11 Pay Per Views WWE Only Did Once | partsFUNknown

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[@wickitklown90]

So does Beast in the East not count as an honorable mention? Kofi had a WWE title match against Brock Lesnar, as the main event.

[@zanethind]

​@@wickitklown90beast in the east was done in 2015 in Japan and I don't remember Kofi vs Brock for the Title there although I do remember Lesnar did have a match

[@zanethind]

They should've done multiple Evolution ppvs/PLEs by now

[@geeshep4836]

I Remember Breakdown They Should've Brought That PPV Back During The Ruthless Aggression Era At The Time.

[@zanethind]

@@geeshep4836 yeah it definitely would've worked

[@Frostbite08]

"Why haven't they done Evolution again?" *sickass guitar intro* Evolution is a mystery...

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

Why do lists like this always forget "The Wrestling Classic"? Literally it was the WWF's first traditional pay-per-view.

[@machinedhead1108]

Come on friend.. its pro wrestling!! The whole thing behind it is nothing that happened in the past ever really happened

[@RomaroBrandon]

​ Especially in WWE @@machinedhead1108

[@swerve7552]

It's 3:30 IN THE MORNING TEMPEST.

[@TikiManTime]

It's 9 in the morning for him time zones exist

[@urbaindelva7869]

​@@Scotty2ThottyOoh. What a burn.

[@SimonKingsleyDutton]

Lol😅 you know he and most of WrestleTalks audience are in the U.K. right? Great time for me. Also it’s KZbin just go to bed and watch it when you get up. It will still be there

[@FloridaGuy53]

There's never a better time! 😃⌚👈

[@NobleCaboose117]

@@Scotty2Thottyfellow hog dipper?

[@wolfgangwilcox2323]

“We’re not including PPVs that are [Name]: [Subtitle]” Includes Break Down, which was part of the In Your House lineage.

[@MattB1792]

I've thought the same. For attacking Vince's loic (rightfully so) those guys use the same carny logic. Edit: He did the same with St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Itr's also a "In ysour House" PPV. So why no Canadian Stampede?

[@Mboone1994]

My guess is because they're "Title": In Your House rather than In Your House: "Title".

[@danielmiddleham9881]

I think it was Rock Bottom In Your House also if my memory is right

[@jedshaffer5956]

@@danielmiddleham9881You are correct. The “Title: IYH” branding didn’t go away until 1999. The last PPV with the IYH sub-branding was July’s Fully Loaded.

[@reedlakes1314]

@@jedshaffer5956 Fully Loaded was July of '98. The last IYH was St. Valentine's Day Massacre in February of '99

[@Misace2500]

Tempest it's 2:32 in the United States- Okay I'll watch

[@dpooly614]

Tempest repping for us 3rd shifter with this post lol

[@SJ_RANKS]

Every time I look at great balls of fire I just think “yeah Vince made this show after listening to Jerry Lewis one too many times”

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

One does not simply ignore Al Snow and Bob Holly fighting their way to the Mississippi River at St Valentines Day Massacre.

[@MattB1792]

Tempest, you know that Break Down and St. Valentine's Day Massacre are part of the "In your house" PPVs, right?

[@lukedangerfallon]

Rock bottom too

[@Crazy56U]

And No Way Out of Texas

[@DenOfVipers]

@@Crazy56U he brought that one up as one of the ones he wouldn't bring up!

[@JMC1396]

I had the same issue, never got any notification for this video and didnt show up in my subscription feed. Hope you can get sorted, the people need to know about the rey mysterio crash bandicoot connection

[@TinkSalsa]

I got the notification when this comment was 16 hours old

[@Beavie]

I did not expect a Corner Gas reference in this wrestling list. As a fellow Canadian, I approve.

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Man that show as a teen I hated last week I had a gutbusting laugh attack listening to hank say something it was hilarious and ahead of it's time

[@chaoticoldbore]

With the current Womens WWE roster being stacked the way it is, they could EASILY do Evolution 2 (Electric Boogaloo) and it would sell out and do good numbers. We'd get some Banger matches and hopefully one large scale match with lots of competitors. Royal Rumble - Womens match was better than the mens. Elimination Chamber - Womens match was better and in the recent MITB, once again the womens match was the better of the 2 and IMO actually match of the night.

[@TeganCantEven]

I’m so, so, SO glad Evolution was #1!! We NEED a sequel!

[@AnneEliseMorrigan]

Um just so you know, i found this on Twitter and not on your page when I went to it looking for it because I look for my wrestling videos every Sunday. It's not even listed on the PFK youtube page! It's unlisted.

[@SESauvie]

Hey Tempest, it's 4 am in Toronto and I appreciate this list, the number 1 entry and a corner gas reference!

[@JPD2587]

I love the thought of some British wrestling fan watching this video thinking “WTF does Oskey WeeWee mean?!”

[@chrishopkins5651]

Big shows debut was amazing. Still love it now

[@R1PP3RR0M3R0]

Since I know Stomping Grounds will be on here, I want to say I really enjoyed my time at that show. It wasn't the best card, but all the matches were decent, I saw a title change, and it was my first WWE televised show. Great memories!

[@creedluciengames]

Did not expect a Corner Gas drop with my wrestling, but this Canadian is here for it.

[@devdixon8266]

Almost forgot they were in the UK and its not 4 am there🤣

[@soccer11skills]

The crash bandicoot Mysterio bit made me laugh 👍🏻 I always appreciate some partsfunknown or wrestletalk content, especially from the mythical Tempest

[@SnapGrapplePop]

The main reason that WWE haven’t done another Evolution is that it was an apology PPV. They had a PPV that women weren’t allowed to wrestle on, so made an all women PPV due to the backlash.

[@stingersplash]

Yep and the entire point is women shouldn't be sidelined this way.

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@stingersplashwe saw why they never did it again also. The show performed terribly

[@conradojavier7547]

It was made, when Women are Banned in Saudi at the time.

[@no_namerson]

@@SpaceGhost92which is sad because it’s legitimately a good pay per view with some great matches (especially by 2018 standards)

[@rustyirish7904]

That ziggler Kofi match was great though

[@MrPajamaShark]

Great Balls of Fire. Goodness, gracious. That's a "Shark Sandwich" level of set-up there.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

PFK is consistently the only channel on KZbin that makes it worthwhile to sit through the sponsor portion.

[@scotttaber7008]

Where is Revenge of the Taker? A show where the Undertaker didn't headline a PPV named after him 😂

[@SonRob01]

It’s a INYH

[@dragansnyder2786]

​@@SonRob01apparently the first three on this list actually are in your house specials, so either they forgot that they were part of that Brandon or they just wanted to talk about those specifically

[@aaronmayers4522]

@@dragansnyder2786 Rebranding made the first three shows on this list a little different. The focus was no longer on the In Your House branding. It was just kind of there to remind people.

[@dragansnyder2786]

@@aaronmayers4522 ahhh ok, that is good to know

[@Xhumed]

​@SonRob01 that didn't stop them putting a bunch of other IYH papes on it.

[@JBloom91]

HOLY COW Corner Gas, I have not thought of that show in years!

[@logankerr8090]

i was at Stomping Grounds live! my first WWE ppv being there(crappy city ho host it though). wish they brought that one back

[@logankerr8090]

for what its worth: with only a 2 week build, this ppv was solid

[@jeremyk4378]

Thank you for the "Oskee Wee Wee", Tempest! 🖤💛

[@calumbishop7082]

Other examples not listed here: Wrestling Classic - 1985, the 2nd ever WWE PPV No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie - 1989, yes this was on PPV, to watch a terrible Hulk Hogan movie and a match featuring a guy who couldn't wrestle. Ground Zero - 1997, Bret Hart vs The Patriot... need I say more. One Night Only - 1997, Aka that time British Bulldog dedicated his win to his sister... only for Michaels to forcibly change the result of the match at the last minute so he would win the European Title. D-Generation X - 1997, the PPV after the Montreal Screwjob which ends with the surprise return of Owen Hart, which is then not really followed up on. Capital Carnage - 1998, the UK PPV where Jim Ross suffers a Bell's palsy attack live on air, which almost ended his career. NXT Arrival - 2014, the first NXT PPV and the one that laid the foundation for the TakeOver's that followed The Beast in the East - 2015, Aka the first time Brock beat Kofi Kingston in a match, also Finn Balor wins the NXT Championship in Tokyo. Live from Madison Square Garden - 2015, this is a weird one, it technically count's and features a decent Steel Cage match between Cena and Rollins Cruiserwight Classic Finale - 2016, Fantastic tournament, shame what Vince did to the Cruiserweights afterwards. Mae Young Classic Finale - 2017, Another fantastic tournament, nothing more to say The Shields Final Chapter - 2019, Still bizarre in hindsight considering where Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley went afterwards Smackville - 2019, Because it rhymes with Nashville... I have nothing Superstar Spectacle - 2021, Pandemic Wrestling for the Indian Market, Why? Day 1 - 2022, God the build to Mania 38 was awful. Big E deserved better.

[@multiyapples]

I was on vacation in Hawaii when Great Balls of Fire aired. Still haven’t seen it.

[@scottmccurdy6493]

Evolution was a stable that became a PPV. Judgement Day was a PPV that became a stable. I know that doesn't really have anything to do with the video, but it's kind of odd it happened.

[@Rodderz1992]

Wouldn't mind seeing Breaking Point have another run at it, but most likely with NXT... Though I guess the Underground shows are more inline with that idea.

[@jakeheerwagen8007]

I still own Rock bottom on VCR lol so I think it was one of my favourites for some reason. Probably nostalgia if anything

[@TJM_PlayByPlay]

A Corner Gas reference… god I love Tempest.

[@tinotica]

You forgot to mention quite a few: The Wrestling Classic Fatal 4-way Capital Carnage One Night Only

[@aaronmayers4522]

I mean, it's not an exhaustive list; it's just eleven of them, with a couple honorable mentions. Plus, the other PPVs were wide-release, so maybe they excluded the last two on your list for being UK-exclusive? I can't exactly say why, but that's a possible reason.

[@lightning116]

8:19 Thank you. Stomping Grounds was a fun PPV, but dear Lord. Seth Rollins and Baron Corbin with Lacey Evans was so awful. It really hurt the show a lot.

[@GoSoup12]

Got the notification now but there are comments from 2 days ago. Am confused lmao.

[@bebopman5]

7:32, you forgot the third reason of the fire ppv intro theme

[@SoundFX09]

The WORST Part about ECW December to Dismember for Me? *IT HAPPENED IN MY OWN BACKYARD.* James Brown Arena (Which is Closed for Renovations As of Today), Augusta, GA. Who Knew ECW would give us Foreshadowing into what would become of the Downtown that is home to One of the Four Majors of the PGA Tour?

[@TheOman1997]

How about a Survival Series to name every WWE PPV?

[@leaderofnoone9087]

WWE was 5 years too early on naming a pay-per-view Great Balls of Fire.

[@joshuawainaina8103]

Why exactly

[@dkcunderwaterlevelmusic5021]

One Night Only is sorely missing... and that makes the British Bulldog sad.

[@RC99_Productions]

No. I don't count Rock Bottom, Breakdown or St. Valentine's Day Massacre as singular PPVs WWE only did once because they were all part of the In Your House series (although you wouldn't know it from watching the product as WWE were phasing out the In Your House name by 1998 and 1999. ). By this logic, Canadian Stampede, Ground Zero or Final Four would be counted as singular PPVs, which is something I don't agree with. You could have switched them with The Wrestling Classic, Mayhem In Manchester, One Night Only or Capital Carnage.

[@neekoj7549]

Aye, Kofi vs Dolph at Stomping Grounds was absolutely great. Do not make it worse than it is

[@TiVo67]

No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie

[@Ticket2Ride22]

I 100% believe that they called the PPV "Stomping Grounds" because they confused it for the phrase "Proving Grounds" or realized ROH already used the phrase, and just spit-balled Stomping Grounds instead even though it doesn't make any sense as a PPV name.

[@xavierwashington5408]

Here should be the Evolution part 2 card in February 2025. 1. Whatever hot fued two women have. Naomi vs Blair Davenport, idk 2. Womens IC match, Tiffany Stratton vs Nia Jax 3. Womens Tag Team Championship. Bel Air and Jade vs some random tag team 4. Womens Rumble Boom theres your selling point

[@MrBreakmind]

We need the Great Balls of Fire to come back.

[@MaxVillarreal-ks1mv]

The only reason why Evolution existed in the first place was because the women weren't allowed to wrestle at the Saudi shows, so they wanted an all-women's PPV to compensate. Now that they are able to wrestle at the Saudi shows, there hasn't been a reason to do another women's only PLE.

[@stillwaiting6037]

And also due to the fact that evolution flopped financially

[@rubyseverinwhitworth9066]

Reminder that because of Stomping Ground, Seth has successfully defended the women's championship more times than Sasha Banks (I can't remember if that fact is for all main roster titles or just raw)

[@MaxVillarreal-ks1mv]

It was just the Raw women's title. She successfully defended the Smackdown women's title a few times prior to her match with Belair at WM 37.

[@explorewithefrain7305]

#1 was accurate!

[@wstine79]

We need another Evolution pay-per-view.

[@VlogsIWC]

Fatal 4 way was a good one

[@laoriginalyoj9888]

*great balls of fire*😂

[@travispatch4355]

Corner Gas mentioned RAHHH🗣️🗣️

[@zanethind]

Actually Roadblock did become a one time ppv after it being a live event show in 2016 and same with Day 1. Day 1 2022 was an actual ppv ans then this year's Day 1 was a Raw show. So they could've had entries instead of honourable mentions

[@raulviii60]

BRING BACK EVOLUTION FR FR

[@xavierwashington5408]

I think 2 Royal Rumbles in one day is too much, and I think the perfect selling point for an Evolution part 2 would be the Women's Rumble. And there's definitely enough women to do a 4-5 match card including the Rumble. You can do it March (Women's history month) and everyone already has Netflix, so it's not crazy to do two PPVs in one month. Or you can make it in October again, but I don't think WWE wants to ruin the "Road to Wrestlemania" timeline from January to April, so having a Rumble in October wouldn't work for them

[@xavierwashington5408]

Actually now that I looked it up, they didn't even do a PPV in March this year, so make Evolution February, Elimination Chamber March, WM April

[@markmyers6756]

From the people who brought you st Valentine's day massacre, the new ppv "the time bonnie and Clyde got shot!"

[@gm_construct4697]

You missed out the Horror Show at Extreme Rules mate, sorry to inform you.

[@tinotica]

He said at the beginning that all renaming of shows falls into the honorable mentions category. It’s still an Extreme Rules show

[@WillyM79]

They could definitely do another Evolution, remember they also have that partnership going with TNA so they could bring in Jordynne Grace again as well as Ash by Elegance, Killer Kelly and Tasha Steelz

[@stillwaiting6037]

The problem is that it would flop I don't think women can carry a ppv on their own

[@SomeOfTheJuice]

After Evolution happened, I was like "oh my God, this is awesome! Let's see more! Let's see the Mae Young Classic be a regular thing that ends at Evolution. Let's see a night where all the women's titles are the focus and see the very talented women on the roster get highlighted!" And then nothing. And I'm still waiting, hoping that maybe Trips will bring it back, but man, are my hopes dying more with every passing month.

[@mbctsports9799]

Great balls of fire was 🔥

[@gablefanproductions01]

8 minutes ago is CRAZZZZY

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Of these shows that I've seen, Evolution was the best and deserves another go.

[@brentonhancock]

12:23 I bought this show! being a child in Australia the 90's I missed the first wave of ECW and I wanted to support it... I paid 29..95 AUD for this show... I wanted a refund when they pinned Punk

[@Aproximal]

*Listens to Tempest go off about St.Valentine's Day Massacare. Looks at the one match she likes - The New Age Match*...S...sure...haha...yup...that Cage mage was ...great. T_T I liked the outlaws a lot growing up.

[@ralphj.limbrickjr2043]

What a 28th birthday gift... Rock Bottom.

[@claytonrios1]

Great Balls of Fire feels like a pay per view name that came from the Attitude Era. Not the 2010s!

[@davidcollinsjr4288]

Reanimated corpse? Do...do you mean the ECW Zombie?

[@ProfessorStuDDS]

Bruh why does Tempest gotta keep doing Kofi dirty on these lists by saying his matches belong on TV or in the midcard

[@theannilators7479]

I was in person for stomping grounds and don’t remember it well, other than us shitting on the main event

[@miho022883]

A second Evolution PPV would be a great place to introduce 2 midcard titles... wonder which ones?

[@wafflelover223]

All day sunday i was worried about the Sunday list 😢 but fret no more it is here

[@TheSmackShow]

Capitol Punishment will always have my heart

[@iAmCyberwaste]

Tempest showing more effort than the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2024 playoffs.

[@jordancourtney9142]

Great balls of fire>clash at the castle

[@zanethind]

Fun fact: Great Balls of Fire was actually named after the popular Jerry Lee Lewis song by same name

[@All5Horizons]

I mean, yeah….

[@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789]

If booked correctly Evoution would be good. I know there pushing for it. Main reason for it was due to the men going to saldi less then a week later

[@stinkytoffee1264]

Fatal 4 Way ppv was a weird one also

[@mohammedaziz4342]

ECW used December to Dismember name in '95

[@joaodcvieira]

I think it was "November to Remember" which actually happened more than once. This "December to Dismember" was a one time thing

[@abarasch523]

Evolution needs another ppv, and a one hour weekly show. Throw in some midcard titles and let these women have tv time with multiple storylines

[@RunningBear2525]

I'm just curious how many people are aware of Great Balls of Fire actually being a reference to a song, and not a reference to "balls"

[@dbone3356]

8:15 Who throws a shoe?!

[@KaiMoya420]

This was a quizzlemania question i think

[@SonRob01]

Evolution exists because they didn’t have women’s matches on Saudi PPVs yet that’s the only reason and I think it’s better to build up women matches so they deserve to be on the card rather than having a occasional women only PPV

[@jvp9310]

You forgot fatal 4 way, remember that ppv?

[@MrTroyPlayer]

Actually there were two Decembers to Dismembers. One in 1995 and one in 2006.

[@Ragan31687]

Well 1995 was ECW. These are WWE PPVs

[@MrTroyPlayer]

@@Ragan31687 This is fair.

[@gingeta5961]

I really want evolution back!

[@joshkaid]

I WENT to Great Balls Of Fire. The show was bad, but I had a fun time.

[@jedidethfreak]

What was the buyrate for Evolution?

[@nonverbalpie8151]

In my opinion, Evolution only happened because the women couldn't wrestle on the Saudi show that happened that same month. Now that they can, WWE sees no reason to do another women-only show.

[@Mr_Oggie]

Meh... most of these are just names they came up with and didn't have some deep meaning or stipulation behind them. So we didn't end up with names like "The Annual June Pay Per View" that they could keep bringing out year after year, followed the next month by the "The Annual July Pay Per View" When they did reuse the names it often meant they had to shoehorn whatever the stipulation was that the name came from in to the matches, whether it made sense or not - like when Braun won the chance to pick the stipulation for his match with Corbin, who at the time kept running away and/or having Ziggler and Roode interfere He could have picked stipulations like: Hell in a Cell Cage Match Strap Match Falls Count Anywhere Ironman Match etc But because the next PPV was "Tables Ladders and Chairs" he chose that match stipulation, which instead of being one that would have kept Corbin from running away and maybe kept Roode and Ziggler out of it, it was a no-DQ stipulation that gave weapons to Corbin (and Roode and Ziggler).

[@calebdodoo9965]

Pretty sure Payback's successor was Payback

[@Brodysseus]

Gotta Fact Check you here since you forgot the full name. It's Stomping Grounds (Where We Kick Ass And Take Names!)

[@jameswatson8678]

I bought December to Dismember in a 3 pack DVD set with Ecw One Night Stand and The Rise and Fall of ECW it was a bad show but it did have that gnarly ladder spot where Jeff Hardy busted Joey Mercury's face open so that's something I guess

[@georgekhaoletsa2004]

Great balls of fire that name i thought it was a joke at first when it was announced then

[@FinalFantasyTimeline]

wasnt there an NXT St Valentine Days Masacure PLE?

[@chumpandbump744]

No way this dude compared Candice Lerae to Bianca and Rhea lmao