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Originally Posted by RainMaker
If I remember correctly, Money in the Bank after Punk's promo had a really good buyrate. Those people are buying PPVs. And it seems like his merchandise does sell well.
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It got 195,000, up from 165,000 the year before. But the interest interest around that PPV v. the money in the bank PPV the year before was off the charts. It was probably the 2nd most buzzed about ppv of the year after Mania. I can't cite any numbers but I'd bet that the 2011 MITB was watched by several times more people than the 2010 version, but it only translated into 30,000 more buys.
Hell in the Cell this year with traditional heel Punk v. new exciting babyface Ryback and no supporting card got 200,000 buys.
Edit: Which is kind of fascinating because while just about everyone agrees that new talent is good, Ryback isn't the Punk/Bryan/Ambrose kind of "new talent" - he's a Ultimate Warrior-type, unique and exciting with no wrestling credentials whatsoever. So Ryback's ability to draw on PPV comes primarily, I think, from children and casual fans.