Will Undertaker wrestle again?

[drek]

If TLC and HIAC werent its own PPV the point of the match wouldnt mean too much.

[Franchise]

Originally Posted by drek If TLC and HIAC werent its own PPV the point of the match wouldnt mean too much.

I disagree. I think the matches meant as much if not more so when they were part of a regular PPV.

I wonder if it was part of the PG-era thinking in that to segregate the "violence" of these events to specific PPVs so that if parents didn't want their kids to watch that etc. then they would simply not have to purchase that particular PPV.....as opposed to say missing on WM or RR for that reason.


However on that note, I don't think the hardcore matches added any more or less to the "violence" of professional wrestling. Boxing is far more brutal.

If every match on that card was a HIAC or TLC match then fairplay but it's only ever just the one or two matches hence why I feel there's no need for those matches to be segregated to a particular PPV.

[whiteyford]

Originally Posted by drek If TLC and HIAC werent its own PPV the point of the match wouldnt mean too much.

It'd be the opposite, you're basically using a feud ending match as the first match in a lot of instances because the timing makes them the next PPV, HIAC has been devalued to the point nobody really cares about it and it's becoming this generations steel cage match which also used to be a feud ender as opposed to a run of the mill tv match.

[Franchise]

Originally Posted by whiteyford It'd be the opposite, you're basically using a feud ending match as the first match in a lot of instances because the timing makes them the next PPV, HIAC has been devalued to the point nobody really cares about it and it's becoming this generations steel cage match which also used to be a feud ender as opposed to a run of the mill tv match.

The last HIAC that really stood out for me was Triple H v Taker at WM 28.....not even on the HIAC ppv.

As I said maybe HIAC and TLC were used to segregate the matches as part of the whole PG-era thinking so parents could opt to not order that PPV if they didn't want their kids to watch it.

But I don't find those matches any more or less violent than say Boxing or Martial Arts etc. HIAC and TLC matches used to be special main events or even mid card events and as you said would be a feud ending/defining match. But I don't feel any excitement for TLC given RR is just around the corner and that there's no significant title match.