WWF/E PPV buys from 1985 to 2012

[Jmare007]

This could be upped for filing and understanding purposes as we update the list with recent shows

A couple of years ago I started looking for all WWE PPV numbers I could find. After searching a lot of forums, news sites and a couple of WONs (the only real source for this kind of shyt), this was the result. I've updated the list with shows from 2011 and 2012.

Pre-2000 numbers are estimates (WWE has only been a public company since October 99')

1980's

Spoiler

1985:

Wrestling Classic: 50,000 buys aprox.

1986:

Wrestlemania II: 250,000 aprox.

1987:

Wrestlemania III: 400,000 buys aprox. (Hogan vs Andre)
Survivor Series 1987: 325,000 buys aprox. (Team Andre vs Team Hogan)

1988:

Wrestlemania IV: 485,000 aprox.
Summerslam 1988: 400,000 aprox. (Mega Powers vs DiBiase & Andre)
Survivor Series 1988: 310,000 aprox.

1989:

Royal Rumble 1989: 165,000 buys aprox.
Wrestlemania V: 760,000 aprox. (Hogan vs Savage)
Summerslam 1989: 625,000 aprox.
Survivor Series 1989: 385,000 aprox.

1990's

Spoiler

1990:

Royal Rumble 1990: 260,000 buys aprox.
Wrestlemania VI: 560,000 aprox. (Hogan vs Warrior)
Summerslam 1990: 507,000
Survivor Series 1990: 400,000

1991:

Royal Rumble 1991: 440,000 buys aprox.
Wrestlemania VII: 400,000 aprox.
Summerslam 1991: 405,000 aprox.
Survivor Series 1991: 300,000 aprox.
Tuesday in Texas: 140,000 aprox.

1992:

Royal Rumble 1992: 260,000 buys aprox.
Wrestlemania VIII: 390,000
Summerslam 1992: 280,000 (It took place in England)
Survivor Series 1992: 250,000

1993:

Wrestlemania IX - 430,000 buys aprox.
Summrslam 1993: 250,000 aprox.
Survivor Series: 180,000 aprox.

1994:

Wrestlemania X - 420,000 buys aprox.

1995:

Royal Rumble - 225,000 buys aprox.
Wrestlemania XI - 340,000 buys aprox.
In Your House: Mother's Day - 180,000 aprox.
King of the Ring -150,000 aprox.
IYH 2: The Jackknife v. The Powerbomb -155,000 aprox.
Summerslam - 205,000 aprox.
IYH 3: Two Dudes with Attitude - 160,000 aprox.
IYH 4: Bite of the Bulldog - 90,000 aprox.


1996:

Wrestlemania XII - 290,000 buys aprox.

1997:

Wrestlemania XIII: 237,000 buys aprox.
Survivor Series 1997: 250,000 aprox. (Montreal Screwjob)

1998:

Wrestlemania XIV: 730,000 buys aprox. (Tyson special ref for Austin vs Michaels)
Summerslam 1998: 700,000 buys aprox. (Austin vs Taker)

1999:

Royal Rumble 1999: 650,000 buys aprox.
Wrestlemania XV: 800,000 buys aprox.
Summerslam 1999: 600,000 buys aprox.

2000's

Spoiler

2000:

Royal Rumble 2000: 590,000 buys
No Way Out 2000: 480,000
Wrestlemania 2000: 824,000
Backlash 2000: 675,000
Judgement Day 2000: 420,000
King Of The Ring 2000: 475,000
Fully Loaded 2000: 420,000
Summerslam 2000: 570,000
Unforgiven 2000: 605,000
No Mercy 2000: 550,000
Survivor Series 2000: 400,000
Armageddon 2000: 465,000

2001:

Royal Rumble 2001: 625,000
No Way Out 2001: 590,000
Wrestlemania 17: 1,040,000 (970,000 buys in the US, a record that still stands for Wrestling)
Backlash 2001: 375,000
Judgment Day 2001: 405,000
King of the Ring 2001: 445,000
Invasion: 775,000
Summerslam 2001: 565,000
Unforgiven 2001: 350,000
No Mercy 2001: 325,000
Survivor Series 2001: 450,000 (Invasion ends)
Vengeance 2001: 315,000

2002:

Royal Rumble 2002: 670,000
No Way Out 2002: 575,000 (NWO debuts)
Wrestlemania 18: 840,000 (Rock vs Hogan)
Backlash 2002: 400,000
Judgment Day 2002: 373,000
King of the Ring 2002: 320,000
Vengeance 2002: 375,000
Summerslam 2002: 540,000 (Brock vs Rock & Half Bald Kid returns)
Unforgiven 2002: 300,000
No Mercy 2002: 300,000
Survivor Series 2002: 340,000 (1st Elimination Chamber)
Armageddon 2002: 335,000

2003:

Royal Rumble 2003: 585,000 buys
No Way Out 2003: 450,000 (Austin's back)
Wrestlemania 19: 560,000 ()
Backlash 2003: 345,000 (Goldberg vs. Rock)
Judgment Day 2003: 315,000
Bad Blood 2003: 385,000
Vengeance 2003: 365,000
Summerslam 2003: 465,000
Unforgiven 2003: 360,000
No Mercy 2003: 275,000
Survivor Series 2003: 450,000
Armageddon 2003: 240,000

2004:

Royal Rumble 2004: 500,000 buys
No Way Out 2004: 265,000
Wrestlemania 20: 885,000
Backlash 2004: 295,000
Judgment Day 2004: 235,000
Bad Blood 2004: 290,000
Great American Bash: 238,000
Vengeance 2004: 240,000
Summerslam 2004: 415,000
Unforgiven 2004: 239,000
No Mercy 2004: 183,000
Taboo Tuesday: 174,000
Survivor Series 2004: 325,000
Armageddon 2004: 230,000

2005:

Rumble 2005: 575,000 buys
No Way Out: 240,000
Wrestlemania 21: 980,000
Backlash 2005: 320,000
Judgment Day: 260,000
ECW One Night Stand: 340,000
Vengenance: 420,000
Great American Bash: 280,000
Summerslam 2005: 650,000
Unforgiven: 250,000
No Mercy: 230,000
Taboo Tuesday: 250,000
Survivor Series 2005: 400,000
Armageddon: 320,000

2006:

New Years Revolution 2006: 300,000 buys
Rumble 2006: 550,000
No Way Out: 220,000
WrestleMania 22: 930,000
Backlash: 220,000
Judgment Day: 252,000
ECW One Night Stand II: 304,000
Vengeance: 337,000
Great American Bash: 232,000
Summerslam 2006: 541,000
Unforgiven: 307,000
No Mercy: 197,000
Cyber Sunday: 228,000
Survivor Series: 383,000
December to Dismember: 90,000
Armageddon: 239,000

2007:

New Year's Revolution 2007: 220,000 buys
Royal Rumble 2007: 491,000
No Way Out 2007: 218,000
WrestleMania 23: 1,188,000
Backlash: 194,000.
Judgment Day: 242,000.
One Night Stand: 186,000
Vengeance: 247,000
Great American Bash: 230,000
Summerslam 2007: 537,000
Unforgiven: 210,000
No Mercy: 270,000
Cyber Sunday: 195,000
Survivor Series 2007: 325,000
Armaggeddon: 237,000

2008:

Royal Rumble 2008: 533,000 buys
No Way Out 2008: 329,000
Wrestlemania XXIV: 1,024,000
Backlash: 200,000
Judgment Day: 252,000
One Night Stand: 194,000
Night Of Champions: 259,000
The Great American Bash: 273,000
SummerSlam 2008: 477,000
Unforgiven: 211,000
No Mercy: 261,000
Cyber Sunday: 153,000
Survivor Series: 319,000 (Cena's comeback vs Jericho)
Armageddon: 193,000

2009:

Royal Rumble: 450,000 buys
No Way Out 2009: 272,000
Wrestlemania XXV: 960,000 (1st time Mexico enters the PPV business)
Backlash: 182,000
Judgment Day: 228,000
Extreme Rules: 213,000
The Bash: 178,000
Night Of Champions: 267,000
Summerslam: 369,000
Breaking Point: 169,000
Hell In A Cell: 300,000
Bragging Rights: 200,000
Survivor Series: 225,000
TLC: 228,000

2010's

Spoiler

2010:

Royal Rumble 2010: 462,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 272,000
WrestleMania XXVI: 885,000
Extreme Rules: 182,000
Over The Limit: 197,000
Fatal Four Way: 143,000
Money In The Bank: 162,000
Summerslam: 350,000
Night of Champions: 165,000
Hell In A Cell: 210,000
Bragging Rights: 137,000
Survivor Series: 244,000
TLC: 195,000 buys

2011:

Royal Rumble 2011: 476,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 212,000
Wrestlemania XXVII: 1,120,000 aprox.
Extreme Rules: 216,000
Over The Limit: 145,000
Capitol Punishment: 176,000
Money in the Bank: 205,000
Summerslam: 311,000
Night Of Champions: 169,000
Hell In A Cell: 180,000
Vengeance: 121,000
Survivor Series: 312,000
TLC: 179,000

2012:

Royal Rumble 2012: 443,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 194,000
Wrestlemania XXVIII: 1,253,000
Extreme Rules: 271,000
Over the Limit – 172,000
No Way Out – 200,000
Money In The Bank - 206,000
Summerslam - 392,000
Night Of Champions - 207,000
Hell In A Cell - 207,000
Survivor Series - 216,000
TLC - 181,000

2013:

Royal Rumble 2013: 579,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 241,000
Wrestlemania XXIX: 1,104,000
Extreme Rules: 245,000
Payback - 198,000
Money In The Back - 223,000
Summerslam - 332,000
Night Of Champions - 196,000
Battleground - 114,000
Hell In A Cell - 228,000
Survivor Series - 177,000
TLC - 181,000

2014:

Royal Rumble 2014 - 517,000
Elimination Chamber 2014 - 203,000

*NETWORK LAUNCHES*

Wrestlemania 30 - 684,000
Extreme Rules 2014 - 107,000
Payback 2014 - 66,000
Money in the Bank 2014 - 121,000
Battleground 2014 - 116,000
SummerSlam 2014 - 169,000
Night of Champions 2014 - 56,000
Hell in a Cell 2014 - 83,000
Survivor Series 2014 - 100,000
TLC 2014 - 39,000

2015:

Royal Rumble 2015 - 145,000
Fastlane 2015 - 46,000
WrestleMania 31 - 259,000
Extreme Rules 2015 - 56,000
Payback 2015 - 54,000
Elimination Chamber 2015 - 41,000
Money in the Bank 2015 - 57,000
Battleground 2015 - 80,000
SummerSlam 2015 - 121,000
Night of Champions 2015 - 77,000

some numbers might be a little off as sometimes there are like 3 or 4 different reports about the same PPV

 

[firemanBk]

Lesnar drew the best B PPV buyrate in 2 years. Best Backlash/Extreme Rules buyrate in 7 years too.

 

[K-Apps]

What about all those In Your House PPV numbers ?

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Couple things to consider..

Obviously a lot of people didn't have the ability to order PPV for a while (not all cable companies were up on that) and also.. WWE didn't start reporting worldwide numbers until the last five or six years.

Most of the numbers during the attitude era are domestic only.

 

[Phantom]

I didn't numbers are down that much from 10 years ago.

Wrestling is dying . . .

 

[TrueEpic08]

Wrestlemania 19: 560,000 ()

First digital cable only PPV. As in you could order it ONLY IF you had a digital cable box.

 

[Jmare007]

oh, that's what it was?

It always seemed really weird how such a strong card would flop so badly on PPV.

What about all those In Your House PPV numbers ?

No idea man. I've searched for some real numbers (not these weird buyrates http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/RAWisWAR/WWFBuyRates.html) for a long time and haven't been able to get any decent info.

 

[Lucky Millionaire]

Wow, I forgot that Lesnar/Angle mainevented WM19 over Rock/SCSA, Hogan/McMahon, and Shawn/Jericho. Despite all the classics here I stopped watching wrestling on WM19 because of HHH/Booker. Didn't watch again until 2005.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Idk if you guys realize how ridiculous this number:

Wrestlemania III: 400,000 buys aprox. (Hogan vs Andre)

Is

There was like...4 million ppv ready households in america at the time...they did 10% of households on ppv...a damn 10 buyrate...fukking insane

 

[mr x]

positive reputation good sir. What were the main sources? I'd like to see the numbers for wcw

 

[Jmare007]

positive reputation good sir. What were the main sources? I'd like to see the numbers for wcw

The Observer is the main source. Got all the info by either reading some issues, news sites or posts from other forums by guys I know have read the WON or have researched this kind of stuff (mainly wrestlingclassics).

I'd love to see numbers for wCw too. But haven't found a reliable source for them yet. I know that Starrcade 97' and Bash at the Beach 98' did over 600,000 (or very close to it) but that's it.


EDIT: no idea how legit this are...

Top PPVs in WCW post 1994

Starrcade 1997-760,000 (Hogan-Sting)
Bash at the Beach 1998-600,000 (Hogan/Rodman-DDP/Malone)
Starrcade 1998-460,000 (Goldberg-Nash)
Halloween Havoc 1997-440,000 (Hogan-Piper)
Uncensored 1998-440,000 (Hogan-Savage)
Superbrawl 1998-440,000 (Hogan-Sting)
Superbrawl 1999-440,000 (Hogan-Flair)
Souled Out 1997-408,000 (Hogan-Giant)
Bash at the Beach 1994-408,000 (Flair-Hogan)

 

[Jmare007]

Upped with the latest numbers for WM, ER, OTL and NWO according with WWE's latest quarterly report.

In their 2012 second quarter earnings, WWE released the official buyrate for every pay-per-view in the quarter. The numbers are as follows with the previous year in parenthesis:

Wrestlemania XXVIII – 1,217,000 buys (compared to 1,120,000 last year)
Extreme Rules – 263,000 buys (compared to 209,000 last year)
Over the Limit – 167,000 buys (compared to 140,000 last year)
No Way Out – 194,000 buys (compared to 170,000 last year as Capitol Punishment)

 

[DANJ!]

So what this has shown... is most years, if nothing else did spectacular, the Rumble and Mania always did numbers. SummerSlam until recent years drew too. Guess I can kinda see why Vince & co. almost went ahead and axed Survivor Series. But it's kinda their own fault Series doesn't draw anymore, cause it hasn't REALLY been Survivor Series for years now.

Kinda interesting Mania 21 drew like it did, with the two top matches consisting of people who hadn't proven to be draws yet- Cena and Batista (and for that matter, JBL). And drew more than Mania 20 at that, which I figured would've drawn more just on being the 20th anniversary show.

 

[CM_Burns]

Lesnar drew the best B PPV buyrate in 2 years. Best Backlash/Extreme Rules buyrate in 7 years too.

That's why you have to respect a guy like Rock or Brock who decides to come in and draw some money, whereas with a guy like CM Punk most people wouldn't even think he's a wrestler. That's why the business is in trouble.

 

[CM_Burns]

Idk if you guys realize how ridiculous this number:

Wrestlemania III: 400,000 buys aprox. (Hogan vs Andre)

Is

There was like...4 million ppv ready households in america at the time...they did 10% of households on ppv...a damn 10 buyrate...fukking insane

I don't believe it, WWE wasn't public at the time and I wouldn't put it past them to lie about it like the other shyt they lie about from WM3.

Invasion doing 775k with that garbage roster is crazy. If they had a team WCW with something like Sting, Goldberg, DDP, Booker, Nash that probably would've topped WM17.