April 16, 2001 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Wrestlemania X7 shatters records

While there are no final figures in, there is little doubt that Wrestlemania X-Seven from 4/1 at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston was the biggest revenue producing event in the history of pro wrestling.

At press time there was no estimate regarding PPV internally sent out within Titan Sports, but the earliest company projections show a major increase over last year’s record breaking 824,000 buys. The latest projections by the company were in the neighborhood of a 2.4 percent buy rate and one million total buys, which cable industry sources indicate a similar range.

From a buy rate standpoint, it would be the best buy rate a pro wrestling PPV show has done in the U.S. since SummerSlam of 1991, at a time when PPV was still in its infancy, fewer homes were hooked up, and buy rates across the board were far larger.

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