WWE released its monthly business figures on Thursday, including a preliminary buyrate for the 2013 Survivor Series pay-per-view.
Based on WWE’s averaged data for the 4th quarter, Survivor Series did approximately 179,000 buys, making it the least-ordered Survivor Series of the past 4 years by a long shot.
Survivor Series featured Randy Orton vs. Big Show and followed four consecutive pay-per-views where Daniel Bryan was effectively screwed out of the WWE Championship.
Here are the past 10 years of WWE Survivor Series buyrates:
2013 – 179,000 buys (early estimate)
2012 – 208,000 buys
2011 – 281,000 buys
2010 – 244,000 buys
2009 – 225,000 buys
2008 – 319,000 buys
2007 – 325,000 buys
2006 – 383,000 buys
2005 – 400,000 buys
2003 – 325,000 buys
Looking back even further, this appears to be the least-ordered WWE Survivor Series dating back to the early 90’s. Based on this trend, it becomes even more apparent why WWE is looking to move PPV events to the WWE Network and minimize their reliance on declining PPV revenue.
The final buyrate will be revealed when WWE reports the official Q4 2013 earnings results in early 2014.
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