wisdomwizard
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Post by wisdomwizard on Dec 16, 2013 15:41:47 GMT -5
Disgusting garbage on a weekly basis like Mae Young's hand and HHH's porno with that mannequin.
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Post by RareTradU on Dec 16, 2013 15:49:14 GMT -5
I don't think I'd ever stop watching completely. I watch way less WWE now than I ever have before. I mainly catch a little bit of Raw and read results on here. I usually read a few pages into the RAW thread too just to see people's reaction. A few years ago I'd never miss a show; Raw, Smackdown, and all the PPVs. They don't gear their shows towards my demo anymore and I'm fine with that. It's very frustrating watching now because I know it could be so much better and that's what makes me want to stop watching.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Dec 16, 2013 15:54:03 GMT -5
Forever is a long time, especially for something that peaks and valleys the way professional wrestling does.
That's all I gotta add.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Dec 16, 2013 16:04:54 GMT -5
I continued to watch even after Owen Hart and Chris Benoit. Though I did take a month break post-Benoit because I felt uncomfortable about wrestling as a whole after the fact.
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amaron
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I yam what I yam.
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Post by amaron on Dec 16, 2013 16:05:22 GMT -5
Exactly what they've been doing here recently.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Dec 16, 2013 16:18:52 GMT -5
If Undertaker loses at Wrestlemania.
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Chip
Hank Scorpio
Slam Jam Death.
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Post by Chip on Dec 16, 2013 16:48:35 GMT -5
Having something better to do.
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metylerca
King Koopa
Loves Him Some Backstreet Boys.
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Post by metylerca on Dec 16, 2013 16:49:03 GMT -5
If a combination of: WWE Champion Miz Tag Champs PTPs Divas Champ Cameron US Champ Kofi Kingston IC Champ Alberto Del Rio And if Bryan, Punk, Cesaro or Ziggler is released around the same time. That's what it'd take right now. Tag Champs PTPs and IC Champ Alberto Del Rio really aren't all that bad. Del Rio isn't main event over, but he is upper midcard over and could easily get the IC Title back to being "the workhorse belt". PTP Tag Champs would mean the tag division is out of ideas. The Rhodes Bros. are putting in work each show with entertaining matches that stray from the formula and remind the 2013 wrestling world of what a worker Dustin Rhodes is. The alternatives also are great. Cesaro and Swagger manages to make Swagger look competent after a few years of just being a lower card job guy. Usos get the crowd excited with their athleticism and to the point where they chant "USO" with them loudly. Shield is never a bad choice, because even a tired Shield act is more over than the PTPs. Crowds pop for that spear and Rollins offense. Show and Mysterio are two main event talents so of course they can always add credibility to the titles. Rybaxel…. I got nothing. Solid yet unspectacular, which speaks to how they've booked both men this year. I won't even hit the surface over my frustration with Matadores. That is WWE-style incarnate. It actually is funny that those two teams (PTP and Matadores) were in the same backstage, "unimportant but lets just get them on television" segment last night. Reverting back to formulaic, punch/kick/overdrive/flatliner matches with hot tag -----> scuffle -----> finisher in front of hard-cam would be a step in the wrong direction if the idea was to bolster the tag division and that's exactly what we'd get with PTPs. Del Rio as IC Champion would do nothing for the belt. It wouldn't lower its image, but it also wouldn't do a damn thing to raise it. Del Rio is damaged goods in 2013. When he arrived in 2010, he was this breath of fresh air who had good matches with Rey Mysterio on free television. His Royal Rumble win was shocking but nobody turned on it. People still rooted for him to win the title in 2011 until he cashed in MITB on Punk. And that's not because it was against Punk, but because his presence soured a hot storyline and took the focus away from the title being important. And since Survivor Series 2011, when he lost the belt to Punk, he's been in limbo. Think about that. Two years. In two straight years, his role on WWE television was to come out, beat Kofi Kingston/Sin Cara/Evan Bourne/Santino/Zack Ryder/Miz/Dolph Ziggler/etc… in 'aggressive' fashion, talk about his destiny, and then go on PPV and lose to Sheamus or Cena or whoever else matters more. Then as soon as he loses, he'd just go back to being more aggressive. He's at the point where if he were to be any more aggressive, he'd explode into balls of testosterone. AND THE CROWD STILL WOULDN'T CARE. So no. Giving him an IC Title run won't fix his image in the fans eyes. This goes double if being IC champ means he loses to main event guys each week cleanly. So what? And even then, I'd stop watching WWE if all of these things were to happen at any given moment. If Cameron DUI'd her way into Diva success, Miz spited the crowd to a WWE Title Run, Kofi got another US Title run just because Kofi, PTPs went out there and had a rather uneventful tag title run complete with so many Roderick Strong gut busters being used as the finish to bored crowds waiting on D-Bry, all while Alberto Del Rio cleanly beat wrestlers with more potential upside than him in an effort to get him more over… all while some of my favorite guys are no longer on the roster, then yes. I'd quit watching because clearly I have no idea what "good" consists of anymore.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 16, 2013 17:02:22 GMT -5
Tag Champs PTPs and IC Champ Alberto Del Rio really aren't all that bad. Del Rio isn't main event over, but he is upper midcard over and could easily get the IC Title back to being "the workhorse belt". PTP Tag Champs would mean the tag division is out of ideas. The Rhodes Bros. are putting in work each show with entertaining matches that stray from the formula and remind the 2013 wrestling world of what a worker Dustin Rhodes is. The alternatives also are great. Cesaro and Swagger manages to make Swagger look competent after a few years of just being a lower card job guy. Usos get the crowd excited with their athleticism and to the point where they chant "USO" with them loudly. Shield is never a bad choice, because even a tired Shield act is more over than the PTPs. Crowds pop for that spear and Rollins offense. Show and Mysterio are two main event talents so of course they can always add credibility to the titles. Rybaxel…. I got nothing. Solid yet unspectacular, which speaks to how they've booked both men this year. I won't even hit the surface over my frustration with Matadores. That is WWE-style incarnate. It actually is funny that those two teams (PTP and Matadores) were in the same backstage, "unimportant but lets just get them on television" segment last night. Reverting back to formulaic, punch/kick/overdrive/flatliner matches with hot tag -----> scuffle -----> finisher in front of hard-cam would be a step in the wrong direction if the idea was to bolster the tag division and that's exactly what we'd get with PTPs. The Rhodes Brothers, Real Americans (as much as I love them as a team), ShowStereo, and the Shield are just continuing the also formulaic of "lets take the directionless main event/upper midcard acts and let them hoard the belts so they have something to do at the expense of the actual teams". Kofi, Sin Cara, Miz, and Ziggler would actually put on longer and more competitive matches with Del Rio. And if he's going to be AGGRESSIVE anyway, he should at least do it as a champion. I get it. I don't care for Kofi and even as the biggest Miz mark, I don't think he's permanent main event material. I'm the guy who whines, bitches, and moans over underutilized talents to the point where people here find it annoying and/or make fun of me for it, but I still watch.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 17:26:15 GMT -5
It's a lost cause at this point.
The most WWE is to me right now is background noise as I apply for more jobs.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 17:32:40 GMT -5
I stopped watching months ago. When Punk and Cena retire or leave, I might start watching again.
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Chip
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Slam Jam Death.
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Post by Chip on Dec 16, 2013 17:42:25 GMT -5
The Rhodes Brothers, Real Americans (as much as I love them as a team), ShowStereo, and the Shield are just continuing the also formulaic of "lets take the directionless main event/upper midcard acts and let them hoard the belts so they have something to do at the expense of the actual teams". PTP is no more a tag team then Real Americans or The Shield, PTP is still two aimless talents they stuck together, just this time they were bottom of the card guys.
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Post by SeVeN: #TheBadGuy. on Dec 16, 2013 17:44:21 GMT -5
If they go out of business.
Even then I'll watch old videos and clips.
So I guess nothing…
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Dec 16, 2013 19:18:16 GMT -5
"Realistic" boring men in black trunks without personalities beyond "perpetually angry tough guy" or "snarky, wisecracking tough guy".
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Dang!
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Post by Dang! on Dec 16, 2013 19:28:33 GMT -5
Time / A solid TNA / A solid other company / When there is no other weekly show and I just quit on pro wrestling
TBH, as long as there is WWE I'll probably check back once in a while. I pretty much stopped watching this year, but watched the TLC main event last night on strea... ehm... totally legal. As long as there are weekly shows I'll check back once in a while. I stopped watching TNA as well, but currently I'm sort of back into watching it.
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kevin
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Post by kevin on Dec 16, 2013 19:53:00 GMT -5
Hi Im Dixie Carter and I am now the owner of WWE. IF this ever occurred I would definitely stop watching. Luckily right now it is as good as is has been in years The last six months have been the best stretch of Raw episodes probably in the history of the show. Ever since summer slam the show has just been gold.
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Post by RedSmile on Dec 16, 2013 20:54:37 GMT -5
They lost me as a regular viewer when I watched "Rosie v. Trump". I come back occasionally to check it out, and have yet to be hooked. I have a lot of other and better shit to do.
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Post by 2 Cold Scorkum on Dec 16, 2013 21:01:38 GMT -5
getting a job or a girlfriend lol
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Post by Starshine on Dec 16, 2013 21:03:30 GMT -5
Considering I'm not watching at the moment, they should just keep doing what they've been doing right now.
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Post by Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan on Dec 16, 2013 21:41:24 GMT -5
If Raw and Smackdown were moved to channels I didn't get.
Yeah, there's Youtube, Hulu and other on-demand services, but I really don't care enough to use them (at least to watch WWE).
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