Writer: Fuck No Way Out, let's call it. Battle Chamber!!! Update: Elimination Chamber

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

WWE has sent out a new survey to people on their mailing list, with the main question being the following:
The following questions refer to a WWE event that would feature "Elimination Chamber" matches for the main events on the card. The "Elimination Chamber" is a circular steel structure with 4 inner "pods." In this match, 2 Superstars begin in the ring while 4 Superstars are isolated in the pods. The isolated Superstars are released from their "pods" throughout the match.

How much do you like the following titles for a future WWE event where the main event matches are contested in an Elimination Chamber?

The choices are:
- Battle Chamber
- Heavy Metal
- No Way Out
- Elimination Chamber
- Chamber of Conflict

So it would appear WWE is, at the very least, considering a name change to the No Way Out Pay-per-view in February, which for the past few years has featured the Elimination Chamber in the main event.

Update:
From PWInsider:

Devin Cutting sent word that World Wrestling Entertainment is now advertising their February PPV as "WWE Elimination Chamber." The PPV was formerly known as No Way Out.

/facepalm

[Xero]

Everything there sounds like a WCW idea outside of No Way Out, which is a good name.

[CSL]

I can't wait for 'WWE WrestleMania Rematches' (formerly Backlash) in April

[TheZman]

WWE, The bigger version of TNA

[Lock Jaw]

CHAMBER OF CONFLICT!!

[TheZman]

Might as well bring back the Chamber of Horrors while they're at it.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

WAR GAMES

[TheZman]

David Arquette

[Kami Raki]

Might as well bring back the Chamber of Horrors while they're at it.
Extreme Elimination Chamber anyone?

[RP]

call it We'll Have This Same Match Next PPV With No Cage Chamber

[kareru]

wwe now proudly presents this months pay per view

'wwe: there is a way out, see? there us a door right over there but you have to be eliminated and win the match before you can leave,also there are some other matches on the card usually some consisting of tomfoolery and hijinks, it should be a great show 2009'



now that is a proper PPV name

[Indifferent Clox]

Kareru, are yo on the PWG naming committe?

[Skippord]

Battle Chamber sounds like an American Gladiators event

[DAMN iNATOR]

Battle Chamber? Seriously? What would that be about, having the guys fight each other in Robot Wars style matches, only with them as the robots?

[Afterlife]

Why do we need to change the name?

[DAMN iNATOR]

It's definitely not necessary, unless they wanted to go with something like "No Way Out: Elimination Chamber". That would tell you how the main event would be contested while not compromising the integrity of the original name of the pay-per-view.

[legendkillerRKO]

where is the ppv where we bring back the triple cage!!!???

[Innovator]

No Way out god dammit god dammit

[screech]

It's definitely not necessary, unless they wanted to go with something like "No Way Out: Elimination Chamber". That would tell you how the main event would be contested while not compromising the integrity of the original name of the pay-per-view.

But since they've been doing the Chamber at No Way Out for a few years now, shouldn't it be understood that it will be there?

This name change is a ridiculous idea.

[CSL]

where is the ppv where we bring back the triple cage!!!???

WCW One Night Stand. Randy Orton & David Arquette vs. John Cena & Robocop

[Kami Raki]

where is the ppv where we bring back the triple cage!!!???That really is the only gimmick left to pull out. That and World War 3.

[CSL]

WAR GAMES

[DAMN iNATOR]

But since they've been doing the Chamber at No Way Out for a few years now, shouldn't it be understood that it will be there?

This name change is a ridiculous idea.

Try explaining that to a casual fan, and I guarantee before you finish they'll have 1,000 other questions, so yeah, hardcore or even just semi-regular viewers would know the concept, but not casual fans taking it in for the first time.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

"Hey why's it called No Way Out? Oh maybe because of those big fucking cages they wrestle in. That makes sense!"

[IRodC]

WWE should just pay to name it, WWE BEYOND THUNDERDOME!

[FourFifty]

I voted No Way Out.
All the other names suck. No Way Out should remain the Chamber PPV, and could be pushed as a major PPV.

[RP]

How bout

Now Way Out Until The Bell Rings And Then You Can Walk Back To The Locker Room

[muffalufagus]

No Way Out is perfect for a PPV designed around the Elimination Chamber. No need to ask the idiots in the WWEverse what they think.......

[Nicky Fives]

this is ridiculous...... changing names of PPV's is not going to make a diffenrence, I hope that this is just a trial run and everything will be back to normal in 2010..... but I do have my concerns....

[screech]

Try explaining that to a casual fan, and I guarantee before you finish they'll have 1,000 other questions, so yeah, hardcore or even just semi-regular viewers would know the concept, but not casual fans taking it in for the first time.

"Hey why's it called No Way Out? Oh maybe because of those big fucking cages they wrestle in. That makes sense!"

[Lux]

HEAVY METAL!!

[Rammsteinmad]

Battle Chamber. :lol:

Chamber of Conflict. :lol:

WWE should do more cheesy horror films like 'See No Evil'.

[Savio]

WWE: Heated Argument

[ClockShot]

I've got a portable Thunderdome in my backyard if they need it. :shifty:

But really, enough with the games.

[Xero]

But really, enough with the games.

WWE In Your House: Serious Business!

[My Final Heaven]

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/419/heavymetal02jb1.jpg

[Swiss Ultimate]

This is just the first step.
WWE Presents Never Say Die
WWE Presents Never Give Up
WWE Presents Hustle.Loyalty.Respect.
WWE Presents Cena

[Afterlife]

Try explaining that to a casual fan, and I guarantee before you finish they'll have 1,000 other questions, so yeah, hardcore or even just semi-regular viewers would know the concept, but not casual fans taking it in for the first time.

I don't have to explain shit to a casual fan that throws fifty bucks at a pay-per-view. Either you know what you're paying for, or you're a giant jackass.

[XL]

This renaming stuff is getting/gotten ridiculous!

I can see the the reasoning behind ammending a PPV name to match the stipulation (see Breaking Point). I can just about bare changing the name of a PPV to that of a match type ( see Hell in a Cell). But changing the name of a PPV that already works with the gimmick...pointless.

[Shaggy]

Makes me think of that show Battle Dome and makes me wonder why they didnt pick that title lol

[cenassoldier]

chamber of eliminations

[Swiss Ultimate]

chamber of eliminations

Best idea yet.

[Lux]

really?

you've clearly never had a "best idea" moment.

[Theo Dious]

I called this in the Hell in a Cell thread and I demand rep for it.

[Favre4Ever]

No Way Out: Slap Fight

[parkmania]

Open letter to the WWE:

Stop worrying about the names of the PPVs and try improving the product.


That is all.


EDIT: Also: WWE presents Staring Contest

[Leonard Washington]

WWE Presents: THUMB WAR

[Cool King]

Royal Rumble's new name: "WWE Big Clusterfuck In The Ring".

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I believe the Royal Rumble was the inspiration for naming these PPVs after the main event

[Cool King]

That damn Royal Rumble....

[ddpBANG]

WWE Presents: THUMB WAR
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[Xero]

From PWInsider:

Devin Cutting sent word that World Wrestling Entertainment is now advertising their February PPV as "WWE Elimination Chamber." The PPV was formerly known as No Way Out.

/facepalm

[Londoner]

wankers

[The Jayman]

WWE: Pod Wars

[Triple Naitch]

:nono:

[Londoner]

I am feeling like ppv's are losing all meaning, and my loyalty for wwe slowly fading away.

[Kami Raki]

With all these PPVs being gimmicked out and shit, it just gives me more reason not to buy them. Anything that Royal Rumble or Wrestlemania doesn't get a buy from me.

[Afterlife]

From PWInsider:

Devin Cutting sent word that World Wrestling Entertainment is now advertising their February PPV as "WWE Elimination Chamber." The PPV was formerly known as No Way Out.

/facepalm

Whyyyy, whyyy, whyyyyyy?!

[Afterlife]

With all these PPVs being gimmicked out and shit, it just gives me more reason not to buy them. Anything that Royal Rumble or Wrestlemania doesn't get a buy from me.

Oh, stfu, it already had a unique main event.

[Xero]

My only real problem was its placement. It ruins the build to Mania by not allowing a proper build because the titles will always be on the line between the Rumble and Mania.

But now, with all the gimmick PPVs and the name change, it's terrible.

[Lock Jaw]

:nono:

WWE really dropped the ball here.








Should have called it Chamber of Conflict.

[Savio]

I'm glad I got off this sinking ship a long time ago

[Afterlife]

Sons of fucking shit face cock bitches.

[Xero]

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[thedamndest]

I get it. Because the main event features matches contested inside Elimination Chambers.

[RVDmark]

Its only a matter of time till we get a PPV called "8 Man Tag"

[CWK]

I wouldn't say that I blame Vince for coming up with these new PPV names, but I can blame him for allowing this shit to happen.

Instead of No Mercy, they came up with Bragging Rights? Instead of No Way Out, it's Elimination Chamber? That's just stupid decision making.

[Londoner]

But but, vince is a brilliant businessman! We must never question his decisions!!!!!!!!!!!11111

[Londoner]

Its only a matter of time till we get a PPV called "8 Man Tag"

**10 man tag you mean, replacing the survivor series.

[TheZman]

Its only a matter of time till we get a PPV called "8 Man Tag"

Survivor Series will now be known as "WWE: Elimination Tag Matches"

[TheZman]

Open letter to the WWE:

Stop worrying about the names of the PPVs and try improving the product. Which means letting us some new shit every once in a while and not being like WCW and TNA.


That is all.


EDIT: Also: WWE presents Staring Contest

Updated

[CWK]

But but, vince is a brilliant businessman! We must never question his decisions!!!!!!!!!!!11111

I question the Katie Vick storyline.

[Londoner]

I question the Katie Vick storyline.

sssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh

[CWK]

**10 man tag you mean, replacing the survivor series.

The Royal Rumble has also been changed to: The King and Queen Vibrator.

Judgment Day has been changed to: Decision Making 24-hour period.

[Londoner]

Nah Royal rumble will change to: 'WWE: Over the top rope!'.

[CWK]

.....And also....

SummerSlam has been changed to: Hottest fuckin' time of the year Denny's breakfast special.

[Tazz Dan]

Survivor Series will be changed to: Screw Job

[Tazz Dan]

Every match on the card will be done via screw job. The question is, who exactly will get screwed? The answer is, the fans.

[Xero]

WWE Backlash will be renamed "WWE Mania Meant Jack Shit"

[Tazz Dan]

WWE Backlash will be renamed "WWE Mania Meant Jack Shit"

I always thought they just replayed footage of the WrestleMania main events at Baclkash anyway.

[Sixx]

HEAVY METAL!!

Or no metal at all.

[Lux]

probably no metal.


seriously do they need to change the name. how important is this to their lives?

[Sovereigntywillpr]

I Don't like this new PPV Business.

What they should do:
- Get ride of Hell In A Cell, It's Stupid, and to many gimick PPV's is bad...

- If they Insist on still keeping/calling it Bragging Rights; put it in between The Rumble and Mania...

- Take "No Way Out" and make that the Hell in a Cell PPV if they must have an anual HIAC PPV...(this way they can keep the name and go back to regular format if they don't want to do a Hell in a Cell)

- If they want to have an anual Elemination Chamber, just add it to the damn Survivor Series, Have traditional Survivor Series Matches too.

- If they must creat another PPV, I can't thinkn of one from the top of my head but I'd say bring something back (King of the Ring, any big NWA/WCW PPV, I wouldn't mind a When Worlds Colide type thing, with one night contracted wrestlers like one night stand, with new japan, all japan, AAA, whatever international promotion they can. Hell even bring back one night stand but don't make it ECW, make it just one Night stand for wrestlers who aren't usualy in the company contracted for one night to work their ass off, free agents from all over the world against Raw, ECW, Smackdown... it would be a good way to bring in FCW Development, say they're from the indy circuit)

Edit: Ooops, this was supposed to be asking what you guys would do with it and what you think of the new PPV's they have...

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't like the idea of an annual Elimination Chamber. I've said this before, but I believe that the EC should come naturally from feuds. It made sense when it was first done, as you had a lot of guys going after the World Heavyweight Title -- and it was a way for Eric Bischoff to say "this title has arrived!"

Now it's done to decide #1 Contender's and stuff. Bullshit. The same goes with Hell in a Cell. It's meant to be a "feud-ender," yet now we have set dates when we know that any two guys are going to go into the match. Fuck that off. Hell in a Cell should only come about when a feud demands it.

TLC is in the same boat as those two. Bragging Rights I don't mind so much, but it seems to be off to a messy start. It might be better to have the entire card as inter-promotional, or just do a completely separate "Bragging Rights Match" between SmackDown! and RAW. Then surround that with a normal card.

If they want to make PPVs more "exciting," then I don't see why they haven't brought back King of the Ring -- or replace Armageddon with the Starrcade name. It's just a name change, but it would be good to wrap up the year with something big.

[Team Sheep]

I hate the Bragging Rights idea. There hasn't been any tension, loyalty or passion between the two brands for years. Why are we suddenly supposed to care about guys fighting for their brand? The Raw vs Smackdown main event thing wouldn't inspire me to purchase it in the slightest.

I agree about Hell in a Cell also, it is supposed to be a feud ender, and you expect guys barely being able to walk to the ring, covered in cuts and bruises the next night on Raw. This week, they all just walked out perfectly fine. Shawn Michaels came out skipping and dancing, Punk was fine with a smile on his face. Hell in a Cell means nothing now, just a glorified cage match, and that's being generous. I feel sorry for the writers having to book 3 cell matches in one night.

[Droford]

If the WWE wasn't so PG, the coolest Gimmick Match PPV name would be WWE: First Blood (First Blood Matches)

[Droford]

I cant wait for Cena/Orton TLC. Greatest Match Ever.

And you know Cena/Orton will be the final 2 in the RAW Elimination Chamber.

[Cool King]

I don't see why they didn't just keep the PPV name as No Way Out.

It makes more sense seeing as the WWE seem to want to make the PPV names related to the Main Event. So No Way Out made sense as there is No Way Out of an Elimination Chamber....unless the refs screws up on locking the door correctly and someone falls out like what happened to The Undertaker.

But other than The Royal Rumble, I don't think I'll get use to having PPV's named after matches. So saying "Hell In A Cell", "TLC: Table, Ladders & Chairs" and now "Elimination Chamber" as PPV names will never really feel right to me. :-\

We now have 10 out of 14 PPV's that are gimmick PPV's.

Royal Rumble - Main Event is a Royal Rumble Match
Elimination Chamber - (I'm guessing) All World Title matches are contested inside an Elimination Chamber
Backlash - WrestleMania Rematches
Extreme Rules - All matches are contested under "Extreme Rules"
Night of Champions- All Matches are Title Matches
Breaking Point - All Main Events are Submission Matches
Hell In A Cell - All Main Events are contested in a Hell In A Cell
Bragging Rights - SmackDown vs Raw for "Bragging Rights"
Survivor Series - 8 Man Tag Team Elimination Matches (I'm guessing this year they'll be 3, one for each brand, unless they forget about ECW for the second straight month in a row)
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs - All Main Events/World Title Matches will be TLC matches.

Five years ago we only had 4 gimmick PPV's.

How times have changed. :roll:

[Batista03]

I agree about the Hell in a Cell match. HIAC should be a match that is booked throughout the year. It was bad enough that the Elimination Chamber has to be for both shows on the same PPV. And now that is PG, hell u dont even see blood or hear damn or anything. Cage matches are suppose to make u leave everything in the ring, but now they go in and very few come out looking like they went to hell and back.

Bragging Rights would work if they build up the Raw vs. Smackdown feud and it would go great to have the PPV around the month they release the SvsR games. But they dont even have a damn general manager for Raw to make the feud work. Making PPV named after main event matches is crazy imo. I agree about using some of the PPV WCW did and having wrestlers from all over come to one or two PPV a year.

I hate that the WWE is now PG. It sucks ass.

[Londoner]

I think the changes highlight how uncreative the writing team is now, if we needed anymore proof, well there we go. Well done vince!

[Londoner]

Every match on the card will be done via screw job. The question is, who exactly will get screwed? The answer is, the fans.

So there wont really be any screw jobs if they really want to screw the fans over.

[kareru]

maybe if they are running out of names they should use some of the names from the old wcw ppv's

e.g

Halloween Havoc etc etc

[Juan]

Isn't there already a thread dedicated to complaining about the new PPV names?

[Sovereigntywillpr]

If so sorry, someone put up a link if they find it... and than I guess close this one.

[Afterlife]

To be honest, I"ll be very surprised if there is another "Hell in a Cell" ppv.

[redoneja]

Another survey has been sent out to WWE fans asking to help rename yet another PPV. This time it's the May Judgment Day PPV.

According to the list on the survey, fans can pick from the following names: Judgment Day, Riot Control, MultiMania and WWE War Games.

[CSL]

Heard that this afternoon, Judgment Day is gonna be the WarGames show. About time.

[Sixx]

Multimania, ahahaha.

[Afterlife]

What, exactly, is War Games?

[CSL]

Kind of like a cross between Hell In A Cell and Survivor Series. Two teams with staggered entry, two rings, a big cell type cage covering both rings, no pinfalls, can only win by submission, KO or giving up/'throw in the towel'/surrender

[thedamndest]

It's the dream of every kid who ever played with action figures. My War Games always included monster trucks and dinosaurs.

[Afterlife]

Two rings?

[thedamndest]

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[parkmania]

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Wow, that's one low cage when Bobby Eaton can jump up and grab hold of the ceiling with little effort.