I was watching SummerSlam and I was kinda shocked to notice that Jack Swagger, Drew Mcintyre, Cody Rhodes, etc. didnt even make it onto the PPV.And had it not been for the Nexus 7-on-7 matchup, half of team RAW wouldn't have been booked on the PPV.With talk of WWE possible scapping the Money In The Bank Ladder match at Wrestlemanias, it seems alot of guys are about to lose out on they PPV spots in the WWE.
With the introduction of the Nexus & the NXT II rookies, the roster has become even more bloated, and big-match booking for some wrestlers even more scarce.The are a few possible ways to address the problem:
1. Brand Exclusive PPVs. Apparantely the reason they scrapped Brand Exclusive PPVs was because they felt a SD! or RAW only PPV didnt draw as much as the combined PPV(i.e Royal Rumble,SummerSlam, Survivor Series and of course Wrestlemania) because combined PPV obviously had more star-power. But I feel that each brand, especially RAW, no has enough stars( or guys who can be promoted to mainevent level) for them to generate good buys at a Brand exclusive PPV. This year's SummerSlam was carried mostly by the RAW brand anyway.
The key advantage would be that it would also allow for superstars who usually get cut from PPV to also get their PPV payday.While in the past, it was lower-midcard guys who would get cut from PPV, these days even former World Champs, like Swagger, arnt being booked because the cards are already overloaded.
2. Rotation System. The argument that superstars can't be given time-off becuase it will hurt business doesnt hold water anymore because over the years major talent have been out of action due too serious injuries yet attendance has rarely suffered.In fact, whenever a big-time wrestler gets injured, it often opens the door for new talent to step-up.(e.g When Cena got injured, Randy Orton & Jeff Hardy moved up the ranks and Taker's inury in 2007 helped give rise to Edge's dominance on SD!) Basically, a Rotation System would see guys wrestling only 8-9months of the year.They're schedules would overlap so that when one wrestler goes on break, another will return
For Example: Orton would wrestle fulltime from January-September, and then he could be written of TV(maybe due to "injury" or "suspension") which would lead to HHH return to fill the void created.
Not only would this give wrestlers a chance to heal, it would give equall opportunity to big names to have the spotlight and headline PPV.
Big name superstars would have their schedules overlap in the first six-months of the year.This is obviously to ensure that all big names are available at Wrestlemanias.
As it stands, even at 4hrs, there is still little room to accomodate all the wrestlers at Wrestlemania.If the MITB had been scrapped at WMXXVI, then ten superstars would have been out of the loop on the grandstage of Wrestlemania.As it stands, there isnt even enough space to book mainevent wrestlers in good matches, let alone worry about mid-card jobbers like Matt Hardy & MVP.So if Wrestlemania ultimately becomes a PPV for "mega-stars" only, then perhaps by implementing the suggestions above, other wrestlers can at least have a better "showing" during the rest of the year.
With the introduction of the Nexus & the NXT II rookies, the roster has become even more bloated, and big-match booking for some wrestlers even more scarce.The are a few possible ways to address the problem:
1. Brand Exclusive PPVs. Apparantely the reason they scrapped Brand Exclusive PPVs was because they felt a SD! or RAW only PPV didnt draw as much as the combined PPV(i.e Royal Rumble,SummerSlam, Survivor Series and of course Wrestlemania) because combined PPV obviously had more star-power. But I feel that each brand, especially RAW, no has enough stars( or guys who can be promoted to mainevent level) for them to generate good buys at a Brand exclusive PPV. This year's SummerSlam was carried mostly by the RAW brand anyway.
The key advantage would be that it would also allow for superstars who usually get cut from PPV to also get their PPV payday.While in the past, it was lower-midcard guys who would get cut from PPV, these days even former World Champs, like Swagger, arnt being booked because the cards are already overloaded.
2. Rotation System. The argument that superstars can't be given time-off becuase it will hurt business doesnt hold water anymore because over the years major talent have been out of action due too serious injuries yet attendance has rarely suffered.In fact, whenever a big-time wrestler gets injured, it often opens the door for new talent to step-up.(e.g When Cena got injured, Randy Orton & Jeff Hardy moved up the ranks and Taker's inury in 2007 helped give rise to Edge's dominance on SD!) Basically, a Rotation System would see guys wrestling only 8-9months of the year.They're schedules would overlap so that when one wrestler goes on break, another will return
For Example: Orton would wrestle fulltime from January-September, and then he could be written of TV(maybe due to "injury" or "suspension") which would lead to HHH return to fill the void created.
Not only would this give wrestlers a chance to heal, it would give equall opportunity to big names to have the spotlight and headline PPV.
Big name superstars would have their schedules overlap in the first six-months of the year.This is obviously to ensure that all big names are available at Wrestlemanias.
As it stands, even at 4hrs, there is still little room to accomodate all the wrestlers at Wrestlemania.If the MITB had been scrapped at WMXXVI, then ten superstars would have been out of the loop on the grandstage of Wrestlemania.As it stands, there isnt even enough space to book mainevent wrestlers in good matches, let alone worry about mid-card jobbers like Matt Hardy & MVP.So if Wrestlemania ultimately becomes a PPV for "mega-stars" only, then perhaps by implementing the suggestions above, other wrestlers can at least have a better "showing" during the rest of the year.
