TLC:
This one will get mentioned because it, too, is hindered by the PC handcuffs. When these matches were done in the Attitude era, mimicking the ECW style, they were brutal and violent and yes, bloody at times. They can be 2 of those 3 now, but it makes you wonder if they need it at all. This is another one where the stipulation would almost be better off as used only when called for, not when on the PPV schedule. Considering that at Hell In A Cell, both Cell matches employed chairs and tables, all we were missing was a ladder and the TLC match (and PPV) would really have no reason to exist. There should only be one ladder match a year that we truly schedule, that being the Money In The Bank match. I think WWE can retire the TLC moniker, and bring back Starcade or come up with an entirely fresh new year end PPV. Either works.
Survivor Series:
Only going here because, well, it’s the next PPV up, and because this is a major pet peeve of mine. I used to love this event when I was a kid, seeing all the unique teams and how they came up with them, whether four on four or five on five. Lately, we have been given a token actual Survivor Series match, with much of the card consisting of regular matches. To me, the draw of Survivor Series was it was matches that we would not get any other time of the year. We don’t usually see a four on four or five on five match any other time of the year, and now we barely see them on the single event that they were intended to be on. Either go back to the full-on original format (with an exception for a world title match here and there), or retire the name and just become any other generic PPV.
What changes would you make, to these pay-per-views? Keep them? Re-name them?
