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Post by CM Dazz on Jan 18, 2013 22:02:20 GMT -5
How cool would an all day Wrestlemania be? Here's what I would do:
I'd make it an 8 hour show, with the first four hours live on the website/YouTube for free, & the second half on PPV like normal. Basically everyone on the roster will be getting a match & Wrestlemania payday. You could even start the day off with NXT title matches or something. They would also be able to sell the hell out of the PPV with enough hype videos to drive you insane.
Could this work? Anything you'd like to add/change etc? Feel free to book an all day WM XXIX, or better yet an all day WM XXX!
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Post by Error on Jan 18, 2013 22:05:52 GMT -5
That would be the quietest Wrestlemania ever. They either don't bother with the first 4 hours or are burned and tired for the last 4.
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Post by Rocket N. Nine on Jan 18, 2013 22:06:00 GMT -5
They did something like that for Wrestlemania 2000. It was more of a pre-show, however, and I don't think there were any actual matches until the big show itself.
The idea of an "everyone gets a Mania match" appeals to me, however. Certainly better than a lumberjack match or a battle royal.
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Post by CM Dazz on Jan 18, 2013 22:08:48 GMT -5
That would be the quietest Wrestlemania ever. They either don't bother with the first 4 hours or are burned and tired for the last 4. I honestly hadn't considered the crowd. It would have to be a big arena show. You'd actually have to hope only half the crowd shows up during the day, so at least half the crowd is hot at night.
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Jan 18, 2013 22:34:25 GMT -5
They did something like that for Wrestlemania 2000. It was more of a pre-show, however, and I don't think there were any actual matches until the big show itself. The idea of an "everyone gets a Mania match" appeals to me, however. Certainly better than a lumberjack match or a battle royal. I ordered and LOVED this.....a great primer and gear up for that year's WM. Almost felt like what I imagine Super Bowl Sunday is like for football fans, where they kind of dedicate the whole day to THAT big of an event. I hope WWE does something like that for WM 30.
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Post by CubsFan71 on Jan 18, 2013 23:08:47 GMT -5
That would be the quietest Wrestlemania ever. They either don't bother with the first 4 hours or are burned and tired for the last 4. Sell tickets for each half of the show separately that way you have chance for a hot crowd all day
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Post by BigBadZ on Jan 18, 2013 23:13:05 GMT -5
Sounds like a good idea but fans are having a hard enough getting through 3 hours on Raw
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 23:14:47 GMT -5
That would be the quietest Wrestlemania ever. They either don't bother with the first 4 hours or are burned and tired for the last 4. Sell tickets for each half of the show separately that way you have chance for a hot crowd all day Who would want to buy tickets for half a show?
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Post by Error on Jan 18, 2013 23:14:50 GMT -5
That would be the quietest Wrestlemania ever. They either don't bother with the first 4 hours or are burned and tired for the last 4. Sell tickets for each half of the show separately that way you have chance for a hot crowd all day Unless a couple of marquee matches are on the early card or the tickets are damned cheap, I don't see it selling well. ECW house shows had trouble selling out 1-2k seat arenas and they would have had more name talent than would be on the early hours of a show like this. I don't see Vince or Kevin Dunn putting a 1/4 to 1/2 filled stadium on broadcast either.
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 18, 2013 23:47:16 GMT -5
I think having an hour or two of youtube/cable prelims for PPV would make WWE seem more big league and legit. Even if they're taped or something.
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Post by Reflecto on Jan 19, 2013 4:25:20 GMT -5
One thing I thought: Combining this topic and the "redo Wrestlemania 2" topic, you might have more of a chance to make it work. If you did an all-day Wrestlemania with everyone having matches, the better option would be to have the show in multiple different arenas. In addition, though, it would have to be done slightly different, where not only is it different arenas, you'd probably have to think more outside the box for some arenas -example: No matter how badly the IWC wants it, the UK's realistically not getting a Wrestlemania due to tape delay. But if they had London or Manchester as the 12-2 am jaunt of the Mania, where it's still at a reasonable time there? More viable- and if you can main event the UK part with, say, Wade Barrett vs. William Regal? Suddenly, a non-main match works well. Same for in the US. You'd need a match like Cena/Rock 2 or Brock/HHH to main event a big arena. But if you went to a smaller, B or C-level arena WWE runs for one, you could probably get away with main eventing Wrestlemania there with a low-carder match, saving bigger matches for the biggest places.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 19, 2013 15:46:15 GMT -5
Sell tickets for each half of the show separately that way you have chance for a hot crowd all day Who would want to buy tickets for half a show? They did that at Wrestlemania 2. 12 matches were split across 3 venues, so each crowd got 4 live matches, and watched the others on the tron.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 19, 2013 22:20:44 GMT -5
Sell tickets for each half of the show separately that way you have chance for a hot crowd all day Who would want to buy tickets for half a show? If it's all I could get I would. Like how Tennis tournaments work. Everyone wants Wimbledon final tickets or Centre Court tickets. But you'd also settle for seats on the outside courts if it came to it.
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Post by Dean-o on Jan 20, 2013 0:46:36 GMT -5
I wish they would do a WrestleMania All Day show like with WrestleMania 2000.
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Post by Ricky Nightshade on Jan 20, 2013 2:03:55 GMT -5
Yeah with a Kid Rock or Flo Rida song ever half hour.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 8:40:22 GMT -5
My idea, taking the Super Bowl Sunday & All Day WM pre-show from 2000 into account...
ESPN used to start showing those half-hour Super Bowl highlight films at like 5am and go in order, right up until the start time of 5pm. Why not splice together some 30-minute highlights from each WrestleMania and air them on PPV for free?
I know every time the football game would air and they'd show the clips, I get pumped up for the "real game". Was almost like a "count-down" but in reverse. You'd see the numbers getting bigger and the time for kick-off was getting closer.
(And I mean "real" highlights of WrestleManias, not like they have on the WM2000 DVD where they show like 3 minutes from this WM, and then 12 from another.)
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 20, 2013 8:51:45 GMT -5
If WWE were a LOT more open to working with some the smaller promotions that aren't in active competition with them (basically all of them but TNA and maybe Ring Of Honor because of their TV deal), the all day thing could be used to showcase matches for those promotions. Give promotions like CHIKARA, SHIMMER, Dragon Gate, etc. an hour each early in the day to do some matches to entertain the crowds willing to get in there early.
It'll never happen, but it'll be insane exposure for those companies and a boost for pro wrestling as a whole, as well as serve as a scouting exercise for WWE. Most of their rosters would already be in town anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 8:58:40 GMT -5
I think it could be done, but it'd have to be done smart. Say a 4 hour show broadcast either on YouTube or if they could get the USA Network, with an hour of hype for the big event, a 2 hour live show from Full Sail that could feature a mixture of NXT and lower/midcard matches, headlined by perhaps an IC or US title match, followed by another hour of hype including their one big pre-show match at the WrestleMania venue. Treat it the same way UFC treats their prelim cards, as a way to hype the PPV, include more matches and hopefully entice more buys.
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Jan 20, 2013 9:36:28 GMT -5
Hour 1 and 2 should be a live NXT from Full Sail broadcast on Youtube, WWE.com and if possible USA Network. The show would have special guests, lower card WWE superstars and a "King of NXT" tournament where the winner headlines the Wrestlemania Countown Show and gets a shot at the Intercontinental Championship. The show would be headlined by a NXT Championship match between the current champion and a bigger WWE Star.
Hour 3 would be Wrestlemania's Greatest Hits, again shown on Youtube, WWE.com and if possible USA. It could be a live or pre-taped show with a cast of legends and current stars watching the top 20 Wrestlemania moments and discussing them. There would be a live audience however not a large one, just the size of a normal TV show. J.R or someone like him would host and occasionally ask the stars about the moments.
Hour 4 would be The Countdown to Wrestlemania, it is the same as the usual preshow except with more matches and a big countdown clock going on onscreen. It would have a festival feel with live bands playing the themes and music going on throughout the matches and just a crazy party vibe going. After the IC title match the live band would play the WM theme at the end and the lights would all drop...the countdown would start...5...4...3...2.....1! PYRO and then we burst into WM in a big way.
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Post by Sam Punk on Jan 20, 2013 12:52:58 GMT -5
I think it would be too much. The viewers would be burned out before the main show even started.
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