WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry over at his website where he gives his thoughts on WWE possibly using a top 15 ranking system and wrestling TV shows using mid-match commercial breaks. Here are the highlights.
On WWE possibly using a top 15 ranking system:
Wrestling companies like WWE could easily use a top ten or top 15 type rankings system, like UFC and, back in the UWF, that would essentially allow creative to not to have to book too many cold bouts considering that the rankings could be utilized in many contests.
On wrestling TV shows using mid-match commercial breaks:
I see the reason that some wrestling TV shows need to stretch some bouts through one or more commercial breaks, but I’m sensing that most matches that carry through a break, or two, disconnect from many fans thanks to the three-minute commercial break or even a two-minute break. I’d like to see more matches start and end in the same segment which should help maintain the focus of the fans and consequently help get talents over more, or so I feel. If that means that if a promotion has to format a shorter, reset segment to get back on their timeline then so be it.
Two small points that could arguably make many TV wrestling shows better utilize a logical Top Ten or Top 15 to book matches and also to present the vast majority of bouts in one segment on a show. Also, by using a rankings system, it puts more spotlight on the titles of which could all could mean more in every wrestling company. Titles may be perceived by some inside the business as props for a fictitious TV show but that can’t be the case for how Titles are perceived on air.
You can read the entire blog here.
