F4Wonline.com is reporting that Backlash and Judgment Day are no longer WWE pay-per-view names. Extreme Rules is moving from June to May 23, and it looks like Backlash’s name will be changed (although that name is still listed on WWE.com).
Will we be seeing the return of King of the Ring? Or perhaps a War Games-like event? Based on an earlier poll on our site, those are two gimmicks our readers would like to see used at the center of WWE PPVs.
Here is the most up-to-date WWE PPV schedule:
11/22/09 – Survivor Series
12/13/09 – TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
1/31/10 – Royal Rumble
2/21/10 – Elimination Chamber
3/28/10 – WrestleMania XXVI
4/25/10 – Backlash
5/23/10 – Extreme Rules
6/10 TBD – The Bash
7/10 TBD – Night of Champions
8/10 TBD – SummerSlam
9/10 TBD – Breaking Point
10/10 TBD – Hell in a Cell/Bragging Rights
I’d personally like to see WWE trim down to a 12 PPV per year schedule, getting rid of Judgment Day, Backlash and The Bash, moving the Hell in a Cell PPV to the summer and doing a King of the Ring-like tournament right after Mania (in order to kick-start the push of a new star for the year). Post your thoughts in the comments.
Saturday, March 20
Live Events
!Bang!
Television Taping
Ocala, FL – 7:00 pm
CHIKARA
“Wit, Verve, and a Bit o’ Nerve”
Palmer Community Center
Easton, PA – 6:30 pm
Matches include Eddie Kingston vs. Pink Ant and Los Ice Creams vs. Daisee Haze/Sara Del Rey
Florida Championship Wrestling
Orlando Armory
Orlando, FL – 7:30 pm
Jersey All Pro Wrestling
“Wild Card”
Rahway Rec Center
Rahway, NJ – 8:00 pm
Matches include Samoa Joe vs. Kazuchika Okada, Teddy Hart/Jack Evans vs. Generation Me, and Dan Maff, the Heavy Hitters, Sara del Rey, Devon Moore, and Bandido Jr. will all defend their titles against Wild Card opponents
NWA Anarchy
Television Taping
NWA TV Arena
Cornelia, GA
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Davis Arena
Louisville, KY – 7:30
This event is a fundraiser for the Sertoma Foundation.
Ring of Honor
International Centre
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – 7:30 pm
Matches include Kenny Omega vs. Davey Richards, Chris Hero vs. El Generico, and Colt Cabana vs. Steve Corino
World League Wrestling
North County Middle School
Deslodge, MO – 7:00 pm
WWE Raw
Tucson Convention Center
Tucson, AZ – 7:30 pm
WWE Smackdown
Visalia Convention Center
Visalia, CA – 7:30 pm
Television Broadcasts
AAA Lucha Libre
Television Broadcast on Galavision – 4:30 pm eastern
NWA Anarchy
Television Broadcast on AMG-TV Network – 7:30 pm eastern
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Television Broadcast – WOBZ-TV9 – 9:00 pm
Television Broadcast – WKYT-TV – 11:00 pm
Sunday, March 21
Live Events
CHIKARA
“Testimony of Evil”
Knights of Columbus Hall
Fairfield, CT – 3:30 pm
Matches include Team Frightening vs. Bruderschaft and Eddie Kingston vs. Lince Dorado
CMLL Lucha Libre
Television Taping
Arena Coliseo
Mexico City, Mexico – 5:00 pm
Matches include Mistico/ Hector Garza/ Blue Panther vs. Taichi/ Mr. Niebla/ Negro Casas and Toscano/ Hijo del Fantasma/ Valiente vs. Euforia/ Vangellys/ Okumura
TNA
Destination X
Impact Zone
Orlando, FL
Matches include Beer Money vs. Morgan/Hernandez and an Ultimate X match
Television Broadcasts
Florida Championship Wrestling
Television Broadcast on Bright House Sports Network – 6:00 pm
TNA Destination X
Live Pay-Per-View broadcast at 8:00 pm
Matches include Beer Money vs. Morgan/Hernandez and an Ultimate X match
WWE AM Raw
Television Broadcast on USA Network – 2:00 AM
If you would like your promotion to be included on the weekly calendar, please send an email to davidb@insidepulse.com with either your upcoming schedule or a link to your upcoming events on your website.
Monday Night Wars - what are you watching this week?
- RAW (44%, 136 Votes)
- TNA (33%, 102 Votes)
- Recording and watching all (9%, 28 Votes)
- Flipping around (8%, 26 Votes)
- None (3%, 9 Votes)
- ROH (2%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 308
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Eh, I like Hell in a Cell being in October. Seems like it fits pretty well. I do admit that there are a ridiculous amount of ppvs right now though. Still not sure how I feel about the themed ppvs. At least as often as they’re done.
I hate King of Ring. In the ten years or whatever they did it, it produced exactly ONE good match (Bret/Perfect).
One night tournaments suck. Period. End of story.
Tournaments RULE!
Signed, the TOURNEY-MARK!
Yeah I agree with Vinny. If they are going with themed ppvs they’ve got King of the Ring SITTING RIGHT THERE…
Signed, a fellow tourney mark
Thanks Mark! KoTR was always fun. All they’d have to do to make it worthwhile again is market it as the “other Royal Rumble”, in that the winner gets a guaranted title shot at SummerSlam. It ain’t rocket science, folks.
KOTR is a great angle producer if booked correctly. It worked for Kurt in 2000 and Brock in 2002. The Summerslam title shot was $$$ because it shoehorned in guys that weren’t previously in the main event – even for just one match. I remember marking out when Kurt won and inserted himself right into the Rock/HHH feud.
Looks like the WWE has finally wised up and is going to one PPV a month instead of what appeared to be a PPV every three weeks (except for around WM), which makes it pretty close to impossible to get any decent booking. This just about makes up for the lame name replacements (e.g. Elimination chamber).
King of the Ring is awesome and should be brought back, especially if, like Vin said, they attach a title shot at Summerslam to it (a la Brock in 2002).
Don’t forget to add Edge in 2001 to the list of guys whose win was a “great angle producer.” Not only did it set the stage for Edge’s move up the card, but it played a role in his and Christian’s break-up.
Well, since no one else said it “The King of Harts” was awesome.
Bragging Rights should probably be the December PPV…you could even combine that with the Slammys as a good end of year wrap up.
Actually War Games would be better in December. But only if they went back to traditional eliminaion matches for Survivor Series. That way the best recieved Survivor Series match could go onto WarGames. You could even have the Smackdown vs Raw theme going all the way from Bragging Rights into the Survivor Series and ending at WarGames.
I do like the idea ofthe KOR tournament being right after Wrestlemania to start a new set of feuds.It would also be the best type of PPV to have the draft around because brand would not matter in the tournament.