WWE Apathy

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Has anyone else faced this before?


I'm so burned out with RAW right now, I tried watching last weeks epsiode a few times, then attempted watching the shorter version on hulu and I havent got very far in to the show without giving up at all.



There are alot of things WWE are doing right such as giving Goldust the run he deserves and using his talent and charima to finally get his brother over (its taken a long time, but Cody is finally getting over) caring about Tag teams, giving Big E a push, finally using the USO's correctly, but the boring format where they just seem to book long matches (with variations of different combinations of the same people over and over) every week in the midcard is doing my head in now. Also every thing being self contained needs to stop.



This year WWE have started doing things I like the idea of and even throwing some variation in to their angles (something which has been missing for years) but every time they look to be doing something interesting (Triple H and Vince being at each other with steph in the middle (ok that one isn't exactly groundbreaking but it was entertaining), Scott Armstrong etc) they seem to reset the status quo completely and forget about it ever happening.


Would it pain them to actually have over arching storylines (they don't even have to go wild with it, they did that one episode of Raw last year I think where they started attempting this with segments blending in to each other and everything feeling more natural but then they just gave up on it as usual) Also why can't there be actual midcard storylines other than I'm going to fight you for 8 weeks straight because we had some vague banter on Twitter than the announcers haven't even brought up or whatever.

I'm not calling for everyone on the midcard to be in a storyline, just one or two that actually has rhyme and reason would be a start.

WWE seem to be leaning far too much toward the sports side and it's irritating, I don't watch for 2 midcarders they havent given me a reason to care about pretending to have a fight and kicking out of lots of near falls

This is meant to be a personality led product yet they never really showcase any of the talents personality, unless your Punk, Orton, Bryan or Cena you don't really get much chance to get yourself over.


They have 3 hours of Raw a week and 2 hours of Smackdown and instead of filling it getting the talent and storylines over they just seem to fill it with pointlessly long matches (without even giving us reason to care about the talent involved), TV should be about getting storylines and characters over, long matches should be saved for PPVS and house shows. They tape great content for WWE.com why is this not on the tv shows?

In fact modern Raw reminds me of late 1998 and early 1999 WCW Nitro so much (great talent in the midcards, who rarely got any storylines, whilst the main eventers were the only ones who got mic time) which is not a good thing. that was a terrible product


Also why were the crowd chanting that Cena V Sandow was awesome, it was boring and sloppy, and also in the promo that set the match up Sandow wasn't even acting himself, it was a very generic promo from a character that is usually really exciting


I want to enjoy the product, I know me not watching doesn't really affect the WWE's bottom line much as all the money they get from me is the odd live event I attend and merch bought there which they'll still get as I'll probably consider attending a show in the near future even if I give up on watching Raw weekly


Perhaps I'm over thinking this too much, I know WWE should be something to watch and switch your brain off during, but the crappy product is making my brain switch on. It just seems WWE has lost it's way in the last half a decade or so quite a bit and the annoying thing is every now and then they do something great and then abandon it to go back to this same old shit paint by numbers boring crap they are giving us.

[Deleted]

For me, the 3-hour Raw thing is absolutely exhausting. The product is pretty good right now, despite being rough around the edges, but Raw is far too long and it sort of detracts from Smackdown in the process. Means there's a lot of filler or half-considered ideas popping up all the time, and perhaps if Raw was cut back again, some quality control might return to the shows. It still wouldn't be perfect but when has it been?

Also, there should never ever be two PPVs in the same month. Ever.

[Sparkybob]

We've had plenty of these type of thread before. The best answer is always take a break and comeback when watching wrestling isn't a burden and you enjoy it.

[Deleted]

Nope, I am always entertained and engaged by something going on in WWE and Pro Wrestling as a whole.

[rapidfire187]

I just don't see how the product is bad or stale now compared to the last decade or so. I definitely prefer, as a whole, what they're doing now compared to what they were doing for the last 5 years.

[wisdomwizard]

I personally think they're in the genesis of another Renaissance creative wise, but I agree they need to step it up with doing more storylines for the midcard.

[Deleted]

I've kinda felt that way a lot this year, especially currently with the whole best for business angle.

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

I'm a little burnt out...

But I thought this was a new PPV where Del Rio vs Curtis Axel is the main event.

[Brother Nero....Wolfe]

I'll be honest, what keeps me watching is that the quality of this place's jokes is inversely proportional to the quality of the show.

[Dean-o]

The only thing that wears me down is the over production of their television. I'm so damn tired of easily predicting commercial breaks, watching the same entrances over, and over, and over again with never a change. The commentary is HORRIBLE and it's so easy to pick out their stock phrases and phony laughter.

It wears me down because every week feels exactly the same. Regardless of what arena (or country) it's in, it feels like I'm watching WWE on repeat.

[Deleted]

It's called the undercard and it is usually terrific.

That and NXT.

I can't watch WWE on TV. I either watch it on Hulu or Youtube, because 7 hours for RAW, SD, NXT - that's ridiculous. I mean, come on!

I really think a lot of the apathy comes from the terrible main event scene. HHH/Orton/Big Show. Cena/Cena/Cena. No, thank you. everything else feels like a normal/fun wrestling show except for that schlep.

[saintpat]

Isn't the Wyatt Family angle a midcard angle?

Or The Real Americans?

Seems they are giving you a good bit of what you want.

I know the burnout/apathy thing. After about the 300th Raw main event ending with yet another Spirit Squad squashing, I tuned out for about a year. Sometime later, I tuned out for a while when the never-ending Cena/Orton/HHH triangle got me tired of the same-old, same-old. But I got into Smackdown or WWE/CW to get my fix.

Quite frankly I like the product now.

[percymania]

I always seem to get bored with WWE around this time of year. Wake me for the Royal Rumble.