WWE News: WWE Makes Another PPV Change, Removes Vengeance from 2012 Schedule

The WWE’s pay-per-view philosophy has been a hot topic of debate over the last few years. 

The company has typically held 13 pay-per-views per year during that span, and many have thought that the WWE should cut back on the number of PPVs. In fact, a good portion of fans were excited about the upcoming launch of the WWE Network because they felt like it presented the company with a great opportunity to change its PPV philosophy. 

Unfortunately, news broke earlier this week that the launch of the WWE Network would be delayed until the Fall of 2012, so it looks like we’ll be stuck with paying 50 bucks for PPVs for the foreseeable future. 

The WWE has, however, made one change that should appease fans who think there are too many PPVs. 

From WrestleZone.com: 

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WWE is going to be getting rid of the Vengeance pay-per-view. This will give them one PPV in October, allowing some more time to build to the Hell In A Cell and Survivor Series PPV's.

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This is the second (or possibly third) major change the WWE has made to its PPV schedule for 2012.

The company has already replaced Capitol Punishment by bringing back Bragging Rights, and according to F4Wonline.com (via SEScoops.com), we could see the Money in the Bank PPV get scrapped if the MITB match moves back to WrestleMania, as is expected.

Although I don’t care for the concept of Bragging Rights at all, the WWE is definitely moving in the right direction here, and dropping Vengeance is a great idea.

Besides the fact that Vengeance had the second-lowest buyrate in WWE history, sandwiching it between Hell in a Cell made for a really crowded Fall PPV schedule, and removing it will likely help the Survivor Series buyrate tremendously.

The WWE still isn’t out of the woods yet, though.

There are still a number of changes the company can make to improve its PPV philosophy: Moving some to the WWE Network, getting rid of multiple gimmick PPVs, reducing the number of PPVs even more, etc.

When we see some more positive changes take place, then I’ll be convinced that WWE officials truly know what they’re doing. 

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