Themed PPVs Possibly Ending

[LODemolition]

I also hope this report is true, but I'll believe it when I see it. In a perfect world, they'd drop all ppvs except for the Rumble, Mania, (bring back KOTR), SummerSlam, NOC, and Survivor Series. This would help with time to build storylines and therefore make the ppvs worth looking forward to a lot more when they put more effort into the feuds. That equals more buys. That'll never happen though, because they're so damn afraid to possibly lose revenue by not having one per month. Vince needs to realize it's quality not quantity.

If they're dead set on having 1 every month, I say bring back some of the WCW ppvs such as Halloween Havoc, Starrcade, Great American Bash/Bash at the Beach.

[King Patrick]

Originally Posted by LODemolition

I also hope this report is true, but I'll believe it when I see it. In a perfect world, they'd drop all ppvs except for the Rumble, Mania, (bring back KOTR), SummerSlam, NOC, and Survivor Series. This would help with time to build storylines and therefore make the ppvs worth looking forward to a lot more when they put more effort into the feuds. That equals more buys. That'll never happen though, because they're so damn afraid to possibly lose revenue by not having one per month. Vince needs to realize it's quality not quantity.

If they're dead set on having 1 every month, I say bring back some of the WCW ppvs such as Halloween Havoc, Starrcade, Great American Bash/Bash at the Beach.

I completely agree with this post.

I understand the financial reason behind having all the PPVs they currently have. I think six Pay Per Views a year is a good number as far as Storyline builds go. Two months of build could make any story better. More detail and more room to work with could help the Mid-Card and Lower-Card Stars get PPV matches.

January – Royal Rumble
March – WrestleMania
May – King of the Ring
July – SummerSlam
September – Night Of Champions
November – Survivor Series

If the WWE MUST do 12 a year, then I too agree with using WCW’s Big 5. I would also add ECW’s Flagship Show.

January – Royal Rumble
February – SuperBrawl
March – Night Of Champions (This is the PPV they should use before WrestleMania)
April – WrestleMania
May – King of the Ring (This is the PPV they should use after WrestleMania)
June – Bash At The Beach (It goes with the start of the Summer theme)
July – Great American Bash (Independence Month)
August – SummerSlam (End of the Summer Tradidtion)
September – Survivor Series
October – Halloween Havoc (It says Halloween)
November – November 2 Remember (It says November)
December – Starrcade

[rocksaviour]

I would want to see them keep both the Elimination Chamber and Money In The Bank PPVs but scrap the rest and go back to a normal PPV with an old (maybe bring back some IYH names) or different name altogether.

The EC has a purpose in setting up the big title matches and putting them down in stone for the biggest show of the year and can be used to advance some feuds that will end up on the undercard of the show see Orton/Punk and Rhodes/Show for instance. I never see in any harm of us getting two of those matches in the same night, would like to see one day the Rumble winner putting his title shot on the line in a Chamber.

The MITB has given us some top matches in its three year history. The 2011 edition was one of the best non-Mania shows ever. Perhaps they could drop one of the matches but the winner of the sole MITB match can cash in on both champions. Since there has been two cases, normally one is cashed in within a month (Kane, Del Rio and Cena) and the other one has lead to a champion going on a decent run with the title leading into Mania (Miz and Bryan), so perhaps if there was just one MITB match you could have the case holder cash in after the champion has had a grueling match in November/December (in the style of the Edge and Punk cash ins).

[Bone For Tuna]

I haven't liked WWE's PPV schedule for a while. The way it's spread out makes things seem way too pretty predictable, like having the EC between the Rumble and Mania for example. I like the idea of MITB being a PPV because it is kind of like the Rumble in that the match actually has significant meaning besides just who competes in it. I don't like the idea of having more than one ladder match on the card though, that just seems like instant overkill in my opinion. I think the HIAC PPV and the TLC PPV should both be scrapped, they have beaten them both to death at this point. Here is how I would do things, even though I doubt they would want to get rid of two PPVs a year.

January - Royal Rumble

Thirty man over the top rope battle royal with the winner receiving a guaranteed title shot at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania. The winner must choose the very next night on Raw which champion he will face at Wrestlemania.

*I figure take February off and just drag out the KOTR tourney that whole month and the majority of the next month.*

March - King Of The Ring

The GMs of Raw and Smackdown will collectively decide on sixteen wrestlers who will compete in a tournament leading up to the PPV. The semifinals and the finals will be at the PPV and the winner gets a title shot at WrestleMania for whichever title the winner of the Rumble hasn’t already chosen.

April - WrestleMania

May - Cyber Sunday

The people vote on the entire card, everything from the match types to who wrestles who.

*I would do this the month after Mania because then you can kind of use it to see what the people are interested in seeing in the upcoming year.*

June - Night Of Champions

Every champion will put their title on the line, except the WWE Champion and the World Heavyweight Champion who will wrestle each other in a non-title match. The losing champion must defend his title in the elimination chamber.

July - Elimination Chamber

Whichever champion lost at Night of Champions must defend his title against five other wrestlers inside the elimination chamber.

August - SummerSlam

*Take a month off following the biggest party of the summer and use that month and the next one as build up for Survivor Series.*

October - Survivor Series

A classic five on five tag team elimination match will take place. Whoever scores the decisive pin fall or submission will get a title shot at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship at Fatal 4-Way. The catch is on top of that, that wrestler must choose two wrestlers from his team to take the remaining spots in the Fatal 4-Way.

November - Fatal 4-Way

The person who scored the deciding elimination at Survivor Series will take on the champion of his choosing, plus two wrestlers who were on his team at Survivor Series. He also gets to choose which two wrestlers that will be.

December - Money In The Bank

The GMs of Raw and Smackdown will collectively decide on eight wrestlers who will compete in a ladder match with the winner getting a title shot whenever he pleases and good up to one year, at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship.

*End the year with a bang and add a little more excitement on the road to WrestleMania.*

[Texas Tornado]

The themed ppvs need to go! They are so incredibly stale its not funny. MITB is the only gimmick ppv that can be considered. The Royal Rumble having more spotlight means more viewer interest and intrigue. Business wise....

[TheHeartbreakPunk]

This would be great. HIAC cannot be a HIAC themed pay per view if only one of the matces is HIAC. Because tha can happen at any pay per view. I would keep around MITB and elimination chamber. MITB because ever since it debuted, it has been a solid pay per view every year, and there have been some really good matches. Plus, i would rather see two briefcases than one. I would also keep elimination chamber because it is always a good road to wrestlemania pay per view, as far as feuds go. They can always just start a feud by wo eliminated who, and you have a match. For elimination chamber though, i would rather have them be #1 contenders matches instead of matches for the title, as it sets up wmania better. Other than those two, all of the theme payperviews are pointless, and shold definitely be scrapped.