What the hell happened to PPV hype?

[ulimate123]

I remeber before in the 'good ol' days' where every PPV may it be the most crappest known to man or the greatest Wrestlemania ever, it was hyped to death. Nowadays ever since Royal Rumble 2006 there is no hype wahtsoever apart from maybe Wrestlemania and the odd PPV here and there. What is your opinion on this? IMO hype actually solidifies a PPV. If there is a lot of hype going into an event the more excited I will be.

 

[PlayTheGame]

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I dont see where you're coming from with this. I think that, if anything, PPV's have been more hyped up and bigger and btter than ever in the latter part of this decade. You can see WWE PPV's (and I'm assuming youre referring to WWE PPVs, as you mentioned R.R. 2006) being advertised almost all the time, on and off WWE programming. Either I'm not getting the true intent of your post, or, IMO, youre incorrect on the subject.

 

[CDR]

I've said it before and I don't want to say it again. There are way too many pay-per-views! You simply can't hype a pay-per-view enough in three weeks! You just can't do it. Shows are two hours. You have to promote every storyline, the world title, and everybody else. They barely even get to do that as it is right now. Could you imagine if they actually tried to hype a pay-per-view? The show would suck! And until some pay-per-views are taken off of the claendar, pay-per-view hype will suck. WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam will get ample hype, but other than that, keep on waiting.

 

[Joker ' Ferreira]

I agree with you, it doesn't mean that the matches are worse.

That's not the case, I think it's pretty much the opposite, since 2006 we see a lot more quality matches on PPV on regular basis with that it should be normal that the hype would be larger, but that it's also a "crowd problem".

A quick example, if Christian was to return at the Attitude Era, it would blow the roof, last week when he returned it was like "meh, you the hell is this guy anyway?"...

It's WWE fault to make it a family show and it that they lose fans with real interest on the wrestling or the storylines and gain fans that care only about huge fan favorites that they learned to know and love (it's like Matt Hardy's turn, he was well known to 10 or less years old and so they cared about the turn)...

 

[ulimate123]

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I dont see where you're coming from with this. I think that, if anything, PPV's have been more hyped up and bigger and btter than ever in the latter part of this decade. You can see WWE PPV's (and I'm assuming youre referring to WWE PPVs, as you mentioned R.R. 2006) being advertised almost all the time, on and off WWE programming. Either I'm not getting the true intent of your post, or, IMO, youre incorrect on the subject.

How can you think PPV hype is getting a lot? (Not meant to say it in a rude way if it is coming off in that way ) If you look at it only Summerslam, Wrestlemania and Royal Rumble get 'proper' hype and this hype is nothing compared to the hype we used to see pre 2006.

 

[PlayTheGame]

If you're talking about 'forgettable' PPVs, then yes, I can sort of see where youre coming from. But, thats just the nature of the beast. The WWE wants to make money, and its primary source is PPVs. They have at least monthly in order to accumulate revenue. Sometimes they get forgotten (December to Dismember), but sometimes, just sometimes, they turn out better than expected and gain respect for secondary PPVs as a whole (such as No Way Out 2009).

 

[ulimate123]

If you're talking about 'forgettable' PPVs, then yes, I can sort of see where youre coming from. But, thats just the nature of the beast. The WWE wants to make money, and its primary source is PPVs. They have at least monthly in order to accumulate revenue. Sometimes they get forgotten (December to Dismember), but sometimes, just sometimes, they turn out better than expected and gain respect for secondary PPVs as a whole (such as No Way Out 2009).

Yes but d it get a lot of hype beforehand? Hardly any. The PPV was very good but WWE had a chance to hype the PPV up because of the chamber yet again they let the chace slip.

 

[PlayTheGame]

Yes but d it get a lot of hype beforehand? Hardly any. The PPV was very good but WWE had a chance to hype the PPV up because of the chamber yet again they let the chace slip.

How can you say they didnt hype up NWO? They had qualifying matches for the chamber matches on a weekly basis, advertised the hell out of the PPV itself on and off WWE programming, and had two of the best feuds in the WWE today going into it (HBK/JBL & McMahons/Orton).

 

[ulimate123]

How can you say they didnt hype up NWO? They had qualifying matches for the chamber matches on a weekly basis, advertised the hell out of the PPV itself on and off WWE programming, and had two of the best feuds in the WWE today going into it (HBK/JBL & McMahons/Orton).

The hype just didnt cut it for me personally. If we are talking 4 years back we would have seen it in every advert break, on other sports websites, posters, anything to advertise a PPV. Did you see that for NWO? I doubt. It was hardly ever on a commercial break. Though I have to say that it got more hype than other 'Normal' PPVs like ONS, Judgement day etc.

 

[PlayTheGame]

The hype just didnt cut it for me personally. If we are talking 4 years back we would have seen it in every advert break, on other sports websites, posters, anything to advertise a PPV. Did you see that for NWO? I doubt. It was hardly ever on a commercial break. Though I have to say that it got more hype than other 'Normal' PPVs like ONS, Judgement day etc.

It seems that you keep flip-flopping on what your defining as 'hype'. If you mean commercials, then I dont think your argument has much ground to stand on, because I dont think theres an actual difference if any. Besides, all of the other sources of 'hype' that I described were in fact present and quite defiant, and would have made up for the lack of commercializing (if any, but again, I fail to see any difference or decrease).

 

[tyler.durden]

yeah i'm not sure what the op means by hype either, cuz i don't watch that much tv, but when i do, i catch wwe ppv commercials airing on other channels. for non-commercials, each ppv is advertised on the entrance screen with a reminder date like "no way out, 2 weeks away". and that plus the constant development of storyline on the tv shows building the ppv matches, i don't see why there isn't enough hype for each ppv.

wrestlemania 11 was way over-hyped, and look at the quality of the ppv!

 

[Kliq]

I actually saw quite a few No Way Out commercials. Wrestlemania always gets a big boost of publicity so we can rule that out. I guess I just need you to define what 'hype' means to you. In my opinion it is build up through commercials, segments during the shows, and matches being related to the PPV. I can't think of a ppv that didn't have all of those things.

 

[klunderbunker]

Not sure what you're getting at either. If you mean advertising, it's still out there. I see the random commercial here and there for shows, which is fine. However, WWE fans know when PPVs are and the company isn't so much trying to grab new viewers as much as they're trying to get their loyal fans to buy the shows. I haven't bought a WWE PPV since 2001, but now that WWE shows have improved I always watch them online. When I get my own place, I'll likely order them. That's a smart marketing strategy to me. They're hyping them by making them unique. Each show has a hook now, and that's a massive improvement in my eyes.

 

[Blade]

Are you talking about making the feuds going into the PPVs a big deal?
Cause they did that last year with HBK/Jericho and Undertaker/Edge

Are you talking about advertising? Cause that's still around too...

It's hard to tell what you're talking about, but either way I'm pretty sure you have no basis for what your saying on this thread, sorry.

 

[That's Just Weird]

I've said it before and I don't want to say it again. There are way too many pay-per-views! You simply can't hype a pay-per-view enough in three weeks! You just can't do it. Shows are two hours. You have to promote every storyline, the world title, and everybody else. They barely even get to do that as it is right now. Could you imagine if they actually tried to hype a pay-per-view? The show would suck! And until some pay-per-views are taken off of the claendar, pay-per-view hype will suck. WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam will get ample hype, but other than that, keep on waiting.

Well, story lines don't begin directly after PPVs and end at them. A lot of story lines go beyond PPVs, but an arc or a swerve will happen, and they finally make it to a major PPV such as Summer Slam, the Royal Rumble, or WM. So, the amount of PPVs the WWE has per year is fine, with how they're pulling it off.

 

[Queers and Steers]

i think there is less hype now than it use to be. and i think that thats a good thing because they now let the matches speak for themselves! i men brock vs goldberg was hyped to death! and it was Terrible at best! a great match shouldnt need any extra hype to help people get excited. you should be able to watch the match and say damn that was a great match! i like it this way because they let their actions or in this case matches speak louder than their words!!

 

[supergav67]

PPV hype is alive & well & living on Wrestlezone Forums.
(Well SomebodY had to say it.Maybe Vince should pay us for all this free plugging!)

 

[Joker ' Ferreira]

When I said PPV hype was less than before, I meant in the way, that back in 2004, on Royal Rumble, when Holly challenged Lesnar for the title, fans cared more about that match that today they care for about every single match on PPV.

I think Holly vs. Lesnar is a pretty good example, Holly was never something to be compared with the likes of Triple H, Orton, Cena, Undertaker or HBK, but people cared about the result, about the segments that lead to the PPVs.

And I think its not only fans fault, I think most of it is WWE fault by having so much PPVs with all three brands. Is it really that important to watch the same match four times in 3 months? They wont care by the time they get to the first rematch so guess what happens about the third and fourth match...

 

[WrestlingHistorian]

I remeber before in the 'good ol' days' where every PPV may it be the most crappest known to man or the greatest Wrestlemania ever, it was hyped to death. Nowadays ever since Royal Rumble 2006 there is no hype wahtsoever apart from maybe Wrestlemania and the odd PPV here and there. What is your opinion on this? IMO hype actually solidifies a PPV. If there is a lot of hype going into an event the more excited I will be.

IMO the "Attidue Era" killed PPV hype. The weekly shows airing matches between top stars killed the excitement of seeing huge stars face off at a PPV because we have seen them square off so many times it became watered down. But I still enjoyed the PPV of that era anyhow, and still do today, but I think that was a huge part of it.

 

[ad21k]

One thing I do think has dropped in quality is the VT's/Promos they ran before the PPV's to recap feuds and build up matches. They used to be produced so well in my opinion. They aren't produced as well anymore in my opinon. To get an idea of what i mean-

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[Queers and Steers]

that may be true so an certian degree but not necessarily i thought the promo vt or Orton vs Cena vs Hunter was great!!!

 

[WrestlingHistorian]

One thing I do think has dropped in quality is the VT's/Promos they ran before the PPV's to recap feuds and build up matches. They used to be produced so well in my opinion. They aren't produced as well anymore in my opinon. To get an idea of what i mean-

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That promo you posted with Rock/Austin was a classic, I loved that one, I was so hyped up for that title bout that I took the weekend plus Monday off from work, hehe.