Best/Worst/Most Innovative PPV Stage

Wrestlemania 23 was unreal. Wrestlemania 18 was a beast too.

royal rumble 2002 was bad ass with the water

^^ I didn't watch WM23 because the card was awful so could someone explain what he means by 'the stage f*cking morphed'?

Best: InVasion, any backlash, RR 03 (I like no ramp and long walks).
Worst: The old RAW set (just the big R-A-W), SmakcDown!'s current stage, I don't know why but I really don't like it.
Most Innovative: Backlash 02 and InVasion.

BEST:
WrestleMania 23 (it had that flashy bright wrestlemania feel and you know this isnt like any other PPV of the year)
Wrestlemania 19 (a ramp that just changes direction? thats a cool change)
Survivor Series 02 & RR 08 (its a throwback IMO. back in the 90's all we had were simple walkways or tunnels, and this is just like it)
One Night Stand 07 (freakin stage made out of weapons. how cool is that?)
Arrmageddon 03 (combo of RAW and Smackdown stages. i liked it.)
NYR06 (stage had the EC on it. cool)

those are the only standout ones in my mind but they had alot of cool stages.

WORST:
Judgement Day 05,06,07
Summerslam 02,03,04,05,06,07
Armageddon 06,07
Vengance
Backlash

They used the same freakin stages for all those PPV's! Summerslam? come one thats a Big 4 PPV! be a lil more creative

Saying it morphed is a bit over exaggerating actually. IMO, I'd just say that some things were altered for some entrances. There were a couple of trons that would be slid over a little bit for some wrestlers, as well as some accessories that would be hung up for certain entrances (ex. a big green X when HBK came out, the pentagram in the picture below). There were also a crap load of light curtains that made it looke like the backdrop was constantly changing:


At first I wasn't fond of that entrance, but it's grown on me a bit since then.



I think the reason they've been using the same stages over and over again recently is because their sets are much more elaborate than they used to be. I think they're just trying to get their money's worth out of them rather than coming up with a new design each year. Nowadays, it seems like the sets for a lot of events are very specific towards that event, whereas in the attitude era for example you'd see the same trons/scaffolding units over and over again.

That being said, I'm sick of the giant SS logo that's been in every Summerslam entrance since '00.