Favourite rope colours/styles

[Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer]

Over the past couple of years, WWE has adopted an all-white rope colour scheme for its main roster television shows (Raw, SmackDown, Superstars and Main Event) and yellow for NXT. While it can look pretty epic at times, it can also feel a bit samey. Before this, several rope styles had been used on its TV shows and PPVs. I had a look about today for the various colours and variations of WWE and FCW ropes and collected what I could find. We have had:

White (current WWE, SNME revival)
Red (Raw, Heat)
Blue (SmackDown, Velocity)
Silver (ECW)
Yellow (NXT, early Shotgun)
Black (PPVs, SmackDown, ECW)
Red, white and blue (WWF colour scheme; Great American Bash; Tribute to the Troops; Old School Raw)
Orange (WrestleMania XXIV)
Black/gold (WrestleMania IX and X)
Pink middle rope (Autumn 2012-2013)
Dark blue (SummerSlam 2008)
Red/blue split (Bragging Rights)
Red/silver (Cyber Sunday 2008)
Green (FCW)
Light blue (FCW)

I know some may not be too bothered about rope colours as long as the action in the ring is good but what are some of the board's favourite colour schemes over the years and ones you think WWE should use again??

[CH Punk]

#YellowRopesForever

[Medicinal Thunder Liger]

the 90's red/white/blue, the bragging rights red/blue, and mania 9/10's black/gold/black combo. the orange for 24 was pretty sleek too.

[theworld21]

Great thread. I love the old school red, white, and blue. I also like the black ones.

Seeing the orange one from WM 24 makes me wonder if WM XXX is gonna get purple ropes or not..

[Kay Faban]

I think the white is really sharp and thought it looked so clean the first time I saw if.

I will say though that I'm almost bored with it for big events like mania. White ropes probably look better but I wouldn't mind purple or a purple yellow ropes for mania to make it look different.

[Toxik916]

Red white and blue for life son!

[fw91]

I just want all red for raw, all blue for smackdown again. they can do whatever they want for ppvs depending on the set

[Pushed to the Moon]

Always loved the red white and blue. Reminds of the toy ring I (everyone?!) had when I was a kid.

[TheDieselTrain]

Pink and white/blue worked pretty well

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Mar 22, 2014 17:03:19 GMT -5 Pushed to the Moon said:

Always loved the red white and blue. Reminds of the toy ring I (everyone?!) had when I was a kid.

Yeah, the red white and blue one were awesome

also I will second the Bragging rights half and half job

[champviadq]

SmackDown's black rope 2002 - early spring 2003

[ICBM]

Red for Raw
Blue for smack down
Black for PPV

Oh and the corner posts, all black. I do not care for the all white look. The retro d white and blue look is fine for stand alone shots and shows but not forever. We moved past it. WWECW's combo was good at first black on black with the minimalistic logo.

[welshjobber]

Black ropes for a big PPV always added to the special occasion.

[Instant Classic]

As others have said I loved when Raw was red and Smackdown was blue. 

[CertifiedBA]

WM 24 is a good'n

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

The white and pink ones for the cancer awareness are nice, and I loved the old Smackdown blue ropes in the Attitude Era. I wish the ropes changed colours more often to fit the themes of the entrance stages.

[Deleted]

My picks are Bragging Rights, the yellow ones, and the red, white, and blue ropes.

[Kitchen Sink]

Wrestlemania 10 had my favourite rope style. Loved the Black/Gold/Black look.

[Chip]

It feels kinda boring but just white ropes have always been my favourite. The blander you can make a wrestling ring the more likely I am to like it.

[Hit Girl]

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