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Originally Posted by whiteyford
That was Russos philisophy, pretty sure he literally said as much at one point.
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Probably because Russo knew PPVs pretty much had to be match based which he hated because he thought the real money was all in angles.
My ideal strategy would be one PPV quality match on TV a week. Maybe two since it's a two hour show. Then like four upper level guys vs lower level guys matches just to establish where both guys are at, where they stand on the card, can the lower level guys "hang" with the upper level guys even in a loss, etc. Not necessarily squash matches all the time. Just some matches that let your top guys show why they're a top guy and your lower level guys show how far/close they are.
That's like 6 matches. Only 2 of which are PPV quality. Then use the rest of the show for actual well thought out, intriguing "sports entertainment" angles to build feuds as opposed to lazy formulas like "Challenger pins champion" and "Two feuds in one tag match".
At that point, I'd pay money to see a PPV full of 8 or 9 of those matches I see only one or two of weekly on TV. Especially if your top guy never wrestles major stars on free TV and is only involved in angles and maybe the occasional match against the lower level guy to show how good he is.