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

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

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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April 9, 2001 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WrestleMania X-Seven reviewed

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Wrestlemania X-Seven, in almost every way, was the culmination of the wrestling boom.

Much like the fantasy of Wrestlemania III which was the high peak of the 1980s wrestling boom at the Pontiac Silverdome, this show, 14 years later, was all-around greatest major show the World Wrestling Federation ever produced. While Wrestlemania III was a good show overall, in front of the record crowd, it had an atrocious main event that time and memories have been very kind to, and really only one great match. The in-ring standards of the WWF with the new crew of wrestlers has gone through the roof in the past two years, blowing away the quality of any previous time period.

From a business standpoint, the show on 4/1 at the Reliant Astrodome was most likely the biggest money overall revenue generating pro wrestling event of all-time.

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November 20, 2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Shinya Hashimoto fired from NJPW, Wrestlemania X7 sets records, more

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Shinya Hashimoto, who headlined more big gates at the Tokyo Dome than any wrestler in history, was shockingly fired by New Japan Pro Wrestling on 11/13 after a weekend filled with turmoil after news got out he was negotiating with Pro Wrestling NOAH.

The story was among many things that is threatening the future of the All Japan/New Japan relationship, which started off with the big success on 10/9 at the Tokyo Dome and has since seemed to start falling apart. There were already some cracks noticeable in the foundation of the angle before the word getting out of Hashimoto’s negotiations to appear on the 12/23 Pro Wrestling NOAH show at the Tokyo Ariake Coliseum, which at this point, isn’t scheduled to happen. The firing seems to open the door for Hashimoto joining NOAH as a regular, to go along with doing his own shows, which at this point appears to be scheduled, if everything works out, early next year.

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