Have you ever stopped watching wrestling or WWE?

[Vice honcho room temperature]

If so why and if you came back what caused it? Cause I'm taking a WWE break and figure I'll come back when HHH is not the main heel

[prowrestling4ever]

Seriously?


Daniel Bryan is the TOP FACE going against Triple H who has turned into the CORPORATE SELLOUT. Unless they totally bury Bryan, which is not likely since he already pinned CENA CLEAN, this is the most exciting thing to happen since Punk's shoot in Vegas.

[The Sam]

I took a break around 2009-2010. I guess after watching it every week for 10+ years it started to become a bit stale. It also allowed me to expand my horizons and start watching indy promotions and international promotions.
I came back around 2011. I don't know why, maybe reading guys like Christian, R Truth, Miz and CM Punk were getting main event pushes.

[Ash Kingston]

I ended up taking a break in 2007, about... oh... a week after Benoit went and did what he did. I don't remember specifically what brought me back, but it was around or immediately after the Rumble in '08.

[Deleted]

I took a break from when Hogan left after his 2002 run until shortly before the limo explosion.

The post-Attitude era was highly unappealing to me - somehow it managed to be both trashy and bland at the same time.

[Deleted]

I stopped really keeping up with the product during 2009-2010. I would not be a fan right now if I sat through all that crap.

[stealthamo]

From mid-'01 to the end of '03 I didn't watch wrestling at all. I only got back into it because I was channel surfing one night and happened to find it. I stopped watching from mid/late '07 to early '09 as well, but I still posted on here, so I had a good idea of what was going on.

[Hit Girl]

Yes, in the mid 90's and for most of the 2000's


Though I strongly recommend that people watch it now, because this DB storyline is gold.

[CuJ0 Will Keep Dancing]

Stopped watching around the RAW guest general managers/hosts, I couldn't get myself interested in anything. Just looking back on some clips from a few years ago, man, we may complain now but the quality of the product has increased way more since then.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Late 2006, early 2007. I moved out of my parents house and wasn't able to consistently watch the product due to having to share a single TV in a house with seven other people who weren't all that into wrestling.

[mcmahonfan85]

i stopped watching WWE regularly in 2006. the last time i watched a full episode of Raw or Smackdown was early 2010

[grunt]

Aug 31, 2013 0:14:06 GMT -5 prowrestling4ever said:

Seriously?


Daniel Bryan is the TOP FACE going against Triple H who has turned into the CORPORATE SELLOUT. Unless they totally bury Bryan, which is not likely since he already pinned CENA CLEAN, this is the most exciting thing to happen since Punk's shoot in Vegas.

Eh. I can see the opposite POV, too : the fact that the most exciting thing to happen since Punk's shoot in Vegas is mostly just another retread of the old Austin vs McMahon feud, only with new faces and HHH in a prominent role, can be a turn off, and says a lot about WWE's creative. I know I'm kind of ambivalent about the angle, so far, but I've chosen to enjoy it while it lasts & Cena's out.

(and to be on topic, I tend to drift in and out of WWE, depending on the storylines. That said, these days, and for the past couple of years, it has been PPVs & Raws only, with Raw often doubling as moving wallpaper during its three hours duration. Doesn't help that I don't care for 3/4 of the roster.)

[DragonMasterP]

Yes, a few years ago. The last time I've watched a wrestling show all the way through was the Royal Rumble this year, and even then I was mostly detached except for the Royal Rumble.

[rnrk supports BLM]

I faded out around late '98/early '99, for a bunch of reasons; a lot of my favorites were either leaving (Shawn) or getting stupidly repackaged as villains (Undertaker), I'd been watching long enough that the angles felt extremely predictable, and the insane, over-the-top stupidity of the New Generation was being replaced with a much more grounded, duller stupidity based around a combination of boring macho guys in black trunks and puerile, trashy shock value.

I actually got drawn back in about nine years later by randomly deciding on a whim to watch the Royal Rumble 2007 on YouTube, and was very pleasantly surprised to see my two all-time favorites, Shawn and Undertaker, prominently featured and winding up as the final two guys in the match. Which is one reason why I tend to take smark outrage over prominently featuring established veteran stars over the current young guys with a grain of salt.

[Brickstone Kid]

Stopped around 2001/2002 because I couldn't take any more Triple H. Didn't pick up again regularly until 2009 or so (though I did still order Wrestlemania from time to time). Quit watching again after they fired Daniel Bryan but picked up again just before the CM Punk pipebomb promo. Been watching pretty consistently ever since.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

I took a break from 2002-2005, only watching once or twice every few months.

[woowoowoox]

In 2009 I got to where I didn't pay attention but I still always had it on the television. This year was the first time I've ever skipped shows altogether. I'm getting back into Raw somewhat but I still barely ever watch Smackdown.

[Starshine]

Aug 31, 2013 0:14:06 GMT -5 prowrestling4ever said:

Seriously?


Daniel Bryan is the TOP FACE going against Triple H who has turned into the CORPORATE SELLOUT. Unless they totally bury Bryan, which is not likely since he already pinned CENA CLEAN, this is the most exciting thing to happen since Punk's shoot in Vegas.

I'm with Room Temp. everything they did to get me hyped for the DB push has been withered away with how they got there and everything since.

I have other things I'd rather to do than watch the Triple H show starring WWE Champ Randy Orton. It really doesn't matter what the story is, I don't want to see these guys center stage.

[Juice]

I stopped watching from 2010 until the Pipe Bomb. Watched regularly from then until Cena took over the storyline. Came back for Punks reign as champ and have watched 80% of the raws from then on. I think this is possibly the best its ever been, and with my dvr there's really nothing that can keep me from watching what I like and skipping what I don't.

[Arrow]

Several times. Whenever it gets to a point where the product starts becoming a chore to watch, I just gradually drift away without even realizing it.