Mr. Nerfect
05-07-2005, 06:17 PM
Watching RAW and SmackDown! this week, two things were different. One was that there were several pretty damn good matches. The other was that RAW is holding a tournament for the #1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship. I like the idea of this tournament, and I couldn't help but compare it to the King of the Ring PPV.
Now I know RAW and SmackDown! need to have good matches, and occasionally needs special attractions to get the fans tuning in next week, but I couldn't just help but wonder, what if the Gold Rush Tournament got its own PPV. Then I thought it was stupid, since I assume PPV providers would need to know when PPVs will take place quite a while in advance, etc. But then I thought, why not do something with a regular WWE timeslot, and make it a "WWE Special".
You could turn WWE Experience into the base for WWE Specials. By this I mean, every couple of months or so, instead of hosting a recap show, you have the two-hours dedicated to a special WWE program like "WWE Gold Rush". There you have the entire Gold Rush tournament take place.
This could be good for a couple of reasons. It could be used as a "trial" for the WWE's more out there ideas. TNA recently did a PPV where every match was inside a Steel Cage. If the WWE wanted to do something like that, they could have the WWE Special: Bloodbath and have two-hours filled with Steel Cage matches.
If these ideas are a success, the WWE can upgrade them to PPV, or even sell the special on DVD. Taboo Tuesday was an original idea by the WWE, but it didn't turn out as great as the WWE may have wanted it to be, but if they aired it free of charge, it might have actually done better for the WWE.
The other place they could vent these "specials" is instead of a regular RAW or SmackDown! broadcast. You could then jam Heat and Velocity full of main event talent, or have it serve as a complimentary hour to the special. So if you had "WWE Taboo" air in RAW's slot, you can have Heat sevre as an extra hour of that.
You can do all sorts of crazy stuff like this. You can have an all cruiserweight show, have RAW vs. SmackDown!, have a Night of Champions, hold the event out in a rainforest somewhere, make the show based around a wrestler/title, the possibilities are endless.
I know if the WWE had a "Special" with Chris Jericho's greatest matches, I would watch it, maybe even buy it on DVD. If they had some kind of cruiserweight event, it would be something for the ages.
Anyway, what does everyone think about the idea. Is it too expensive? Is it a good idea?
Now I know RAW and SmackDown! need to have good matches, and occasionally needs special attractions to get the fans tuning in next week, but I couldn't just help but wonder, what if the Gold Rush Tournament got its own PPV. Then I thought it was stupid, since I assume PPV providers would need to know when PPVs will take place quite a while in advance, etc. But then I thought, why not do something with a regular WWE timeslot, and make it a "WWE Special".
You could turn WWE Experience into the base for WWE Specials. By this I mean, every couple of months or so, instead of hosting a recap show, you have the two-hours dedicated to a special WWE program like "WWE Gold Rush". There you have the entire Gold Rush tournament take place.
This could be good for a couple of reasons. It could be used as a "trial" for the WWE's more out there ideas. TNA recently did a PPV where every match was inside a Steel Cage. If the WWE wanted to do something like that, they could have the WWE Special: Bloodbath and have two-hours filled with Steel Cage matches.
If these ideas are a success, the WWE can upgrade them to PPV, or even sell the special on DVD. Taboo Tuesday was an original idea by the WWE, but it didn't turn out as great as the WWE may have wanted it to be, but if they aired it free of charge, it might have actually done better for the WWE.
The other place they could vent these "specials" is instead of a regular RAW or SmackDown! broadcast. You could then jam Heat and Velocity full of main event talent, or have it serve as a complimentary hour to the special. So if you had "WWE Taboo" air in RAW's slot, you can have Heat sevre as an extra hour of that.
You can do all sorts of crazy stuff like this. You can have an all cruiserweight show, have RAW vs. SmackDown!, have a Night of Champions, hold the event out in a rainforest somewhere, make the show based around a wrestler/title, the possibilities are endless.
I know if the WWE had a "Special" with Chris Jericho's greatest matches, I would watch it, maybe even buy it on DVD. If they had some kind of cruiserweight event, it would be something for the ages.
Anyway, what does everyone think about the idea. Is it too expensive? Is it a good idea?