The last PPV that seemed as useless/perfunctory as NOC?

[kidglov3s]

So I was pretty excited when I first heard that Night of Champions was going to be in Detroit this year, our first PPV since Over The Limit 2010, which I didn't go to because I thought it didn't look any good. Of course I immediately got a ticket for this one.

Now it's like.... man this show is very, very likely to suck and be pointless. Simply occurring because they have to have a PPV this month, with none of the stories on a trajectory to have something of significance happening at this point in the narrative. Bryan's going to lose. I can't see how anyone could possibly give a f*** about Punk vs Axel/Heyman which will surely be no marvel of in-ring performance.

What as the last PPV to be as disposable and uneventful? Capitol Punishment 2011? No Way Out 2012?

No Way Out at least had the finale of the Johnny Ace angle, a sweet Christian/Cody match and a damn good Kane/Punk/Bryan match until AJ came out for the nonfinish. Capital Punishment had a solid Orton/Christian match, a great Punk/Rey match, my favorite of theirs together, and the novelty of main event R-Truth, though he did job to a child's beverage.

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I haven't seen the show so I don't know how it is, but TLC was pretty useless. No WWE title match, nothing really came of that Cena / Ziggler feud outside of AJ's heel turn, and the World title match was pretty much rendered moot by del Rio winning the title a few weeks later on a random SmackDown.

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What if there's a ShowMiz reunion? Would that change your tune to a major key?

[543Y2J]

I never like the HITC PPV and find the matches pointless because they aren't blood feuds that don't belong in the Cell, making the PPV redundant with me

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In terms of big time shows, probably Wrestlemania 27. It's pretty sad when the only thing of note from the biggest show of the year was Rock costing Cena the main event. Everything else on that PPV was utterly meaningless.

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Survivor Series 2012.

They changed the main event of the show two weeks beforehand and while Punk/Cena/Ryback for the WWE title seemed a little more intriguing than a tag match with nothing at stake there was still almost zero chance of Punk losing the title. And the rest of the card seemed very unimportant.

TLC the following month wasn't much better, as Lizuka mentioned. There wasn't even a WWE title match on the card. The World title match was Big Show-Sheamus for the third month running. The main event was Cena/Ziggler and it was blatantly obvious that Cena wasn't going to walk around with the World title briefcase and was going to be screwed over by AJ.

[CH Punk]

Hell in a Cell 2011

- Sheamus beats Christian in a pointless match
- Sin Cara Azul vs Sin Cara Negro's highlight was the commentary table not really giving a crap about anything
- Meaningless Tag Title match that would be done again at Vengeance
- Randy loses his rematch to Mark Henry as Henry's spinning his wheels until Big Show comes back and they never really use the cell gimmick
- The only really meaningful part of the show: Cody brings back the old school IC title
- Cody, in street clothes, beats John Morrison in an impromptu match for the IC title
- Beth Phoenix finally beats Kelly Kelly for the Divas Championship, with the help of a mic shot from Nattie
- Del Rio, Cena and Punk have a Hell in a Cell match because that's the name of the PPV, Del Rio wins the title because Cena winning it at NoC made no sense and The Awesome Truth attacked them, leading to a cool visual of the roster trying to break inside of the Cell, but the angle, and all the other noteworthy moments on the show, could have easily happened on Raw or Smackdown.

[Bub (BLM)]

Sept 4, 2013 13:59:02 GMT -5 CH Punk said:

Hell in a Cell 2011

- Sheamus beats Christian in a pointless match
- Sin Cara Azul vs Sin Cara Negro's highlight was the commentary table not really giving a crap about anything
- Meaningless Tag Title match that would be done again at Vengeance
- Randy loses his rematch to Mark Henry as Henry's spinning his wheels until Big Show comes back and they never really use the cell gimmick
- The only really meaningful part of the show: Cody brings back the old school IC title
- Cody, in street clothes, beats John Morrison in an impromptu match for the IC title
- Beth Phoenix finally beats Kelly Kelly for the Divas Championship, with the help of a mic shot from Nattie
- Del Rio, Cena and Punk have a Hell in a Cell match because that's the name of the PPV, Del Rio wins the title because Cena winning it at NoC made no sense and The Awesome Truth attacked them, leading to a cool visual of the roster trying to break inside of the Cell, but the angle, and all the other noteworthy moments on the show, could have easily happened on Raw or Smackdown.

Agreed. And in the case of the WWE Title match, it made no sense for Del Rio to go over if he was just going to drop the title to Punk the very next month. Punk may as well have just won the damn match.

[thegame415]

About 90 percent of the pay per views since 2007

[sammy123]

TLC 2012 should be excluded from discussion for the simple fact that it had the 2012 match of the year (The Shield vs. Ryback, Bryan and Kane)

[Sparkybob]

Any show with Curtis Axel as the 2nd biggest match is destine to fail.

[rnrk supports BLM]

I tried to think of a single noteworthy thing that happened at the Elimination Chamber this year, and failed. Looking it up on wiki, I see it kicked off this year's Jack Swagger main event push.

So... yeah.

[Perpetual Nirvana]

Sept 4, 2013 13:47:44 GMT -5 @burngun said:

In terms of big time shows, probably Wrestlemania 27. It's pretty sad when the only thing of note from the biggest show of the year was Rock costing Cena the main event. Everything else on that PPV was utterly meaningless.

Yeah, brings to mind Wrestlemania 16 in that the only noteworthy thing on the entire show was the end of the main event. That's not a good comparison.

And you know, I never actually saw it but looking at the results, Wrestlemania 29 seems pretty meh as well.

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Sept 4, 2013 19:44:18 GMT -5 Perpetual Nirvana said:

Sept 4, 2013 13:47:44 GMT -5 @burngun said:

In terms of big time shows, probably Wrestlemania 27. It's pretty sad when the only thing of note from the biggest show of the year was Rock costing Cena the main event. Everything else on that PPV was utterly meaningless.

Yeah, brings to mind Wrestlemania 16 in that the only noteworthy thing on the entire show was the end of the main event. That's not a good comparison.

And you know, I never actually saw it but looking at the results, Wrestlemania 29 seems pretty meh as well.

Mania 29 was the first Mania I've skipped in the last ten years. Watched it on Youtube the next night and I think that was the right call; about the only thing worth seeing is Punk / Taker and even then while it's alright it's easily Taker's weakest Mania match since Mark Henry.

[Hit Girl]

It doesn't have to be a useless PPV

They can blow off the Heyman/Punk feud by having Punk beat Curtis Axel, then pummel Heyman


Then at the end of the show, the Corporation should stiff Bryan somehow and Orton will retain, then when they are giving him another beating, Punk's music plays and he saves the day with a kendo stick. The show ends with Punk helping up Bryan, while Orton and the SHIELD look terrified on the stage fleeing and HHH seething

Then Punk and Bryan nod at each other, and look defiantly at them.


Cole = "What the hell is this? Is this the start of a fightback???"

JBL = "This is outrageous, there'll be hell to pay!!"

King = "Oh my god......-squeals-!!!"

[Some Guy]

Sept 4, 2013 13:59:02 GMT -5 CH Punk said:

Hell in a Cell 2011

- Sheamus beats Christian in a pointless match
- Sin Cara Azul vs Sin Cara Negro's highlight was the commentary table not really giving a crap about anything
- Meaningless Tag Title match that would be done again at Vengeance
- Randy loses his rematch to Mark Henry as Henry's spinning his wheels until Big Show comes back and they never really use the cell gimmick
- The only really meaningful part of the show: Cody brings back the old school IC title
- Cody, in street clothes, beats John Morrison in an impromptu match for the IC title
- Beth Phoenix finally beats Kelly Kelly for the Divas Championship, with the help of a mic shot from Nattie
- Del Rio, Cena and Punk have a Hell in a Cell match because that's the name of the PPV, Del Rio wins the title because Cena winning it at NoC made no sense and The Awesome Truth attacked them, leading to a cool visual of the roster trying to break inside of the Cell, but the angle, and all the other noteworthy moments on the show, could have easily happened on Raw or Smackdown.

To be fair, Awesome Truth beating down the roster then sitting down waiting to be arrested was incredibly badass. Of course, Triple H ruined it a minute later but still. Also, kidglov, as a fellow Detroiter (hell I work about 3 minutes from Joe Louis), I promised myself I would buy tickets if Bryan was champion. I was reluctant otherwise, and it appears like it might be paying dividends.