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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 5:41:54 GMT -5
I’ve not watched the weekly programs for many years. At that time I went to a watch the PPVs only schedule with reading the recaps of weekly shows. Now I’m watch takeovers and Rumble/Wrestlemania only and I only skim the recaps
Much better things to do with my time than hate watch weekly tv and PPVs
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Post by Rican on May 20, 2019 5:42:48 GMT -5
I usually just watch SmackDown. I’ll probably watch this week for Kofi and Bayley although I’m pretty certain they’re gonna have Bayley lose the title back to Charlotte right away and I’m gonna be here ranting lol
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Post by thecrusherwi on May 20, 2019 6:19:12 GMT -5
I’m about as done as I can possibly be. Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania are the only full shows I’ve sat down and watched in the last full year and both were miserable slogs to get through. The only reason I didn’t turn them off is because I had company. I hate the modern product. It’s not even who they’re pushing or not pushing. I hate how it looks and sounds. I hate how it’s shot. I hate how damn long everything is. They could make me WWE Champion and I still don’t think I’d watch the show.
I’m basically done with WWE and can’t imagine what would get me back. But my love of wrestling will never die. I just started binge watching old WWF and Crockett weekly TV from 1984 and can’t get enough. There’s more than enough old wrestling to give me my fix for the rest of my life.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 20, 2019 7:22:15 GMT -5
I stopped watching Raw in 2006, and keep up through the boards and sometimes watch the ppvs. With the pre show & recaps, you know what's going on. It's more than enough IMO.
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Post by Dub H on May 20, 2019 7:37:43 GMT -5
I didnt even realize we had MITB yesterday until I started reading the thread titles this morning
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on May 20, 2019 7:47:10 GMT -5
Honestly, a lot of the time these days I'm checking out results and reactions on YouTube (whatculture, etc.) or watching the show in the background via unpaid means. I got the network for WrestleMania and cancelled right after. I only got it because I wanted a guaranteed good feed. In previous years I'd hang on to it for longer because the back catalog is awesome. But this year I felt dirty even buying it as I cancelled last year because of the whole Saudi thing.
I think what I'm trying to say is that if I was investing any money in it rather than just time (and half my attention at that time) I'd have been done a long time ago.
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Post by FinalGwen on May 20, 2019 7:55:03 GMT -5
I pretty much only keep up with things through here, Twitter and the occasional Botchamania or OSW show. Vince hasn't had any of my money for anything other than a one off purchase of the games each year since the Saudi deal.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 20, 2019 8:03:34 GMT -5
I've been done for over 14 years now, and had stretches of being "done" before that, too, as outside of my childhood viewing circa 1991-1994 I only ever really came back to watch consistently in 1998-1999 and 2004. It's what makes it tough for me at times to empathize with the feeling of coming back every week despite not really enjoying the show, as again, outside of my days in elementary school I've rarely been a consistent WWF/WWE viewer. I read reviews and discuss WWE because they're the 800 pound gorilla in the room when discussing the wrestling industry as a whole, so ignoring them completely is out of the cards if I want to actively discuss pro wrestling, but I certainly don't give them my time unless somebody's inviting me over to watch the Royal Rumble or something.
Instead, I've spent the past decade and a half seeking out alternatives, and the cool thing is that right now the alternative scene is stronger than I've ever seen it during that time. 2004-2005 was when I gravitated toward ROH and TNA, but a lot of other alternatives were harder to access at that point (and TNA made it tough enough to be a consistent viewer at times, too). Today, with everything available online whether via streaming or what have you, and with international barriers getting thinner and thinner as companies like NJPW up their English language content, as Mexican promotions attempt to get a foothold in the States, and as the indy scene keeps getting more and more vibrant, it's probably as good as it's been in decades to be a non-WWE fan of pro wrestling, and that's not even taking AEW's eventual debut into account.
Like, I had an absolute blast on WM weekend going to a ton of shows near and around where I live, and none of them were WWE events. There's so much out there in the pro wrestling realm that makes me and a lot other people happy to watch, and not sticking around out of some sense of obligation or vain hope that things will ever improve. I went through that with WCW circa 1998-2000, staying on board with watching because "Hey, I like some of these guys and want to support them!", or "Hey, that new storyline started strong, maybe this is where the company turns things around!", and it's, uh...not fun.
The reason I dropped WWE viewing the way I did, besides reasons pertaining to my disliking their business practices, is that once they ended a WM with Benoit and Guerrero holding their big titles yet followed it up by making both of them secondary players and eventually building everything up to "Triple H is champ again, lol" and "2005 era Cena and Batista are the future!", I knew the product they were peddling just wasn't made for me, so why stick around? It's important to know what it is you really want from pro wrestling and to seek out the promotions, outlets, and performers that can deliver it to you, so you can avoid the feeling of watching something because "that's just what you do".
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Post by mattperiolat on May 20, 2019 8:05:23 GMT -5
Well, for me, some of it is tied to the live Raw I was at in Lexington. It’s one thing to sit through 3 hours of television with distractions and a comfortable chair. Quite another to just feel the energy ebbing out as pointless tag after pointless tag takes place. I saw people honestly looking for the exit door after the two hour mark. I was pretty much spent after a Becky appearance. Just... the overwhelming feeling of tiredness made me really realize how far WWE has fallen.
Booking decisions are not helping. I’m delighted about Bayley, but still cringing we had Charlotte beating Becky to get to Bayley. Again. And there is the whole of watching Balor, Ali, hell, even Orion kill themselves for Lesnar to stroll in and grab the briefcase. The exact opposite of not just what the audience wants, but what they need. And again, that feeling of bored, tired silence at the end.
I’m hanging on for Becky and Bayley. NXT is still good. But... yeah, got my fingers crossed on AEW hopefully jumpstarting something moribund. Otherwise, I’m keeping the Network only to remember the good old days of the 80s and Attitude. It seems so very far away now.
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Post by Tenshigure on May 20, 2019 8:05:45 GMT -5
I'll be back. HA, you didn't expect me to say that did you? ...but that's what you always say...
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Post by chronocross on May 20, 2019 8:06:59 GMT -5
Meh, I don't care too much about the result as I just watch the PPVs and keep up with WWE via Youtube/Facebook clips and this forum.
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Post by brown bricks on May 20, 2019 8:07:04 GMT -5
Outside of the monthly PPV's, I've been 'done' for quite a while. I have no idea why anyone would subject themselves to anything else. Sadists, I guess.
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Post by cabbageboy on May 20, 2019 8:10:01 GMT -5
I think a lot of people might be done partially due to the booking but also this whole device change deal that is happening tomorrow. This is an underrated disaster in the making for WWE. Right now I will lose WWE Network access to both blu ray players, and also over at my mom's house it's on the Samsung Smart TVs and might go away there too. So how exactly am I supposed to watch this with any convenience? Why bother upgrading TVs or whatever else when they could force those into obsolescence later as well? I still have the Firestick and a Roku, neither of which I enjoy using for WWE Network. The Firestick in particular sucks and overheats all the time.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 8:10:08 GMT -5
I just watch PPV's. They have a roster which produce good matches to keep me interested in these shows with the odd dipshit booking decision that makes me glad I don't watch weekly shows.
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Post by eJm on May 20, 2019 8:17:46 GMT -5
It's important to know what it is you really want from pro wrestling and to seek out the promotions, outlets, and performers that can deliver it to you, so you can avoid the feeling of watching something because "that's just what you do". I honestly reached that point myself recently. WWE didn’t change after the InVasion that much and even when it did, that was snuffed out (Paul Heyman’s Smackdown etc) and then it got more around the fact they made their money so they don’t need to change that much. Going to independent shows and seeing people I know gain rising reputations in indie wrestling has been a real joy and even shows with WWE talent on it like OTT has made me fully realize there’s not one way to do a wrestling show and even with my own problems with OTT, I wouldn’t want it any other way. And yeah, I do watch WWE in a bar but I don’t usually have to pay for it and my money goes to the bar anyway so it’s win/win.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 8:24:15 GMT -5
Can't say I've sat down and watched a whole show in years. I'll watch matches if I hear good things about it or check out promos, but usually if they're posted or mentioned here. Hearing Lesnar winning MitB hasn't piqued my interest, that's for sure.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on May 20, 2019 8:26:24 GMT -5
I usually have Raw on as background noise and watch almost all of the PPV's. Otherwise I catch anything that sounds good on YouTube. But when AEW starts up I'll be mostly about them.
WWE has been a guilty pleasure watch for a long time.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 8:46:53 GMT -5
I've been "done" multiple times and then ended up coming back so I'll never say that I'm done. I will say that I have no enthusiasm for the product whatsoever. I watch one show per month and that's becoming a struggle.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on May 20, 2019 8:48:50 GMT -5
95%. The five percent involves Becky, Kofi, and whatever Bray’s doing.
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Post by CeilingFan on May 20, 2019 8:51:48 GMT -5
I am not ordering any more WWE pay per views...….until the Royal Rumble.
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