February 02, 2021 / By mobanmarket
source: www.f4wonline.com
— The buyrate for this year’s SummerSlam has come on in and WWE officials probably aren’t going to be too pleased. This year’s show did 465,000 buys, with approximately 270,000 of them from North America, way down from last year’s figure. In comparison, last year’s event drew 537,000 buys and the 2006 event drew 529,000 buys. This year’s show featured perhaps WWE’s biggest match-up in John Cena vs. Batista, which had never been done before in the company, as well as the return of Undertaker in a Hell in the Cell match with Edge. Last year’s show featured John Cena vs. Randy Orton as well as the returns of Triple H (against Booker T) and Rey Mysterio (against Chavo Guerrero). The 2006 show featured John Cena vs. Edge, DX vs. Vince and Shane McMahon, and Batista vs. Booker T.
— As reported earlier, WWE recently held a tryout at Ohio Valley Wrestling scouting possible wrestlers. Apparently, only one wrestler was signed. His name is “The Professor” Gavin Garrison and he’s been wrestling a little more than a year. He’s 6-3 and 250 pounds, which probably helped his cause. You can see his wrestling bio at the following link. We haven’t heard anything on anyone else being signed.
WWE taped and auditioned the likes of Serena Deeb, Rob Conway, JD Michaels, Ryan Reeves, Chris Cage, and a few other guys at the recent tryout. Serena Deeb got a bunch of work done earlier in the year, likely in hopes of being noticed by one of the two big companies. Ryan Reeves has been trying to get back in WWE through OVW, but has had no such luck since his release from his developmental contract in January 2007. Chris Cage was scheduled to be called up in a tag team with The Miz in 2006, but was released from his contract in March of that year due to his behavior while WWE was filming vignettes at a spring break resort. JD Michaels (with wife April Hunter) moved down to Louisville in hopes of landing a deal with WWE through OVW. However, WWE split from OVW about a month after he started.
— WWE’s “SmackDown Your Vote” campaign is urging fans to register as the deadline for Election Day on November 4, 2008 is coming up in various cities soon. New York’s registration deadline is Friday, October 10, New Jersey’s is Tuesday, October 14 and Connecticut’s is Tuesday, October 21. You can register to vote at vote.wwe.com.
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