Was ashran really there main focus the whole time? I was poking around and found things like this
http://www.wowwiki.com/Gurubashi_Catacombs i can't imagine why they would test this and not release i wouldn't mind walking around slaying people. I know one could say Colosseum is equivalent but sticking 25 people in one area with chat on is the dumbest thing ever.

Or even throw in http://www.wowwiki.com/Azshara_Crater_%28obsolete%29

Giving us nothing makes us rely on ashran which cleary isn't pvp. (Gloried Zerging)

So my question is what kind of bg/arena/Free for all would you like to see and why do you think blizzard devs lacked pvp content so hard?