What WWE PPVs did you order from Sky this year ?

Red Sleeping Beauty

I'd put up a poll but I'm not totally sure what PPVs were on Sky Box Office but which did you pay for ?

gimmick

Not a single one. Friend of mine got Mania, so I watched with him, and that was the only one I would have paid for this year - maybe the Rumble as well. Its been an utterly forgettable year for WWE.

Brolly

I got Mania, Summerslam, No Mercy, Survivor Series and I have Armageddon paid for also. That and the Sky Sports PPVs. TBH, I wish I hadn't bothered getting most of them as they were pretty poor.

amacachi

Just Summerslam. Was the only time I knew I'd have peace for the whole night so decided to watch a PPV in glorious Standard Definition for once :P

Vince135792003

Just Wrestlemania.

RebelRockChick

Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania would have been the only ones I got on box office this year.

CMpunked

Summerslam, by bro bought it for me for my birthday, thought it was a nice idea until i watched it.

I told him i would have rathered a voucher.

Red Sleeping Beauty

krudler wrote: »

If by "order" you mean "watch in other ways" then a few, I thought most ppvs were ok this year, according to Power Slam its been the best year ever for WWE ppvs, I dont see it myself though....

By "order" , I mean "paid money for".
I thought that when they first started doing them on Box Office that they'd fail, not sell any and they'd be back on Sky Sports in no time. Couldn't have been more wrong.

flahavaj

Not even the wan. And thats the way it'll stay. I've seen 'em all though...

SAVE_ME.222

Lets just say I have watched them all..

Red Sleeping Beauty

Hmm, I might have to have a look into getting a new didgy box. Can't even get the box office PPVs on NTL I don't thihnk

CMpunked

May as well put this here:

Top 10 north american PPV buys for 2008:

Top Ten North American PPV buy rates for 2008.

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, 1,250,000
2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, 1,010,000
3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul “Big Show” Wight, March 30, 670,000
4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, 625,000
5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, 600,000
6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, 540,000
7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, 530,000
8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, 500,000
9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, 480,000
10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, 475,000

Red Sleeping Beauty

Where'd ye get the info Comic Book dude ?

CMpunked

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Where'd ye get the info Comic Book dude ?

http://www.wrestlezone.com//article.php?articleid=231205975

It says its from PWinsider, but that links my source.

ShawnRaven

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Can't even get the box office PPVs on NTL I don't thihnk

Yes you can, NTL channel 862 once you've ordered it.

Fozzy

Comic-Book-Guy wrote: »

http://www.wrestlezone.com//article.php?articleid=231205975

It says its from PWinsider, but that links my source.

It was in the Observer this week, but it's sort of public knowledge

Brock Lesnar was the biggest PPV draw of the year

ShawnRaven

Without opening the can here but...
I'm loving the way that MMA has dominated that list. To me, it speaks volumes on everything thats wrong with Pro Wrestling as of lately.

Fozzy

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Without opening the can here but...
I'm loving the way that MMA has dominated that list. To me, it speaks volumes on everything thats wrong with Pro Wrestling as of lately.

I think the great thing is how simple the various feuds have been. De La Hoya vs Pacquiao was a total face vs face fight but it appealed to the Hispanic and Filipino fans

Lesnar was a draw mainly because of his pro wrestling fame but also just because of his body. There wasn't much more than that to the build-up to his fights

Wrestlemania's a draw in itself for the most part, although Mayweather turned out to be a bigger draw for it than he had in his own right before

The other six PPVs were all based on very simple feuds that really made people interested in the outcome of the fights. That's where pro wrestling and MMA are completely similar, in just getting people interested in a fight. It's different once the action in the ring starts, but the build up is based on the same principles. And the simple stuff is the kind of thing that the average person relates to

Pride Fighter

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Without opening the can here but...
I'm loving the way that MMA has dominated that list. To me, it speaks volumes on everything thats wrong with Pro Wrestling as of lately.

Me too.

Pro Wrestling lost it luster for me when the Rock left.

The Rock vs Brock Lesnar in the UFC would be a huge draw. I should not have watched walking tall, cause the Rock has a chance if he fights as good in that as he does in the octagon:pac::pac:

Red Sleeping Beauty

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Without opening the can here but...
I'm loving the way that MMA has dominated that list. To me, it speaks volumes on everything thats wrong with Pro Wrestling as of lately.

That's not opening a can....

This is ...

Pride Fighter wrote: »

Me too.

Pro Wrestling lost it luster for me when the Rock left.

The Rock vs Brock Lesnar in the UFC would be a huge draw. I should not have watched walking tall, cause the Rock has a chance if he fights as good in that as he does in the octagon:pac::pac:

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Fozzy wrote: »

Wrestlemania's a draw in itself for the most part, although Mayweather turned out to be a bigger draw for it than he had in his own right before

How do you know that Mayweather was a bigger draw for a PPV that had 2world title matches and Ric Flair's last WWE match ?

flahavaj

Brock drew 2 million buys for the 5 or 6 minutes he spent in the octagon so far in his career. Incredible.

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