• OLD SCHOOL VIDEO HISTORY (April 6, 1998) – WWF RAW IS WAR
On this day in 1998, the World Wrestling Federation aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF RAW IS WAR’.
It was broadcasted from the Oncenter War Memorial Arena in Syracuse, New York and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF In Your House 21: Unforgiven’ PPV.
Here’s the card:
1. Dan Severn vs. Flash Funk
2. Steve Blackman vs. Brian Christopher
3. WWF Intercontinental Title: The Rock vs. Owen Hart
4. Luna vs. Matt Knowles
5. Ken Shamrock vs. Marc Mero
6. D-Generation X vs. D.O.A.
• 10 Highest WrestleMania PPV Buys Ever
WrestleMania is WWE’s biggest PPV of the year and the company makes a lot of money through this event.
Here’s a list of the 10 highest WrestleMania PPV buys ever (Note: this list is only for WrestleMania PPVs before the WWE Network era):
10. WrestleMania 25 – 960,000 Buys (Main Event: Triple H vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship)
9. WrestleMania 22 – 975,000 Buys (Main Event: John Cena vs. Triple H for the WWE Championship)
8. WrestleMania 20 – 1,007,000 Buys (Main Event: Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship)
7. WrestleMania 17 – 1,040,000 Buys (Main Event: The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship)
6. WrestleMania 29 – 1,048,000 Buys (Main Event: The Rock vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship)
5. WrestleMania 24 – 1,058,000 Buys (Main Event: Edge vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship)
4. WrestleMania 27 – 1,059,000 Buys (Main Event: The Miz vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship)
3. WrestleMania 21 – 1,085,000 Buys (Main Event: Triple H vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship)
2. WrestleMania 23 – 1,200,000 Buys (Main Event: John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship)
1. WrestleMania 28 – 1,217,000 Buys (Main Event: The Rock vs. John Cena – Once in a Lifetime)
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