As the story goes, Jim Cornette was talking online about a match he saw in Progress, and was a little critical of it big surprise, right? ECW was a phenomenal wrestling company, and they captured the hearts of a generation and are still loved today, 17 years after they folded, and the reason for this love was that they gave the fans what they truly wanted in a time where mainstream wrestling was beginning to struggle.Despite not winning the competition, he signed a development contract and was assigned to Deep South WrestlingWWE's farm territory.
The idea behind the event was to have it at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which again gave it the unique feel that WWE lacked at the time, but the name Hog Wild was not only terrible, but had to be dropped a year later due to a potential trademark issue. That was on the back of their fantastic tournaments, incredibly stiff and entertaining wrestling, and their WrestleMania equivalent known as Wrestle Kingdom. The onetime event in was headlined by R-Truth and John Cena, so you knew there was no way it was coming back, but who would have thought it was a good idea to have a politically themed PPV for a wrestling show? WWE makes some odd decisions sometimes, and while we can mostly live with them, as it at least means the company is trying new things and taking risks, but this one made no sense, as it was the WWE making a politically themed event in Despite being in the PG Era, they decided to name it after the death penalty as well, making this a massive slip-up in many ways for the company.
This is something that WWE should definitely look to bring back, as it would give fans something different than their terribly named events these days and would be welcomed back with open arms.
Starrcade represented the glitz and glamour of pro wrestling, so fans knew they were going to be treated to a high-class event full of suits and cocktail dresses, and it was named perfectly. The event was actually a fairly good one, and drew a record crowd of 56, in Melbourne, but it sounds like something someone came up with in the spur of the moment, and somehow no one backstage questioned it. Not only is it a fantastic name for a PPV, as it represents the respect and the honor that is so important in a wrestling-focused promotion like ROH, but it has hosted some of the best matches the company has to offer, and it just sounds like something you have to tune in to see.ĭuring the Attitude Era, the WWE had some truly fantastic PPV names, but it seems like when they left their home United States that talent just went away, as the UK exclusive event was known as Insurrextion, which is bad, but not as bad as "Global Warning," the name of a one time event that occurred down under in Australia. We can sort of forgive WWE for a lot of the bad ones, as they were trying something different, but what was the point of this event? Bragging Rights and One Night Stand we can forgive because we see the idea behind it, but this was just another generic name in a company that had become more so by the year.
The problem with WWE today, and ever since the company went in a more PG direction is just how generic everything sounds, so when they ran an event called Over The Limit from tofans hated it because it was about the most generic sounding event you could think of funny story, it was replaced in by Battlegroundwhich actually challenges this event for most generic name of all time. As such, we tend to see companies struggle to come up with new, exciting names. Wrestling has a long and proud tradition within territories all across the United States and indeed the world, but the business never truly took off until Pay Per Views and special shows became a thing.