WrestleMania XXVIII buyrate is in...

[DAMN iNATOR]

WWE announced that WrestleMania XXVIII, held April 1 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, set new records for pay-per-view buys and gross sales.

Preliminary estimates show that WrestleMania, featuring the historic “Once in a Lifetime” Match between The Rock and John Cena, garnered 1.3 million pay-per-view buys with global gross sales in excess of $67 million including the live event.

WrestleMania was seen around the world on pay-per-view in more than 105 countries and 20 languages.

Next year’s WrestleMania will take place Sunday, April 7, 2013, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Ticket information will be announced later this year.


If these preliminary estimates hold up, that's a pretty damn impressive buyrate even for a WM...

[Supreme Olajuwon]

We did it!

[#1-norm-fan]

*Blows a kazoo*

[Jordan]

I put like 28 bucks into that.

[St. Jimmy]

That's not very good. Nowhere near the expected numbers.

[St. Jimmy]

1.3 is not 1.5, and it's certainly not the other number someone said of 1.9

[DAMN iNATOR]

We did it!

Damn right we did! WOO!
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[Rammsteinmad]

I downloaded it. Glad to have helped WWE. :y:

[Shaved Monkey]

1.3 is not 1.5, and it's certainly not the other number someone said of 1.9

That other person who claimed the 1.9 also said that he was just talking out of his ass.

1.3 is pretty good.

[St. Jimmy]

1.3 for the Rock is not very good. 1.5 would be "okay". 1.7 would be good.

[Jordan]

1.3 mil is retarded good what are you on?

[Shaved Monkey]

Isn't this now the Wrestlemania with the highest buy rate in history?

It may not have reached St. Jimmy's expectations but that number is still pretty damned good.

[#1-norm-fan]

1.3 for the Rock is not very good. 1.5 would be "okay". 1.7 would be good.

lol. Really? Jesus. 1.7 would have been insane.

[#1-norm-fan]

Isn't this now the Wrestlemania with the highest buy rate in history?

It may not have reached St. Jimmy's expectations but that number is still pretty damned good.

Yes. Pretty sure it's the biggest buyrate ever for the company.

SO DISAPPOINTING!

lol

[CSL]

1.3 for the Rock is not very good. 1.5 would be "okay". 1.7 would be good.

ok

[James Steele]

St. Jimmy, when did you become such a twat?

[Gertner]

ROH's Wrestlemania iPPV has 1.3...viewers

[VSG]

1 teenager and a kid?

[St. Jimmy]

Just going with the actual news sites. They all expected more, as did WWE. Compared to projections, this number sucks.

[Mr. Pierre]

26 - 885,000
27 - 1,000,000
28 - 1,300,000

[Mr. JL]

Unreasonable projections.

300, 000 is a GREAT increase in buys, especially when you look further back.

[Tb1]

1.3 for the Rock is not very good. 1.5 would be "okay". 1.7 would be good.

The voice of reason

[Tazz Dan]

Best $34.95 I spent this year :y:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

ROH's Wrestlemania iPPV has 1.3...viewers

1 teenager and a kid?

I was thinking the .3 was the extra size of the average ROH fan.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Or maybe ROH fans only count as 3/5ths of a person like back in the good ole days of slavery.

[Mr. JL]

Best $34.95 I spent this year :y:

See, I would have bought the pay per view at that price. It would have cost $65 for me to order it here in Canada.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

See, I would have bought the pay per view at that price. It would have cost $65 for me to order it here in Canada.

It was the equivalent of about $25 here, or £15 in real money. That was a great deal.

[Juan]

Just going with the actual news sites. They all expected more, as did WWE. Compared to projections, this number sucks.

lol

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Actual news sites? So CNN, Fox News, MSNBC all thought it was going to be more?

[Team Sheep]

Fair play to Sky, I've been expecting a price jump on the WWE PPV's for years but it's never happened. And keeping Wrestlemania the same price as the rest of them is cool. Even though we did used to get them all for free once upon a time, that was never going to last forever, and we still get a good handful of them for free. Considering the UK is probably WWE's biggest overseas hotspot, we get a great deal compared to how it is in the States and a lot of other countries. I have no idea who would pay $50 odd for something like Fatal 4 Way or Over the Limit. Ludicrous.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

If these preliminary estimates hold up, that's a pretty damn impressive buyrate even for a WM...

1.3 million is not a buyrate it's the actual numbers of buys.

Buyrate: How many people bought it divided by how many people could buy it.

[Tazz Dan]

See, I would have bought the pay per view at that price. It would have cost $65 for me to order it here in Canada.

All the PPV's are that price in Australia. Must suck for you guys, and even the Americans get charged more than us too I think. I can see why so many people stream.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

British and Australians customers need to be charged more.

[DaVe]

Oh, we are.

On all technology from phones and games through to cars. With luxury cars twice the price they are in the US in certain cases.

Sorta don't get why PPVs are so cheap here, but I'm not gonna complain about that.

[James Steele]

My guess would be because they air at fucking 1am over there.

[Tazz Dan]

My guess would be because they air at fucking 1am over there.

WM started at 9am. Most other PPV's at 11am/12pm....

[Tazz Dan]

British and Australians customers need to be charged more.

At least you get Raw live. But then, we get Smackdown a day early.

But still, what DaVE said.

[Team Sheep]

We get Raw live and Smackdown 3 hours before America. Woo.

[Gertner]

Or maybe ROH fans only count as 3/5ths of a person like back in the good ole days of slavery.

Have you seen those lard asses? ROH fans weigh about a person and a third.


Look at St. Jimmy.

[XL]

Do we have to?

[Blakeamus]

That's not very good. Nowhere near the expected numbers.

:wtf:

[St. Jimmy]

It's not my fault if none of you listen to radio shows or read.

[St. Jimmy]

I'm not sure you can read.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Wow, Jimmy. Thought you were supposed to be calming down. You look like a real idiot here.

Until we see profit margin for this thing there's no way we'll know if this is a success in terms of money. That said, breaking records is at the very least good for business considering the fact that so many people have tuned out.

I can only imagine one scenario where not meeting the "projected" numbers but still breaking their previous records qualifies as a failure. If they spent more on The Rock (who by the way never "drew" like he did at Mania so saying "1.3 for the Rock" is not very good is subjective if we're giving you credit and outright silly if not) and the PPV combined and that profit did not meet or exceed the average Wrestlemania profit keeping with inflation.

So go read one of those "news sites" and get back to us, okay?

[St. Jimmy]

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[St. Jimmy]

I assume DtTS is agreeing with me.

[VSG]

Wow, Jimmy. Thought you were supposed to be calming down. You look like a real idiot here.

Until we see profit margin for this thing there's no way we'll know if this is a success in terms of money. That said, breaking records is at the very least good for business considering the fact that so many people have tuned out.

I can only imagine one scenario where not meeting the "projected" numbers but still breaking their previous records qualifies as a failure. If they spent more on The Rock (who by the way never "drew" like he did at Mania so saying "1.3 for the Rock" is not very good is subjective if we're giving you credit and outright silly if not) and the PPV combined and that profit did not meet or exceed the average Wrestlemania profit keeping with inflation.

So go read one of those "news sites" and get back to us, okay?

For you, Jimmy. Also, by radio shows, we're you referring to Ryan Clark and his online radio show?

[Swiss Ultimate]

So he's saying that I got to him?

[Shaved Monkey]

So he's saying that I got to him?

I think so. You should never question the Gospel according to Meltzer.

[St. Jimmy]

For you, Jimmy. Also, by radio shows, we're you referring to Ryan Clark and his online radio show?

Meltzer, Martin, Alvarez.

[Cool King]

MMA.

[St. Jimmy]

@ToddMartinMMA

[CSL]

It's not my fault if none of you listen to radio shows or read.

I'm not sure you can read.

you tell them

[St. Jimmy]

you tell them

Will do, Skip.

[MoFo]

1.3 for the Rock is not very good. 1.5 would be "okay". 1.7 would be good.


How many ppl pay to watch Davey Richards :rofl:

[St. Jimmy]

How many ppl pay to watch Davey Richards :rofl:

More people than TNA.

[Swiss Ultimate]

If you like something, what does it matter if you're in the majority of people?

Oh wait, you're a wrestling hipster...holy shit.

[James Steele]

I'm so happy I created the term "wrestling hipster" and that it has gotten over.

[Swiss Ultimate]

For the record more people care about Ring Ka King than ROH and TNA combined.

[VSG]

Typical liberal handing out incomplete facts. Different nations, different comparisons.

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[James Steele]

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[St. Jimmy]

Official WrestleMania buyrate is in: 1 Million, 214 Thousand.

711,000 North American Buys.

This was not as great as a number as WWE expected.

Source: Wrestling Observer

[St. Jimmy]

Also, I fucking told you.

[VSG]

Really? 1.214 vs 1.3?

Also, Extreme Rules estimated to have sold more than double the number from last year so all's well.

[St. Jimmy]

Extreme Rules bombed non-domestically, which was another setback

[VSG]

The international buy for Extreme Rules is supposedly almost the entire buy from last year. Pray explain your point.

[James Steele]

Official WrestleMania buyrate is in: 1 Million, 214 Thousand.

711,000 North American Buys.

This was not as great as a number as WWE expected.

Source: Wrestling Observer

Also, I fucking told you.

FFS, if I expect $250 for my birthday and I only get $200 I'd still be pretty happy especially if I've really only ever gotten $150 prior.

[Gertner]

Extreme Rules last year did 104,000 buys. This year it did 254,000.

Blow me you fat indy pig.

[Droford]

So obviously Lesnar = Ratings

get him back on tv and give him another huge check pronto!

[XL]

Can someone remind me what Jimmy's point was/is?

[Streamer]

I didn't buy it cuz I'm all about the streams u know?

[James Steele]

Can someone remind me what Jimmy's point was/is?

He believes that WrestleMania XXVIII was a colossal failure.

I didn't buy it cuz I'm all about the streams u know?

Hence your username, eh? Fucking clever...prettycool even.