The Great American Bash 2005
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| The Great American Bash 2005 | |
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| Promotion | WWE |
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| Date | July 24, 2005 |
| Venue | HSBC Arena |
| City | Buffalo, New York |
| Attendance | 8,000 |
| Last Event | Vengeance |
| Next Event | SummerSlam |
The Great American Bash 2005 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the second such annual event and took place on July 24, 2005 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the SmackDown! program.
| EVENT HISTORY | IMAGES |
The main event was Batista defending the World Heavyweight Championship against John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). JBL won the match after Batista was disqualified, but did not win the title because a championship can only be won via Pinfall or submission. One of the featured matches on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero, which Mysterio won by pinfall. The other was Orlando Jordan versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship, which Jordan won, also by pinfall.
The event grossed over $375,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,000, and received about 233,000 pay-per-view buys, the same amount as the following year's event. This enabled WWE's pay-per-view revenue to increase by $4.7 million from the previous year. When the 2005 event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of second on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart. The event was also available free of charge for Armed Forces members and their families.
Results
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- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Heat: Paul London (c) defeated Nunzio to retain the Cruiserweight Championship (2:33)
- The Legion of Doom (Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal) defeated MNM (Joey Murcery and Johnny Nitro) (c) to win the WWE Tag Team Championships (6:45)
- Booker T (with Sharmell) defeated Christian (11:37)
- Orlando Jordan (c) defeated Chris Benoit to retain the United States championship (14:32)
- The Undertaker defeated Muhammad Hassan (w/ Daivari) (8:04)
- The Mexicools (Super Crazy, Juventud & Psicosis) defeated The Blue World Order (Big Stevie Cool, The Blue Meanie & Hollywood Nova) in a six-man tag team match (4:53)
- Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero (15:39)
- Melina defeated Torrie Wilson in a Bra and Panties match with Candice Michelle as the speical guest referee (3:53)
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield (w/ Orlando Jordan) defeated Batista (c) by disqualification for the World heavyweight championship (19:47)
Other on-screen talentEdit
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DVD releaseEdit
[ on DVD]
External linksEdit
[ Official site]
- [ at CAGEMATCH.net]
- [ at Online World of Wrestling]
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| New Years Revolution • Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Judgment Day • One Night Stand • Vengeance • The Great American Bash • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Taboo Tuesday • Survivor Series • Armageddon |
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