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HISTORY OF ONE MILLION BUY NORTH AMERICAN PPV EVENTS
1. 2.40m - 5/5/07 - Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2. 1.99m - 6/28/97 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
3. 1.95m - 6/8/02 - Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
4. 1.66m - 7/11/09 - Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
5. 1.60m - 11/9/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
6. 1.58m - 8/19/95 - Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeely
7. 1.40m - 4/19/91 - Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
7. 1.40m - 3/16/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno
7. 1.40m - 9/18/99 - Oscar de la Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad
7. 1.40m - 5/1/10 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
11. 1.25m - 6/28/91 - Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock
11. 1.25m - 12/5/08 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
11. 1.25m - 11/14/09 - Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
14. 1.20m - 3/13/99 - Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis
15. 1.16m - 7/3/10 - Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (early estimate, based on various early estimates that range from 1.05 million to 1.28 million)
16. 1.06m - 10/25/90 - Evander Holyfield vs. Buster Douglas
17. 1.05m - 5/29/10 - Rashad Evans vs. Quinton Jackson
17. 1.05m - 12/30/06 - Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz
19. 1.01m - 9/19/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon
20. 1.00m - 12/27/08 - Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans/Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira/Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson
20. 1.00m - 9/18/04 - Oscar de la Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins
20. 1.00m - 9/19/09 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
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WWE EVENTS TOPPING ONE MILLION BUYS WORLDWIDE
1. 1.25m - 4/1/07 - WrestleMania 23 (Lashley w/Trump vs. Umaga w/Vince)
2. 1.09m - 4/3/05 - WrestleMania 21 (HHH vs. Batista)
3. 1.04m - 4/1/01 - WrestleMania X-7 (Rock vs. Austin)
3. 1.04m - 3/30/08 - WrestleMania 24 (Mayweather Jr. vs. Show)
5. 1.02m - 3/14/04 - WrestleMania XX (HHH vs. Benoit vs. Michaels)
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What does this tell us?
-Mike Tyson is the undisputed PPV draw champ. He was drawing one million + in the infancy of PPV, with far fewer number of available homes. He also drew vs. an assortment of bums who couldnt do 100 buys on their own, like Bruce Seldon & Peter McNeely.
-Mayweather is a close second, holding the boxing record, overall record, and even cracks the wrestling list.
-Brock is the #1 MMA draw of all time
-I always say it, but Rashad Evans is an undrated draw. He's a good talker and knows how to promote a fight and work his gimmick.
-Looking at the wrestling list, you may think Lashley & Batista should be locks as MMA draws, but the fact is, the Lashley number had more to do with the Trump/McMahon hair vs hair gimmick than it had to do with Lashley (could have been anyone in his spot and it would have drawn the same), and Batista was part of an era where the WWE as a whole was a bigger draw than any induvidual on his own.
1. 2.40m - 5/5/07 - Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2. 1.99m - 6/28/97 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
3. 1.95m - 6/8/02 - Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
4. 1.66m - 7/11/09 - Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
5. 1.60m - 11/9/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
6. 1.58m - 8/19/95 - Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeely
7. 1.40m - 4/19/91 - Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
7. 1.40m - 3/16/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno
7. 1.40m - 9/18/99 - Oscar de la Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad
7. 1.40m - 5/1/10 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
11. 1.25m - 6/28/91 - Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock
11. 1.25m - 12/5/08 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
11. 1.25m - 11/14/09 - Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
14. 1.20m - 3/13/99 - Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis
15. 1.16m - 7/3/10 - Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (early estimate, based on various early estimates that range from 1.05 million to 1.28 million)
16. 1.06m - 10/25/90 - Evander Holyfield vs. Buster Douglas
17. 1.05m - 5/29/10 - Rashad Evans vs. Quinton Jackson
17. 1.05m - 12/30/06 - Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz
19. 1.01m - 9/19/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon
20. 1.00m - 12/27/08 - Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans/Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira/Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson
20. 1.00m - 9/18/04 - Oscar de la Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins
20. 1.00m - 9/19/09 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
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WWE EVENTS TOPPING ONE MILLION BUYS WORLDWIDE
1. 1.25m - 4/1/07 - WrestleMania 23 (Lashley w/Trump vs. Umaga w/Vince)
2. 1.09m - 4/3/05 - WrestleMania 21 (HHH vs. Batista)
3. 1.04m - 4/1/01 - WrestleMania X-7 (Rock vs. Austin)
3. 1.04m - 3/30/08 - WrestleMania 24 (Mayweather Jr. vs. Show)
5. 1.02m - 3/14/04 - WrestleMania XX (HHH vs. Benoit vs. Michaels)
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What does this tell us?
-Mike Tyson is the undisputed PPV draw champ. He was drawing one million + in the infancy of PPV, with far fewer number of available homes. He also drew vs. an assortment of bums who couldnt do 100 buys on their own, like Bruce Seldon & Peter McNeely.
-Mayweather is a close second, holding the boxing record, overall record, and even cracks the wrestling list.
-Brock is the #1 MMA draw of all time
-I always say it, but Rashad Evans is an undrated draw. He's a good talker and knows how to promote a fight and work his gimmick.
-Looking at the wrestling list, you may think Lashley & Batista should be locks as MMA draws, but the fact is, the Lashley number had more to do with the Trump/McMahon hair vs hair gimmick than it had to do with Lashley (could have been anyone in his spot and it would have drawn the same), and Batista was part of an era where the WWE as a whole was a bigger draw than any induvidual on his own.
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