In the next few weeks we’re going to witness WWE Super Show-Down in Australia, as well as WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. While the attendances for these events are likely going to be some of the biggest in the company’s history, not everyone is all too thrilled about their presence on the calendar. Sure, it’s great for the local fans, but stadium shows are supposed to feel important and Greatest Royal Rumble proved that they aren’t afraid to pull a fast one on the travelling faithful in regards to how many ‘big’ things we actually see.
Alas, all we want to know is this: where are the international shows going to go from here? The Saudi deal is set to last for a decade so that will likely continue to serve an important date, but the MCG card proves to us that the WWE are willing to do whatever it takes to throw things at the wall to see what sticks. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, either, but it opens the door to many queries regarding where the next big stadium show will be and how it will be formatted.
Wembley Stadium feels like the next step in this progression, but we’ve always heard that the timings ‘just don’t work’ even though the Super Show-Down event is going to be even more complicated in terms of the time zones.
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On top of that there’s an abundance of top stadiums around the world just itching to host these major events, although if we’re talking for the purists, it feels like they’re better off just going a little old school.
We mean that in the best way possible, by indicating that the only big shows which should have stadium formats are SummerSlam, Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. Survivor Series is its own entity and should remain that way, but we’ve already seen the Rumble step up to that next level – in San Antonio, and in Phoenix next year.
The next step in the international journey will probably involve a glorified house show, but we’re eager to see what would happen if these international events were awarded a proper pay per view name of value. It’s not that this whole process isn’t exciting, but when you measure things up, it certainly feels like the ‘crowded’ nature of the current product needs to be re-evaluated.
Then again, money talks.
