10 Ways Great Balls Of Fire Can Be WWE's Best Show Of The Year
Terrible name; potentially excellent pay-per-view.
WWE's pay-per-views haven't exactly delivered this year. The Royal Rumble, WrestleMania 33, and Elimination Chamber were solid enough, but on the other end of the spectrum, Fastlane was one of the worst shows they've produced in years. In the middle, events like Money In The Bank, Extreme Rules, and Backlash all featured good wrestling, but were ultimately spoiled by bad booking.
Great Balls Of Fire takes place this Sunday night, and it looks like a strong one. Yes, the name is ridiculous, but most of the matches have been extremely well built. If WWE get it right, GBOF can easily eclipse the year's other major events, and shake the company out of their ongoing summer slump once and for all.
The night's biggest contests will see Samoa Joe challenge for Brock Lesnar's Universal Title, and Braun Strowman face Roman Reigns in an Ambulance match. The undercard is stacked too, and there isn't a single bout that doesn't deserve to be on the show.
WWE have built one of the year's most exciting cards, but delivering on that promise is another matter entirely. Get it right, though, and Great Balls Of Fire will blow their other 2017 PPVs out of the water...
10. Minimal Shenanigans
WWE’s seemingly unbreakable habit of ruining great wrestling with bad writing is one of their most annoying tendencies. Pay-per-views are increasingly used to set up television angles above all else, when it should really be the other way around, and no major event passes without at least two or three screwy finishes. If this happens at Great Balls Of Fire, we’ll be looking at another ‘meh’ 2017 PPV, and WWE would be squandering a potentially excellent show.
Every bout on the card has a reason to be there. GBOF doesn’t have an abundance of Match Of The Year candidates, but every bout has been well built, and there’s no filler to be found. It’d therefore be a huge shame to spoil half the card with nonsensical finishes and interferences, particularly higher stakes contests like Reigns vs. Strowman and Joe vs. Lesnar.
The Miz vs. Dean Ambrose will likely end controversially, but that’s fine, as it fits the Intercontinental Champion’s character. Ideally, the rest of the matches will finish in a more satisfying manner. Run-ins, interferences, and other shenanigans are played out, and we don’t need them wrecking another pay-per-view.