[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by XL Do you think it has anything to do with booking fewer PPVs? I know WWE has a tendency to go to the well one too many times with some of their feuds but you can’t really go more than 3 big shows tops before the feud/match gets stale. Not having those defined points seems things can just keep rolling.

There are benefits to doing more PPVs. Beyond increasing your profit margin, you can also get people conditioned to spending money on your product, which builds warm pathways in fans’ brains. It can also strengthen television by giving it a focus in and out of these special events.

That being said, there are downsides too. Buyrates in general might drop, which could give the appearance of the product cooling and shine a light on the false context people like Dave Meltzer try to throw AEW’s way (better performing product than ECW, which just isn’t true). And look at how TK books the TNT specials. Look at their PPVs when there are only 4 or 5. Adding more is probably going to make everything more shit.

In theory, a product with a steadier hand would do better with monthly specials.

Originally Posted by Corporate CockSnogger Also in a time when they’re missing so many big names, why are they not showcasing Hangman more? Why is he back teaming with dark order in a feud that would be lucky to make the pre show of a ppv.

AEW is there to play out TK’s childhood insecurities in front of a live audience. That’s why so many programs are about friends not being true friends and why he’s attached to babyfaces being loyal to absolute losers.

Originally Posted by Corporate CockSnogger Seem to be suffering from a lot of the absences, but it might be a chance for them to make the next PPV more streamlined and strong rather than a bunch of multi man matches just to get everyone on the card Something like Mox vs Hangman Christian vs Jungle Boy Miro vs Malakai Black Darby/Sting vs House of Black FTR vs Swerve/Lee (give FTR all the belts) Wardlow vs I dunno, Jericho to get him on the card and give Wardlow a big win? Thunder Rosa vs Jade (just scrap their respective feuds and merge the belts) The Acclaimed vs Gunn Club PAC vs Claudio Castagnoli That feels tighter, fresher and better than the last PPV, highlighting the guys they have left while so many are absent and not cramming every single person on the roster Into a match.

I didn’t keep track of whowas and wasn’t injured, but I put together a card for “Fight for the Fallen” or “FyterFest” which could have been their PPV after Forbidden Door. You could have done BCC vs. JAS in a War Games main event just fine. Christian Cage or Luchasaurus vs. Jungle Boy or even someone like Matt Hardy should JB be out. It’s not hard to put together a more captivating card than what they ultimately end up doing. I’ll slap one together for an August PPV (turns out our cards are very similar):

* Jon Moxley defends the AEW World Title against Miro. Story is simple: Miro joins Team Taz because he wants backup in becoming God’s Chosen Champion. He can talk shit about Danielson being injured stemming from Full Gear. God has removed him from the picture, he will now do the same to Moxley. He can bring in CJ Perry to be God’s Blessing from Heaven in his corner. Miro can see CJ and Hook exchanging looks, however…

* Will Hobbs vs. Claudio Castagnoli. Claudio might be a guy who can get a good showing out of Hobbs. You could make this for the ROH World Title if you absolutely have to.

* Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta - Yuta beats Starks for the FTW Title, because I’m playing their game where they want Yuta to be something. Starks beats Yuta for the ROH Pure Title. He starts calling it the “ROH World Pure Title.” Starks is going back for his FTW Title here. I thought about making this a Ladder Match, but it’s really not necessary.

* The Young Bucks vs. FTR can have their rubber match. Basically books itself at this point.

* The Gunn Club vs. The Acclaimed for the AEW Tag Team Championship. Basically hobbled together. Lee & Swerve suck. The Gunn Clun can cheat them out of the belts on a Rampage or something. This feud has got more going on than just about any tag thing. Put the belts on The Ass Boys and let them go against The Acclaimed. Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page can be watching from the side. Refocus that tag division. You can put Paul Wight with The Acclaimed, since he’s still a bigger TV star than almost anyone in the promotion, and he can cancel out Billy Gunn here.

* Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker. Not the most captivating match, but I suppose given their history you can throw a stipulation in. The goal here is to get the belt back on Britt Baker in time for a unification match at All Out.

* Jade Cargill vs. Athena would be for the TBS Title and just to keep Jade strong as she heads to the big match with Britt Baker.

* Luchasaurus vs. Jungle Boy. If Jungle Boy wins he gets Christian Cage. This positions the fans behind Jungle Boy. Luchasaurus could win this match and put more blockers up in front of JB, or there could be a DQ ending where Christian wants the match “now” and beats the piss out of JB.

* PAC vs. Rey Fenix can open the show for the All-Atlantic Championship. They can just go out there and do their quick-paced stuff. They’re two of the best at it.

* Since he should probably be on PPV, you can have Wardlow defend the TNT Title against Chris Jericho and hope that working with Jericho doesn’t drag Wardlow down. The story can be that Sammy wants the TNT Title back. Wardlow powerbombs him into oblivion and Jericho feels that his group is slighted. With the TBS Title going into the Women’s Title, you can do the same with the TNT Title and the World Title, giving Jericho an ulterior motive for going after it.

*Darby Allin is in this program with that fucking idiot faction, I guess. Throw him into a match with Malakai Black. If Sting is cleared, The House of Black can face Darby, Sting and Adam Page…because, I dunno. Maybe two of the pillars teaming together could be a thing?

That’s 11 matches. I wanted to keep it to 9, but hey, 11 can work. You’ve got a little bit of something for everyone and things progress. And there is a bit of a cogency to the programs. Mox/Miro, Claudio/Hobbs and Wheeler/Starks all center around the same overarching program with their own personal flare involved in both. The tag team division stuff has things going on. The women are getting a more deliberate focus. And you’ve got Christian and Sting & Darby in their own personal programs.