|Date: April 7, 2024 |Venue: Lincoln Financial Field |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Attendance: 72,755 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Michael Cole welcomes us to Wrestlemania Sunday and we’re shown Damage CTRL and Bayley arriving. Meek Mill then narrates the opening package, much like last night.  War And Treaty sing the National Anthem.  Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre – World Heavyweight Championship match Background: As a result of winning the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble match winners choosing to challenge for SmackDown’s respective men’s and women’s world championships at ..read more

|Date: April 6, 2024 |Venue: Lincoln Financial Field |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Attendance: 72,543 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger There’s a brand new signature at the top of the show. Michael Cole welcomes us to Wrestlemania. There’s shots of Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and The Rock arriving. Meek Mill voices over the opening package. Coco Jones sings the National Anthem. Triple H is out next to welcome everybody to Wrestlemania. Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch – Women’s World Championship match Background: Becky Lynch won an Elimination Chamber match to earn a shot at Rhea Ri ..read more

Welcome to my second ever Wrestlemania Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Wrestlemania PPV’s dating back to Wrestlemania 1 in 1985 through to Wrestlemania 39 in 2023. With Wrestlemania XL only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to learn a thing or two about a PPV considered to be the grandaddy of them all, the showcase of the immortals and the biggest show of the wrestling calendar. Wrestlemania PPV Ranking 1. Wrestlemania 32 (71.87/100) 2. Wrestlemania 19 (69.4/100) 3. Wrestlemania 17 (69.09/100) 4. Wrestlemania 39 (68 ..read more

Welcome to the second ever Bastion WWE Ranking. What you’re seeing is a list of every single wrestler that has ever wrestled on WWE PPV ranked in order of best to worst. The ranking is determined by an algorythm, a formula based around match wrestled, won, main events, rating of the match, title matches, title wins and so much more. This then spits out the ranking of every WWE Superstar ever. There are a few things to remember. This is only based on PPV matches which immediately gives an advantage to everybody wrestling from 1995 as monthly PPV were not a thing before that. It doesn’t take int ..read more

Welcomes to this 1994 Stat Pack. Within this post you’ll find all the stats, facts, figures and record from the five WWE PPV’s that occured in 1994. 1994 PPV Ranking 1. Summerslam 94 (61/100) 2. Survivor Series 94 (60/100) 3. Royal Rumble 94 (59/100) 4. King Of The Ring 94 (55/100) 5. Wrestlemania X (54/100) Most 1994 PPV Matches 1. Owen Hart (8) 2= Bret Hart (7) 2= Razor Ramon (7) 4. Bam Bam Bigelow (6) 5= Mabel (5) 5= Tatanka (5) 5= Yokozuna (5) Highest Win Percentage at 1994 PPV’s (2+ matches) 1. Alundra Blayze 100% (2 matches) 2. Razor Ramon 85.7% (7 matches) 3. The Undertaker 66.6% (3 mat ..read more

|Date: December 26, 1988 |Venue: Norfolk Scope |City: Norfolk, Virginia |Attendance: 10,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a video package hyping up the matches between Ric Flair & Lex Luger, Barry Windham & Bam Bam Bigelow and The Road Warriors vs. Dusty Rhodes & Sting. Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the showm he’s the host along with Magnum TA. They throw to Jim Ross and Bob Caudle at ringside. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) (c) vs. Kevin Sullivan & Dr Death Steve Williams – United States Tag Team Championship match Background: This was a ..read more

Welcome to my second ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card post, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1986 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a five show year as there were two Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot select a wrestler twice. The PPV’s I am wading through are Wrestlemania II, NWA Great American Bash 86 (Charlotte & Greensboro), WWF The Big Event, and NWA Starrcade 86. In the end I have settled on a ten match card. This may seem like a lot but there were a total of ..read more

|Date: February 24, 2024 |Venue: Optus Stadium |City: Perth, Australia |Attendance: 52,590 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Michael Cole welcomes us to Perth before throwing to arrival shots of Rhea Ripley, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Logan Paul, Kevin Owens (with a koala) and Randy Orton. Michael Cole tees up the opening match but we then go to the opening video package. There’s more arrival shots of the likes of Raquel Rodriguez, Liv Morgan, Grayson Waller (who gets a good pop), Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes.  Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan vs. Naomi vs. Bianca Belair vs. Raquel Rodrigue ..read more

Welcome to the second ever Elimination Chamber Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Elimination Chamber PPV’s prior to 2024. With Elimination Chamber 2024 only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to learn a thing or two about one of the most fun events of the year that has been a yearly tradition since 2010. Elimination Chamber PPV Ranking 1. Elimination Chamber 2023 (71/100) 2. Elimination Chamber 2011 (69/100) 3. Elimination Chamber 2019 (66.5/100) 4. Elimination Chamber 2012 (65/100) 5. Elimination Chamber 2021 (64.37/10 ..read more

Welcome everybody to the sixth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rebooking Wrestlemania 6. This show had a massive 14 match card and there’s a lot to pick away at it. Results Stipulations Rick Martel defeated Koko B. Ware by submission Singles match Demolition (Ax and Smash) defeated The Colossal Connection (André the Giant and Haku) (c) (with Bobby Heenan) Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Hercules Singles match Brutus Beefcake defeated  ..read more