WWE.com’s Top 15 Pay Per Views
Oh this is going to be fun. I’ll even throw in my overall rating in parentheses.
Honorable Mentions:
Summerslam 1991 (C-. Never got why this was supposed to be great overall)
Wrestlemania X (A-)
Great American Bash 1996 (C-. THat one needs a redo)
Barely Legal (C-. That’s a feel good show and nothing more.)
Backlash 2000 (A. Why is this just an honorable mention?)
InVasion (B-)
Summerslam 2002 (A+. This should be third at worst.)
15. Survivor Series 1995 (B)
14. Heat Wave 1998 (D. I have NEVER gotten the appeal of this show)
13. Backlash 2009 (B)
12. Bash at the Beach 1996 (B+)
11. Extreme Rules 2012 (A)
10. In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (A+)
9. No Way Out 2001 (A)
8. One Night Stand 2005 (A+)
7. Summerslam 2013 (A-)
6. Great American Bash 1989 (B+)
5. Wrestlemania III (A+)
4. Spring Stampede 1994 (A-)
3. Royal Rumble 2000 (A+. Amen.)
2. Money in the Bank 2011 (A)
1. Wrestlemania X7 (A++)
Some of those are in the wrong place (Summerslam 2002 not being in the top 3 is questionable. Not having it on the list is unacceptable). They got #1 right and while MITB 2011 at #2 is a stretch, I can’t argue with most of this list at all, save for the ECW shows. They just don’t compare.
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Summerslam 2002 defiantly should be on the list! I would also throw in Wrestlemania 26 and a Wrestlemania 28
What is Heat Wave?
An ECW show that is widely considered their best PPV ever (Barely Legal is on this list because it was their first show and anyone that wants to argue otherwise is either a fanboy or a dolt).
I figured it was ECW, I was never a fan outside of Foley and Austin’s work in the promotion.
MITB ’11 at 2 is laughable, and I would’ve threw Wrestlemania 19 somewhere on the list, as well as Summerslam 02 as stated. Number 1 is clear as day.