Royal Rumble 2012 buyrate is...

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

...438,000.

From 411Mania via PWTorch:

How many PPV buys did the Royal Rumble get?

The WWE Royal Rumble PPV did approximately 438,000 buys. WWE released the number as part of their monthly business figures that they release on the last day of the month.

438,000 buys is down from the 446,000 buys that the Royal Rumble did in 2011 and the 462,000 buys the show did in 2010.

272,000 of the 438,000 buys were in the United States, while 166,000 buys were international.

Here are the buys for the last six Royal Rumble PPVs. The Rumble is usually the second-most bought PPV of the year for WWE behind WrestleMania.

2007 - 491,000 buys
2008 - 533,000 buys
2009 - 450,000 buys
2010 - 462,000 buys
2011 - 446,000 buys
2012 - 438,000 buys

Credit: PWTorch

So... a little bit down from last year, but nothing to be that alarmed about, I hope.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

That's not bad when you consider the main events of 2011 vs. 2012.

Edge vs. Ziggler and Orton vs. Miz
Bryan vs. Show vs. Henry and Punk vs. Ziggler

[Deleted]

Yeah, no real shock to this. Last year had bigger undercard matches and had the 40 man hook. At least it stayed consistent.

[Madagascar Fred]

pretty good! congrats!

oh and ZIGGLER IS NO MAIN EVENT BUYRATE POISON BABY!!

[paywindah]

Good number considering ratings have been down and it didn't have the 40-man gimmick.

[Razor Gives It A 4/10]

The Miz will somehow get blamed for this.

[The Heenan Family]

It probably would have done even better had they not underplayed their hand.

[Error]

Not bad when compared to last years though the continuing drop isn't good at all.

Side note: What the hell caused the spike in '08?

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Mar 1, 2012 20:07:25 GMT -5 Error said:

Side note: What the hell caused the spike in '08?

Jeff Hardy in the title match, perhaps? Or maybe it was the novelty of it being the first PPV broadcast in HD.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

WWE ppvs are one area where I could buy piracy cutting into sales.

[Deleted]

Mar 1, 2012 20:07:25 GMT -5 Error said:

Not bad when compared to last years though the continuing drop isn't good at all.

Side note: What the hell caused the spike in '08?

Only thing I can think of was the Hardy/Orton match. It convinced a ton of people to think that Hardy was winning the title.

[mysterydriver]

Hey...I was one of those.

One in 438,000. Best odds I've had in years.

[Dean-o]

I hope those who paid for the event weren't as let down with it as I was.