Do y'all think the NJPW format could work for WWE ?
As in ... their top guy will have wrestled about as many singles matches all year as your average main eventer in WWE does in a month. But each of those matches will have been a 20-60 minute absolute war.
I actually think in the long run it would be better for WWE. Would give more time to up and comers and midcarders, and would help reduce injuries and general burnout (both for the talent and for audiences). Like, in this model, Cena wouldn't have run through Corbin on free tv a couple months ago in a singles match, and their match at the ppv would be their first singles encounter.
In NJPW, their biggest stars even when they've been there for years track their records against each other like they do in UFC, stats like "Fale is 3-2 against Tanahashi in singles matches". This would also help make ppvs feel like a big deal again now that a large proportion of WWE's hardcore fans watch via the Network.