rzombie1988 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 They discussed this on WOR over the weekend and it seems like an interesting concept. The pros: - Nothing would have to be rushed - More people would get on the show. - The show obviously wouldn't be 7 hours - The fans there are staying for the whole weekend anyway, so selling tickets to it shouldn't be an issue - It would hurt the various indy shows running there which is a plus for WWE - Could lead to more publicity. There'd be two nights to talk about and it would certainly keep the IWC busy. - It would be pretty original. There's no major wrestling event that has done this aside from Collison in Korea and AJW Dreamslam which ran a week or so apart. The cons: - It'd be lots of wrestling - It would probably put an end to Wrestlemania parties/groups. Good luck getting people to come two days in a row. - Would probably confuse people who don't pay attention any other time of the year. I could totally see "WTF, Wrestlemania is 2 days this year? OMG I didn't know". - Would likely either bump NXT or the Hall of Fame which would hurt their attendances and people might not be able to afford it. - I could see a lot of people only watching the 2nd night, especially busier people or older people who still watch on PPV. Overall though, I think it's an idea worth trying. I'd be excited to see it happen and even though I haven't gone in years, I'd be tempted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 The 2 day event idea is something fun to think about but just doesn't seem overly feasible in this current WWF product. Even if you bump NXT out and you start to scatter those matches in... you are stuck with a possibly less interesting show on Saturday night. Of course they try to overload a Saturday show and then Sunday could suffer. The real issue is all the BS between the contests and the music. It is obviously sports ENTERTAINMENT or should I said spots ENTERTAINMENT due to the way some people work but the lack of wrestling is mind boggling. The IC title was on the pre-show and a Shane McMahon match (although it was good) ends up on the show. We get two multi-women matches that don't really showcase the phenomenal talent that the women have and are just spot after spot. I went off on a tangent there... long story short... two days could be awesome but I don't know if it would happen. They need to rethink about all the EXTRAS they are adding to the show itself... and put on the best card possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingears Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 I had a lot more fun with the satellite shows than with the WWE ones so anything that would negatively impact the viability there is a bad idea to me. I think a lot of what works about WrestleMania is that it is the grand sum of all of WWE distilled down into one night. If the idea is to have two WrestleManias per year I think beefing up the "mania" aspects of something like SummerSlam would be a better way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 They just need to tighten things up. It wasn't a problem until the last few years. Things were fine for the first 30 or so Mania's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 I had a lot more fun with the satellite shows than with the WWE ones so anything that would negatively impact the viability there is a bad idea to me. I think a lot of what works about WrestleMania is that it is the grand sum of all of WWE distilled down into one night. If the idea is to have two WrestleManias per year I think beefing up the "mania" aspects of something like SummerSlam would be a better way to go.Echo this idea, especially since a larger Summerslam show would allow them to run an outdoor show in a city like Chicago that they can't touch in late March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 The bloat would eventually set in with a 2 days show. So instead of 7-8 hours one day you would end up with 6+ hours over 2 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 They should tighten things up, but I fear it will never happen in a company that feels WWE is the only entertainment option people need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 It really should be 5 hours max. I don't know how people sat through that show. I start to fidget after 3 hours of anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Also the balls of whoever laid out the show putting the Pitbull concert that late in the program. Those can get the crowd to turn on them in the best of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Why would the have to drop nxt? Friday evening NXT Saturday afternoon HOF Saturday evening WM, Night 1 Sunday evening WM, Night 2 They could even have Night 1 Smackdown and Night 2 Raw to keep the brand split seeming important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockobama Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 If they split the two nights between the two brands, imagine the outrage we'd get over one brand having to go the night before the other. In essence, I don't think it's a terrible idea, at least for how I like to consume wrestling, but for a promotion of this size with the sort of fanbase they have and appeal to, it's just not feasible. But in theory, if they split the show into a 3 hour block one night and a 4 or 5 hour block the next night with more "entertainment" filler, I wouldn't mind. How would they brand it, you think? WrestleMania Day 1 and 2? Part 1 and 2? Sun and Moon? Alpha and Omega? Play button and Dallas star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 I think it would be a good idea, if they kept each show just at three hours. That seems the right amount of time for a big show like this, anything less would seem too little, anything more too much. Maybe have the first night on the Network only, and have the 2nd one for PPV as well. As far as the Hall of Fame, I don't see any reason it needs to be a big arena show anymore, especially with the Network airing it every year. Get it before a smaller audience, maybe in that much-rumored physical Hall of Fame, and you'll have something that can make for more compelling TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Didn't Crockett Cup run two nights? It's not a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Not a bad idea to do a two-day show each year, but I don't think Wrestlemania is the show to do it. They could probably make Survivor Series a big deal again using this as part of a new concept, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Could they sell out a 70k arena in back to back nights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted April 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Could they sell out a 70k arena in back to back nights? I think so and at worst they could do well on one night and sell out the other. The fans are there and it would still be Wrestlemania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 With NXT and Hall of Fame, Mania is already a 3 day event. I really like the idea of expanding Summer Slam or Survivor Series into a multi-day event. Giving one of those events a festival atmosphere would be the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 With NXT and Hall of Fame, Mania is already a 3 day event. I really like the idea of expanding Summer Slam or Survivor Series into a multi-day event. Giving one of those events a festival atmosphere would be the way to go. All the big 4 ppvs get a Take Over Now in the same arena, they are all multi-day events, especially adding in Raw and sometimes SD in same arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 It already is a two night event. Mania on Sunday is for the casuals and Raw after Mania is the Mania from the hardcores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Actually, it's already a FOUR days event. The HOF, then NXT, then Mania, then RAWafterMania. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 I do think this could probably work, but the key would be that at least a chunk of the results from night 1 would lead into night 2. I'm thinking things like HHH vs Bryan or Mankind vs Big Show or Bret vs Owen/Luger vs Yokozuna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruiserBrody Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 Didn't Crockett Cup run two nights? It's not a bad idea. Only problem with that example is the shows didn't draw well, especially the jobberiffic first round night. --- They could really get wacky and have Raw WM on the west coast in L.A. or whatever and then SD! in Florida/NY whatever. Maybe dump NXT in Chicago to give it the full Mania 2 flair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 I wonder how much better they would be at pulling off that kind of show they did in '86 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutenberger Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 Actually, it's already a FOUR days event. The HOF, then NXT, then Mania, then RAWafterMania. Seriously. Don't forget the new #SDLiveAfterMania. . . FIVE days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted April 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2017 WM 33 could have had:Night 1 - Brock/Goldberg, HHH/Rollins, Owens/Jericho, Ladder Match, Women's match, Aries/NevilleNight 2 - Taker/Roman, Orton/Wyatt, Cena's Mixed tag, AJ/Shane, Battle Royale, Women's Match, Corbin/AmbroseBoth would have been pretty decent cards with a little mix of everything. You could even set up something on Night 1 to payoff on Night 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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