Those Who Said They'd Stop Watching

[Deleted]

This is a question for those who in the aftermath of that week said they were going to stop watching one or both of the shows for awhile. I'm just curious, who followed through?

I personally did. Only exception was swinging by Youtube to check out the end of the Ryder / Kozlov match on Superstars and I assume that, like, thirty seconds doesn't count.

Sidenote, Kozlov looks way better in blue.

[FinalGwen]

When it comes to the main shows, I haven't watched anything since the Rock's birthday.

That said, I've watched an episode of NXT on Youtube, and a bit of Superstars. Thinking I might keep up with them, as they're so much better booked (although Drew losing made me sad).

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May 16, 2011 6:05:49 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

When it comes to the main shows, I haven't watched anything since the Rock's birthday.

That said, I've watched an episode of NXT on Youtube, and a bit of Superstars. Thinking I might keep up with them, as they're so much better booked (although Drew losing made me sad).

That was the last one I watched too, though it was SmackDown that was the final straw for me. I had been considering it for a month or so up to that point, though, so wasn't just a sudden reactionary thing to Christian losing the title.

I thought about watching Tough Enough this week myself, but while the show's okay it's not really worth the time spent on it.

[FinalGwen]

Yeah, the Rock Raw was an abysmal 2 hours, but it didn't make me want to give up entirely. When combined with the status-quo dreariness of Smackdown's results, though, I just couldn't see the point in continuing.

I'm happy with the shows where everyone seems able to get over, and people spend most of the time wrestling. Now in somewhat of a turnaround from what I'd have previously wanted, I'm going to be hoping that my favourite wrestlers are demoted to Superstars. (Oh, and also having the likes of Scott Stamford & William Regal with no Michael Cole in my ear... Yeah, why would I want to go back?)

[Feyrhausen]

I have quit watching, but not really because of anything specific with WWE. I cancelled my cable tv in December, now I just use an antenna and Netflix/Hulu Plus. I download the WWE and TNA shows and burn them to DVD (I have been recording all the shows since 2004 and cant seem to stop) but nothing I hear about the shows makes me want to sit down and watch them. I watch bits here and there that I hear are good, but those are getting fewer and fewer by the week.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

I have, yeah. I'm just fed up to high hell with the big two.

[Jim Stansel]

I still check results out, but thats it. I watched mania, and was underwhelmed. last time i really watched a full episoed was Old School Raw. I havent watched tna since first hogan/bischoff episode. I LOVE my old dvd's but thats it. I am 31 and completely convinced the current product is not for me

[Bo Rida]

I've skipped the last two Smackdowns but I'll record Raw tonight and watch it with the help of the fast forward button. I will start watching Smackdown again at some point in the not too distant future (maybe even this week).

Btw is there anywhere that tells you the Smackdown card without the results?

[rnrk supports BLM]

It took me a minute to remember that "that" week was presumably referring to Rock's godawful birthday party and Christian dropping the belt. There are so many, many times when people on here declare that WWE's latest developments have convinced them to never watch again that it's hard to keep up.

For what it's worth, I thought last week's RAW was surprisingly good. The lack of Orton really does make the show flow a lot better; it's the same feeling of a weight being lifted that I found myself feeling during Batista's annual injury breaks.

[Deleted]

I glimpsed at the end of last week's RAW, only because I was discussing other wrestling related things with him, and I would rather have talked to him face-to-face instead of one-room-from-another. I also watched the Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan match from SD!

That's about it.

[Bauertainments]

I didn't watch at all last week, but it wasn't all because of the Christian loss. I just don't feel like watching 10 months of filler until WrestleMania every week.

(Also, the Happy Birthday Rock show was so sweet and sappy I think I had a diabetic stroke, so I decided to pass on last week's shows in case they hadn't shut the hell up about him. )

[theryno665]

I didn't say I'd stop watching but I pretty much have. I think I've watched like 1 show (maybe 2) since Wrestlemania.

[Allie Kitsune]

Honestly, I'm not the type to stop watching, but I am the type to stop paying attention. I've only been watching casually basically since Wade got shipped off to Smackdown. Not specifically because of that, that's just when it happened to be. I almost never watch Smackdown, and RAW is just background noise while I'm playing PSP games or something else.

[Altabane]

Like I said in the multiple "I'm not watching anymore" threads, I still watch RAW/TE/NXT regardless and watch SmackDown and Impact Wrestling based on the spoilers.

Haven't watched SmackDown since the week before Extreme Rules.

[Hakumental]

Yes. Clearly not for me right now.

[Cronant]

RAW picked up a bit after the Rock party, and Smackdown since the draft has been awesome.

[Desi]

I haven't been watching WWE programming (outside of WM and Rock-related segments) on a consistent basis since last year.

['Foretold' Joker]

I haven't watched since Miz became champion except for the William Regal match on superstars recently.

[imnotbooked]

I haven't watched any WWE Programing since Bruno won the strap from Buddy Rodgers. Big untalented lug does not deserve it.

[Shy Guy]

i'll have raw on the tv on monday nights and i'll pay attention if something interesting is happening. never really followed smackdown\nxt\superstars. just kind of fell out of it after edge retired.

i do enjoy TE though.