Cyber Sunday Pay-Per-Vote?
WWE Fans & Cyber Sunday Voting
The Cyber Sunday Pay-Per-View is just a few weeks away and it is considered truly interactive in that it allows fans to choose the matches. According to WWE.com, the tagline reads "the power is in your hands". The WWE Universe gets to vote and determine the matches that will go down at the PPV. That is, fans can choose matches to the extent WWE leads them to choose. Many of the choices are geared to make the fans vote a certain way, but a few votes always turn out interesting. So far fans are able to choose a special guest referee and the opponents for two matches, but technically not any actual match formats* (see WWE title match).
For the Batista vs. Chris Jericho World Heavyweight title match, fans can select a special guest referee from the choices of Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Until Austin was announced as a potential ref on Raw, it appeared HBK would gain the nod. Based on the storylines, Michaels should be the guest ref, but fan popularity will bring Stone Cold Steve Austin back into the fray.
Then there's the WWE title match at Cyber Sunday. This one does give the fans a bit more power in that they can determine the opponent(s) and the match type. Choices are Triple H vs. Vladimir Kozlov, Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy or Triple H vs. Hardy & Kozlov in a Triple Threat match. This will be an interesting vote to see, because fans are obviously behind Jeff Hardy and want to see him claim the title. At the same time, Kozlov has been wreaking havoc on both Triple H and Hardy on Smackdown. Will the fans want to see an entertaining Triple Threat match instead of another Hardy vs. HHH solo match? Time and voting will tell...
As for the Santino Marella Cyber Sunday match, fans can vote on the current IC champ's opponent. You'll recall that over the past several weeks on Raw, Santino has been claiming he is the greatest Intercontinental champ of all time and will go down in WWE history as such. He displays the "Honk-a-Meter" on the screen to let everyone know how many weeks he has left to top the Honky Tonk Man's record of 50 some weeks as IC champ. Wouldn't you know it, WWE gives fans 3 opponents from WWE history from which Santino's PPV opponent will be selected. The choices: Roddy Piper, Goldust, and of course, The Honky Tonk Man. Would it make sense for anyone but Honky Tonk to win here? There's a slight chance for Piper, but if WWE has lead fans properly, expect to see the legendary Honky Tonk Man face off with Santino.
The main issue this year with voting will be that voting is only done via texting a choice to 44993. Each vote costs .99 cents plus standard text messaging/cell phone rates. So basically, WWE is charging fans to vote and charging for the Pay-Per-View. If there's 5 plus matches at Cyber Sunday, a dedicated fan has to shell out $5 to vote for each. WWE might consider giving fans who do that a discount on the Pay-Per-View or a few ringtones, or some sort of Cyber Sunday merchandise package in the mail. Luckily, the WWE hasn't tried to fool fans into paying to vote in the November Presidential elections, yet...
What do you think of this year's Cyber Sunday format and will you be voting? Feel free to sound off below!
The Cyber Sunday Pay-Per-View is just a few weeks away and it is considered truly interactive in that it allows fans to choose the matches. According to WWE.com, the tagline reads "the power is in your hands". The WWE Universe gets to vote and determine the matches that will go down at the PPV. That is, fans can choose matches to the extent WWE leads them to choose. Many of the choices are geared to make the fans vote a certain way, but a few votes always turn out interesting. So far fans are able to choose a special guest referee and the opponents for two matches, but technically not any actual match formats* (see WWE title match).
For the Batista vs. Chris Jericho World Heavyweight title match, fans can select a special guest referee from the choices of Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Until Austin was announced as a potential ref on Raw, it appeared HBK would gain the nod. Based on the storylines, Michaels should be the guest ref, but fan popularity will bring Stone Cold Steve Austin back into the fray.
Then there's the WWE title match at Cyber Sunday. This one does give the fans a bit more power in that they can determine the opponent(s) and the match type. Choices are Triple H vs. Vladimir Kozlov, Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy or Triple H vs. Hardy & Kozlov in a Triple Threat match. This will be an interesting vote to see, because fans are obviously behind Jeff Hardy and want to see him claim the title. At the same time, Kozlov has been wreaking havoc on both Triple H and Hardy on Smackdown. Will the fans want to see an entertaining Triple Threat match instead of another Hardy vs. HHH solo match? Time and voting will tell...
As for the Santino Marella Cyber Sunday match, fans can vote on the current IC champ's opponent. You'll recall that over the past several weeks on Raw, Santino has been claiming he is the greatest Intercontinental champ of all time and will go down in WWE history as such. He displays the "Honk-a-Meter" on the screen to let everyone know how many weeks he has left to top the Honky Tonk Man's record of 50 some weeks as IC champ. Wouldn't you know it, WWE gives fans 3 opponents from WWE history from which Santino's PPV opponent will be selected. The choices: Roddy Piper, Goldust, and of course, The Honky Tonk Man. Would it make sense for anyone but Honky Tonk to win here? There's a slight chance for Piper, but if WWE has lead fans properly, expect to see the legendary Honky Tonk Man face off with Santino.
The main issue this year with voting will be that voting is only done via texting a choice to 44993. Each vote costs .99 cents plus standard text messaging/cell phone rates. So basically, WWE is charging fans to vote and charging for the Pay-Per-View. If there's 5 plus matches at Cyber Sunday, a dedicated fan has to shell out $5 to vote for each. WWE might consider giving fans who do that a discount on the Pay-Per-View or a few ringtones, or some sort of Cyber Sunday merchandise package in the mail. Luckily, the WWE hasn't tried to fool fans into paying to vote in the November Presidential elections, yet...
What do you think of this year's Cyber Sunday format and will you be voting? Feel free to sound off below!
Labels: Commentary, Cyber Sunday, WWE PPV's
1 Comments:
id love to vote my i cant text on my cellphone because i dont have it and im sure im not the only wwe fan that has this problem.
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