WWE The Great American Bash 2005 (2005)

The Great American Bash 2005 was a professional wrestling PPV that 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 The main event was Batista defending the World Heavyweight Championship against John Bradshaw Layfield JBL One of the featured matches on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero while the other was Orlando Jordan versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship The event grossed over 375000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8000 and received about 233000 payperview buys the same amount as the following years event The event was also available free of charge for Armed Forces members and their families