TGM
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Post by TGM on Aug 31, 2013 5:35:04 GMT -5
I stopped watching regularly in mid 2006, and would come back for short periods (Legacy, Nexus, Punk).
But I always make a point of watching Wrestlemania and Royal Rumble.
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Aug 31, 2013 5:44:29 GMT -5
I've pretty much always kept up with what's going on through reading online but the RAW after Summerslam is the first full show I've watched in about 8 years, maybe more.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 5:47:33 GMT -5
I'm barely watching right now. Essentially I read the results on 411 and every couple of months go to a ppv at the theater. ROH, CZW and TNA are enough for me. At least until Chikara opens up again.
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Post by rybackrulez on Aug 31, 2013 6:23:35 GMT -5
About 2010 miz era, i was pretty much done with raw. But i kind of sort of still watched.
WWE And New Japan for the past 2 years really boosted my interest in wrestling. WWE workers are severely underrated, and since 2012 have really been given the time to show their stuff in the ring and on the mic.
I was marking huge for Ryback and DBry to break through
But i am a lifer, so i watch even when it's boring or whatever.
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Post by canceled4truth on Aug 31, 2013 7:23:05 GMT -5
I stopped watching from mid-2012 to MITB this year. Just lost interest for one reason or another.
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Post by Medicinal Thunder Liger on Aug 31, 2013 7:34:14 GMT -5
it is with a heavy heart I announce I've watched/been a fan consistently since 1995 and I'm glad about it.
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Post by g1megatronfan on Aug 31, 2013 7:46:03 GMT -5
This summer.
I haven't actually sat down and watched WWE probably since June. I still read the results and will watch clips on youtube, but that's been the extent of it. As for when I'm coming back to watch full episodes on a regular basis again...much like you. When Triple H goes bye-bye and things get back to normal. No joke, but I'd rather grab a lawn chair and sit in the yard and watch the grass grow than listen to his boring never ending promos every week.
I had lectures in college about the Civil War that were more entertaining than Triple H. C-Span is more entertaining than HHH at this point. Hell, women's golf would be more fun to watch than him (to me anyways).
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 31, 2013 8:01:39 GMT -5
Tons of times since 1994. Since then the longest I've gone following a company with no breaks was probably following ROH from around 2005 through late 2008 or so.
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AdamAFL was sooooo wrong
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Aug 31, 2013 8:06:57 GMT -5
I never really followed WCW or ECW religiously, I'd catch the odd show but they were never must see for me. I've followed TNA and ROH since I first found out about them (around 2004 for both) and have never taken a break. I started following PWG in 2010 and haven't stopped since. WWE on the other hand, I started watching in 1997 (first show was when I went round my cousin's and he was watching WrestleMania 13, it was the first wrestling I'd seen and I was hooked). I watched continuously until Unforgiven '06. At that point I was a bit burned out with how much wrestling I was watching and I was really sick of Cena at that point. He'd had a long title reign which had gotten quite stale towards the end then Edge won the title (at NYR '06) and things were finally a bit more fresh again, but then Cena won it straight back which infuriated me. He lost the title to RVD who lost it back to Edge but it seemed like the show was still centred around Cena and I just couldn't take it anymore so when he won the title at Unforgiven I was just done. I still caught every Wrestlemania and the occasional Rumble or other PPV but I didn't start watching again until just before the Nexus. I caught an episode of RAW and had fun watching it. Two or three weeks later Nexus debuted and I thought it was so awesome that I started watching RAW, SD and every PPV. I stopped watching SD just after Extreme Rules 2012 because Sheamus was the main champ and nothing exciting seemed to happen anyway. I was starting to get tired of RAW too but then RAW1000 came along and it was great so I continued watching. After a few weeks of the three hour RAW's though I stopped. It was just after Summerslam and although there were still parts of the show I enjoyed (Punk, Bryan/Kane's anger management etc.) it was just too turgid a show to sit through so I stopped watching everything except PPV's. I started watching RAW again every week starting with the first RAW of January (Ziggler/Cena and Ryback/Punk TLC) because I knew Punk was fit to wrestle again and The Rock was coming back soon to feud with him. I started watching SmackDown again every week a couple of months ago too. So, yeah, WWE's the only one I've ever felt the need to take a break from which is a little weird because it's not like ROH (2011/12) and TNA (2010/11) haven't gone through bad phases themselves. But WWE are really on fire at the minute so they're in my good books .
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Post by ________ has left the building on Aug 31, 2013 8:07:56 GMT -5
Late 1998/ Early 1999. Only because I was stuck in the Gulf for Operation Southern Watch and had no access to the internet & mail came to a standstill.
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FinalGwen
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Post by FinalGwen on Aug 31, 2013 8:23:56 GMT -5
Most of the late 2000s. I still kept sort of up to date via the net, but my interest was a lot more sporadic than before. The video games kept me aware of the roster, and I did dip back in in 2007, even going to my first live show, but I wasn't watching avidly every week like I had before.
A few things brought me back, thinking about it. I'd read about Bret Hart's return, which got me reading up about what was going on - and prompted enough interest to get me to finally join this forum - and I started to get back in the loop. My first regular viewing was NXT, which sounded like a really neat concept, and I also started tuning into Smackdown regularly. And here I am!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 8:26:15 GMT -5
The only way I'll take a long break from wrestling is if my personal life becomes so busy that I can't continue to watch. Which, unfortunately, might happen in the next few months.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Aug 31, 2013 8:28:34 GMT -5
I guess it would have been from 2003 to 2005. I watched occasionally, but not even close to once a month.
I didn't like Evolution (mainly HHH) and I was starting high school and trying to meet girls and make friends. I"m sad I missed a lot of the awesome stuff on Smackdown though.
Then when I was a junior I started watching again and Batista was ending the horrible stable. I'm glad my Dad bought me the first Smackdown vs. Raw or I may have never gotten back into it.
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Post by Throwback on Aug 31, 2013 8:47:59 GMT -5
Yeah, but it wasn't a conscience thought. Things I found more interesting started to conflict with wrestling on TV. It was around the time that Doink showed up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 8:51:44 GMT -5
Yeah, from 2006 to 2011. Really wasn't enjoying the product that much at the time anyway, a mish-mash of older guys growing stale and new guys who weren't very good, but the turning point was Eddiesploitation (that Orton promo). At that point I thought I had just outgrown the entire product, and decided not to bother from there.
Didn't watch a single episode until I happened to catch Elimination Chamber 2011 when I was down with the flu. I've been back full time ever since, and really enjoying the current product.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Aug 31, 2013 9:08:07 GMT -5
I stopped watching in 2003 during the reign of terror on raw and tough girl gm Stephanie on smackdown. I didn't come back to wrestling until TNA brought me back in mid 2007. Then i quit watching raw during the guest host crap and especially the year that the Miz was going over everyone and won the title. I didn't watch raw or nxt because of miz and cole.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 9:12:20 GMT -5
I stopped watching from 2011 to this year. I'm back to watching in order to document the Daniel Bryan feud and what's transpiring. Once it's over, if handled well, I may start watching full-time. If bungled, I'll be done for another two years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 9:33:27 GMT -5
Honestly, no. I've watched consistently for 13 years.
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mo
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Post by mo on Aug 31, 2013 9:35:43 GMT -5
Yup, stopped for two years during the infamous guest host era and came back after the pipe bomb.
There's a few guys on the roster that keep me coming back, but my days as a hardcore fan are long over and I could probably just as easily stop again.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Aug 31, 2013 9:44:00 GMT -5
Yep
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