Speculation says that it was to be heavily featured around DDP, although the promotional poster for the event suggested a "Big Bang" would create a "new WCW". Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics reports that the Full Gear PPV Event this past Saturday from inside the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN drew an estimated 145,000 PPV buys, which is down 29. It was scheduled to take place on May 6, 2001. WCW/ECW Invasion but was technically a WWF PPV.īefore WCW's WWF buyout, their next PPV was to be called The Big Bang, instead of the previously used Spring Stampede. Bound For Glory, Hard Justice, Turning Point, Victory Road, Slammiversary, Lockdown (a gimmick PPV with a good name instead of just calling it Hell in a Cell or Extreme Rules), Destination X and so on. A PPV event in 2001, Invasion, was promoted under the WWF, WCW, and ECW names as WWF vs. TNA might have the most creative recurring PPVs names in wrestling. To date, WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view which uses the name of a former WCW supercard, namely The Great American Bash. The first two WrestleManias earned much money. When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation, the WWF assumed the ownership rights of the names of these events. Many people believe wrongly that the first WWE, then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), pay-per-view was November 1985s The Wrestling Classic.This was a tournament held at the Rosemont Horizon near Chicago.The first WrestleMania event, in March of the same year, was on pay-per-view in some areas. Pay-per-views held in 1998 were promoted under the WCW/ nWo banner. Some of these events were started by the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions before Ted Turner purchased them in 1988 and changed their name to WCW in 1991.
This is a list of annual pay-per-view events held by World Championship Wrestling.