WWE Survivor Series 2009 PPV Buys Down 34%

Posted by Marc Middleton on Friday, January 8th, 2010

- WWE’s corporate website has released some new financial information for the fall and the disturbing trend of pay-per-view buyrates dropping continues.

Survivor Series 2009 back in November drew only 225,000 buys, down a sharp 29.5% from Survivor Series 2008, which did 319,000 buys. Compared to 2007 (when the event drew 341,000 buys), this year’s show is down a whopping 34%.

Survivor Series 2009 was headlined by two triple-threat matches, Cena vs. HBK vs. HHH and Undertaker vs. Jericho vs. Big Show. The buildup for the pay-per-view was lackluster to say the least, with Triple H and Shawn Michaels even joking in promos leading up to the show that they were not taking the match seriously.

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8 Responses to WWE Survivor Series 2009 PPV Buys Down 34%:

  1. Dustin

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    OWNED!

    Hey, Vince. That’s what happens when you have a shitty product that little kids barely even understand.

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  2. nick

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    i hope they realize the PG product is doing more bad than good

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  3. !?

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 1:58 PM

    OUCH! and the sad part is is that this is one of their Major 4 ppvs that is not good at all, they better get on their game and fast if they expect huge numbers for Wrestlemania XXVI.

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  4. Ryan

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    And they think raising the price on these crap shows will help? Wooow

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  5. slack

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    The fall of WWE has started

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  6. Nick

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    And they’re increaseing PPV price by $5.00 – good call Vince.

    Remember when you could watch wrestling on TV for free? Before the sketch comedy show now known as Monday Night RAW?

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  7. dave

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 9:02 PM

    its probably due to the CRISIS people… less money equals less buys…

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  8. Robert

    Date: Jan 08, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    Don’t forget that people also download the show the day after now.

    That is kind of a crappy excuse though, I’m just saying that accounts for a LITTLE BIT of it. It’s a shame, too. I thought this year’s Survivor Series was very good.

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