I don't consider any of the matches that have taken place at the HIAC PPV real HIAC matches tbh. The whole concept of putting a match like that on PPV annually is so ass backwards and retarded. I hate it. HATE IT.
In-ring - Punk. Mic - Punk. Face - Edge easily. Punk has never been a great face and Edge could play the role so naturally, just look at his work in Edge and Christian, his time from 2001-2003 and his final few years as a face. Much better. Face punk feels forced. Heel - Tie. Edge in 2006 was better than anything in Punk's career, but Edge as heel in 2007/2008 I wasn't as big on. Punk's SES work and current work makes this a tie for me imo. Character - Edge. His Rated R superstar in it's prime in 2006 was better than anything Punk's done, as previously said. Feuds - Edge. Edge/Cena and Edge/Matt Hardy I enjoyed more than Punk/Jeff Hardy or Punk/Cena. Look - Edge without question.
I don't consider any of the matches that have taken place at the HIAC PPV real HIAC matches tbh. The whole concept of putting a match like that on PPV annually is so ass backwards and retarded. I hate it. HATE IT.
I agree. From the HIAC PPV, the only feuds that needed a match with that structure were Orton/Cena and Kane/Taker. Both lengthy feuds that had been going on for quite a while. The most retarded of them has to be this year with Ryback and Punk, though. It's Ryback's first PPV main event and he's in a freaking HIAC? How ass-backwards is that?
They really do need to stop with Gimmick Match PPV's. RR is perfect and will likely always be around while the company is still going. EC doesn't bother me at all because at least it makes the RTWM that bit more interesting when you aren't quite sure who is leaving the match champion, or #1 contender if they go that route. The rest can fuck off. At least they already put an end to Fatal Four Way . Get rid of HIAC for sure, and TLC. If they insist on another gimmick PPV, use the Scamble match as one. I liked that concept. Plus its more of an EC use of a gimmick which I'm ok with. They can do a tournament leading up to it to decide participants or something, then have the title match. No need to create some random arse feud and then throw them into something like HIAC just because that happens to be the next PPV. Scramble match works fine for the random match booking WWE likes these days.
I really wish they would just scrap all these gimmick PPV's. All they do is destroy the well built legacies of everything around them. The Chamber PPV has really weakened the Rumble, MITB has all but ruined the world titles, HIAC has ruined HIAC and lets not forget the ever perilous FATAL 4 WAY MATCH ZOMG THE HORROR!!!!! I hate that WWE seem so perfectly content with destroying the very foundations of what made them successful in the past. Fuckers.
The only "GIMMICK" PPVs really left are TLC and HIAC , no question. Minor ones would be NOC (every title must be defended) but it's not a problem at all, Extreme Rules (Every match must have extreme rules of some sort, serves as a feud extender from Mania) , Elimination Chamber works as it's just NWO with a different name, NWO is just one cage match main event which isn't a big deal.
HIAC is my least favorite PPV of the year and for good reason. TLC is usually just a fun show that has no real seriousness to it at all.
The only current gimmick PPV I like is TLC. Probably because TLC is my favorite match type and we're nearly always guaranteed a good TLC and ladder match. Don't really care for tables matches, and a chairs match can fuck off lol. Elimination Chamber is also an ok gimmick PPV, as the match quality is usually good and they tend to actually use the chamber. Which brings me to the HIAC PPV, yeah that should go. They hardly make any use of the Cell and most of time the feud isn't really as intense to warrant the use of a HIAC. Gimmick PPV's like Fatal Four Way and Breaking Point were just the worst imo.
TLC is kinda rendered useless when they have ladder matches at Extreme Rules . I'm surprised we haven't had a random HIAC match on that show yet tbh lol.
TLC can join the list of useless gimmick PPV's now that we have one decided by pinfall. Bad enough we had a fucking sledgehammer hanging last year lol. Now we don't even have anything!
And the funny thing is, Vince McMahon made Vickie Guerrero make the ladder match between Cena and Dolph for the MITB Briefcase because they couldn't have a ladder match with nothing to reach for :lmao.
Anyway, with the TLC match being able to end in pinfall, they've finally caught up with Smackdown 2 for 2000!
Here's how you fix Edge's heat and actually keep him interesting...
- Edge wins the title at NYR and WWE says "FUCK, we have to keep this momentum going even though the plan is HHH-Cena"
- Batista goes down a little later and WWE says "FUCK, we were gonna do Orton-Batista, WTF do we do now?"
- Triple H comes over to Smackdown and wins the WHC again in a battle royal, turning tweenish/faceish in the effort.
- Rey Mysterio wins the Royal Rumble
- Kurt Angle challenges the streak
Wrestlemania XXII
WWE Championship : Edge(c) vs John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship : Triple H (C) vs Rey Mysterio (PERHAPS vs Randy Orton)
Kurt Angle vs The Undertaker
- Edge is happy because he gets to main event Wrestlemania with a ridiculous amount of momentum
- Cena is happy because he gets to take the title back at Mania
- Rey still gets the title and is still happy
- Angle/Taker get their streak match
- HHH is happy because he gets another world title
- Orton is happy because he gets to ****-erotically tangle it up with Triple H.
I would have liked to have seen them do the Backlash main event at WrestleMania if they wanted to keep Edge's momentum as WWE Champion going. I say this because Cena making HHH tap out in the main event was huge and I believe creative/McMahon felt that was more important than how hot Edge was at the time. In hindsight, Cena beating Trips was a great decision for the face of the company even at the expense of a longer title reign for Edge.
My card
Edge/Cena/Trips WWE Title
Orton/Mysterio World Title (Orton would have won the SD battle royal instead of Angle)
Angle/Undertaker
Benoit/Finlay US Title
Foley/JBL Hardcore Match (I think this feud would have been cool (the promos!) and lead to the ECW show)
Rest of the card I'd keep the same only putting Booker in MITB
I hate gimmick PPVs they run the gimmick into the ground. I have yet to see a single HIAC or TLC PPV and I even stopped getting Elimination Chambers (in face I haven't seen one in YEARS) because they destroyed the gimmick.
That's an interesting choice. They had that little Raw main event in 02 with the screwy finish involving HHH but I certainly would have been interested in more build and a PPV match between those Mr. WrestleMania and Mr. Pay Per View.
That's an interesting choice. They had that little Raw main event in 02 with the screwy finish involving HHH but I certainly would have been interested in more build and a PPV match between those Mr. WrestleMania and Mr. Pay Per View.
Yeah. I did it basically because I personally would have had a Smackdown guy win MITB - probably Matt Hardy - so that the SD main event scene would have a new, fresh face rather than King fucking Booker. So having RVD against Michaels would have slingshotted RVD in to stardom with a good, long programme between the two. It also gets rid of that horrible (in my opinion) Shawn/McMahon feud. Kills three birds with one stone, so to speak.
It's baffling how much of a letdown Mania 22 was, and what it could have been with the talent that they had.
I actually forgot about McMahon/Michaels when I thinking about how I would re-work the card. I didn't enjoy the feud but the match at Mania was better than I expected. Michaels/RVD sounds great though. Not so sure about Matt winning MITB though. Maybe out of the guys left when you take out RVD he may be the best option. RVD was a perfect choice especially with what they did with the cash-in at One Night Stand.
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