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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Nov 5, 2014 18:03:19 GMT -5
Some years ago. I usually still watch Raw, and enjoy it ok for the most part; but it's a rare thing I'll watch the full three hours. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a full Smackdown.
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Post by The Trashman on Nov 5, 2014 18:19:24 GMT -5
When I heard Chris Benoit and his family were dead.
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Post by Gelatinous Parasite on Nov 5, 2014 18:35:04 GMT -5
I still care, just not as much as I used to. I rarely pay full attention to the TV when I put Raw on and I've missed quite a few episodes altogether over the past few months. I can't even remember the last time I watched SmackDown.
I guess it partly comes down to free time. When I was a kid, I'd watch Raw, SmackDown, Nitro and Thunder every week. But obviously I didn't have the commitments then that I do now. Raw going to three hours has made it tough to keep up. That's just too long for a wrestling show. They're spreading themselves too thin and the quality suffers.
Also, TV in general is a hell of a lot better than it used to be. While I hate it when WWE try to portray themselves as an 'entertainment show', I do watch it to be entertained and, unfortunately, there are things that entertain me more than WWE does now. If I've only got a couple of spare hours in the day, I'd probably rather catch the latest episodes of Walking Dead and Game of Thrones than watch Raw.
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DragonMasterP
King Koopa
Wait, I turned 30? How'd that happen?
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Post by DragonMasterP on Nov 5, 2014 20:31:34 GMT -5
I stopped watching Raw and Smackdown around mid 2006, stopped watching Summerslam and Survivor Series around 2008, and I stopped watching altogether shortly after Wrestlemania 29.
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Mochi Lone Wolf
Fry's dog Seymour
Development through Destruction.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Nov 5, 2014 20:43:26 GMT -5
It's been going in cycles for quite some time but for some reason, the Bellas storyline was the point when I just couldn't be arsed anymore.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Nov 5, 2014 21:16:34 GMT -5
When Daniel Bryan got injured, though feuding with Kane post WM was not helping.
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Post by Saul Goodman on Nov 5, 2014 21:24:06 GMT -5
When I found a girlfriend..... So I never stop being interested in the show.
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Post by Aboutreika18 on Nov 5, 2014 22:13:34 GMT -5
I stopped regularly discussing wrestling with a friend of mine, who was a Christian fan, after he dropped the WHC to Orton so soon after winning it.
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Post by Giul T. on Nov 5, 2014 22:15:44 GMT -5
While I still care, my caring took a nosedive when Cena beat Wyatt at Extreme Rules. Wyatt Beat Cena At Xtreme Rules. Did you mean Cena over Wyatt at WM or Payback?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2014 22:23:26 GMT -5
Just recently as a matter of fact. I didn't even bother watching RAW this week. Everything I was attached to has been taken away and destroyed, so I just gave up and decided to take a break for a bit.
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lionheart21
Patti Mayonnaise
Once did a thing...
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Post by lionheart21 on Nov 6, 2014 1:01:21 GMT -5
I'd say about a month or two ago, when it basically just felt that I could miss an episode, tune in next week, and feel like I missed nothing at all.
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on Nov 6, 2014 1:08:40 GMT -5
I go in and out now after not wanting to miss a single show for however long I had been watching. Last year from before Summerslam to Survivor Series I lost interest and only caught highlights or read results just so I could keep up on here and talk about a few things. This year is was from the night after NoC until RAW after HIAC. Of course that was all filled in by stuff on the Network, TNA, ROH and a few other things.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Nov 6, 2014 1:25:15 GMT -5
Ever since the guest host period, with a few exceptions like the Rise of Ryder, CM Punk/Cena, Rock returning and anything Brock Lesnar. Everything else doesn't really matter because even though they have some very talented performers, their creative is totally in the crapper and has been for a few years now.
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schma
Hank Scorpio
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Post by schma on Nov 6, 2014 4:18:13 GMT -5
For me it was going to university. I couldn't afford cable so I fell away from wrestling in late 2002. Since then I tend to check the WWE website for videos and results and I come on here. When I visit my brother or go home for christmas I'll usually catch a Raw.
I was ready to start watching again with the network but I'm in Canada and WWE screwed us big time here for that.
Really though, if I can keep watching after the invasion segment where the alliance gave Austin a verbal blow job so that he would stay as their leader, then there is probably nothing that would make me decided I'm done with wrestling forever.
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kidglov3s
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Wants her Shot
Who is Tiger Maskooo?
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Post by kidglov3s on Nov 6, 2014 4:41:22 GMT -5
I stopped regularly discussing wrestling with a friend of mine, who was a Christian fan, after he dropped the WHC to Orton so soon after winning it. Black Tuesday and/or Friday.
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Post by TheSchattenjager on Nov 6, 2014 4:47:28 GMT -5
Punk's departure ended my time as a regular watcher. I watched WrestleMania because I was rooting for Bryan, but for me, Bryan is no Punk. Punk was the biggest reason that kept me watching. To me, there's no one on the roster right now that is as captivating.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Nov 6, 2014 4:50:08 GMT -5
I really hate to say it, but it was around the time I went to college and Cena moved to RAW as champion.
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