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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 6 2007, 05:28 PM (475 Views) | |
| Nathan Versus | Oct 6 2007, 05:28 PM Post #1 |
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SummerSlam drew between 530,000 - 540,000 buys; a few thousand less than last year and about 100,000 less than 2005. http://corporate.wwe.com/investors/documen...Drivers_109.pdf (Page 5) I’m not sure if this would be considered a disappointment? 2006 was stacked - Cena faced Edge for the belt in what many considered the best feud of the year, Batista aimed to regain the belt he’d been forced to vacate in January, D-X took on the McMahon’s and Hogan made his millionth comeback. 2005 was even more stacked - Hogan vs. Michaels appealed to old school fans and had the added bonus of free publicity on Hogan’s show, Edge vs. Hardy meant nothing to casuals, but drew most of the IWC, Cena and Batista were as popular as they ever have been and then there was Undertaker vs. Orton II and a Ladder Match between Eddie and Rey. By comparison, 2007 really only had the returns of Rey and Triple H to offer. Rey was booked in a throwaway match with the same man he faced a year earlier and Triple H is not quite as popular as he and the McMahon’s seem to think... Cena vs. Orton was overdone and seemed to guarantee an Orton victory; not much use when Cena is the drawing card. I’m also not sure if the Benoit tragedy still has any relevance? Still, it outdrew 2004 (387,000), 2003 (415,000), 2002 (516,000) and any year before 1998 - which holds the record with 700,000 buys. |
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| JimmyJackJericho | Oct 7 2007, 01:04 AM Post #2 |
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This is probably as solid a case as ever for Hogan's continued value to the company. Also, was SS '98 Austin/Taker? |
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| Hal P. Warren | Oct 7 2007, 01:20 AM Post #3 |
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Indeed it was. |
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| born2beskinny | Oct 7 2007, 02:41 AM Post #4 |
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To be fair, that episode didn't debut till months after summerslam happened. |
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| Nathan Versus | Oct 7 2007, 12:58 PM Post #5 |
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I’m not convinced. This was a tremendous period for buyrates, but I don’t think Hogan deserves all the credit. If anything, I think the credit belongs to Cena… WrestleMania increased from 885,000 buys in 2004 to 1,100,000 in 2005. That’s a sizeable increase and it can’t be attributed to Hogan, since there was no guarantee that he’d make an appearance on the show, only rumours. Hogan appeared at Backlash 2005, which saw an increase of 18,000 buys. That’s a tidy sum, no doubt about it, but Judgement Day 2005 saw an increase of 46,000 buys… Whilst Hogan has to share the credit for Backlash with Big Dave; the newly crowned World Heavyweight Champion, Cena takes the credit for Judgment Day. Cena was then drafted to RAW, in time for Vengeance, which saw an increase from 232,000 buys in 2004 to 429,000... SummerSlam then saw an increase from 387,000 buys to 640,000. It’s highly likely it was a combination of Cena and Hogan that sold the show, but I think there’s more evidence that it was Cena than Hogan… Hogan did nothing for WrestleMania X-8 and XIX. The former drew 840,000 buys, 200,000 fewer than WrestleMania X-Seven, slightly more than 2000, but less than XV. XIX drew 620,000 buys, the lowest WrestleMania buyrate in years. XX drew 885,000 and 21, 22 and 23 drew 1,100,000, 925,000 and 1,200,000. If Hogan couldn’t draw a dime then, I find it hard to believe that he suddenly drew 300,000 buys a couple of years later. |
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| JimmyJackJericho | Oct 7 2007, 03:10 PM Post #6 |
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Vengeance 2006 was an insane card, I wouldn't attribute that to anyone. And I would say that Hogan's time off and subsequent novelty appearances helped him rather than hindered him. He's worth more once a year than he could be as a fixture on either show. |
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| nascarsucks | Oct 7 2007, 05:25 PM Post #7 |
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Vengeance 05 and 06 really had double main events though. |
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| March Haire | Oct 7 2007, 05:55 PM Post #8 |
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SABU VS. CENA~ Oh...Edge vs. RVD. |
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| mattymc13 | Oct 8 2007, 08:39 PM Post #9 |
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Jobber
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Lol, awwww! Not Kane vs Imposter Kane?
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