i think NY Revolution was the least of WWE's ppv problems with Cyber Sunday, December 2 Dismember, and One Night Stand still running around.
Cyber Sunday was a cool concept for the first few years (when it was know as Taboo Tuesday), but then became sucky and too crammed in between No Mercy and Survivor Series. I agree with WWE's idea to make it a special 3 hour RAW instead, as USA network executives love those things, and at one point wanted RAW to always be 3 hours(which would suck!) I mean come on, K-Fed closing a ppv? Thats bullshit times 4.
December 2 Dismember was a bad idea the day someone came up with it. Whoever though ECW could hold their own in a single brand ppv without blowing is a huge challenge. At least One Night Stand has that special ECW aura to it (excluding this year..), and had good matches in it. One of the better matches to this ppv didn't even have ECW superstars to it! (Hardy's vs. MNM) The Extreme Elimination Chamber was perhaps the worst ever next to 2006 NYR. They didnt even have one of the main attractions to the match wrestle in it with Sabu being replaced by Hardcore Holly! WTF? Then they have two other fan favorites taken out early in the match with RVD and Punk so the fans would cheer Lashley. The "Extremeness" of the Chamber was barely even showed as they almost never used the weopons. The other matches were basically shit.
One Night Stand used to be a great ppv with all ECW wrestlers in the Hammerstein Ballroom, but is sinking downhill after this years ONS.
In 2005,we had:
-Sandman\Dreamer vs. Bubba\D-Von Dudley
-Sabu vs. Rhyno
-Lance Storm vs. Chris Jericho
-Psicoisis vs. Mysterio
-Super Crazy vs. Tajiri vs. Little Guido
-Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome
-Appearances from many ECW alumni
Then things got a little toned down in 2006:
-RVD vs. Cena for the WWE Championship,
-Sabu vs. Mysterio for the World Championship
-Dreamer\Funk\Beullah vs. Edge\Foley\Lita
-Angle vs. Orton
-Balls Mahooney vs. Masato Tanaka
-F.B.I. vs. Tajiri\Super Crazy (Big Show's ECW debut)
-Taz vs. Jerry Lawler
Finally, in 2007, we get the okay WWE ONS: Extreme Rules:
-WWE Champion Cena vs. Khali (Falls Count Anywhere)
-World Champion Edge vs. Batista (Steel Cage)
-ECW Champion Vince McMahon vs. Lashley (Street Fight)
-World Tag-Team Champions The Hardy's vs. The World's Greatest Tag-Team (Ladder Match)
-RVD vs. Orton (Stretcher Match)
-Dreamer\Sandman\Punk vs. Burke\Striker\Marcus Cor Von (Tables Match)
-Women's Champion Melina vs. Candice (Pudding Match)
-Mark Henry vs. Kane (Lumberjack Match)
You can tell that year after year this ppv has less ECW in it, and more gimmicks and WWE wrestling. I just hope next year's is better as its stuck in between Judgement Day and Vengeance, so WWE doesn't have much time to hype it.
On another tone, lots of people have been talking about getting rid of Judgement Day because the last 5 or so sucked pretty bad. I dont think that would be the best of ideas right now, with the "one ppv a month" rule coming into play with the exception of One Night Stand. If they took this ppv away and put ONS in it's place, that would be fine also, but ppv's with history around them, usually stick around excluding the KOTR Tournament which Ill get to in a second. Its not the ppv's fault for getting bad match-ups, its just the way things turn out sometimes. Give it another shot at success.
And finally, The King of the Ring Tournament should
NOT be brought back as a ppv, and ill tell u why. It used to be a great ppv, when WWE had less ppvs, but now that they have almost all pretty established pay per views, there's no room for another ppv without contradicting everyone wanting less ppvs. I think it should be a tournament held on all brands on TV, throughout the course of the weeks following up to the Rumble, SummerSlam, or Survivor Series. That way the semifinals and finals of each brand can be presented on certain ppvs as another way to get more ppv buys. The tri-branded finals would be a triple-threat match with one wrestler from each brand. The winning wrestler would get a title shot at their brand's top championship at the next major ppv (RR, SS, SS.) It would make all fans happy and give great match ups and rivalry set ups for every brand. An example would be: Tommy Dreamer beating Elijah Burke in the first round, only to have Burke screw Dreamer at beating the next guy in round 2, thus setting up a rivarly. I would have maybe on KOTR match on each brand per week, so it doesnt get rushed. It would be a great way to kick off the road to the Royal Rumble also, with the longer you stay in the tournament, the better your entry number in the Rumble is, unless you are the winner of course. Another idea would be to have the elmination style of Survivor Series play a role in it somehow. Or it could just be an even better way to hype up SummerSlam. The oppurtunities are endless and its much better than shelling out another $40 to buy another ppv. The only downside I would have to say, is that the wrestler's wouldnt have to wrestle more than once per night, which I personally like to see wrestler's stamina get tested by putting on 2 or 3 great matches, but oh well.
I think this is just about it for now
Feedback would be appreciated for those who actually read the whole thing.
