ECW PPV Does 280,000 Buyrate, More WWE News Inside

WWE One of the Most Popular Yahoo Searches. Can you feel the WWE buzz? Apparently, users of Yahoo s search engine can. WWE was #3 in Yahoo s Most Popular Searches for July and for last Monday (8/21/06), WWE ranked #1 in the top overall searches section of the Yahoo Buzz Index. WWE has had a good run on the Index as WWE was among the Top 20 Daily Searches on Yahoo for 364 of 365 days (March 20, 2005 through March 20, 2006), and has been in the top 20 for 113 consecutive days as of August 28, 2006.

WWE Stocks are currently trading at 17.34 at time of this writing, an 11.65% increase over yesterday's closing. The day's range so far has been 16.00 – 17.50. (thanks to Colin Vassallo)

In case you didn't read WWE's press release today, here are the updated PPV buy numbers:

Judgment Day: 231,000 (236,000 last year)
One Night Stand: 280,000 (268,000 last year)
Vengeance: 313,000 (320,000 last year)
The Great American Bash: 224,000 (233,000 last year)

OVW women's champion ODB's profile has been added to the superstars pages on OVWrestling.com. Hopefully she gets a WWE developmental deal soon.