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Best Monthly PPV of 2004
The SLAM! Readers and SLAM! Wrestling staff make their year-end picks
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  No shame in being second ... Randy Orton shows off his new world title at SummerSlam.
-- Stan Behal, Toronto Sun 
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It was a dismal year for PPV-buyers and PPV-providers, as buyrates were
very low for the most part. A lot of this had to do with cards that were thrown
together and featured either repetitive or boring booking. It's not surprising,
then, to see that the best ones came from traditionally strong shows.
What We Thought
Jason Clevett - TNA Turning Point. TNA needed to pull off
something special to try and establish a fan base and they pulled it off. A
reasonably good show from top to bottom, every match was good and had some sort of
meaning -- something a lot of WWE pay-per-views have lacked. 'Mania had too much
filler and Backlash, the other top show of the year, is memorable only for three
matches. If TNA can continue to put on quality shows, then the future does not look
bleak.
Yves Leroux - Summerslam. I always loved Summerslam and this year
was no exception.
Bob Kapur - Wrestlemania XX and Summerslam (tie). WrestleMania was
the better show, but I have to give points to SummerSlam because I was there
live.
Corey David Lacroix - Turning Point. Turning Point made me excited
to be a professional wrestling fan in North America again. It wasn't
flawless, but you did get the feeling that this was something special. Topped-off by
the insane six sides of steel cage match, this easily beat anything WWE has
produced on the PPV stage.
Jon Waldman - Wrestlemania XX. As is the case every year, this one
is based on the DVD re-watch. 'Mania held up better than any PPV this year,
with two extremely good main events (the triple threat match and Eddy vs. Kurt
Angle) and some great all around work.
What Our Readers Thought:
5. Best Monthly PPV
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Graph |
Count |
Percent |
| WrestleMania |
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814 |
56.3 |
| Royal Rumble |
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202 |
14.0 |
| Turning Point |
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59 |
4.1 |
| Summer Slam |
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57 |
3.9 |
| Taboo Tuesday |
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41 |
2.8 |
| Victory Road |
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28 |
1.9 |
| Survivor Series |
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27 |
1.9 |
| Backlash |
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34 |
2.3 |
| No Way Out |
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10 |
0.7 |
| Unforgiven |
|
9 |
0.6 |
| Bad Blood |
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4 |
0.3 |
| Judgment Day |
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3 |
0.2 |
| No Mercy |
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2 |
0.1 |
| Other |
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70 |
4.8 |
| -- Blank -- |
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85 |
5.9 |
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