Early WMXXIX buyrate not good
 

Hmmm....is this news or newz? On one hand I could see the buyrate being lower than last year since all the big matches had been seen before and there was a feeling of the rest of the card being thrown together...but on the other hand, it's WM.

I bet the stream rate was good though. woooooo system restore boooo malware!

CM Punk continues to kill the company

Yeah but CM Punk left on Monday night never to return again like last time he left. He'll be headlining OCW soon.

Slik is posting it, so it's probably false.

On the other hand, I wouldn't be shocked if this was true.

It was a card of rematches with little to no build for any of them, they deserve a low buyrate.

We've all talked about the idea that "WrestleMania sells itself" and I think WWE really believed that going into this year. I think WrestleMania will always sell a shitload of tickets, but I think it is harder than ever to get most people to spend $70 on a wrestling show.

Well I guess they know what they need to do for next year then. Bring back more older guys part time!

Bring back Austin, Sid, Goldberg. Anyone who can still squeeze into their trunks.

It's a bit premature, the buyrate's not even out yet but if it is true I guess the novelty value of The Rock returning has worn off a bit.

It'll just get worse unless they get serious about creating new stars, 'Mania will always attract a better than average buy rate but they can't rely on part timers to generate a buzz year in year out.

I know what happened. HHH promo on the Raw before Wrestlemania put everybody to sleep and they didn't wake up until Wrestlemania was over.

CM Punk/Taker and Lesnar/HHH was the only good thing about WM29, the show was mediocre and the card sucked.

I watched on Youtube like 2 hrs after it finished, was never paying 20 quid for that shit.

Too many rematches. When they knew Rock-Cena II was happening should have gone with fresh matches on under card.

Not surprised if it's true. Shit build, shit card. Think they relied too much on it being in New York City that it would automatically sell. And I don't remember anyone crying for a Rock/Cena and Triple H/Lesnar rematch, yet they just did it anyway. They got lazy as hell this year and I hope this is a wake up call.

this

WMXXX:

Nash v. HHH in a 'torn quad on a pole' match.

First man to the torn quad can use it as a weapon.

Would be surprised if it drops under a million or high 900,000s but can see the domestic buys being pretty low considering how poorly the overall build for Mania was this year.

Could see a drop in stream buys for future ppvs and maybe the next Mania because of how poor the service was for this year's Mania.

Too damn expensive and Cena was gonna win.

Who'd wanna buy it?

No build up and rematches that didn't need to happen, I miss money in the bank at wm

RAW was a better show than mania. Should of done a couple of things they did on RAW on mania. I think it also suffers massively for not having the MITB match

I streamed it on my Xbox and it was awesome except for a minor blip after CM Punk's entrance which was back on in a few seconds. I haven't read about issues with the streaming. What happened?

The WWE.com stream stopped working shortly after the pre-show ended and was down either for most of the ppv or all of it. Think there were also problems when people tried to contact customer support and quick refunds.

There are preliminary reports every year, and they would be distributed internally.

The question is, is this a legit leak or preying on the overall negativity the internet seems to have for this year's Mania?

Part of the issue with Mania was that the outcome of the Main Event was known the second Ryback went over the top rope at the Royal Rumble.

I think a Ryback/Punk Main Event with Ryback FINALLY getting his big win would have been more interesting.

I watched it. So that's 1

Oh I didn't pay for it though. So I guess 0

What Supreme said.

HOW DARE THEY?

If it wasn't for me, they would only have had 1,199,999 buys.

I wonder how many buys they got off of WWE.com/Xbox Live/Samsung SmartTV users compared to years past. My feed off the X-Box was in "glorious" HD and the same price as my cable company who doesn't even offer the HD feed. I'll probably order all the PPVs through XBox Live now.

Newz indeed.

The decision to increase Mania's price by about $10 paid off for the WWE in the end.

Still the potential for the domestic buys ending up being lower than usual while the international buys might end up being the highest in Mania history.

WWE doesn't give a shit if the buys are in Utah or Ethiopia. A buy is a buy. Growing internationally helps protect you (somewhat) from fluctuating domestic markets.

I heard Cole say they were in France for the first time or some shit.

It was posted by slik. Odds were good.

$72 million dollars! That's impossible because the WWE sux and Antonion Cesaro didn't rassle and CM PUnk didn't win every belt!

lol Ant Onion Cesaro

Hahahahahaha!

I remember last year after Mania and Street Jimmy was pissing on the Wrestlemania buys even though it was like record-breaking money they made.

Oh well. As a now super-casual fan I can say honestly I had no interest in watching Cena VS. Rock 2 (Twice in a lifetime), Triple H VS. Lesnar, or anything else on the match. Well, not completely true, kinda wanted to see Punk VS. Taker, but only because I liked their last PPV match together.

I wasn't really sold on the Wrestlemania before this, but I think I watched it online illegally or at least part of it. I know the Mania before that with Cena VS. The Miz had me interested and wanting to watch, but I was at sea so I didn't get to check it out. Was happy when The Miz won.

They're going to break this next year since I heard they think they can top wm 3 in attendance at the super dome.

72 million dollars from one 5 hour pro wrestling show. Vince McMahon is a genius.

Any idea on profit?

Are you kidding? Obviously he's a failure. internet news said so!

Scott Hall's surgery went well. Get him on the phone!

See, this guy knows how to solve a virus problem.

No surprise the buyrate is reportedly lower than expected. WWE kinda "mailed it in" this year, they didn't go all-out with the build-ups like they usually do.

The main build-up we saw was for the Punk/Taker match, it started off somewhat "late" and just revolved around Paul Bearer's death. Rock wasn't around that much compared to the previous year, his match with Cena was a rematch.

It just wasn't a good lead-up to the company's biggest show of the year. The "Road to WrestleMania" wasn't what we're used to seeing.

IN NEW JERSEY!! WATCH IT, PAL!!

Sounds like a personal problem...:shifty:

Even worse. America's shitter.

You realise this has already been shot down by the numbers, right? It seems that WWE can mail it in and still make more money than last year.

I wonder if the WWE will go all-out at WrestleMania next year, or if this will be a signal to them that they can "phone it in" and just go with rematches? The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar is rumored to be happening, and while I've got no interest in the match, I'm sure that will be good for the WWE's purse.

I actually ordered the PPV because I was really excited for Punk vs. Taker, Jericho vs. Fandango, Bryan wrestling and The Shield.

WWE released the official preliminary buyrates for Wrestlemania 29. Still breaks the record in regards to money made but won't break the buyrate record from last year.

Depending on the final numbers it can go as high as 3rd best (1.1) and as low as 5th best (1.5) for all-time.

Really disappointed they raised the price. I can't justify paying 70 dollars for a wrestling show when I can get it for free the next day on torrents.

Or even buy a stream for $10 that will work better than the one the WWE offers.

The free streams even held up better than the WWE one from what I've heard.

Im not aloud to get WWE PPVs cuz i got in trouble when i ordered Night of Champions and i didnt tell anyone and then my dad gets the bill and he says " what the hell is you order this for?" I was like "its good" and he was like "wrestling is fake and this is way expensive and you will pay this back" and I was like "yeah ok" and he was like "yeah, you will" and I said "i said I would" and he said " yeah right, you isnt even have a job?" and I was like "im putting out applications and nothing is hiring right now" and he was like "your a looser and you won't get into college and yeah you going to join the army so you learn the displine" and I was like "no way" and he said "Your grounded too" and I was like "no way man" anmd he was like "I'm done talking about this, you need to get me $". lolz i ordered extreme rulez and he doesnt know yet. ahahahahaha

I watched WM29 on my X-Box and had no problems whatsoever. I love the service especially since my cable company doesn't offer the HD feed of PPVs.