WWE To Continue Booking Smaller PPV/PLE Cards

Smaller pay-per-view/premium live event cards look set to become a permanent fixture of WWE programming. 

Outside of WrestleMania 40 and SummerSlam, WWE's pay-per-view cards in 2024 have been five matches or less, including for the Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, Backlash, King & Queen of the Ring, Clash at the Castle, and Money in the Bank. This hasn't made the shows any shorter and WWE have instead filled the time between the in-ring action with adverts airing on Peacock or generic Superstar video packages on the WWE Network. 

Fightful Select has reported the smaller cards are expected to continue and WWE are happy with how the smaller cards have come together. The internal claim is that WWE have decided to utilise running five-match PPV cards as it allows the company to stack up Raw and SmackDown, especially when SmackDown takes place the night before the PPV in the same arena.

WWE Bash in Berlin on August 31 looks set to be another five-match card. Matches announced for the show include Gunther vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship, Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Title, Drew McIntyre vs. CM Punk in a Strap Match, The Unholy Union vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill for the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles, and Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley vs. Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan.