The Rock Gives Survivor Series A Boost; Preliminary Buyrate Numbers Are In

this is really poor considering this is the rock first match back in 7 years. their numbers are barely up from last years survivor series

up 15 thousand buys thats bad considering it was the rock's first wrestling match in 7 years

Say what you will, but if you take even the minimum total buys of 280,000, that's 36,000 more buys than the year prior. Assuming $40 to purchase the PPV (could have been more I don't recall) you're looking at increased revenue of $1.4 million. And this is on the low end since the buys could have gone as high as 300,000.

I have no idea what The Rock is being paid for these performances but I can assure you he wasn't paid $1.4m for his Survivor Series performance so it's certainly a boost for the WWE no matter what any of the sites are reporting.

It may not have been enough of a boost in Vince's eyes, but it's certainly enough to say The Rock's appearances make a difference.

That's just my take…