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Old 04-26-2004, 05:13 PM   #79
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Originally Posted by BasicThuganomics
I think tha Mania is what made people buy it, although Rock Hogan was a huge draw I'll admit. Wrestlemania always draws more than normal PPV's. For the most part, a stacked undercard is needed to get people to buy a PPV.
I dont think you would argue that Mania X8 had a stronger undercard than XIX (Austin-Rock, HBK-Jericho, Angle-Lesnar, BT-HHH, Mysterio-Hardy) yet X8 outdrew XIX by about 300,000 buys. Why? Well obviously people cared more about the main event in 02, Hogan-Rock was a bigger draw than Hogan-McMahon. Even though Mania XIX got the highest buyrate for 2003, it wasn't by much, even though the card was stronger from top to bottom than many other Manias. To get the big numbers for Mania you need a main event that people will pay money to see. Note, Mania XX was the exception to the rule because that was a once every ten years deal which you cant do every year.
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