[Apollo0813]

Should WWE become a part-time show? Wrestling is one of the only industries that runs non-stop shows, all year long. Every professional sport offers an off-season, ranging anywhere from 2-6 months. There are so many good things that come with providing an off-season for the company and the fans.

1. Everything will be more fresh. Superstars won't be as worn down. The companies won't over-expose themselves with so much TV time (WWE currently does this). Also, with time off, wrestlers can have longer careers (Imagine Taker looking 5 years younger in the ring).
2. Creative will be given time to actually build decent, long-term, feuds and storylines. Everything can be written out during the "off-season", and even back-up plans can be written out. There would be far less re-hashing of older angles.
3. Superstars would be injured less often. Less appearances, less wear and tear on the body, and better conditioning.
4. Wrestlers would love it. It would also be easier on them, and more talented wrestlers would be willing to join WWE if they were given a set amount of time off during the year in order to be with their families.
5. There would not be as many PPV's during the year. This is a good thing. There are far too many "B" PPV's. Take away 4-5 of them and make the remaining PPV's all feel like "A" PPV's.
6. WWE wants to be multi-platformed? Great. Focus on these things during the "off-season". Shoot your new movies with your superstars, without having to remove them from TV. Want to build the WWE Network? Put 100% focus on this project during the off season.

 

[HOJO]

No.

 

[WWFVK]

That would be pretty horrible. How would rivalries and reigns work out? lol

 

[StarzNBarz]

No.

 

[Harbinger]

All of the points are very good, but you're forgetting one important thing.

MONEY

 

[BTNH]

House shows should be cut down massively, if not cut completely. I remember looking for tickets last year. Raw and SD was sold out but all the house shows were still on sale. I simply refused to buy tickets. Imo house shows are actively killing off wrestlers. If there were zero house shows (or at least cut down dramatically), then I'm adamant guys like Eddie G would still be here. There's only so much traveling and wrestling a body can take.

 

[Apollo0813]

All of the points are very good, but you're forgetting one important thing.

MONEY

I'm not forgetting it, but:
Less work time means that you're not paying as much in the contracts you're giving to the superstars. This is a big deal.

It's not like you're cutting a massive stream of revenue, while keeping all the costs the same. Costs would decrease by a massive amount also, from contracts, building leases, bills, etc.

You'll gain more viewers because they won't overwhelmed by trying to keep up with the 8+ hours of wrestling that come on TV every week. WWE will better be able to keep the attention of the viewer.

Every show would have more meaning, in a shortened period. The first show and the last show of the new "seasons" would be massive. Every PPV becomes an "A" PPV with great importance, which makes all the surrounding shows even more important also. With less PPV's, they can even charge more money per PPV if they wanted to. People would be more willing to spend more money on live tickets, because they know that WWE would only be doing a select number of shows.

No professional sport has an all-year schedule. Could NFL or MLB make more money by going year round? Of course. Just because you "can" do something, it doesn't mean you should.

There's so much concern about health and safety in every sport these days. This would add years to wrestler's careers, and really their lives in general.

 

[dxbender]

They shouldn't have an "offseason", but they should have a month without PPVs. WM in March(last sunday of March) and then April has no PPV and we don't get another PPV until May.

 

[x78]

I would be happy for them to have a short break after Wrestlemania. Maybe keep the Raw after WM to wrap things up/tease forthcoming storylines and then a couple of weeks off.

 

[TKOK]

How would you work out the reigns? would they carry over from season to season. or would everything start new. i saw they should just give the wrestlers a break from house shows every once in a while.

 

[TempestH]

Yes and no.

No the WWE shouldn't just disappear entirely for a long stretch of time.

However, I think there should be a period of 3-4 months where there are no house shows and the Superstars only work televised events. During this period, they only do RAW, SmackDown, PPVs and then they go home for the rest of the week.

 

[Dusty Roids]

Yes and no.

No the WWE shouldn't just disappear entirely for a long stretch of time.

However, I think there should be a period of 3-4 months where there are no house shows and the Superstars only work televised events. During this period, they only do RAW, SmackDown, PPVs and then they go home for the rest of the week.

this would be great. give them more rest for injuries and more time to train also.

 

[#PushKofiKingston]

I don't understand why this is so hard for people to understand. They could easily take 3 weeks or 4 off after Wrestlemania. No wrestling fan is going to forget about it in that short amount of time and meanwhile WWE can:

1. Take the time to write better, long term storylines
2. Give the wrestlers a few weeks off to rest and catch up with the family

It a good idea that WWE won't do.

 

[The 3D BluePrint.]

I F*CKING HATE YOU, I WANNA KICK YOUR ASS SO BAD...
But we're all going on a 3 month vacation now, so I'll cya later broski

 

[lhama]

They shouldn't have an "offseason", but they should have a month without PPVs. WM in March(last sunday of March) and then April has no PPV and we don't get another PPV until May.

I agree, they should have one or two PPV less months, but off WM would be wrong. The WM return matches at Backlash/ER has alot of momentum, and sometimes has better matches. Keep June and December PPV free. They never have good buyrates, and could be used for a greater build up.

 

[Scottish-Suplex]

No, but I remember a poster a few weeks back saying each superstar should get a month off each year which I think would achieve the main points of keeping the healthy and happy.

 

[Masked Janos]

I think this is a fantastic idea.

I struggle with lack of sleep and wear and tear from 13 hours MMA, cardio, and weight training a week whilst working a desk job... I'd be chugging the diazepam if I had to do it all day every day while travelling around the world and suffering from exhaustion.

I can only imagine how worn down these guys must feel around 10 years on the road. Surely in this day and age, especially with the banning of high risk moves like piledrivers and chair shots to the head, this archaic system of constant travelling all year round can stop?

My main expectation would be for higher quality storylines mingled with better performances by the athletes because of the off-season break. Season highlights could be broadcast during the break (which in turn would remind people like me who forget some awesome segments and matches until reminded on this forum or something) and they could even do brand drafts before new seasons start if they got a greater talent pool.

Really like the idea OP and in answer to people saying championships wouldn't work... it could be seen as a great honour and matter of prestige to carry a title into the off-season off the back of a Wrestlemania win. It would make it even more epic than it currently is.

 

[TheSupremeForce]

You could accomplish the same things without an off-season. Instead, simply give everyone a month or two off during the year. Pace it so that your "big names" take their vacations at different times and run with it. Since the company seems incapable of doing more than three things at once anyway, people would hardly notice whoever happened to be missing anyway.

 

[austin316 G.O.A.T]

1.Absolutely NO.It is going on fine for 20 years.No need to disrupt it.

2.The house shows should be cut down a lot.

3.The PPV's should not be 12 per year but it should be a maximum of 9 year.This increases chances of better storylines

 

[bigdog40]

They've actually don't run as many house shows now as they use to 10, 20, 30 years ago when it was every night. They only do them during the week. However an "off season" would never work because whatever momentum of a storyline or wrestler would be killed because there would be a 3 month wait afterwards.