Was I the only one to enjoy their Mania match? I thought it was fine, hard to please crowds just "ooh and ahh!!!!" over table spots tbh.
You're not alone there, I thought their match at Mania was actually pretty damn good... especially the environment that was created around the match with the Mania crowd. It was a "moment" match and I think it did wonders for Bray's character and showed how well he can play off the crowd.
As for Gimmick PPV's are concerned; I think it's okay to have a couple of them here or there, but they definitely need to cut a few of them out... I mean the Hell in a Cell match is no longer this spectacle of a match that happens on a rare occasion to settle a serious rivalry... it's basically just a match that happens once or twice a year no matter what. Same with the TLC PPV... I think the only gimmick PPV I'm okay with currently is Money in the Bank. I'd be okay with them bringing back prestige to older gimmick PPV's such as King of the Ring (if they'd bring it back) and also think a little harder about their Royal Rumble winners and put more weight behind their importance.