Have they explained yet how Bad Blood

[Guest The Hollywood Fashion Plate]

Well, how (if they haven't already)?

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

It's tough, but I'd say just have Linda McMahon come out and bullshit and make it a clean break. "Due to the overwhelming talent and nature of both programs, the board of directors and I along with Stephanie McMahon and Eric Bischoff and Stone Cole Steve Austin, have found it necessary to divide the pay per views amongst the two brands. The purpose is to let each storyline and subsequent match and respective talents the exposure they deserve... he is how it will go *graphic of the distribution of the WWE PPVs*. We will give our most sincerest efforts in giving you, the loyal WWE fan, the greatest value possible for you pay per view experience. "

[Guest NoCalMike]

I can imagine the announcement being followed by a chrorus of boos.

[Guest Vitamin X]

And I can imagine the boos being followed by the worst buyrate in wwe history. OR one of the worst, anyways.

[Guest Lightning Flik]

And I can imagine the boos being followed by the worst buyrate in wwe history. OR one of the worst, anyways.

Don't question the OR. There isn't going to be an OR.

 

It will be the worst.

[Guest JRE]

They're already doing that "Stone Cold Steve Austin presents..." thing and the website makes it obvious it's Raw only...so I'm just assuming that they'll make it obvious to viewers it's Raw only when a satisfying amount of tickets sell.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Who wants to bet that the Smackdown PPV gets CELEBRITY INVOLVEMENT!?

[Guest Space_Cowboy]

The WWE will probably just take the lazy route and not mention it at all, except in passing when they reveal the PPV lineup the week before Bad Blood or whatever.

[Guest JDMattitudeV1]

Who wants to bet that the Smackdown PPV gets CELEBRITY INVOLVEMENT!?

(Pictures David Arquette beating Brock for the title): Kill Me.

[Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620]

Either way they have to at least give some bullshit excuse. To just split them up and not give a reason would be one of the dumbest moves Vince has made since signing Nathan Jones.

[Guest ViciousFish]

And I can imagine the boos being followed by the worst buyrate in wwe history. OR one of the worst, anyways.

Speaking of that, what is the worst PPV buyrate ever?

[Guest Nevermortal]

And I can imagine the boos being followed by the worst buyrate in wwe history. OR one of the worst, anyways.

Speaking of that, what is the worst PPV buyrate ever?

Its gotta be some bullshit event like a Heroes of Wrestling, I-Generation Wrestling, or WWA. Maybe even the WBF show.

 

For an actual WWF show.... Scott Keith says IYH IV with Diesel v. The Bulldog was the lowest buyrate ever.

[Guest AndrewTS]

"Due to the overwhelming talent..."

 

BWAAAHAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!

 

:lol:

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Hey, I said "bullshit"... and that's what that was...

[Guest Choken One]

In WWE? Wasn't Armagededdon ?

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

In WWE? Wasn't Armagededdon ?

*Checks.*

 

Nope. It was IYH V. (Diesel/Bulldog.)

[JasonX 0]

They're already doing that "Stone Cold Steve Austin presents..." thing and the website makes it obvious it's Raw only...so I'm just assuming that they'll make it obvious to viewers it's Raw only when a satisfying amount of tickets sell.

If the WWE braintrust has a brain in them, they won't ever make any sort of announcement/storyline explaination about giving each brand their own PPV on TV or on their PPVs. If they do so and make it publicly known that they are going on this suicidal course, they will be totally and utterly fucked. If it is something they want to succeed, just never acknowledge the PPV split on TV. Period.

[JasonX 0]

In WWE? Wasn't Armagededdon ?

IIRC the lowest buy rate for a WWE was somewhere inbetween KOTR 95 and WM 98.....

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Don't acknowledge it? Are you nuts? They have to acknowledge it, it's a major and drastic change in the WWE - to just ignore it would be to ignore your fans... which is probably why the wwe *will* ignore it, but it still doesn't make it right. The best thing to do is be upfront with it, and then reassure people that they will get the same, if not better, quality show because of it.

[Guest JDMattitudeV1]

In WWE? Wasn't Armagededdon ?

That was the lowest WWE/F buyrate in 5 years. Bulldog/Diesel is the lowest WWE/F PPV of all time.

[Guest Choken One]

What was the card for that Show? Because Nash/Bulldog had a good storyline if I recall...

[Bored 0]

In WWE? Wasn't Armagededdon ?

That was the lowest WWE/F buyrate in 5 years. Bulldog/Diesel is the lowest WWE/F PPV of all time.

That would be IYH #4 (0.4) but IYH #5 (0.3), IYH: International Incident (0.37), and IYH: It's Time! (0.35) all drew lower buyrates.

[Guest Choken One]

mmm...And WHOM headlined all those PPVs?

 

Yep. YOUR NEXT WORLD CHAMPION!

[Bored 0]

mmm...And WHOM headlined all those PPVs?

 

Yep. YOUR NEXT WORLD CHAMPION!

Um actually no. As much as I'd like to badmouth Nash but he didn't headline any of three lowest WWE/WWF PPV buyrates and was already in WCW for two of them.

Edited May 24, 2003 by Bored

[Guest Choken One]

SHH! Does it Matter?

 

 

Let's just Blame it on Nash anyways...

[Bored 0]

I'm Bored so here's a fun fact: The lowest buyrate for a non-IYH PPV is a tie between King of the Ring '97 and Armageddon '02, both at a 0.5 buyrate.

 

Oh and on topic here is the answer (well pretty much) as to whether they will actually make an explanation for having a Raw only PPV:

 

At the recent PPV convention in New Orleans, WWE had a strong presense. Instead of promoting the upcoming brand specific PPVs, WWE was said to really be pushing for the Road to Wrestlemania XX, in early 2004.

 

Apparently WWE is not making a big deal out of the brand split PPVs, as to not draw attention to the fact that only half the stars will be on these upcoming shows.

 

credit: Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter

 

 

So there ya go...they'll just try to see if the marks don't notice I guess.

[Rendclaw 0]

It's tough, but I'd say just have Linda McMahon come out and bullshit and make it a clean break. "Due to the overwhelming talent and nature of both programs, the board of directors and I along with Stephanie McMahon and Eric Bischoff and Stone Cole Steve Austin, have found it necessary to divide the pay per views amongst the two brands. The purpose is to let each storyline and subsequent match and respective talents the exposure they deserve... he is how it will go *graphic of the distribution of the WWE PPVs*. We will give our most sincerest efforts in giving you, the loyal WWE fan, the greatest value possible for you pay per view experience. "

Rudo, you're so good at this, its scary.

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

...We will give our most sincerest efforts in giving you, the loyal WWE fan, the greatest value possible for you pay per view experience. "

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Guest Nevermortal]

I'm Bored so here's a fun fact: The lowest buyrate for a non-IYH PPV is a tie between King of the Ring '97 and Armageddon '02, both at a 0.5 buyrate.

 

Oh and on topic here is the answer (well pretty much) as to whether they will actually make an explanation for having a Raw only PPV:

 

At the recent PPV convention in New Orleans, WWE had a strong presense. Instead of promoting the upcoming brand specific PPVs, WWE was said to really be pushing for the Road to Wrestlemania XX, in early 2004.

 

Apparently WWE is not making a big deal out of the brand split PPVs, as to not draw attention to the fact that only half the stars will be on these upcoming shows.

 

credit: Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter

 

 

So there ya go...they'll just try to see if the marks don't notice I guess.

Stupid. Fucks.

 

'Well, hopefully the fans will be stupid enough to not realize Lesnar isn't on the program...'

[Guest cabbageboy]

I wouldn't tell anyone either if I was WWE. I'd let the viewers figure it out, some are probably dumb enough not to notice.

 

Let's take a look at what is rumored to be on this Raw PPV:

 

HHH/Nash HIAC

Christian/Booker IC title

Jericho/Goldberg

Michaels/Flair

 

Toss in RVD and Kane doing something, maybe Test/Steiner and that show sounds better than the last PPV with the full roster.