Anyone else here a PPV-only watcher?

[Deleted]

As in avoiding RAW/SD/other shows but watching almost every PPV.

I still like WWE enough to watch it once or twice a month. And they recap the storylines anyway so you're not watching a match out of context.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

If I didn't have cable included in my rent, I would be.

[Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer]

Me!
I get my fill of WWE TV these days from the Top 10 videos they do on YouTube (5 hours of Raw and SmackDown into 6 minutes!) and I'm satisfied. If there is something interesting in those videos then I'll watch specific highlights on YouTube.

I'll watch the Kickoff before the show and I feel like I'm perfectly caught up for watching the PPV. I'm loving the 4 hour PPV plan

[The Thread Barbi]

May 24, 2018 13:31:14 GMT -5 Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer said:

Me!
I get my fill of WWE TV these days from the Top 10 videos they do on YouTube (5 hours of Raw and SmackDown into 6 minutes!) and I'm satisfied. If there is something interesting in those videos then I'll watch specific highlights on YouTube.

I'll watch the Kickoff before the show and I feel like I'm perfectly caught up for watching the PPV. I'm loving the 4 hour PPV plan

Pretty much this.

[Deleted]

I'm pretty much sticking to the big four for the foreseeable future. Although I did watch GRR and might watch MITB because I like those matches.

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

Yeah I pretty much am by this point. I actually enjoy the product much better this way to be honest.

I'll check out stuff from Raw and SmackDown on YouTube if it interests me, and I'll check out matches that are well received. But the last time I watched a non after-WM Raw or SmackDown was Bryan announcing his return. Before that I honestly couldn't tell you.

EDIT: Actually I remember now, Raw 25. The less said about that shambles the better.

Nothing of any consequence actually happens on Raw and SmackDown nowadays and I have other interests and shows I much prefer at this point. Still love wrestling and WWE, but there's so much content that just doesn't seem meaningful that I only check out what grabs my notice.

[chronocross]

For the most part yes, the last Raw I watched it its entirety was the Raw 25th anniversary show back in January.

Youtube and facebook help a lot in terms of seeing the main parts of the shows each week, so I don't really need to sit and watch the entire show.

[Deleted]

it's just overkill with all the shows

[ilggant]

I'm pretty much the opposite. I watch Raw and Smackdown but can't remember the last full pay per view I watched, which is weird.

[rocnsoc88]

The pay-per-views (or Network specials) are the only thing that I’ll watch from start-to-finish at this point. While I don’t skip Raw and Smackdown altogether, I pretty much always fast forward on my PVR through most of those shows and just watch the parts that most interest me or seem like the most important stuff. Life’s too short to wade through all of the bad stuff to get to the good stuff anymore, although I will admit that there’s been a couple times in the last year where I almost checked out entirely. This neverending Roman Reigns crap in particular is unbearable.

[Citizen Snips]

Pretty much, and not even close to every PPV either. Mania and Rumble are guarantees. Summerslam, MitB and Survivor Series are pretty much locks. Then if I feel like it and there's nothing else on, I'll tune in.

Watch probably 2 hours of the weekly shows combined a month.

[Nr1Humanoid]

I do, the rest isn't worth the aggrivation.

[111111]

WWE works alot better if you watch it that way.

That's pretty much how I've been watching it the past few years, every now and then I'll start watching Raw and Smackdown for a bit(usually from January to April and then during the summer slam build up)

You actually get more following it on YouTube as they have loads of interviews that should be part of the tv shows

[Deleted]

Yep! I watch the clips on youtube, read a show report and watch anything that sounds good. Beyond that it's just PPVs.

That's gonna change because I'm opening a podcast soon that will require watching but right now? I love it

[DiBiase is Good]

Yeah. But unless it’s one of the big four PPVs I’ll play it on a tablet next to me whilst I play a game on the TV. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand certain storyline points because I’ve missed out on Raw/Smackdown but it’s not a big issue.

[Cieto]

I'm becoming this way slowly. Recent Raw's have become almost pointless to even skim through.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I refuse to get Sky and it's on at f*** o'clock in the morning so I don't watch Raw or SDL. I watch highlights most weeks, and usually watch NXT, then just PPVs and specials.

I gotta tell ya. It really does improve the product a gigantic amount.

[thecrusherwi]

I will see bits and pieces of Raw, but very rarely a whole episode. I never watch Smackdown or NXT. I pretty much still watch every PPV and TakeOver from start to finish. WWE's weekly product is very boring, but their video packages on the PPVs and specials are still ridiculously well done so you really won't miss anything anyways.

[Nickybojelais]

I'm down to just a Royal Rumble & Wrestlemania watcher now, and I could see that reducing next year. They've beaten all of the care out of me.

[auph10imitated]

technically yes since I only watch WWE on the Network and RAW/SDN dont air live on there so Im not really bothered about it by the time its actually posted, the most ill do is watch whatever clip I want on WWE Youtube from that weeks RAW or SDN. Thats honestly all you need

Read the results
Check out the clips of the stuff you want to see
Watch the PPV

So much easier to do