XgringolocoX
Championship Contender
I don't recall seeing a thread quite like this, if I'm wrong I do appoligize...
I was just thinking about the recent rash (just can't itch it can ya) of Gimmick PPV events.
Growing up watching wrestling I was excited about the old style Survivor Series matches where a bunch of my fav good guys battled my fav bad guys elimination stlye. I loved the Royal Rumble especially when the winner was the Wrestlemania main eventer. I even loved the King of the Ring. An entire PPV tourne to determine the toughest SOB of them all!!!!!!
Now they have Hell In a Cell, Elimination Chamber, Breaking Point(submission city)...what's the point of these PPVs?
My point is this: Gimmicks should have a reason, a purpose for being there. The KOTR gimmick was to crown the best in-ring talent on the roster. RR determined who was tough enuff to battle 29 guys and still stand strong to earn a spot at Wrestlemania. I think if these new gimmick PPVs had more of a purpose for being they'd be more over with the IWC.
I'll not suggest a style for each one as I'd like to hear what you guys come up with but peep this:
Elimination Chamber PPV: Only 1 Chamber event of the evening....the main event. Matches to earn your spot in the chamber are the prelim matches on the PPV. You can start with a qualifying match, have a divas match (that was painful for me to even type), then a tag team qualifying match, ECW title, match and so on. This would allow the inclusion of other feuds and titles but keep the focus of the PPV as leading up to the Chamber.....so many way you could book this that I don't think it'd get old for a while.
So would "gimmick ppvs" be better off presented like this (more or less) or are they just crap all together? Also for the gimmick ppvs what kinda set up would you like to see?
I was just thinking about the recent rash (just can't itch it can ya) of Gimmick PPV events.
Growing up watching wrestling I was excited about the old style Survivor Series matches where a bunch of my fav good guys battled my fav bad guys elimination stlye. I loved the Royal Rumble especially when the winner was the Wrestlemania main eventer. I even loved the King of the Ring. An entire PPV tourne to determine the toughest SOB of them all!!!!!!
Now they have Hell In a Cell, Elimination Chamber, Breaking Point(submission city)...what's the point of these PPVs?
My point is this: Gimmicks should have a reason, a purpose for being there. The KOTR gimmick was to crown the best in-ring talent on the roster. RR determined who was tough enuff to battle 29 guys and still stand strong to earn a spot at Wrestlemania. I think if these new gimmick PPVs had more of a purpose for being they'd be more over with the IWC.
I'll not suggest a style for each one as I'd like to hear what you guys come up with but peep this:
Elimination Chamber PPV: Only 1 Chamber event of the evening....the main event. Matches to earn your spot in the chamber are the prelim matches on the PPV. You can start with a qualifying match, have a divas match (that was painful for me to even type), then a tag team qualifying match, ECW title, match and so on. This would allow the inclusion of other feuds and titles but keep the focus of the PPV as leading up to the Chamber.....so many way you could book this that I don't think it'd get old for a while.
So would "gimmick ppvs" be better off presented like this (more or less) or are they just crap all together? Also for the gimmick ppvs what kinda set up would you like to see?