Rants

Squash Match Format

By Scott Keith on March 1, 2019


Are you surprised that the WWE didn't bring back the squash match format to their shows once WCW went under 18 years ago? I mean, I know they obviously can't do wall to wall squash matches for 5 hours a week for obvious reasons, but are you curious that there aren't more of them? I just always assumed this to be the case because they are scared of losing viewers,(or should I say more viewers), and/or they want to kill a lot of time on their shows by putting on 10-20 minute matches.
Both are exactly correct. Once the toothpaste was out of the tube on the squash match front, it wasn't going back in. Unfortunately a lot of the TV's format is dictated by USA Network, and star-driven matches are what they demand.

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