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Post by Venti on Sept 3, 2018 23:29:36 GMT -5
Lifelong wrestling fan, and I've had a few viewing breaks. First was in summer 2003. I don't remember why because I was pretty young, but I think it was a mix of Stone Cold being retired and all the bad storylines.
Started again in later 06. Me and my brother and dad just flipped through channels and started watching Raw again out of curiosity of what was going on. Oddly enough, John Cena seemed to draw us in. Plus there was a lot of buzz still going around from the DX reunion.
After that, I watched regularly with lots of high and lowpoints in my fandom. The summer of Punk was huge for me, for a brief moment it felt like wrestling was "cool" again. The second was around Wrestlemania 30. I have found memories with someone, us both rooting for Daniel Bryan, and we all know how the story goes.
Flash forward, and I took a bit of a break sometime after that. I think the disappointment of the Authority being brought back after Survivor Series(the last time I've cared about anything Dolph Ziggler has done) plus the Roman Reigns superpush, along with being too busy to keep up with it.
Finally got hooked one more time in 2016 due to AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose(my two current favorites.) By fall of 2016 I finally just stopped watching though. To finally get to the actual topic, I just can't fathom viewing that many hours of programming. The booking is so bad and the shows are just absolutely boring. But the main reason? Roman Freaking Reigns. I just can't stand watching all of my favorite wrestlers get pushed to the side for one of the most uninteresting guys both in the ring and on promos.
Even though after a while I eventually turned on John Cena and his superpush, I actually miss the days of 2007 when we had a guy on top who actually deserves it and can actually be a believable face of the show. Roman Reigns has made me really appreciate John Cena, how about that..
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Sept 3, 2018 23:34:44 GMT -5
It’s not just Roman, because I can’t even get the energy to watch Smackdown. I am not entertained by WWE anymore. Storylines are extremely repetitive and predictable. Characters have generic and overused motivations. Aside from AJ Styles, I do not find anyone likable I can invest in. The last thing I was excited to tune into was Goldberg’s run a year ago. Even then, 3 hours for RAW was becoming a chore. Changes in my personal life also drove me away from watching. It’s not that my fiancé hates wrestling (she is actually tickled that I watched it), but I rather spend that time with her and rest up from a long work day.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Sept 3, 2018 23:36:32 GMT -5
After a long hiatus I got back in to current WWE a few weeks before Summerslam 2010. I was immediately hooked again, and was for the next two years. Then not long after Raw 1000 things felt a bit tedious and I just couldn't get through these three hour Raw shows without fast forwarding through most of it.
I got in to NXT, watching that ever week, whilst still watching bits of Raw and Smackdown and the PPVs. I remember not liking Wrestlemania 29 that much and after that I stuck with NXT pretty much exclusively.
Even NXT lost my interest after a few months and at the time I was co running a small indy promotion. So between running that, having a full time job and meeting my wife around that time, watching any current wrestling was the last thing on my mind.
There was no angle or moment that put me off, I just didn't have time for it anymore, and besides watching Wrestlemania 31 and 32, and the cruiserweight classic, I haven't watched a full show since mid 2013.
Maybe if I didn't have my attention on other things I still would have watched WWE for another couple years, but know more than that. The company really has soured me on their product for a while now with their shitty nonsense booking, refusal to really push legitimately great talent, and pandering to the sponsors and stock holders. The have sunk so low in my estimation in the last year or so, just by reading results and articles.
If I was still watching this shit, I'd have put a brick through my TV multiple times over!
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Sept 3, 2018 23:43:18 GMT -5
For a few years I've had on and off periods of watching. Last one was prior to I think Fastlane either last year or year before.
That killed my interest.
I watched Survivor Series last year because the card seemed good but it didn't do anything to pull me back watching regularly.
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Post by alexwrightspackage on Sept 4, 2018 0:05:10 GMT -5
I started grad school in 2004, so was to busy after, breaking any consistency that started since 1996.
Then Angle left, Benoit was Benoit, Eddie died, and Super Cena happened. It was more like they didn't want my attention anymore.
/SometimesIthinkyouwanttofail.gif Edit: Oh yeah, basically three hour Raws were too much. Which is weird considering they have their best ever roster year after year.
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Post by Texas Tornado on Sept 4, 2018 0:13:14 GMT -5
Monday Night Raw.
I got so burned out with this one show that I literally stopped watching all WWE stuff for a good few months. Now I only watch when I want to get on this forum and know wtf is going on, or when I manage to have a night free and feel like laughing with the live threads. I get 97% of my WWE news through listening to wrestling podcasts and this forum. Very rarely do I actually watch any of the shows anymore.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Sept 4, 2018 1:53:45 GMT -5
Too long
Too boring
Lifeless promos and horrible commentary. No one talks like real people. Buzzwords.
Stephanie
Roman
Maybe I’ve just grown out of wrestling
Tone deaf booking and not listening to the fans
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 4, 2018 2:26:45 GMT -5
God, this is a depressing thread. And I really can't fault any of you.
To be honest I couldn't answer you about why I do keep watching.
WWE has contempt for my opinions (not me specifically, just a fan) and constantly pushes guys that I don't like while burying ones I do.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Sept 4, 2018 2:40:44 GMT -5
I've taken a number of extended breaks over the years, for a variety of reasons--dire booking, tragedies in the business, or things just not being fun for my tastes.
As of tonight I'm taking another one. The squandering of Braun (Braundering?) with the pointless heel turn and generic uninspired stable ... just, why? I'm not angry at the turn in the way wrestling fans are supposed to be emotionally invested in the story, I just feel distant and disappointed. The company doesn't care what I want, and it won't until Vince McMahon retires, dies or gets some real competition again.
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Post by jimmyjames on Sept 4, 2018 3:30:08 GMT -5
The 3 hour Raw has been a big thing for me but I don't even watch Smackdown. I tuned back in when Shane O Mac took over but after a few months I drifted away again. I occasionally turn into Raw but after 10:00 I usually just tune out. Plus the fact I can go weeks or months without watching and start watching and I can figure out all the storylines in no time.
At this point WWE is just Meh.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Sept 4, 2018 3:53:19 GMT -5
I could say the streak ending or the time of Nexus arriving is when I stopped watching (2010-11?) Honestly though it was a slow build to that point from around when December to Dismemeber aired in 2006. I feel what fun I used to get from watching has long since vanished. The larger than life characters and absurd storylines, gimmicks have been replaced by generic wrestlers with little to no personality. It's all a far cry from the late 80s or late 90s era of wrestling.
I just find all the characters to be either dull and boring, cookie cutter or just terrible. It is like they keep looking back at Stone Cold, Rock, Hogan (Nwo era) and are trying to repeat it. The occasional bright spot like Sin Cara or whatever Bray Wyatt was trying to do is not enough.
Ironically the actual in ring wrestling is probably the best it has been in quite a few years.
Basically I need less soap opera drama, less realism and much more spend a night in jail Bossman vs Mountie kind of theatrics from my wrestling.
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Post by clifford on Sept 4, 2018 4:10:24 GMT -5
I went completely cold turkey off wrestling in 2012, around Summerslam. No one thing put me off, it was a culmination of just getting burnt out after 12 and a half years of never missing a show. I just had had enough, had no motivation or interest to watch, and when I stopped watching I had no interest to go back or keep up with results.
The only show I watched from then until April 2015 was Wrestlemania XXX and although I thought it was a good show, I still had no interest in getting back into wrestling or the WWE.
From around Wrestlemania 31 then in 2015 I got back into it a bit more, especially NXT and its Takeovers. Brooklyn 1 got me back into wrestling. I started to watch NXT weekly and the monthly PPVs and found my interest and love of wrestling coming back. By Wrestlemania 32 I was back full time and ordered the Network the week of WM 32 and have had it ever since.
Since then I've tailored my wrestling viewing to what I enjoy and have dropped what pisses me off. Now I only watch Raw and SD in the build up to Wrestlemania. The monthly PPVs, NXT, 205Live (most weeks), the Network exclusive specials and classic shows on the Network more than satiate my needs. I've also gotten into watching other promotions like ROH and NJPW sporadically.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Sept 4, 2018 4:10:26 GMT -5
NXT was the beginning of the end for me. The first two seasons had clear winners. Popular, skilled, experienced. But because they were indie darlings they got buried. Never mind the fact that they got over with the mainstream fans. There is something to be said for "Never give the fans what they want" but that means don't make them the next John Cena right away, not bury them and salt the earth.
Summer of Punk got me back in but that turned to crap soon enough and I tuned out for years. Ironic that NXT on Hulu got me back in, along with AJ Styles. I watch NXT and Smackdown now. I tried RAW but since it is Hulu edited most of the stuff I would want to see is not even shown. Stopped watching Smackdown during the entire Jindal experiment so I guess I mostly just watch that for AJ.
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Post by héad.casé on Sept 4, 2018 4:21:36 GMT -5
I had a forced break in 2003 as my Mum and Dad had got rid of cable, so the only way I could really follow wrestling was reading the internet. I eventually got my own cable subscription a year later, so it was exciting to catch up on everything i'd missed for a year. Then of course we in the UK had "the Wrestling Channel", so I was getting ROH, TNA, CZW, plus getting back into WWE after a year, I was loving it.
These days, I can't watch a full three hour RAW. Mostly because it starts at 1am and finishes at 4am here. Even when i'm on holiday from work and take a week off, I still won't stay up for the whole three hours. As a fan who's been loyal to this company since the 80's, it's pretty damn sad that my opinions don't matter to them any more.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Sept 4, 2018 4:30:04 GMT -5
I just got very bored with the product. also I got rid of cable about 3 years ago, and even if I wanted to watch WWE it isn't an option. being canadian, I'd need cable to get the Network too because Rogers made sure that option got borked too, even if I wanted to pay for something like that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 4:33:27 GMT -5
I drift in and out of Raw and SDL these days and have cancelled the Network. It’s all just so lifeless and formulaic, they rarely put much effort into telling a good story and every show is like an all star game where the matchups should be good but it’s still an all star game and everyone is half-assing it, regardless of whether that’s on the wrestlers or the WWE is a whole other story though. It’s just not for me in it’s present state.
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Post by mrtuesday on Sept 4, 2018 5:14:19 GMT -5
I realized that there were better shows to watch on Monday nights. Shows that don't insult the intelligence of its audience.
I keep up with WWE through YouTube. I can watch the entirety of a 3+ hour Raw in 30 minutes.
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Post by government mule on Sept 4, 2018 5:18:40 GMT -5
The booking. Continuity. Lazyness on WWE's part.
Kevin Owen's role in the main event last night is indicative of why I would never watch regularly anymore. I'm all for the absurd in wrestling but not when it is done out of apathy.
I prefer to just dip in and out of the main shows. NxT is where it's at for me, the Takeovers are unmissable.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Sept 4, 2018 5:20:17 GMT -5
I've taken a number of extended breaks over the years, for a variety of reasons--dire booking, tragedies in the business, or things just not being fun for my tastes. As of tonight I'm taking another one. The squandering of Braun (Braundering?) with the pointless heel turn and generic uninspired stable ... just, why? I'm not angry at the turn in the way wrestling fans are supposed to be emotionally invested in the story, I just feel distant and disappointed. The company doesn't care what I want, and it won't until Vince McMahon retires, dies or gets some real competition again. Braun could have been an actual top babyface who was popular. I’d like to say I hate Wwe, but I don’t care anymore. I still come here for some reason but I don’t even watch the YouTube clips of raw or SD anymore. The network is a bargain, a steal, it’s fantastic but I don’t watch anymore so I don’t have it
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Post by mcstoklasa on Sept 4, 2018 5:22:42 GMT -5
Also I remember loving wrestling in 2014 and 15 and those wrestlemanias (and Brock) were awesome
Then Mania in 2016 happened and it started my dislike really. That was awful. I’m based in the uk and staying up watching what was a, what?, seven hour show that sucked. Oh my god
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