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**Wondermouse** · 07-05-2004, 08:33 PM

But the WWE rarely gives away a PPV match. For example, HBK/Benoit for the world title ended without a clean finish, and that match would be able to draw - especially since that match was so good.

My "what would you rather?" question was in response to your idiotic statement that a bad match in 8 minutes would be a bad match in 15. (As a side note, I don't think I'd wanna see Benoit/Jericho go 50...).

The idea of saving matches for pay per views is a fine one, but many times RAW or SD goes 8 weeks without a pay per view. You can't just withhold good wrestling on TV with that excuse, if there's that long between PPVs.

A TV match and a house show match are fundamentally different, because there's that extra IT factor. You're being seen by millions of people, not just 5000.

The biggest rule of TV is to not give away big matches. That's fine. But you can cheat a little. For example, Hogan/Goldberg is THE example of blowing your load too early and losing millions. Batista/Jericho is nowhere near that.

Like I said before, Batista/Jericho won't be relied upon to draw. That'll really be up to Benoit/HHH and whatever Eugene's up to.

Now, if they were giving away Benoit/HHH every week you'd have a point.

07-05-2004, 08:33 PM	#48
Wondermouse Cactus died for your sins Posts: 1,002	But the WWE rarely gives away a PPV match. For example, HBK/Benoit for the world title ended without a clean finish, and that match would be able to draw - especially since that match was so good. My "what would you rather?" question was in response to your idiotic statement that a bad match in 8 minutes would be a bad match in 15. (As a side note, I don't think I'd wanna see Benoit/Jericho go 50...). The idea of saving matches for pay per views is a fine one, but many times RAW or SD goes 8 weeks without a pay per view. You can't just withhold good wrestling on TV with that excuse, if there's that long between PPVs. A TV match and a house show match are fundamentally different, because there's that extra IT factor. You're being seen by millions of people, not just 5000. The biggest rule of TV is to not give away big matches. That's fine. But you can cheat a little. For example, Hogan/Goldberg is THE example of blowing your load too early and losing millions. Batista/Jericho is nowhere near that. Like I said before, Batista/Jericho won't be relied upon to draw. That'll really be up to Benoit/HHH and whatever Eugene's up to. Now, if they were giving away Benoit/HHH every week you'd have a point.