>>8540932Below shows the attendance, gate receipts & buyrates of the first 4 PPV's in 97, 98 & 99:
Souled Out 97 - 5,120 ($68,209). PPV (0.47)
Souled Out 98 - 5,486 ($133,750). PPV (1.02)
Souled Out 99 - 10,833 ($210,740). PPV (0.78)
SuperBrawl 97 - 13,324 ($192,000). PPV (0.75)
SuperBrawl 98 - 12,620 ($310,974). PPV (1.10)
SuperBrawl 99 - 15,880 ($550,651). PPV (1.15)
Uncensored 97 - 9,295 ($101,184). PPV (0.89)
Uncensored 98 - 7,474 ($150,135). PPV (1.10)
Uncensored 99 - 15,930 ($367,805). PPV (0.77)
Spring Stampede 97 - 8,356 ($107,115). PPV (0.58)
Spring Stampede 98 - 7,428 ($235,251). PPV (0.72)
Spring Stampede 99 - 17,690 ($582,230). PPV (0.60)
PPV buyrate average:
97: 0.79
98: 0.93
99: 0.82 (first 4 months)
WCW in 97 was considered to be doing respectable business on PPV. In the first 4 months of 99 while buyrates were down (excluding SuperBrawl which drew joint 3rd highest buyrate in WCW history) in comparison to buyrates in 98, they were up in comparison to buyrates in 97 (excluding Uncensored) furthermore gate receipts in 99 were up significantly on the previous 2 years.
House Show attendance average:
97: 5,472
98: 8,029
99: 8,071 (first 4 months)
