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Old 10-17-2004, 10:10 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by tazmaster
For months I have seen people complain about 1)How many PPVs there are now and 2)How little time that leaves for storylines to develop and 3)How storylines don't continue beyond PPVs as often.

Now, you guys are saying that it must be JBL's and UT's fault? That WWE gives too many good matches away on TV? WTF! Yeah, let's just put a bunch of crap matches on that no one would care about. That's the answer. Let's put the champs up against people that would never win. There's some suspense. Save it all for the PPVs, great.

I don't think so.
The fact that there are so many PPVs now makes the PPVs themselves less special. When you have 20 PPVs a year (each costing $30+), and you're giving away the exact same matches on free TV, buyrates will plummet. The two are directly related.

I don't think anyone is saying that it's solely UT and JBL's fault. However, the fact that the buyrate (and live attendance) were both way down from what are already abysmal numbers, you have to think maybe the main event had something to do with it.

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Originally Posted by tazmaster
Let me remind you that most of you guys hated it when they took the belt from Eddie. Also, may I point out that the main problem with buy rates is that no one cares. Is that because of the stars involved? Not really. Right now the championship booking goes from feud to feud very, very quickly while the midcard storylines are drawn out a lot longer. Maybe if that was reversed, people would be more interested in buying PPVs. You can't blame people for not caring about HHH/JBL feuding with their 3rd rival in the space of 1 1/2 months. No story progression. No ability for fans to invest themselves in it.
You'd better believe that Vince McMahon cares about buyrates. You think he became a billionaire by ignoring statistics? Yes, the championship booking goes fast from feud to feud. But, you know what, a few months ago, when we got Benoit/Orton (in a hastily-thrown-together main event), buyrates were higher. It doesn't matter how long the feud has taken if nobody gives a damn about the participants. JBL is amusing on television, but I wouldn't pay to watch him wrestle for 20 minutes. I haven't been entertained by UT since 1999. Hence, I didn't spend any money on it.

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Originally Posted by tazmaster
Anyway, maybe I'm over doing it. I just thought the general concensus was that booking was to blame for these things. Not by what stars they pushed, but by the way they did it. This thread really surprises me.
You don't think booking has anything to do with what stars get pushed?
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