Title: Unforgiven Buyrate... (flush)
Description: And other buyrate info...
Scrooge McSuck - October 9, 2005 11:18 PM (GMT)
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Stolen from a site that stole it from someone else, probably Meltzer...
The early buyrate number for the Unforgiven PPV last month is in and it isn't very good news for WWE. The event drew an estimated 225,000 buys, which is less than the 233,000 buys the Great American Bash PPV drew in June. That show was considered the company's poorest PPV outing of the year at the time. There are also said to be fears within WWE that tonight's No Mercy PPV could do less than 200,000 buys given the current state of the SmackDown product and low interest in the show overall.
In related buyrate notes, it turns out some recent buyrate numbers for WWE PPV events this past year were much higher than originally reported in the company's quarterly earnings release. The original listed buyrate for ECW One Night Stand was 268,000 buys, but is now being listed at 325,000 buys. WWE Vengeance was originally listed at 320,000 buys, but it is now listed at 370,000. The original listed buyrate for WWE Backlash was 273,000 buys, but is now listed at 325,000. WWE Judgment Day was originally listed at 236,000 buys, but is now at 265,000. The Great American Bash was the only buyrate number that didn't change. |
dynamite kido - October 10, 2005 12:51 PM (GMT)
I wonder when the WWE will realize that they've totally oversaturated the PPV market all to hell?
SamoaRowe - October 10, 2005 03:43 PM (GMT)
Well, it seems that their pay-per-view business was steadily improving this year up until Unforgiven and more than likely No Mercy. These two ppvs are usually two of their lesser ordered shows each year though, so I wouldn't get too upset about it. I know last year Unforgiven did something like 240,000 and No Mercy was initially at 180,000, but the figure went up to 210,000.
Scrooge McSuck - October 10, 2005 08:56 PM (GMT)
Maybe it's a sign that most fans don't want what WWE is giving them.
HBK/Masters? FLAIR/CARLITO!? Hell, even Cena has been far from a viable draw to warrant a non-stop push and a title reign that looks to never end.
prof_plague - October 11, 2005 12:51 AM (GMT)
I would blame the crappy undercard for Unforgiven's poor buyrate (besides it being Unforgiven in the first place) before I'd go pointing the finger at Cena.
Scrooge McSuck - October 11, 2005 01:01 AM (GMT)
You seemed to ignore I mentioned HBK/Masters and Flair/Carlito before I mentioned Cena, which was the undercard.
I OWNED JU!~!