What happened to the WWE Pay Per View's
By shrashira
@shrashira (438)
United States
July 25, 2008 12:49pm CST
So I pay $40 to $60 depending on the pay per view. I am not getting my money worth.
I remember back in the day, a pay per view would resolved 3 hours at a minimum of my time. Now I am lucky to get 2 1/2 hours. A large chunk of that time is served for ads/commercials. What happened?
Due to this, my purchases have dropped from ordering every month to maybe twice a year.
Plus to rub it in, they pretty much reveal the entire nights worth of matches via stillshots on the next night on RAW. By the time RAW is over , I feel like I saw the PPV in its entirety.
Anyone else feel this way?
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@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
25 Jul 08
We used to buy the ppv once in awhile for WWE but that was when they cost $30 nw they are $40 to $60 wow that seems like a waste of money. We quit buying them because they would reshow the main good parts on Monday Night Raw so it was not worth paying for it to see it again.
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@shrashira (438)
• United States
25 Jul 08
That's what I am saying.
It's turning into a total waste to purchase.
Perhaps, one day they will see it thet way we do.
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@CardboardWaves (346)
• United States
27 Jul 08
The only PPV that I put money in to watch is Westle Mania. My friends and I put in money to watch it at a friends house on his big screen. We all refused to put in money every month. It's crazy, that WWE think people can afford to pay for these PPV every month costing $40-$60. Thats gas or half of my car insurance! There is no way I would do that! Plus it seems to me that it's the same matches over and over again. So we all seen them before!! You bring up a great point too, on Raw they show all the clips of the highlights of the match! So there's really no point in buying a PPV when you can watch it the next night!Also if you have to know who win the matches right after(like me!) can just go in WWE.com and check out the results after the PPV is over! So you are not along in not forking that kind of money each month! (:
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@shrashira (438)
• United States
27 Jul 08
Yea, the marketing team needs to realize this.
Somewhere the wrestling fans lost quality in our PPV's.
@mitija (82)
• United States
26 Jul 08
We used to but the ppv's every month until we realized that the schedule had the ppv listed to show from 5pm to 9pm, but it was actually over around 8. So we were spending $40 per ppv and not getting our full moneys worth. It wouldn't really matter who won the matches on the ppv anyway because the next night on RAW the same people would wrestle again under there Rematch Clause that every wrestler seems to have. It's the same wrestlers fighting with the same people every week. It gets old after awhile. I think I will save my money and just watch RAW for the results.
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