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:
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: 446,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 200,000
Wrestlemania XXVII: 1,120,000 aprox.
Extreme Rules: 209,000
Over The Limit: 142,000
Capitol Punishment: 170,000
Money in the Bank: 195,000
Summerslam: 296,000 ()
Night Of Champions: 161,000
Hell In A Cell: 180,000
Vengeance: 121,000
Survivor Series: 281,000
TLC: 179,000
2012:
Royal Rumble 2012: 443,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 178,000
Wrestlemania XXVIII: 1,253,000
Extreme Rules: 263,000
Over the Limit – 167,000
No Way Out – 194,000
Money In The Bank - 188,000
Summerslam - 358,000
Night Of Champions - 189,000
Hell In A Cell - 199,000
Survivor Series - 208,000
TLC - 175,000
PPV buy rates from 2000-2012
posted on 11/3/13
2012 HiaC got more than the TLC that year?
posted on 11/3/13
It seems that generally buys have gone down since the Attitude Era days except for Mania which has gone up. Interesting
posted on 11/3/13
Might be because back then WWE was more consistently good whereas nowadays they just put everything into 'Mania and its build up and then s guff the rest of the year.
posted on 11/3/13
Unforgiven 2000: 605,000
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Rock V HHH 60 min Iron Man match and Biker Takers debut!!
posted on 12/3/13
The Diva
Makes sense. A significant portion of WWE's fanbase are in a position that despite feeling alienated from the product remain sentimental about it (myself included to large degree), most of those fans tend to order WM as groups either out of habit, hope or nestaglia.
It's the one pro-wrestling PPV that unifies all demographics, a promotional masterstroke to it's industry
posted on 12/3/13
Diva - that was Judgement Day 2000 mate
posted on 12/3/13
My bad what was Unforgiven?
Was it the Triple Threat?
Angle V Rock V HHH when Angle got concussed when the commentary table collapsed?
posted on 13/3/13
Nope, if memory serves me correctly it was a fatal 4 way between Rock (c), Taker, Kane and Benoit where Benoit got a controversial pin but the match restarted and Rock retained.
posted on 13/3/13
I miss Benoit
posted on 15/8/16
And this is why WWE won't ever go back to the TV14 approach.
PG era is bringing in the cash whether we like it or not - not to mention merchandise being through the roof.