The only Australian pay-per-view to appear on this list, Global Warning, was a highly successful event. In August of 2002, the WWE invaded Australia for its Global Warning Tour which capped off in Melbourne with this PPV extravaganza. Nearly 57,000 fans crammed into the Colonial Stadium -- WWEs second highest event attendance for the year, behind only WrestleMania X8s 68,000. Featuring a nine match card -- only six of which were broadcast on PPV -- the event was stacked with top-tier talent. Unfortunately, one mega-star had to pull out of the main-event only days earlier -- that being Hulk Hogan. However, fans still came in droves to witness the wrestling action. Rikishi defeated Rico in the opening contest -- a short, comedic, Kiss My Ass match. Jamie Noble retained his Cruiserweight Championship over the always popular Hurricane. Meanwhile, the Un-American team of Lance Storm & Christian held onto their tag team titles after defeating the cruiserweight tandem of Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio. Edge and Chris Jericho put on one of the nights longest contests before Edge ultimately left with the victory. After that exciting matchup, fans were given a bit of a reprieve as Stacy Keibler battled Torrie Wilson in a Bra & Panties match -- a match where who won and who lost is unimportant. The match that really filled the house, however, was the main event -- a Triple Threat WWE Undisputed Championship match. The Rock would defend his coveted title against Triple H and newcomer Brock Lesnar -- who was the replacement for the absent Hulk Hogan. In an interesting turn of events, the match would act as a sort-of warm up for that year's Summerslam main event -- which would see Brock and the Rock face off, without the addition of HHH. By all accounts, the match was a hard-hitting, thrilling encounter that saw the Rock leave with his title -- only to lose it to Brock at Summerslam. WWEs only Australian PPV in history would be an obviously worthy addition to the WWE Network, and would be suitable for that historical fact alone. Taking the card and main-event into consideration, its astonishing as to why Global Warning has yet to make an appearance online.
Douglas Scarpa is a freelance writer, independent filmmaker, art school graduate, and pro wrestling aficionado -- all of which mean he is in financial ruin. He has no backup plan to speak of, yet maintains his abnormally high spirits. If he had only listened to the scorn of his childhood teachers, he wouldn't be in this situation.
