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| For those of you saying that the title doesn't have drawing powers, how likely are you to buy a PPV where the champion is wrestling in a tag match (Armageddon 2006 springs to mind)? |
Possibly. It would depend on the context of the match, as Tommy said. Watching AJPW stuff from the 90s has made me realize how damned good a tag match can be, though that is rarely going to apply to contemporary American wrestling. It also depends on the rest of the PPV, as one match is rarely if ever going to get me to order.
You can also look at it from the opposite perspective - would you ever order a PPV just based on the fact that the main event was a world title match? You would obviously know who the champion is, but if you didn't know any more than that? The opponent, the match type, the story, nothing else?
Or even in a historical context - would a world title being contested in a match affect your desire to see it? If someone told you they had a rare Sting-versus-Steamboat match from the early 90s (or whatever), would you even question whether a world title was on the line before watching it?