Well, I know Punk is the biggest thing running but youre telling me the finals of a title tournament, with new management and having it all sort of felt out DURING their 3rd biggest event wouldnt have been a draw. Plus the sheer anticipation of "Will Punk show up" would still be flying. Now we know, Punk will be there. Always.
We would have known it as of Summerslam anyways under this plan. If you're gonna use "Will Punk show up?" as a reason the PPV would sell, then you're pretty much assuring he will!
One reason they stopped doing King of the Ring as a PPV was that they believe people don't like paying for the unknown. They will watch the regular TV shows and see things develop and follow along, but when it comes time to lay the money down, they want to know what matches they're going to see.
Summerslam shouldn't be used for storyline development, it should be used for storyline conclusion. You want to use Raw to make people buy the PPV, not use the PPV to make people watch Raw.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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