Daniel Bryan = Buyrates??

By Scott Keith on 21 February 2014

I was looking at a synopsis of the Buyrates for HIAC, Survivor Series and TLC over the last 5 years. Interesting to me that HIAC 2013 with Bryan/Orton blew 2012 with the first Punk/Ryback out of the water. About 30,000 more buys and the largest HIAC buyrate since 2009. At the time, I was far more interested in that match, given Rybacks winning streak and heat, than I had been in quite a while for a middling PPV main event. Then, Survivor Series did horribly in comparison with Orton/Show in the main and Bryan w Punk against the Wyatts.
I know Cena returned against Del Rio at HIAC as well. But it seems that the D-Bry chase may have been drawing some. Your thoughts?
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Considering that Battleground is the lowest buyrate of the modern era, I'd say that it was Cena that popped the number for HIAC. Although TLC then flopped, showing that it was probably just a fluke for his return.