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Old 06-10-2012, 04:48 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Xero View Post
The age of the PPV isn't over because people can download the matches for free. The age of the PPV is over because they care more about the TV show than the PPVs.
Xero speaks the truth.

I actually think the Monday night wars ruined PPV. The need to constantly one up the other weekly TV show made for PPV caliber TV. There was no going back from that as it's what fans now expected. You could no longer have a show full of jobber matches, keep the main eventers off TV and main event your weekly show with a mid-card title match.

So the solution was to just make the PPVs bigger than ever which takes a lot more intricate booking than was ever necessary before and that's usually too difficult for today's bookers.
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