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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 28, 2022 15:40:11 GMT -5
I mean considering it was probably Bret's reported last match. Anyway to check if the replay had a better then usual buy too?
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Post by sungod2020 on Oct 28, 2022 16:22:34 GMT -5
I mean considering it was probably Bret's reported last match. Anyway to check if the replay had a better then usual buy too? According to this website, it WAS the highest grossing PPV of 1997 with 250,000 buys. Even beating out that years Wrestlemania which drew 237,000. It was also up from last year's Survivor Series which was 199,000 buys. While certainly not Attitude Era-like buys, it certainly was an improvement. I don't know if it being Bret Hart's departure had anything to do with it, but maybe. www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml#.Y1xHJv3MKpo |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 28, 2022 16:41:19 GMT -5
I mean considering it was probably Bret's reported last match. Anyway to check if the replay had a better then usual buy too? According to this website, it WAS the highest grossing PPV of 1997 with 250,000 buys. Even beating out that years Wrestlemania which drew 237,000. It was also up from last year's Survivor Series which was 199,000 buys. While certainly not Attitude Era-like buys, it certainly was an improvement. I don't know if it being Bret Hart's departure had anything to do with it, but maybe. www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml#.Y1xHJv3MKpoThat was a weak wrestlemania but I find interesting if not surprising it did best ppv draw that year |
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Post by fg on Oct 28, 2022 17:41:53 GMT -5
I mean considering it was probably Bret's reported last match. Anyway to check if the replay had a better then usual buy too? According to this website, it WAS the highest grossing PPV of 1997 with 250,000 buys. Even beating out that years Wrestlemania which drew 237,000. It was also up from last year's Survivor Series which was 199,000 buys. While certainly not Attitude Era-like buys, it certainly was an improvement. I don't know if it being Bret Hart's departure had anything to do with it, but maybe. www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml#.Y1xHJv3MKpoOn TV, it wasn’t announced as his final match. Online was a different story. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 28, 2022 18:13:34 GMT -5
According to this website, it WAS the highest grossing PPV of 1997 with 250,000 buys. Even beating out that years Wrestlemania which drew 237,000. It was also up from last year's Survivor Series which was 199,000 buys. While certainly not Attitude Era-like buys, it certainly was an improvement. I don't know if it being Bret Hart's departure had anything to do with it, but maybe. www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml#.Y1xHJv3MKpoOn TV, it wasn’t announced as his final match. Online was a different story. By the PPV, they basically acknowledged it, without saying so. The cat was well out of the bag. |
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Post by fg on Oct 28, 2022 18:17:54 GMT -5
On TV, it wasn’t announced as his final match. Online was a different story. By the PPV, they basically acknowledged it, without saying so. The cat was well out of the bag. I do remember during the show,Jim Ross aid: “There is some speculation that this may be Bret’s final match.” |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 28, 2022 18:31:08 GMT -5
By the PPV, they basically acknowledged it, without saying so. The cat was well out of the bag. I do remember during the show,Jim Ross aid: “There is some speculation that this may be Bret’s final match.” I think JR said something to the effect of rumours were this would be the last time HBK and Bret would wrestle, regardless of the outcome. |
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Post by thegame415 on Nov 1, 2022 12:53:40 GMT -5
WWF was just starting to gain some steam, so I think it did good numbers year over year, but was a far cry from numbers they get the next 2-3 years.
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Post by tirtefaa on Nov 1, 2022 13:14:48 GMT -5
Wasn't this also billed as Austin's return match? I'm sure that helped generate buzz.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Nov 1, 2022 13:49:41 GMT -5
And Kane was having his first match as well wasn't he?
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