PWD 696: SHFT will live forever!

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At least he wasn't in terms of buyrates, attendance, ratings, & fiscal year net income. Being a Nash fan in the IWC, I'm often confronted with what stereotypical smarks believe is their trump card; “Nash is the lowest drawing WWF Champ in history”. In response I always ask them to prove it & without fail they never do. So lets examine the numbers i.e. FACTS.

Royal Rumble PPV buyrates:
(1.10) - Bret vs. Taker - RR 96
(1.00) - Diesel vs. Bret - RR 95
(0.70) - HBK vs. Sid - RR 97

WrestleMania PPV buyrates:
(1.40) - Diesel vs. HBK - WM 95
(1.20) - HBK vs. Bret - WM 96
(0.77) - Taker vs. Sid - WM 97

King of the Ring PPV buyrates:
(0.65) - Diesel/Bigelow vs. Sid/Tatanka - KOTR 95
(0.60) - HBK vs. Bulldog - KOTR 96
(0.50) - Taker vs. Farooq - KOTR 97


SummerSlam PPV buyrates:
(0.90) - Diesel vs. Mabel - SS 95
(0.80) - Bret vs. Taker - SS 97
(0.58) - HBK vs. Vader - SS 96

Survivor Series PPV buyrates:
(0.89) - Bret vs. HBK - SS 97
(0.58) - HBK vs. Sid - SS 96
(0.57) - Diesel vs. Bret - SS 95

In Your House PPV buyrates:
(0.83) - Diesel vs. Sid - IYH 1 [May 95]
(0.75) - Diesel vs. Bret - IYH 6 [Feb 96]
(0.70) - Diesel vs. Sid - IYH 2 [Jul 95]
(0.70) - Diesel/HBK vs. Yoko/Bulldog - IYH 3 [Sep 95]
(0.65) - Diesel vs. HBK - IYH 7 [Apr 96]
(0.60) - HBK vs. Taker - IYH 18 [Oct 97]
(0.59) - Hart Foundation vs. Team USA - IYH 16 [Jul 97]
(0.57) - Taker vs. Austin - IYH 15 [May 97]
(0.50) - Bret vs. Taker vs. Austin vs. Vader - IYH 13 [Feb 97]
(0.50) - Bret vs. Austin - IYH 14 [Apr 97]
(0.48) - HBK vs. Mankind - IYH 10 [Sep 96]
(0.45) - HBK vs. Bulldog - IYH 8 [May 96]
(0.45) - HBK vs. Taker - IYH 17 [Sep 97]
(0.44) - HBK vs. Shamrock - IYH 19 [Dec 97]
(0.40) - Diesel vs. Bulldog - IYH 4 [Oct 95]
(0.40) - Taker vs. Mankind - IYH 11 [Oct 96]
(0.37) - HBK/AJ/Sid vs. Vader/Owen/Bulldog - IYH 9 [Jul 96]
(0.35) - Bret vs. Sid - IYH 12 [Dec 96]
(0.33) - Bret vs. Bulldog - IYH 5 [Dec 95]

WWF Champ PPV Buyrate/Revenue Average (PPV's headlined):
(0.84/$2.46 million) - Bret 3rd reign (4)
(0.79/$1.84 million) - Diesel 1st reign (9)
(0.60/$1.80 million) - Sid 1st + 2nd reign (3)
(0.59/$1.60 million) - Taker 2nd reign (5)
(0.53/$1.30 million) - HBK 1st reign (7)

During Diesel's title reign WWF operated with split crews on the road e.g. Razor/Taker worked "B" shows in smaller venues while Bret/HBK/Diesel worked "A" shows in larger venues. At tail end of Diesel's title reign WWF made a business decision to cut back to 18 shows per month by ditching the money-losing "B" shows. Less shows featuring more star power resulted in an increase in attendance in 1996 & prior to his jump to WCW, the shows were usually headlined by Diesel facing the WWF Champ in a cage main event.

Diesel/HBK vs. Bret/Taker headlined MSG on Mar 17, 1996 drew 17,000 (14,824 paying $299,596) - first sellout at MSG for a non-PPV since the mid-80's & set an all-time record house show gate. Diesel's final show at MSG, a cage main event against HBK on May 19, 1996 drew 18,800 (16,564 paying $319,411) - first time in 11 years that WWF had two straight MSG sellouts & first indoor non-PPV house in WWF history to top $300,000. HBK/Taker vs. Mankind/Goldust headlined MSG on Sep 29, 1996 drew 6,747 (3,917 paying $146,437) - lowest paid & total fans for an MSG card dating back 40 years.

WWF/E Champ Domestic House Show Attendance Average (shows performed):
4,434 (67) - Diesel
4,378 (77) - Yoko 2nd
4,361 (33) - Owens**
4,186 (13) - Mysterio 1st*
4,134 (23) - ADR 2nd*
3,887 (41) - Sheamus*
3,703 (62) - Bret 1st
3,677 (11) - Goldberg*
3,666 (16) - Edge 2nd
3,625 (38) - AJ Styles
3,240 (26) - Lesnar 3rd
3,043 (50) - JBL
3,017 (41) - Benoit*
2,710 (20) - HHH 4th*
2,630 (13) - Booker T*
2,591 (23) - Guerrero
*WHC
**Universal

WWF Champ International House Show Attendance Average (shows performed):
6,340 (10) - Diesel
4,859 (14) - HBK 1st
3,641 (10) - Sid 1st + 2nd

RAW set an all-time record on Apr 24, 1995 for Diesel vs. Bigelow title match doing a 3.9 rating & 2.28 million homes; the largest audience to watch pro wrestling in the U.S. since Hogan vs. Flair title match at COTC on Aug 24, 1994.

WWF TV Rating (RAW - May-Apr Fiscal Year) Average:
1995 - 1.97 (3.0)
1996 - 1.78 (3.0)
1997 - 1.80 (2.4)

WWF Prospectus filed in Oct 1999 with SEC:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/dat...

May-Apr Fiscal Year - WWF Net Income (Profit/Loss):
1994-95 - $87,352,000 (-$4,431,000)
1995-96 - $85,815,000 ($3,199,000)
1996-97 - $81,863,000 (-$6,505,000)

Bret was WWF Champ from May 1, 1994 - Nov 23, 1994 & WWF made loss of $4.43 million
Diesel was WWF Champ from May 1, 1995 - Nov 19, 1995 & WWF made profit of $3.19 million
HBK was WWF Champ from May 1, 1996 - Nov 17, 1996 & WWF made loss of $6.50 million

Video Sources:
0:00 - Dave Meltzer ~ WOR [12/4/14]
0:30 - http://www.squaredcirclegazette.com/ [2/28/15]
8:32 - Kevin Nash ~ Steve Austin Show [8/13/13]

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I’m tired, Mob.

I’ve put in a lot of effort here for a long time. I don’t have it in me to always destroy people like Leonardo. It comes in spurts now.

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