Articles in the Roundtable Category
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week we ask: Given the atrocious Victory Road PPV that TNA recently presented us with, what is the worst PPV of all time?
James Mustoe: To me that would have to be ECW’s December to Dismember in 2006. This was a truly atrocious card with no matches announced bar the main event prior to a week before the show. All of the undercard matches were pretty much actively bad, bar the opening match of MNM vs. Hardy’s (a RAW team vs. a Smackdown team). The main event itself, a ‘hardcore’ Elimination Chamber match, was…
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week we ask: Over the past couple of years, “themed” PPVs from WWE and TNA have become seemingly trendy. Is the success of Lockdown, No Way Out, and the proposition of Submission and Hell in a Cell orientated shows a positive or a negative for the business?
James Mustoe: I think this proposal is a positive in the short term for business for both companies, but that the ‘theme’ PPV will inevitably lead to over exposure of the gimmicks and therefore be bad for business in the long term. If we take the Hell in a Cell gimmick as an example, this match is…
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Can UFC 100 smash PPV buyrate records? Mark Bright, Martin Smith and Phil Lowe look at the UFC’s historic PPV in Las Vegas.
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Dan Short, Michael Campbell and James Mustoe discuss WWE’s potential involvement in a memorial show for the late Mitsuharu Misawa.
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The latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com.
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week we’re asking the question: Would TNA benefit from reducing the number of PPVs per year?
Phil Lowe: I have no doubt that dropping the number of PPVs would be a smart move by TNA. Buyrates are hardly setting the world alight and times are tough for the average wrestling fan. Given a choice between a WWE or TNA PPV (or even UFC or TNA), more often than not, TNA will lose out.
If TNA have to keep to the current format of 12 PPVs per year, I’d be tempted to adopt the old…
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week we’re asking the question: Which of WWE’s current crop of youngsters has the potential to be a long-term main event star?
James Mustoe: WWE has quietly been building a bit of a youth movement over the last year. Guys like Kofi Kingston, DiBiase and Rhodes, Tyson Kidd, and the wonderful Evan Bourne all stand out as having great potential in the organisation for the future. However the guy who has flat out shown the most potential as a top level break out star (and very soon too!) is the former ECW Champion Jack Swagger…
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where at the end of a week where WWE have finally put into practice their recent draft moves , we’re asking the question: After twelve picks on Raw and twenty-five during WWE’s supplemental draft, how do you see each brand operating with their new roster of talent for the next year?
Phil Lowe: I’m really looking forward to seeing how Smackdown fares over the summer. After this past Friday night’s show, I felt very optimistic about the future of the ‘blue brand,’ from the guys at the top of the roster right through to the announce team. For the record, I think the Todd…
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week we’re asking the question: Is The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels the best match in the history of WrestleMania?
James Mustoe: While Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker was certainly the best match at WrestleMania this year, and will probably be WWE’s undisputed MOTY, I don’t quite think that it’s time to start calling it the best match that’s ever been at WrestleMania.
Looking back at similarly well regarded matches from WrestleMania, such as the incredible…
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The WrestleMania theme continues in the latest Roundtable. Will WrestleMania be a PPV success?
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Ahead of WrestleMania we debate who should walk out of Houston as the WWE champion.
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The iFight365.com team debate which match should close the show at WrestleMania on Sunday night.
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Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week, we’re asking the question: Which city would you like to see host a WrestleMania that hasn’t done so yet?
Phil Lowe: A number of my fellow Brits would love to see WrestleMania take place in the UK. The immediate reaction to that tends to result in a thinking that the buyrate will be hurt as potential buyers in the U.S won’t pay to watch a PPV that is airing on a delay of several hours.
Granted, going back to 1992 when the company staged Summerslam from Wembley Stadium in London, England, the buyrate wasn’t great and…
