Monday, September 17, 2007

RIP Armageddon



So, apparently, WWE's signature Pay-Per-View for December, Armageddon, has been discontinued. Meaning we won't get such class promo posters as the one you see above from 2005. After having already euthanized December to DisRemember, and pulling the plug on New Year's Revolution (which hasn't been relevant for 2 years since it was pretty much named for Evolution to dominate anyway), there's now a blank spot between Survivor Series and Royal Rumble.

As it should be!

13 PPVs (or more) a year are just overkill. One Night Stand was good for what it was -- a one night ECW revival. Now that the ECW name and logo have been grabbed by the haunches and humped into submission, neutered, and watered down to "just another brand" of WWE, can ONS please die? In fact, how about killing off No Way Out (the NWO show - remember when they were in WWE for all of 2 months?) as well, so we can have a good solid two-month buildup between Rumble and Mania?

Or how about you stop naming pay-per-views, or even TV shows (Smackdown??) after your current wrestlers sports entertainers, so that the names hold no relevance in the future? Long term booking, WWE. Look into it.

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