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I'm actually a little upset by this. I love traditional survivor series matches. This is a real shame
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Though with them trying to make it similar to Mania with Axxess and all the city pushes, I think it's pretty safe to be honest. Let's just hope he doesn't get it in his head that battle royals are "outplayed". I COULD see him changing the Rumble's name, though. What's so royal about it anymore anyway? You can't even say King announcing because he's barely a king anymore. |
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#44 |
Southern Hospitality
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Just a bro.
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I think SummerSlam will be safe. Survivor Series has always been really close to Royal Rumble which is fairly close to Mania. I dunno I also thought SummerSlam was always the "second biggest PPV" because other than the Rumble match itself, SSlam has always had bigger matches and more hype than the Rumble. Survivor Series was definitely last out of the 4.
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#48 |
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Nah, Rumble's always been 2nd biggest for me, the meaning of the Rumble is enough for it to be 2nd.
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#49 |
It's High Noon!
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Give it a few years and they'll just start calling it "The Rumble."
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#50 |
Just a bro.
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The Rumble would be fine IMO
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#51 |
yes. yes. yes.
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Survivor Series was the first PPV I ever saw.
At least we still got a few traditional matches and the build ups on Raw are generally really good, like a year ago when we had all the teams out near the ring at the same time. Now it's being replaced by 'generic PPV no.9'. Wonderful ![]() |
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#52 |
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I've just said it twice and totally forgot about the Royal bit while doing so, d'oh.
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Dunno, Survivor Series really kinda lost it's appeal after the 1991 show, in my opinion.
1992 didn't have any of the traditional matches, just a Tag Team Elimination match. The 1993-1997 Survivor Series were pretty lackluster in terms of "Traditional Survivor Series matches." The only really interesting matchup happened in the 1995 Survivor Series ("Wildcard" matchup- faces and heels mixed together into teams). Of course 1998 had the WWF title tournament, so no traditional Survivor Series matchups there. From 1999-2002, the only traditional Survivor Series matchups consisted of midcard talent and weren't pushed as important in relation to the main events of those shows. The only exception to this is the 2001 Survivor Series main event which was Team WWF v Team Alliance. From 2003-2009 there have been about 2 Traditional Survivor Series matchups per year consisting of a mixing of main event and midcard talent. So, while there have been, on average, more "big" traditional Survivor Series matchups in the last 6 years than in the 10 previous, they don't really mean as much, in my opinion (unless some sort of stipulation is added). That's because, since the advent of Raw and Smackdown and the fact that there is a PPV every month, the guys in the Survivor Series matchups wrestle each other all the time. It's not as "special" to see the main event guys team up to fight each other, like it used to be through the '91 event. |
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#54 |
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That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed a Survivor Series since 1991 though. It's just not as special as it once was, and that's really because WWF kinda abandoned the concept being the "main focus" of that PPV in the mid 90's and by the time they got behind it again (early 2000s) the nature of the business had changed to where it just wasn't the same. |
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#57 |
All about uniqueness
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Battle Bowl sounds weird. You'd think they should do a Battle Brawl and make it a 6 or 8 man tag between the top 3 or 4 faces and the top 3 or 4 heels for both brands, or have it as the top 3 or 4 superstars from each brand face off against each other
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What the fuck, Battle Bowl? They want to bring back the concept of the worst WCW ppv of all time?
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#59 |
b/c 5 is better than 4
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BULLSHIT!
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#60 |
Hazardous to Your Health
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Just a bro.
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#62 |
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Fuckers.
I guess thats one less ppv where we don't have to hear "it only happens once a year" which is quite possibly the dumbest thing ive heard on wwe programming as every ppv only happens once a year. :foc: |
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#63 |
You know that’s right
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Survivor Series has kinda sucked for a while now. They can't pace the matches and people always end up getting pinned after a move that never ever wins a normal match.
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WWE's PPV Calender 2011:
January: WWE Battle Royal February: WWE Elimination Chamber March: WWE Triple H Title Match April: WWE Triple H Title Rematch May: WWE Extreme Rules June: WWE The Bash July: WWE Night of Champions August: WWE Summerfest September: WWE Breaking Point October: WWE Hell in a Cell November: WWE Bragging Rights/Battlebowl December: WWE TLC Awesome. ![]() |
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#66 |
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I want to find out just how many people tell the WWE they'd actually pay money to have a PPV devoted to the draft.
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#68 |
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WWE Saturday Night of a Million Cenas
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#69 |
King K Cool
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That brings back bad memories.
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#70 |
Just a bro.
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poor mans
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I absolutely HATE this move, and I am not someone who enjoyed the golden era of the Survivor Series. The way Vince McMahon explained this move really pissed me off, too. He said something like "consumers actually look at what they're buying these days." What the fuck is that meant to mean?
It just bothers me that the WWE wants their PPVs to be gimmicked, or whatever, and then they decide to cut one with so much history, and a ready-made gimmick attached to it. The WWE could very easily have 60 people on its roster at any given time. If you divide that into teams of 4 you have 15 teams right there. That's too many. Cut it down to about 12, and you can have another Divas match on the card, and there's seven Elimination Matches right there. Done. Why can't the WWE just do a PPV schedule like this: January: Royal Rumble February: No Way Out March/April: WrestleMania April: Backlash May: War Games June: King of the Ring July: World War III August: Summerslam September: Vengeance October: No Mercy November: Survivor Series December: Starrcade The Royal Rumble is self-explanitory. PPVs named after the match, besides certain concepts like the Rumble, are stupid. Elimination Chamber is fucking bad. Go back to No Way Out, which was a fitting name for a PPV featuring the Elimination Chamber, anyway. WrestleMania should also never be touched. Backlash is a name that I've never been keen on, but the PPV does alright for itself, doesn't it? Why change what isn't broke? War Games does not sound as bad as Elimination Chamber. Let them do that one. King of the Ring is a gimmicky concept that should definitely return. World War III is a concept I never saw, but even if they just bring back the name. You could use this PPV to work out a challenger for a World Title at Summerslam, which should stay the same. Vengeance could be the name for the "Night of Champions" PPV. Even if they use "Night of Champions" as a tagline for the PPV. Vengeance carries some important history as the WWE Title and WCW Title were unified at the first PPV. Play up that eight PPV history, and let Vengeance put every title on the line. No Mercy could feature the brand wars, and include a lot of "Champion vs. Champion" matches. Or it could be all "specialty matches." And then to close the year you have Survivor Series and Starrcade, both which carry enough of a legacy to go forward without being touched. |
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Pretty sure it's just because it's a giant match. I also think it's related to WWE's inability to say "royale", thus having "battle royals" on occasion. But, yeah, I always just figured it was the biggest rumble around, so it was the Royal Rumble for alliteration's sake. |
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#73 |
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I thought it was fairly explicit that the 'Royal' element is subtracted entirely from the match's mother concept, the battle royal, which derived its name from the Roman gladiators. Nothing specifically 'regal' about it.
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#74 |
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#75 |
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Royale Rumble
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#76 |
Pope Is Pimpin'
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They could have changed the concept of the PPV's name and just made Survivor Series into some kind of gauntlet.
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I've been thinking for a while that the Survivor Series should be scrapped. It's been the same old shit for years now, a couple of random elimination tag matches with nothing on the line. Who really cares? Sure I can respect that the show had history and whatever but it's certainly run its course. I didn't think they'd have the balls to do away with it though. Hopefully the King of the Ring can make a return to PPV and that will be our Big Four.
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agree with Supreme and Redoneja. Survivor Series was one of my all-time fav PPV's back in the day. Survivor Series 1990 is my 2nd favorite PPV ever next to WM 6. I loved the concept. Redoneja hit it perfectly on the head. We see the big stars collide all the time now, so these 10 man tags don't mean anything anymore.
god, I hope they don't do Battle Bowl like WCW. For all you youngsters on here, WCW ran Battlebowls at a couple early 90's Starrcade events and had one PPV called Battlebowl. Basically, it started off with about eight tag matches. Partners were randomly drawn. All the wrestlers on winning teams advanced to a Final Battle Royal at the end and one guy won. It was always pretty terrible. I guess it might work today though because theirs a lot of great workers and talent in WWE |
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#79 |
OH u Like IT
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they should of just stayed with the original concept too many changes and now one of my all time favorites ppv is dead
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Disappointing. There’s mileage in the concept even without element in the program, if done properly of course. Have 5 elimination bouts and 2 title matches.
It’s close enough to WrestleMania that you can use it in many ways. Guys who’ve never faced off can start a feud based on an elimination. Teams can be formed. Teams can reunite. Teams can break up. Rilvaries from the past can be restarted. The possibilities are incredible. The concept wasn’t why it didn’t draw. The buildup to the show where Hornswoggle was more important than anything else on RAW was why it didn’t draw. They should rename the pay-per-view War Games so we don’t get a Street Fight Pay-Per-View. |
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