Are Brand Exclusive PPVs better Now or in the Past?

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I would give my left toenail for those sweet ass 2003 Raw/Smackdown PPV sets. Plus that GOAT tier roster though.

I'm rolling with Ruthless Aggression exclusives over whatever the hell they are doing now

 

[martin payne]

talent is better now?

 

[Cartier Murphy]

That Vengeance 03 card

Eddy/Benoit alone is better than most of the cards on these modern brand split PPV cards

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

talent is better now?

Yeah people definitely wilding with that.

The talent pool back then is sh!tting on today's roster.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The talent is way better now than it was during the end of the Ruthless Aggression Era and into the PG era but 2003-2005 shyts on today.

After 2005 there was no more Angle basically, Lesnar gone, Goldberg gone, Eddie died, etc. the SD PPVs had guys like Kenzo, Heidenreich and Luther Reigns and Modecai in prominent roles.

 

[Tide Run This]

The talent is way better now than it was during the end of the Ruthless Aggression Era and into the PG era but 2003-2005 shyts on today.

After 2005 there was no more Angle basically, Lesnar gone, Goldberg gone, Eddie died, etc. the SD PPVs had guys like Kenzo, Heidenreich and Luther Reigns and Modecai in prominent roles.

Rather see Heidenreich over a never-ending botcha banks vs Botchlotte hot potato the belt around feud

 

[ATearInMyEye]

Upper Card and Main Events Then>>>>>Now

Curtain jerking and mid card Now>>>>>>>> Then


Booking and storylines then>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now

 

[Roman Brady]

how is it better talent now?

dean ambrose over guerro?
bray wyatt over hbk?
hype bros over hardys?

It's obvious there are clearly millennials here that might not have been born or are no older than 5 during those days

 

[Roman Brady]

Upper Card and Main Events Then>>>>>Now

Curtain jerking and mid card Now>>>>>>>> Then


Booking and storylines Now>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then

what storylines do the WWE do in 2017 and who are the mid to lower cards that are being booked well just out of interest

 

[ATearInMyEye]

what storylines do the WWE do in 2017 and who are the mid to lower cards that are being booked well just out of interest

Tyo I meant then >>now

 

[Spyro]

Roster is better now, but the fact that there's basically a PPV every two weeks between the two brands isn't helping anything. They need to go back to each brand having their PPV every two months.

How?

 

[Legal]

How?

Better because it's more balanced. I can watch a card now and expect matches from the top to the bottom of the card to at least be pretty good. A LOT of those old cards during the brand split as I remember it were uneven as far as talent goes.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I think when people say the talent is better, they're talking about in-ring overall. Previous era rosters were more top heavy in the ring, especially RA. There's very few people on today's roster that you can put together and would have a bad match. The problem is, today's roster overall lacks character/charisma of back then. I'm very sure TJ Perkins and Tony Nese can put on an outstanding match....but I'd rather watch Big Show put Rey Mysterio on a stretcher and launch him into a turnbuckle. There was more investment in Billy Gunn vs Jamie Noble back then than this current Hardyz vs Cesaro/Sheamus feud.

 

[Spyro]

I think when people say the talent is better, they're talking about in-ring overall. Previous era rosters were more top heavy in the ring, especially RA. There's very few people on today's roster that you can put together and the match won't be bad. The problem is, today's roster overall lacks character/charisma of back then. I'm very sure TJ Perkins and Tony Nese can put on an outstanding match....but I'd rather watch Big Show put Rey Mysterio on a stretcher and launch him into a turnbuckle. There was more investment in Billy Gunn vs Jamie Noble back then than this current Hardyz vs Cesaro/Sheamus feud.

All person preference I suppose. I watched a Kane/Rock match on YT other day from 2001, and that 10 minute match was better than most matches I've seen this year (in WWE), despite people saying the guys are better in the ring now and Kane/Rock not exactly being thought of as HBK/Guerrero. Back then they seemed to sell more, pace and time moves/moments better and know when to pop the crowd; these days it's just big spots for big spots sake and near falls spamming into oblivion.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

All person preference I suppose. I watched a Kane/Rock match on YT other day from 2001, and that 10 minute match was better than most matches I've seen this year (in WWE), despite people saying the guys are better in the ring now and Kane/Rock not exactly being thought of as HBK/Guerrero.

We pretty much agree, I just meant from a technical standpoint. You can pair up a ton of dudes today and have a lot of at minimum 3 star matches, but at the same time, you wouldn't have that same investment in those characters as you had back then. Hell, I'm sure I'll end up re-watching Kane vs Rock just cause you mentioned it