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05-27-2004, 01:21 PM
A thread sort of like this was opened over at IOW and I thought I would bring it over here. I feel that there are too much PPVs. Fourteen PPVs a year with one or two worth the money isn't smart business on the WWE's part. The PPVs are too much to begin with and they expect fans to cough up more money for PPVs that would be worse in quality with less time to build up. This is what I feel they should do.
The single brand PPV's should cost $24.95 and the joint brand ones should cost $29.95. A drop in price would spark more buyrates which would more than make up for the price change. The higher price for joint brand PPVs would also show that it's a special occasion when the rosters are joined. I'd have competitions too between the brands. Royal Rumble you'd have the Rumble, Survivor Series you could have the classic elimination style matchups. I'd also bring back the King of the Ring tournament and make it seem important by building it as a 32 man elimination tournament (16 each brand, 8 matches each) and have it come to the PPV being the quarter finals (four matches each) and the winner would get a WWE title shot at Summerslam. They could put their stars who are making it into the main event but aren't quite there to give it some importance. They could also throw in a few main event caliber wrestlers who are sort of in limbo (Booker T, RVD, Rhyno, etc.) so that it would look like its worth something to them to solidify a main event level spot. Wrestlemania and Summerslam could stay as the PPVs focused on just the in ring work. Heated rivalries built up without gimmick matchups (they ruined that last year at Summerslam). I'd then give each brand three PPVs instead of four. They could then have more time to build NEW and exciting feuds that will make people want to buy the PPVs instead of thrown together ones or TV rematches. The single brand PPVs will be when all of the shows rivalries come to a head giving all of the superstars on their respective brand a slot on the PPV. Leaving more space between PPVs will allow them to continue certain feuds longer and maybe even build up a blockbuster episode of each show with PPV caliber matchups and rivalries. Besides, when the shows don't have a PPV they could build up an episode of their weekly show with matches almost like a PPV. This would also spark ratings while at the same time making people want to buy PPVs because of the quality of the PPV caliber TV episode of SD or Raw. I'd have the schedule go like this
January - Royal Rumble: Both
February - No Way Out: Raw
March - Wrestlemania: Both
April - Backlash: Smackdown
May - Vengeance: Raw
June - King of the Ring: Both
July - Off Month
August - Summerslam: Both
September - Unforgiven: Smackdown
October - No Mercy: Raw
November - Survivor Series: Both
December - Armageddon: Smackdown
I'd leave July as an off month so that you would have more time to build Summerslam as the PPV of the heated rivalries so to speak. It would also give them more time to make the fallout of the King of the Ring and the PPV itself seem important again. That's just how I'd do it. Also, the one thing if I were the WWE I would make sure that not one last minute feud is thrown together. There is no excuse for that at all. If a feud hasn't been brewing for a few weeks atleast then it is a TV caliber matchup at best.
The single brand PPV's should cost $24.95 and the joint brand ones should cost $29.95. A drop in price would spark more buyrates which would more than make up for the price change. The higher price for joint brand PPVs would also show that it's a special occasion when the rosters are joined. I'd have competitions too between the brands. Royal Rumble you'd have the Rumble, Survivor Series you could have the classic elimination style matchups. I'd also bring back the King of the Ring tournament and make it seem important by building it as a 32 man elimination tournament (16 each brand, 8 matches each) and have it come to the PPV being the quarter finals (four matches each) and the winner would get a WWE title shot at Summerslam. They could put their stars who are making it into the main event but aren't quite there to give it some importance. They could also throw in a few main event caliber wrestlers who are sort of in limbo (Booker T, RVD, Rhyno, etc.) so that it would look like its worth something to them to solidify a main event level spot. Wrestlemania and Summerslam could stay as the PPVs focused on just the in ring work. Heated rivalries built up without gimmick matchups (they ruined that last year at Summerslam). I'd then give each brand three PPVs instead of four. They could then have more time to build NEW and exciting feuds that will make people want to buy the PPVs instead of thrown together ones or TV rematches. The single brand PPVs will be when all of the shows rivalries come to a head giving all of the superstars on their respective brand a slot on the PPV. Leaving more space between PPVs will allow them to continue certain feuds longer and maybe even build up a blockbuster episode of each show with PPV caliber matchups and rivalries. Besides, when the shows don't have a PPV they could build up an episode of their weekly show with matches almost like a PPV. This would also spark ratings while at the same time making people want to buy PPVs because of the quality of the PPV caliber TV episode of SD or Raw. I'd have the schedule go like this
January - Royal Rumble: Both
February - No Way Out: Raw
March - Wrestlemania: Both
April - Backlash: Smackdown
May - Vengeance: Raw
June - King of the Ring: Both
July - Off Month
August - Summerslam: Both
September - Unforgiven: Smackdown
October - No Mercy: Raw
November - Survivor Series: Both
December - Armageddon: Smackdown
I'd leave July as an off month so that you would have more time to build Summerslam as the PPV of the heated rivalries so to speak. It would also give them more time to make the fallout of the King of the Ring and the PPV itself seem important again. That's just how I'd do it. Also, the one thing if I were the WWE I would make sure that not one last minute feud is thrown together. There is no excuse for that at all. If a feud hasn't been brewing for a few weeks atleast then it is a TV caliber matchup at best.