Boon Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Can someone help me end a debate with a friend around what was highest in revenue (merch/buy rate/gate etc). Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapshot Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Wrestlemania V had the biggest buy rate, and the biggest overall revenue out of the two. Not sure about merch and gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 VI had the bigger gate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Guitar Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 V drew an insane amount of buys. Certainly in relation to the size of the PPV universe at the time and until at least the end of the Attitude era in was in the top 10 of all time. VI's buyrate was considered a disappointment and was outdrawn by Summerslam that year. Its also worth pointing out that the Skydome sold out that year before the main event was announced, so VI was at least going to draw a good house regardless of the main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 yeah WM5 was pretty much the peak of the hulkamania period, with a genuine dream match that had a well executed year-long build. 6 beat it in all the live elements (especially crowd heat, dear lord was the trump plaza a black hole) but not by enough to make up for the PPV revenues. 6 was hurt by the build, which is something you never hear about in the standard narrative. people typically assume it was great because they've only seen the big hogan-warrior staredown at the royal rumble...but that happens to be the only great part of the entire build to that match. the 1990 yearbook shows that otherwise they did a downright awful job hyping the match, with warrior being the usual space case on promos and hogan sinking to his level of whacked-out egomania. it was a babyface match where neither guy acted like a babyface going into it. i also think warrior was in kind of a similar spot to roman reigns' current one. he was just about as over as hogan when he was doing his thing with the IC title, but lost that when he got pushed too hard too soon. hard to fault vince for running that match when he did, though, considering their original plan was zeus and the heel side of the roster was paper-thin in the early 90s. you had mr. perfect bombing in his house-show program with hogan, and a bunch of guys who already had their main-event run (dibiase) or weren't ready for it yet (rick rude) or just screamed "midcarder for life" (rick martel w/ the model gimmick). how else do you think dino bravo became part of the WWF's top feud later that year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 For the record, Summerslam in 1990 didn't outdraw WM6. It was close, though. WM5 did more PPV buys, but WM6's gate was more than double that of 5's. In fact, it was the biggest gate in wrestling history at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Wrestlemania V had the biggest buy rate, and the biggest overall revenue out of the two. Not sure about merch and gate. I would have thought Mania VI would have drawn bigger due to Hogan & Warrior battling in the main event. I am glad mania V did more as it was the first Mania PPV I saw live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 doctor, hogan-warrior as this great dream match is WWE revisionist history. at the time it wasn't felt to be at nearly the same level as hogan-andre or hogan-savage, and it had the additional problem of being a babyface match and dividing the crowd. i think that's borne out by the PPV numbers - the live gate simply came from the wrestlemania name, as tickets were sold before any main event was announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 doctor, hogan-warrior as this great dream match is WWE revisionist history. at the time it wasn't felt to be at nearly the same level as hogan-andre or hogan-savage, and it had the additional problem of being a babyface match and dividing the crowd. i think that's borne out by the PPV numbers - the live gate simply came from the wrestlemania name, as tickets were sold before any main event was announced. The match is nearly 25 years old and still to this day im adampt that Hogan kicked out before the three. I remember back in the day pausing it exactly the same time Hebner hits the mat for the third time and you can see Hogans shoulder up. By the way who did the fans cheer for the most? Hogan tends to get the most cheers in Toronto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Shit, well you better call Vince up and tell him to reverse the decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNLister Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 It was SummerSlam 89, not 90, that beat out the WM6 buyrate. Observer yearbooks have WMV doing $21 million total (PPV, live gate, closed circuit) and WM6 doing $19 million on the same basis. The yearbooks also noted the gap in terms of WWF's share of the total revenue was much wider as a higher proportion of WM6 revenue came from PPV where their cut is smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 That years Summerslam is kind of a soft spot for me. It was the first WWF wrestling supercard show I saw and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of that match. Because the UK didnt get it LIVE we must have got a edited version because Mean Gene didnt swear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 doctor, hogan-warrior as this great dream match is WWE revisionist history. at the time it wasn't felt to be at nearly the same level as hogan-andre or hogan-savage, and it had the additional problem of being a babyface match and dividing the crowd. i think that's borne out by the PPV numbers - the live gate simply came from the wrestlemania name, as tickets were sold before any main event was announced. Actually *this* is the revisionist history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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