10 WWE One-Hit PPVS That Totally Failed To Hit The Mark
1. December To Dismember
Speaking of dire, few who ordered the abysmal (WWE-produced) ECW December To Dismember show will ever live it down. Both One Night Stand 2005 and 2006 had been gripping events, doing the ECW name more justice than many perhaps felt WWE would.
By late-2006, that notion had passed, and ECW came across as an unnecessary third brand to join Raw and SmackDown.
December To Dismember had been a title used by the original ECW several times, but the quality between events put on by both companies was night and day. For the WWE show, the likes of Bobby Lashley, Test, Hardcore Holly and The Big Show were thrust into an awkward Elimination Chamber bout for the ECW Title. Joining them were CM Punk and Rob Van Dam, who was the only ECW original in the entire match.
At ringside, Paul Heyman put his head in his hands, and he'd leave WWE immediately after this debacle. The show was an insult to Extreme Championship Wrestling's heritage, with not one match on the card being essential or worthy of the name.
With that, any plans to produce more 'ECW' pay-per-views were put on the scrap heap. The pitiful 90,000 pay-per-view buys were the final nail in this coffin.
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