Top 5 lowest drawing WWE Champions
The WWE has seen some great days. Hulkamania, Attitude Era, Ruthless Aggression. But, not everything is always rosy. Vince Mcmahon would make poor decisions or performers would just be inept and not get over with the crowd, leaving WWE with some limited options as champion. In this article, I will bring forth to you the 5 lowest drawing champions in WWE history
#5 The Undertaker
The run I’m going to be focusing on is Undertaker’s 1997 run as champion which came at a weird time for WWE. Bret Hart was talking to WCW and Shawn Michaels asked for a release and so, Vince McMahon was worried.
So, the Undertaker was seen as a safe pair of hands by the chairman and was made the champion. The Deadman drew dead crowds and holds the distinction of actually drawing the least buy rate for a WrestleMania ever with his match against Sycho Sid.
Ironic because the man is synonymous with WrestleMania. Coming in at barely 237,000 buys for WrestleMania 13, Undertaker will forever have the distinction of being the worst draw at a WrestleMania.
Amazingly he held the title until SummerSlam of that year, despite business arrowing down quicker than a lead weight. The Summerslam buy rate came in at 177,000 buys, again down from the previous year. Taker jobbed to Bret Hart in that match and business improved in the proceeding months. All in all, 1997 was a year to forget for the Deadman and it came as a shock to most when his run was analyzed.