8 Reasons WWE Needs To Bring Back Custom PPV Stages

6. Less Hype, More Substance

Once upon a time, PPVs carried real provenance. There was less need to repeatedly and brazenly hype an upcoming event because the moniker and meaning of the event itself were so entrenched €“ in no small part thanks to the promise of a properly cool entrance set. No Way Out. Armageddon. No Mercy. All tended to have memorable stages that played to the core of what each event was about €“ be it massive padlocks, flaming platforms or crashed cars. In 2016, they're all the same. Seriously: with everything but Wrestlemania utilising an identical design, is there such a thing as a PPV of substance any more? OK, so match-specific main events remain €“ but they're about the only thing that gives one PPV more meaning than another. It used to be that from its name alone you knew what the tone of a Sunday night event €“ and, with it, the storylines and matches €“ would be. Stages and arena set-ups played a huge part in that.