What do you consider the 2nd biggest WWE show of the year?

[slik]

What do you consider the 2nd biggest WWE show of the year?

[Droford]

Wrestlemania
Summerslam
Royal Rumble
MITB
Survivor Series

[Sepholio]

It should be Summerslam but the Rumble always comes off as a bigger deal to me.

[xrodmuc316]

Summerslam feels more of a standalone 2nd biggest show. Rumble is great but it is the start of Mania season more than it's got a 2nd biggest show feel to it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Royal Rumble.

In recent years, SummerSlam has felt bigger in priority especially when LA hosted a bunch of them in a row but the Royal Rumble still is the bigger show of the two considering its importance in setting up the direction of things for the rest of the year.

SummerSlam feeds off of Mania while Mania feeds off of the Rumble but the Rumble doesn't really feed off of any other PPV show.

[Lock Jaw]

Crown Jewel LIVE from

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Rumble. That's where Mania season kicks in to gear.

[XL]

WrestleMania Night 1 :shifty:

[teamXtremist]

Def rumble

[Big Poppa Pauly]

The rumbly Rumble. Too often SummerSlam has been just another show.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'm thinking Summerslam. They usually have some great marquee matches, and it's treated as a fairly big deal.

The Rumble is great, but I really feel like it's just an extension of Wrestlemania. It was basically part one of Wrestlemania before Wrestlemania itself literally had multiple parts.

[Evil Vito]

The Royal Rumble is my favorite show of the year. But objectively SummerSlam is meant to be the 2nd most important.

[ClockShot]

Royal Rumble.

[Big Vic]

I'd like to see Vince pitch the GBOF PPV name to the room.

[Splaya]

For me, its Summerslam. I've always felt like it's treated bigger. Plus I dunno, it feels like its the "unofficial" end of the summer for me.

[Stickman]

I'm old enough to remember when Survivor Series was a big deal.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Survivor Series was my favorite back in the day, for some reason.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Survivor Series was my favorite back in the day, for some reason.

I really liked it too. It was just a different look than everything else. I think that's why people love the Rumble too.

And I like the idea of teamwork in wrestling. Not necessarily "gang warfare" like the Boriquas and DOA, but just the idea that wrestlers are friends with each other and work together. Plus, it was cool seeing your favorite faces come together. It's why I always mark out for crew assemblage in TV shows and movies.

But, I guess since it was so self-contained, it didn't really draw and it didn't "matter" as much.

[XL]

There are so many ways to make a PPV like Survivor Series matter. It’s really frustrating that they don’t.

Aside from the fact that the Rumble can be a really fun and exiting match (if booked correctly) there is something at stake; a championship match at Mania. The two shows are linked and help support the narrative structure of the January - April period.

Come November they just revert to the “Brand Superiority” gimmick that means nothing for 11 months a year.

[The Gold Standard]

I think Royal Rumble, but WWE thinks any event in Saudi.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Royal Rumble is the second biggest, but oddly I've started looking forward to Survivor Series the most (if you can really say I look forward to it), because that's usually where you get Brock Lesnar excellence. Brock vs. Goldberg, Brock vs. Styles, Brock vs. Balor, Brock vs. Rey -- that's a good fucking list.

SummerSlam has, in the past, felt a bit like WrestleMania with the pressure off, so they just throw out more focused stuff and don't need to get everyone on, but it hasn't felt like that for a few years. Money in the Bank feels so overdone as a concept.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Always been a bit baffled that the WWE doesn't do more with their nostalgia. I'm not saying actually set the shows back in time, but a show like the Survivor Series opening with a modern "I'm thankful I'm not Ricky Rude *kiss*" could just add a little charm to the proceedings. I always thought they could do a No Mercy PPV with Nintendo 64-style pre-match graphics too. Just little cosmetic touches that make you think "Ha, I remember that" instead of everything being Battleground.

[James Steele]

The Royal Rumble being held in baseball stadiums the last few years has increased its aura and the big time feel of the event. I’ve been surprised they haven’t done the same move with SummerSlam and put it in medium sized stadiums. Baseball stadiums would be impossible, but you could easily do these soccer only stadiums or college stadiums that are all over the place and be more willing to work with WWE to bring in revenue. Can’t tell me WWE couldn’t fill a 20,000-30,000 seat soccer stadium for SummerSlam. Obviously, all that is up in the air right now but there is no reason they can’t make the original “Big 4” incredible spectacles.

[xrodmuc316]

Survivor Series is the only Big 4 PPVs I've been to live. Of the big 4 it's clearly number 4, but to this day the elimination matches are still fun.