How Well Did ROH & NJPW’s iPPV’s Sell? Reaction To Court Bauer Since Joining

– While Sinclair Broadcasting aren’t planning to release any figures, the word going around ROH’s offices is that the buys for Global Wars met expectations, but that the buys for War of the Worlds exceeded expectations and is now ROH’s highest grossing iPPV of all-time. War of the Worlds especially did strong replay numbers due to the positive word-of-mouth surrounding the show and that ROH feels that the damage caused by iPPV issues in the past are now depleted.

– People backstage are very happy with the work Court Bauer has been doing since joining the company last January. Since joining Bauer was a big advocate for the ROH and NJPW working relationship but it wasn’t his idea. ROH and NJPW began having talks last year about the crossover as NJPW wanted a new working relationship within America but with a larger company and saw ROH as the best fit. One of the big things people are happy about is the media coverage Bauer has brought to ROH with his connections to people within TMZ and the likes. Adam Cole did numerous media appearances promoting ROH’s War of the Worlds show including interviews on VH1 and the Sam Roberts Show on the same day as Chris Jericho.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)