Low PPV Buys

I recently saw a post stating WWE PPV's were down in buys. I posted a quick response I'll share here.

The PPV's don't get buys because:

1 - Matches aren't announced. Buying a PPV is partially because of the matches and when half of them aren't announced til the day before or the day of, why should anyone care?

2 - Feuds aren't developed. Why are people fighting? A belt? For fun? We need to care about the feud as the story is more interesting than the match half the time. Orton punting Stephanie? Stone Cold being fired? The rock turning corporate? The closest thing we have to a story now is John Cena being fired where he isn't really fired and then rehired in 2 weeks. Who writes this stuff?

3 - UFC. They may not be the same, but it is similar. Nobody wants to see a scripted slugfest when we can just watch UFC. Hence, two big guys who used to be huge draws simply aren't anymore. Taker vs Kane is a perfect example. Put them in a different type of match and it can be cool, but them boxing for 20 minutes isn't.

4 - Stories don't go anywhere. Check Survivor Series. Now check TLC. How many storylines continued or even evolved. Just Jomo vs Sheamus. The rest of the matches or feuds were dropped.


WWE is losing viewers because of their writers and view on the product, plain and simple.