Post by schma on Jan 22, 2015 4:49:49 GMT -5
It wouldn't let me put the whole topic. Basically a couple of recent threads got me thinking about wrestlers who at one point in time I was marking out like crazy for and then at some point in their ring career they lost their lustre. I just stopped enjoying what they did or lost interest despite them still being over in big way.
For example, I loved Stone Cold during the MNW but I hated (and still hate) the WHAT chants. What really did it for me was when he was just a complete bastard randomly doing stuff like stunning Stacy Keibler (my memories of what years stuff was isn't so good). I just did not care for him. Part of it I think is that there's a small part of me that marks out regardless of what I know logically. I will cheer for a lot of faces and jeer a lot of heels but for me I just didn't care about him or even like him anymore. It didn't help that at one point his contribution seemed to be show up at the end of the show, drink some beers and flip the bird.
Another is Jeff Hardy. I was a huge fan of the Hardy Boyz and when he was rising as a solo act I still really enjoyed him. However, I remember him feuding with Orton and they had that promo where Orton said that Jeff had earned his respect (after he'd done some crazy stunt to Orton). Jeff replied with something like, 'I didn't do it for your respect, I did it to hurt you'. A solid line but his delivery was just so bad that I found it hard to enjoy him as much after that. Later on when I learned about his drug issues it just kind of sealed the deal and I lost interest in Jeff Hardy a long long time ago.
Is there anyone for you that for one reason or another you used to freaking love and now just don't care about? Was it one thing that set you off or more gradual?
For example, I loved Stone Cold during the MNW but I hated (and still hate) the WHAT chants. What really did it for me was when he was just a complete bastard randomly doing stuff like stunning Stacy Keibler (my memories of what years stuff was isn't so good). I just did not care for him. Part of it I think is that there's a small part of me that marks out regardless of what I know logically. I will cheer for a lot of faces and jeer a lot of heels but for me I just didn't care about him or even like him anymore. It didn't help that at one point his contribution seemed to be show up at the end of the show, drink some beers and flip the bird.
Another is Jeff Hardy. I was a huge fan of the Hardy Boyz and when he was rising as a solo act I still really enjoyed him. However, I remember him feuding with Orton and they had that promo where Orton said that Jeff had earned his respect (after he'd done some crazy stunt to Orton). Jeff replied with something like, 'I didn't do it for your respect, I did it to hurt you'. A solid line but his delivery was just so bad that I found it hard to enjoy him as much after that. Later on when I learned about his drug issues it just kind of sealed the deal and I lost interest in Jeff Hardy a long long time ago.
Is there anyone for you that for one reason or another you used to freaking love and now just don't care about? Was it one thing that set you off or more gradual?
