontinental Champion Carlito and … Continue reading Summerslam 2005

The Great American Bash 2005

| Date: July 24, 2005 | Venue: HSBC Arena | City: Buffalo, New York | Attendance: 8, 000  | Buys: 280, 000   | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Great American Bash returns for a second year and John “Bradshaw” Layfield will be hoping to replicate what he did in 2004 and win a world title. This time he vies for the World Heavyweight Championship held by Smackdown’s newest draft pick, Batista. Layfield thought … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2005

No Way Out 2005

| Date: February 20, 2005 | Venue: Mellon Arena | City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 9,500 | Buys: 240, 000 | tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tonight there will be no way out for John “Bradshaw” Layfield as he defends his WWE Championship against The Big Show inside a barbed-wire steel cage. It’s the first time this match type has ever happened in the WWE and it’ll be very interesting to see how it plays … Continue reading No Way Out 2005