Best Non-WrestleMania PPV Of All Time?

[Sphinx]

I was lucky enough to have the whole thing ruined for me by a guy who was temporarily at my work. I told him not to tell me anything but he let slip that CM Punk had tweeted a photo of the WWE title in his fridge. Can't stand it when people can't keep a spoiler to themselves and just avoid conversation of the topic.

[Reznor]

Who mentioned When Worlds Collide? It's mostly bollocks - the very definition of a one match show.

[Liam O'Rourke]

I brought it up into the discussion to talk about how it was considered in the elite group of PPVs for years due to the crowd heat and Double Mask Vs. Double Hair match, and while I think saying it's a one match show is certainly giving it far too rough a ride (I enjoyed the Mysterio six man and minis matches a lot), I agree its not the best Non-Mania PPV ever, and it didn't get my vote.

[thefallenangel]

+1 for TNA unbreakable the Rhino/Raven title match and the 3 way were great matches. Raven/Rhino was a fun match which should of sent Raven onto a long title run if it wasn't for Jarrett and the Spike Deal.

 

3 Way was brilliant and should really of been given more ground to run with going on past the PPV. But the match told a perfect story and was brilliantly paced.

[Professor Paul's Bin]

Survivor Series 2002 has to be up there. Bloody great PPV. Not one bad match. I know it's only a 6-7 match event but it's all about quality not quantity.

[AshC]

It's probably aged horribly, but I remember ECW Anarchy Rulz 1999 being pretty fantastic at the time.

[Liam O'Rourke]

Anarchy Rulz did get brought up on the podcast, that and Heatwave 98 get a lot of love on the ECW side of things.

[WyattSheepMask]

I was always a fan of Anarchy Rulz 99. Has a bit of everything and Taz getting smashed in under two minutes by Awesome and Tanaka did great things for them and really elevated Awesome...for him to fuck off to WCW 6 months later

[KingofSports]

New Japan, The New Beginning (Feb. 2012). 8 matches on the card. First two just eased the crowd in, but from there on virtually each contest was better (imo) than the preceeding match, with the possible exception of the last 2, which were both amazing anyway. It also heralded the streak of great ppvs / live events, which has pretty much continued to date. Some 2 years ago, I remember making what seemed at the time to be a fairly bold statement; that NJPW were knocking out some of the greatest shows in their history. With the benefit of hindsight and subsequent events proving it wasn't just a fluke, I'd stick by that.

[Reznor]

Finally got a chance to catch it. Disagreed with a lot, but still enjoyed it. It was a fun listen.

 

I guess Summerslam 2002 prevailed, which is a fair enough choice on reflection. It's one of those events which tends to be (rightly) praised by all groups. It's got plenty to keep everyone happy, including maybe my fave match of the decade.

 

I particularly liked the talk about that match, with every word resonating because I was going through the exact same thoughts myself whilst watching it live.