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As some of you may have noticed, despite being one of the original "Big 4" PPVs the WWE runs, along with Wrestlemania, Summerslam and the Royal Rumble, while I did the tribute to the Undertaker, I did not do either a preview or post-PPV review thread for the matches themselves.
There is a very good reason for that. They way they built the card, there was very little to write about. Outside of the Tribute to the Undertaker itself, you had 1 mens and 1 womens Survivor Series type match, and a bunch of non-title champion vs. champion matches. Other than pride, nothing was at stake for the entire PPV, so it gave me very little reason to care about each individual match. I still watched the event, and the matches themselves were mostly decent...but, there was no purpose to any of it, because nothing substantial could happen. Absolutely nothing changed in the WWE between Sunday and today, so there wasn't much point in writing about matches that didn't matter at all. To that, using this year's card as an example, I have a few changes I would make to the event, in order to lend it gravitas, in order to give the matches actual consequences to be felt down the line... Change #1, for Survivor Series type elimination matches: All surviving members of the winning team automatically get a spot in January's Royal Rumble. You can only do the whole "Team RAW vs. Team Smackdown" pride angle for so long, but by putting something concrete at stake, there are real benefits for your team winning. Eliminated members from both teams can still earn entrance into the Royal Rumble through qualifying matches later, but the surviving members of the winning team are automatically entered. Change #2, for Champion vs. Champion matches: First, don't have them, unless you are willing to actually make them important, by putting both titles on the line. If you beat the other champion by pinfall or submission, you win their belt (same rules as standard title match, DQ/Countout doesn't cost champ his belt). You then have the choice to either keep your belt and stay on your same show, or vacate that belt in favor of the belt you just won, and move to the other show. Roman Reigns (Smackdown) beat Drew McIntyre (RAW), so in this case, he would leave the Survivor Series with both belts, and then tonight on RAW, would choose if he wants to move to RAW or stay on Smackdown, based on which title he vacates...The vacated title would then be up for grabs at TLC, the WWE's December PPV. Then, the show with the vacated title holds something like a tournament, battle royal, or other gimmick to determine who wrestles at TLC for that belt. The point is, make the matches actually mean something by putting something tangible at stake.
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