So long, Survivor Series

I have been really under the weather with some kind of virus this week, thus I haven't been up to posting about any of this week's shows. That being said, I simply had to remark about the following news...

In a pretty random and shocking move, WWE has decided to discontinue the annual November PPV show, Survivor Series. Survivor Series is an "original four" PPV (along with Wrestlemania, Summer Slam, and the Royal Rumble). According to Vince McMahon, the event is "obsolete" and has "outlasted its usage". And so the title will be changed and the event will be "rebranded".

My initial reactions is that this just stings. Survivor Series was one of my favorites as a kid because I loved to see wrestlers team up who wouldn't normally do so. It was cool (even though it was all part of storyline), to see big names like Hogan and Savage "recruit" younger, up-and-coming wrestlers to be on their team. In recent years (really like the last 10-11 years), WWE has wavered in using the team match concept between sparingly and not at all. Still, more often than not they would throw a "traditional" Survivor Series match or two on the card.

I guess this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. It's clear that it was a long time ago that they decided to take it in a different direction. Plus, the buy rate for this years Survivor Series was very low. But I just don't think the Survivor Series concept itself is the problem.

What's really funny is that WWE is now asking fans to vote on a new PPV event that they would like to see. Included in this is the old WCW concept - War Games (a 5-on-5 team match). Does anyone else find that humorous?

Now I for one, would love to see the return of War Games. I believe it would be a great way to further storylines without having to do a title match EVERY PPV and also elevate some younger stars (as the Rumble does). My only question is... couldn't Survivor Series achieve the same goal? The problem is that while they've continued to use that title, it hasn't been the same PPV in many years. But some how they're going to blame it now. Lame.