http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/blog.php?12678-Blogging-3-16 Wrestling News and Discussion - eWrestlingNews.com Community en Sun, 19 May 2013 08:28:12 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/blog.php?12678-Blogging-3-16 http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?44039-The-Big-Four-PPVs Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:18:19 GMT So with Survivor Series fast approaching us I thought that now would be as good a time as any to have a think about what the “Big Four” PPVs actually... So with Survivor Series fast approaching us I thought that now would be as good a time as any to have a think about what the “Big Four” PPVs actually mean to us as fans. As we all know, Wrestlemania is that granddaddy of them all, and has a strong supporting cast in the Royal Rumble, Summerslam and Survivor Series. This to me in theory means that the majority of storylines should be built up around these four PPVs which are evenly spaced out across the year, giving the WWE creative plenty of time to build a story that which we actually care about. (However the ability of this “creative” team could have a whole series of blogs in itself, so I will leave that point here for now)

One thing that really, really annoys me with the current state of the WWE is not only the constant predictability of Raw and Smackdown matches, but the pretty poor excuse for PPVs that the WWE offers us in between the big four. My major gripe of this being that there seemingly never any clean wins at all! We maybe get to see one clean win per week, (note Orton Vs Barrett from Raw), but when we get something along the lines of a Champion vs Champion match on Raw or Smackdown, we all know that it is not going to go down cleanly, or more often than not, just have someone interfere and not even have a finish! Don’t get me wrong, I do understand the necessity of having interruptions and small stand offs where the heel will just get away leaving the audience wanting to see the face get his hands on him even more for the next weeks show, but the WWE seem to have lost the ability to make us care about this type of storyline due to its predictability!

Now the point of never having clean winners in matches leads me on seamlessly to my next point. In my opinion, I just feel that the “big four” PPV’s should be exempt from such annoying run of the mill things in order for them to have that big game feel. Before anyone starts to quote the Montreal Screw Job and various other shenanigans that have occurred at Survivor Series, I am aware that this PPV is no stranger to controversy. In fact it has often left fans stunned because of it! But that can be ok, as long as it is actually a shock and surprise unlike….. Hell in a Cell!!!
Now being English I am in the fortunate position of getting most of the minor PPVs throughout the year for free, and to be honest if I didn’t probably wouldn’t bother ordering them because of how lacklustre they have all become. If I had been on the other side of the pond and had actually paid good money to sit and watch Mild Amount of Unpleasantness in a Cell then I would be furious! It was easily one of the worst endings to a PPV I have seen and just left me feeling very flat and disappointed because with a couple of great matches in there it did have the ability to be a good solid PPV. I have seen many an episode of Raw finish much stronger and leave me wanting more, quite frankly I just didn’t care how the WWE was going to try and explain the mess it had gotten itself into by having the ref low blow Ryback on the following nights show.

Also 3 weeks build up to what is considered to be one of the big four PPVs? What the front door is that all about?!?! And it might as well be two weeks seems as though they have pretty much made last week’s raw obsolete by changing all the matches around just seems stupid. How am I meant to care about the randomly thrown together elimination match in 2 weeks?

I think that generally my major fear is that Survivor Series is in danger of becoming irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. For a PPV that has had so many great moments I just don’t want to see it fall in to a state where no one really cares about it anymore. On a more positive note (because I do love the WWE despite the fact that currently it is a bit terrible and like an annoying sibling that you just put up with and stick by) what I would like to see is something that I know the WWE could easily do because they are without a doubt world class at it. And it is to use the 3 months between Summerslam and Survivor Series as a big build up to Survivor Series. When Wrestlemania season rolls around the WWE can shoot a promo package like no one else. They have the ability to make things seem epic and unmissable. One that springs to mind is the backstage interviews with legends getting their take on matches like HBK V Taker, and wow does it get you excited for Mania!! I just wish that the WWE would start to spend a bit more time on things like this when it comes to PPVs like Survivor Series and actually get me excited. Come on WWE, give it that big game feel like only you know how!!! Make the big four exactly that, the big four! Great matches, near falls, clean wins, fans left in awe, shocks, surprises, some poor chump going through the Spanish announce table! I really want to care about Survivor Series because of its great history, I honestly do. But currently the WWE just isn’t letting me. Please don’t make this same mistake going into the Rumble.

How does everyone else feel about this? Am onto something here? Or am I on my own?

Thanks for reading guys,

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@r_hutton91 ]]> Blogging 3:16 http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?44039-The-Big-Four-PPVs http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?43932-The-Value-of-Titles-and-the-Brand-Split Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:54:00 GMT Hi all, this is going to be the first blog that I have ever written so please don’t be too harsh to me on the comments! However as a lifelong fan of... Hi all, this is going to be the first blog that I have ever written so please don’t be too harsh to me on the comments! However as a lifelong fan of the WWE (apart from a 3-4 year break in the mid 2000’s) and an avid reader of many blogs and news stories throughout the past couple of years, I have always wanted to have a go at adding in my own input but have never known what to write about, until now! Also be warned, if you are not in for a long read then probably best to quit now!

I am aware that many blogs have probably been written about the brand split but here we go with my views.

To me the brand split, although pretty much over, needs to be officially over. And the reason for that being, I just dislike the idea of having 2 world champions; quite frankly I find it absurd. Everyone knows that the WWE title is the biggest prize in the company, and that the WHC is second to it. So to me, it just seems totally pointless to have both, because the WHC in reality isn’t the best heavyweight wrestler in the company let alone the world. When I grew up this was the order of how important the championships were.

1. World Champion
2. Intercontinental Champion
3. Tag Team Champion
4. European Champion
5. Cruiserweight/Hardcore Champion

Obviously this could be a debate in itself arguing around the tag and European titles importance but let’s just go with it for now! And I have purposefully not included the women’s title because let’s be honest, Women’s wrestling in the WWE is irrelevant and only there for a piss break and pervy dads who have been dragged to the event by their kids and been banned from watching porn by their wives. And the Cruiserweight/Hardcore title just existed so lower carders had something to feud over, which to be fair, was very entertaining at times!

The current Title Value (again which could be argued) looks like this;

1. WWE Champion
2. WHC
3. Intercontinental Champion
4. US Champion
5. Tag Team Champions

I just feel that if the WWE not only got rid of the brand split, but merged the WWE and WHC Titles together again, we would not only stop seeing the same matches at every single PPV! (Think Punk v Cena, Del Rio V Sheamus) We would also be able to bring some value back to the intercontinental title again. I remember the days where those title matches would not only matter, but would steal the show! To me it now seems as though because it has been relegated to the 3^rd most important title, fans just don’t seem to care about it anymore. There is half a reaction at best when the title is on the line or changes hands, and this IMO is because the superstars competing for the title don’t even remotely look like a threat to the biggest prize of all, so it’s hard to care about them for some fans.

This is where the merger of the WWE and WHC Titles would come in, you could have the top 3 or 4 guys feuding for that one title, for example Punk, Cena, Orton and Sheamus. Then guys who are not currently in the WWE title picture i.e Kane, Del Rio etc, should be looking to feud with guys like Ziggler and Rhodes for the IC Title. This would make the title have so much more appeal if the top guys who weren’t in current feud for the WWE title actually cared about the IC title. Then to further make them look like an actual threat, maybe incorporate some champion vs champion matches where there is an actual winner instead of interference! Hell you could even try having one of the top guys run with both the IC and WWE title for a while.

Anyways I don’t think I have to explain the same thing over about doing similar things with the lower and mid card but just doing it with the US and Tag Team championships. But I honestly believe that if this were to happen (and before you start bashing me, I know the chances are slim to none) then we would see the product improve because we would get better and more varied rivalries, more care for the mid to lower card because they actually pose a threat, and greater development if they actually caused an upset now and again!

So that’s me done on this one! Sorry about it being a bit of a marathon read, I got a bit carried away for a second! I would love to know what you guys think of my first ever blog, tell me whether you think I have made a little bit of sense and should look into doing another one, or if I have just talked absolute bollocks and should hang up my keyboard for good! ]]> Blogging 3:16 http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?43932-The-Value-of-Titles-and-the-Brand-Split