Q about sets

By Scott Keith on May 13, 2014

Hey Scott,

First time/long time etc.

Is it my imagination or is WWE using the same arena/stadium sets — Tron, stage, short aisle — for its PPVs as it does for RAW/Smackdown.

If this is true, how long has this been the case? And why? My guess would be smaller setups meant more seats in hotter eras but now it's cheaper to just use the regular setup for non-Mania PPVs.

I'm a pretty casual fan nowadays so apologies if this is way off/been covered before.

Cheers, thanks for all the rants.

It's not your imagination, it was part of the cost-cutting initiative they started doing a few years ago along with downsizing pyro and a million other little changes that no one noticed but that saved them hundreds of thousands per episode. It's also one of the reasons why people complain that the shows all seem so homogenized and same now, since they recycle the same basic set for RAW, Smackdown, Superstars, Main Event and PPVs. That being said, I totally get why they do it and I don't blame them one bit. Better to cut costs via changes no one will notice anyway rather than purge the roster every year and leave a bunch of guys without jobs.

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