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Benoit/HoF, Springer, Survivor Series, Gimmick PPVs
Written by Richard Gray on Feb 12, 2010 - 11:36:19 AM
Is it possible in the near future, if ever that WWE will put Chris Benoit in the Hall of Fame? I know what he did was terrible, but just from a wrestling standpoint I believe he deserves it and I'm sure some of the other wrestlers in the industry feel the same way.
Chris Benoit will never be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. The WWE Hall of Fame is the Vince McMahon Hall of Fame. Workers are not always based on merit when inducted as much as they are if McMahon feels they deserve it or not. WWE would never honor Benoit given what he did. The tribute show that replaced Raw when the entire tragedy went down is considered one of the company's biggest failures.
With the WWE's PG stance how does having Jerry Springer begin to make any sense? The Springer show isn't really known for being kid friendly.
I thought the same thing and I'm interested to see how WWE thinks they are going to make Jerry Springer work on "family friendly" programming. He'll probably come off as watered down as everything else does. I really hope TNA is able to put some pressure on WWE as the PG programming is really old.
With WWE axing Survivor Series, do you see them adding another Big PPV in the same November time slot or designating an existing PPV into another Big PPV?
WWE plans to replace Survivor Series with another gimmick PPV. Events and concepts being discussed are included at this link.
WWE has really increased the number of themed PPVs. Honesty, I am not a fan of PPVs that revolve around a certain match, like "Hell in a Cell" or "Elimination Chamber". I think it ruins the rarity and special feeling of these matches. Are you for or against theme PPVs?
I am for the gimmick PPVs because they make the B-level PPVs worth something. With so many PPVs the gimmicks let the events stand out. Everyone knows I'm not a fan of gimmick matches but at least the gimmicks make the PPVs meaningful. The concepts have worked as buy rates for all the B-level shows were up, with Hell in a Cell even beating out Survivor Series in buys.
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