Early Estimate Shows Buyrate Down For WWE Royal Rumble by Nick Paglino March 01, 2012 Share this story According to PWTorch.com, early estimates for this year's WWE Royal Rumble PPV have the show doing 438,000 buys, down from the 446,000 buys in 2011, and 462,000 buys the event drew in 2010.TAGS:WWEWWE Royal Rumble