Pitch a Revolutionary New PPV Idea

[Swiss Ultimate]

Give me something that has either never been done before or something that is a new twist on an old idea.

Now, I'm not saying the idea has to be something you think the general public would like, just something you think would be interesting.

My idea would almost certainly be a box-office failure. It'd be the Wrestling Olympics in which matches would be decided by a panel of judges. Decisions would be based on technical skill, presentation, strength, etc.

Between tournament matches there'd be side-contests like "feats of strength", ring diving, etc.

Then, the night of the super-serious event we'd see scandal after scandal, cheating, bribery and a brawl during the Medal Ceremony. In kayfabe the event would be booked as a complete disaster due to the various scandals that take place throughout the night. However, it would be used as a feud generator and character building moment for most of the wrestlers.

[Destor]

New =/= Good

The wheel is fine. Book King of the Ring instead.

[Big Vic]

Gay only PPV featuring Darren Young vs Orlando Jordan along with the in ring return of Shawn Michaels vs Braun Stroman (what a surprise!)

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

if it's a gay only ppv, Vince has to commentate Shawn's match as though it's April 1996. Anyone who recalls Vince's commentary at the time will understand the reference.

[Mr. Pierre]

Not revolutionary, but Survivor Series needs a complete overhaul. Every match is cold, makes no sense, and totally sucks.

PPV opens with an 8-man elimination tag
Winning team moves into a 4-man tournament
Winner of the tournament faces their brand’s champion at Royal Rumble

Toss is some title defenses and it could be a fun format

Idk just make the PPV mean something. It’s been outdated since the early 2000s

[Swiss Ultimate]

New =/= Good

The wheel is fine. Book King of the Ring instead.

Is the wheel fine though? It looks wobbly.

[Destor]

Wheel is fine the spokes are replaced.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Have every match be simmed by 2k19 but the results are considered cannon. The computer AI might book better than the jabronies.

[Vastardikai]

A well booked, exciting card with finishes that are logical, and mostly satisfying to the paying audience. The unsatisfying finishes should set the stage for the next event. :shifty:

[Swiss Ultimate]

Have every match be simmed by 2k19 but the results are considered cannon. The computer AI might book better than the jabronies.

JUST REMEMBER TO GIVE BROCK LESNAR ALL 10S AND ROMAN REIGNS ALL 8S.

[Droford]

Survivor Series becomes a 20 man match where every 3 minutes someone gets voted out the ring

[Lock Jaw]

A PPV where all matches are contested under ONE OUT OF TWO FALLS RULES

[Simple Fan]

WWE/New Japan Super Show

[Emperor Smeat]

Reverse Battle Royal.

Everyone starts outside of the ring and you eliminate guys by tossing them inside the ring.

[Simple Fan]

NXT vs Impact Wrestling

[Simple Fan]

More realistic, WWE vs NXT.

[Savio]

WWE vs UFC

[Simple Fan]

WWE vs UFC

UFC would have to pay out the ass like a Alabama does to play football against poor South Western North Carolina State to whip their ass. (I hope that's not a real school)

[RP]

Here's my PPV idea

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[Simple Fan]

RP's Twerkathon

[Droford]

Reverse Battle Royal.

Everyone starts outside of the ring and you eliminate guys by tossing them inside the ring.

TNA did that

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[ClockShot]

The War of Independents.

Some of the top indie promotions around the world send like 3-4 representatives to agreed upon location to create a great card culminating to a battle royale style match.

Last man standing gets bragging rights for their promotion for being the "Best in the World".

[Nicky Fives]

New =/= Good

The wheel is fine. Book King of the Ring instead.

Same. Have it in March and run it alongside NCAA. Huge Bracket. March Madness. 64 wrestlers. Winner gets a huge trophy, $1 million dollars and pay-per-view title match at the PPV after Wrestlemania.

You could even hold a "Perfect Bracket" $1 million contest a la March Madness.

[Destor]

Honestly that perfect bracket idea...thats really good

[Destor]

Like REALLY REALLY good

[Stickman]

3 Ring Battle Royal in a triple decker cage.

[Nicky Fives]

Same. Have it in March and run it alongside NCAA. Huge Bracket. March Madness. 64 wrestlers. Winner gets a huge trophy, $1 million dollars and pay-per-view title match at the PPV after Wrestlemania.

You could even hold a "Perfect Bracket" $1 million contest a la March Madness.

Such an easy way to book feuds and get people over with a tournament. Both GM's could seed everyone, guys like Strowman & Reigns as #1's in their respective sides of the bracket, and guys like Hawkins & Truth as #16's. Super easy to bring up an NXT guy (or underused main roster guy) ranked super low and have him knock off a higher seed, instant way to get him over and super easy feud to book.

[XL]

Same. Have it in March and run it alongside NCAA. Huge Bracket. March Madness. 64 wrestlers. Winner gets a huge trophy, $1 million dollars and pay-per-view title match at the PPV after Wrestlemania.

You could even hold a "Perfect Bracket" $1 million contest a la March Madness.

What’s the Perfect Bracket?

[Destor]

A bracket thats perfect...?

[XL]

Yeah I don’t know what March Madness is so the context is missing for me.

[Droford]

College basketball tournament in March with 64..ugh..68 teams with 1 vs 16 2 vs 15 etc the extra 4 teams are in a play in bracket

[Emperor Smeat]

TNA did that

wndi40OJEy4

Mine's less TNA dumb since the rules don't suddenly change twice.

[xrodmuc316]

I forget what WCW PPV it was, but they would have random tag team pairings for matches that would lead to a later match where the winners would then fight each other in singles matches.

Not saying it would be great, but it would be something different.

[Helmsphere]

I forget what WCW PPV it was, but they would have random tag team pairings for matches that would lead to a later match where the winners would then fight each other in singles matches.

Not saying it would be great, but it would be something different.

Battlebowl

[Nicky Fives]

What’s the Perfect Bracket?

A perfect bracket is correctly picking every winner all the way to the final. Several legit companies will provide huge prizes (over $10 million on occasion) for any person who can correctly fill out an entire bracket. They do this because it is damn near impossible due to the unpredictability, as top seeds are often upset by huge underdogs and middle seeds (6,7,8,9) are often so evenly matched its a toss up as to who will win.

[xrodmuc316]

Battlebowl

Yes Battlebowl!

WWE should do that. It is one of the few things I remember about WCW prior to nWo.

[Simple Fan]

TNA did that

TNA did alot of shit. The Dixieland Match is probably the stupidest. Had to escape a cage and then go to the top of the stage and climb a latter to then grab the championship.

[Mr. JL]

Brawl For All - One Night Tournament

[Sixx]

Brawl For All - One Night Tournament

Bare knuckled, though.

Street fight rules. I wanna see some headbutts!

[XL]

How to be a dick (and not know how to use an apostrophe)...
A bracket thats perfect...?

How to provide insight...
A perfect bracket is correctly picking every winner all the way to the final. Several legit companies will provide huge prizes (over $10 million on occasion) for any person who can correctly fill out an entire bracket. They do this because it is damn near impossible due to the unpredictability, as top seeds are often upset by huge underdogs and middle seeds (6,7,8,9) are often so evenly matched its a toss up as to who will win.

So, WWE would offer up the $1m to a member of the “Universe” if they predicted every winner from every match in the tournament? Sounds really interesting.

You can’t go wrong with a tournament, it makes otherwise meaningless matches have purpose, and you can spin any number of storylines off of it.

You could even seed title holders, so that having the IC/US/Tag belts in the run up to the tournament holds more value too.

[Nicky Fives]

How to be a dick (and not know how to use an apostrophe)...


How to provide insight...


So, WWE would offer up the $1m to a member of the “Universe” if they predicted every winner from every match in the tournament? Sounds really interesting.

You can’t go wrong with a tournament, it makes otherwise meaningless matches have purpose, and you can spin any number of storylines off of it.

You could even seed title holders, so that having the IC/US/Tag belts in the run up to the tournament holds more value too.

Yup. Could even be more than $1 million, as even if someone predicted (for example) Seth Rollins (#2) defeating Cesaro (#8) in the finals, its almost certain that they would have selected something wrong along the way. The only way this works is if WWE forgoes their typical booking and avoids a #1 versus #1 final, a fancy way of saying Reigns would have to lose, so there's no way it'll happen :roll:

[XL]

Well the tournament could be for a title shot, so Roman could smash the winner in 30 seconds.

[XL]

Would there be questions asked if nobody won (which sounds likely) as WWE could have booked around everyone’s predictions?

[Destor]

Given the fact that this is scripted they would need a notary to validate the bracket prior. Only way it could be legal.

[Evil Vito]

Injuries could play into it too which would mess up the bracket. It's not like the NCAA where a player can get hurt but the team still moves on. Someone planned to go deep could blow out their knee and the company would need to decide if it's an either automatic bye or if someone else gets to wrestle in their place.

[Evil Vito]

Anyway, I'm all for large scale tournaments. New Japan bases pretty much their whole year around tourneys (G1, New Japan Cup, Super Juniors, World Tag League, Junior Tag) and it sets up so many storylines and future matches.

[Mr. JL]

Bare knuckled, though.

Street fight rules. I wanna see some headbutts!

Agreed. I think it would be pretty interesting who is the most skilled and toughest outside of the bullshit backstage politics. You'd have to keep Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley out of the tournament but perhaps you could run the tournament with pro wrestlers on the one side and then Lesnar vs Lashley and then the two winners could meet up to fight.

[Mr. Nerfect]

A well booked, exciting card with finishes that are logical, and mostly satisfying to the paying audience. The unsatisfying finishes should set the stage for the next event. :shifty:

Honestly, I'm with that. As Destor said, the wheel isn't broken.

[Swiss Ultimate]

New PPV Idea: World Title Gauntlet

PPV starts out with a randomly selected 9 wrestlers who are all contenders for the world title (or whatever).

Starts with a one-on-one. Winner then faces #3 in a one-on-one until we get to #8 and #9 where it turns into a Triple Threat with the winner facing the Champ in the Main Event in an Iron-Man match. Then you get a few lower title matches in a row before the main event.

You could do a lot of variations on this, such as #8 or #9 faking an injury and stealing the win without expending much energy, or the the Champ's stable taking out the competitors in the other matches forcing the winner of the gauntlet to immediately fight for the title, or you could even hold the gauntlet as the second to last match requiring the winner to go against a fresh champ.

It's basically a reverse Money in the Bank cash-in and I'm sure something like this has been done before. You could also have it be the one PPV where the Money in the Bank contract cannot be used, or have it used after the match only for it to be reversed Monday because of the fine print clause which would be a great moment.

You could do a lot with this simple set-up and the month or two build to the event in which people actually give a shit about winning matches to be part of the Gauntlet. Not to mention last-minute substitutes, shenanigans, wrestlers taking bribes, etc.

Which is why the WWE won't do it, because it actually would give wrestlers the opportunity to shine.

[Sixx]

Agreed. I think it would be pretty interesting who is the most skilled and toughest outside of the bullshit backstage politics. You'd have to keep Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley out of the tournament but perhaps you could run the tournament with pro wrestlers on the one side and then Lesnar vs Lashley and then the two winners could meet up to fight.

That would probably end the way Butterbean vs Bart Gunn did.