Opinion on PPV
By Scott Keith on 16 July 2013
Scott:
Do you think WWE after doing PPVs for almost 3 decades has finally found the perfect PPV formula? The past two PPVs [Payback & MITB] had three things in common: Both were 7 match PPVs, both devoted no time to prematch video packages, and the pre-show match was given 10+ minutes and were actually matches that were good enough to be on PPV. IMO, this is the perfect formula for PPVs. Last night, Shield-Usos, Henry-Cena, Dolph-Del Rio, and the World title match each got about 15 minutes and the WWE title MITB match got 27 minutes. The other 3 matches got about 10 minutes each. How many matches should a 3 hour PPV have in your opinion?
It's a good formula, although you can never eliminate the human element so even the best laid out show can go south for a variety of reasons. But MITB showed that if you give good workers some time to work, you get good matches. Mind-boggling, I know. 7 or 8 matches is about the limit for a 3 hour show, although if you cut all the inane self-aggrandizing video packages for games, magazines, movies and developmental centers, you can add another decent-length match.