I hated them for the most part. For every great show like Vengeance 2005 or Unforgiven 2006 there were many others with a World title match, a semi main event and then the rest of the card filled up with Sunday Night Heat level matches.
Some of the matches we were subjected to on PPV during this era:
Rodney Mack & Christopher Nowinski vs. The Dudley’s
Jamie Noble vs. Billy Gunn
Basham Brothers vs. APA
Hardcore Holly vs. Rhyno
Jonathan Coachman vs. Tajiri
Rico & Charlie Haas vs. Hardcore Holly & Billy Gunn
Luther Reigns vs. Charlie Haas
Tomko vs. Stevie Richards
Christy Hemme vs. Carmella DeCesare
Funaki vs. Spike Dudley
Orlando Jordan vs. Heidenreich
Simon Dean vs. Bobby Lashley
Jerry Lawler vs. Gregory Helms
Viscera vs. Shelton Benjamin
MVP vs. a local jobber (not even making this up)
The Boogeyman vs. The Miz
I think WWE’s PPV’s have generally been of much higher quality since 2007 when they ended the brand-exclusive PPV’s.