Should WWE do away with the B show themed pay per views?

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By that I mean the likes of TLC, Hell in a cell, Elimination chamber etc.
The reason I ask this is because I just watched a commercial advertising TLC that was jingle bells but with TLC wording. That commercial alone has made me feel that the ppv is nothing more than a generic gimmick now and that those speciality matches are becoming less special.
The TLC match, MITB match, Cage/Cell match etc used to be reserved for special occasions to add a speciality to a big event or to be reserved for feuds that was getting nasty.
Now we have a chairs match between Ryback and Kane just because.... ?
I feel the speciality match has fallen into generic nothing to be excited about territory now.
I think WWE should restructure their B show yearly calendar to make things less generic.
January is fine with Royal Rumble, it works and is still popular.
February should be called Road to Wrestlemania with wrestlemania match implications and I think this should be free as a promotion event.
March of course is Wrestlemania, the big one of the year which is fine.
Then to bridge the months between Mania and Summerslam in August why not go with new concept pay per views featuring the NXT brand? 
After Summerslam bring back a people's choice pay per view where the fans genuinely pick challengers and match types leading us to Survivor Series.
I think maybe even drop some pay per views, I think back to back pay per views again are taking away the special feel of what pay per view should be. 
Thoughts?

YaBoyLeroy · Accepted Answer

yeah i agree. the B shows are pretty disappointing. at least for this year, they just seem like really good episodes of RAW. not really PPV standard IMO. i'd prefer they cut a few PPVs down to 8 having one B PPV in between WM, summerslam, survivor series, and the royal rumble. there are 3 weeks between TLC and survivor series. how on earth can you have any build up to a PPV in just 3 weeks? the whole dean ambrose/bray wyatt SS match makes more sense now. they had to hype TLC up during SS because they knew they wouldn't have enough time. cutting PPVs will certainly be a good thing.

and yes making the "specialty" matches much more scarce would be a plus. more than 1 of most specialty match types a year is too much, even less often for some.

? · Answer

The big factor is new -- the WWE Network and the need for a monthly hook to retain subscribers. Most PPV's had evolved into pushing a handful of storylines into the next night's RAW - hardly worth the bother....just catch up with what happened online or on RAW. Now, theses things are required. And if the network continues to bleed massive amounts of red ink, there may be a need to expand the special events to a couple a month in hopes of keeping NBCUniversal engaged in keeping this thing afloat.

Ted M · Answer

I agree,even wrestlmania doesnt seem special to me anymore because of all the ppv's they have now

Amy Flower · Answer

Yeah, I can agree with that.

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Should WWE do away with the B show themed pay per views?

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