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Post by timelimitdraw on May 20, 2019 16:54:53 GMT -5
Largely fell out of watching WWE regularly around 2013. I have Hulu, which in the States has a version of Raw (about 90 minutes plus commercials, so about 1/3 is cut), SmackDown, NXT, and NXT TakeOver events on demand, and even then I can still count on one hand the number of times I've watched an entire WWE event through in one setting since 2013 - and two of those were for Daniel Bryan's retirement and comeback. I love the talent roster and check out YouTube clips, but creatively it's woefully lacking and I just don't have the desire to invest that kind of time in WWE anymore.
MLW and ROH have filled the void and been fun to watch (even if ROH drags at times) because they only require one hour a week to check out their regular TV shows. You get in and out. Looking forward to seeing what AEW does when they debut and hope they're smart enough to limit their main program to 1-2 hours a week.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on May 20, 2019 16:58:52 GMT -5
This is the first show I've watched since Mania. It's my last until Takeover
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 20:39:12 GMT -5
I genuinely did cancel my Network subscription after the show. Whether that’ll be permanent or just temporary kind of depends. I’ll always be a wrestling fan, but if AEW is as good as I’m expecting it to be, i don’t see myself watching WWE again for quite a while.
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Post by Cyno on May 21, 2019 1:20:43 GMT -5
I've mostly used it as background noise for a couple of years now. The week after Mania is when I stopped watching altogether outside of bits and pieces here and there.
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Post by ssdrivin on May 21, 2019 11:14:55 GMT -5
I basically only watch WrestleMania these days, and I even feel like a sucker for doing that - the end result for WWE is that they still get money out of me 1/12th of the year because I'd paid for that month of the Network. I still like televised wrestling enough, and have enough enjoyable memories of WWE, that I still kinda want to experience that, if only once a year. It's their big show, after all, and if I can expect them to do right by the fans at all, I can probably expect it to be Mania. Doesn't always work out that way, obviously, but it's the show they're most likely to put the effort into, they know there's gonna be eyeballs on it. Even then, at only £10, I still had to debate with myself this year over whether I was going to watch or not. Turned out ok this time, it was an enjoyable enough Mania, but that's not a guarantee.
But otherwise? Meh. I don't have the appropriate TV service to get RAW and Smackdown (screw paying for Sky, especially if it's just for those two shows) so I never watch the weekly shows, most of the PPVs other than Mania fail to interest me and lack the likelihood of a serious attempt to make a really worthy show makes it hard to believe they're worth watching (and, as a result, paying for).
I miss enjoying it, of course I do, but I can't sit here forever expecting, waiting, hoping, that one day they'll unsuck themselves again. It's just not worth the boredom and irritation any more. Call me again when someone who realises why they're losing fans is in charge.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on May 21, 2019 11:18:58 GMT -5
I don't have cable just the network so haven't really watched in months unless I'm somewhere that does have cable
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Post by Lupin the Third on May 21, 2019 11:34:58 GMT -5
I don't think I've watched RAW since the 25th anniversary train wreck last year.
I haven't watched Smackdown since late May, early June of last year, as I got rid of cable.
The last pay-per-view I watched was WrestleMania last year, as my friend that had the Network cancelled her subscription after the announcement of the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia.
So, besides little clips here and there on YouTube, I haven't watched WWE fully in over a year.
And, TBH, I don't really miss it.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 21, 2019 11:41:40 GMT -5
And, TBH, I don't really miss it. "Well I don't miss you, either. See you in hell." As for my answer, I still watch, but not all WWE programming, because there's too much to keep up with.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 11:42:25 GMT -5
Canceled my network subscription years ago. I use someone else's, quite frankly, if there's something I absolutely need to watch.
I don't watch Raw. I don't watch SDL. I don't order merch. I get most of my updates from watching YouTube clips. Even then, I use an adblock. Vince McMahon may make money to spite himself, but he won't make it off me.
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Lupin the Third
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I'm sorry.....I love you. *boot to the head*--3rd most culpable in the jixing of NXT, D'oh!
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Post by Lupin the Third on May 21, 2019 11:44:59 GMT -5
And, TBH, I don't really miss it. "Well I don't miss you, either. See you in hell." But, Sami! You were one of my favorites!! Also, another point that caused me to lose interest. Sami being over as hell, but every big match he's in, he loses. It gets frustrating and annoying to see a favorite lose all the time. Road Dogg: "But wins and losses don't matter anym-" F*** YOU, ROAD DOGG!!! THEY MATTER!!!
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 21, 2019 11:51:01 GMT -5
I have a complex relationship with my WWE fandom.
But I can tell you for damn sure it won't be shitty booking that will drive me away, it will be situations like Ashley Massaro's, which I am still... processing.
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Post by Rolent Tex on May 21, 2019 12:14:15 GMT -5
I cancelled my subscription after HHH beat Sting. I came back for Goldberg vs Brock but that’s it. WWE has no intention on building stars I care about or telling great stories. They only care about the brand.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 7:31:01 GMT -5
I keep up with FAN and maybe watch a YouTube vid or 2. Most wrestling I watch is old stuff on YT. I'd like to think that sorta counts? (Also I reckon this thread would be empty if people in it were TRULY done. )
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Post by spagett on May 31, 2019 7:37:30 GMT -5
I wonder how much long term damage the terrible Raw 25 show did.
They got a very good rating for that, clearly a lot of old fans came back to the product that night to see what was happening and they were rewarded with one of the laziest crappiest Raws of all time.
I think a lot of old school fans probably saw that as the final straw.
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Post by clifford on May 31, 2019 7:40:21 GMT -5
I dumped Raw and Smackdown last year and honestly, it was the best thing I've ever done in my wrestling fandom. I don't even watch highlights on YouTube. I'll read a report on them Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and that's it.
I have Thursday nights as my wrestling night- I'll watch NXT and NXT UK, and whatever special/classic matches/documentary/behind the scenes stuff the Network has put up. If I have the time I'll watch 205 Live as well, but that's rare enough. Lately I've been watching a lot of AEW stuff as well on Thursdays (Being the elite, Road to DON etc.), and hunting down some NJPW matches.
Outside of this the only wrestling I'll watch are the Takeovers, which I watch live and love, and the PPVs, which I watch the next day and range from ok to awful.
Basically I watch all the stuff I enjoy, and cut out all the stuff I hate. It works well for me.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on May 31, 2019 7:43:36 GMT -5
I've been done for a hot minute now, with the Network being my only real cord, and I cut that a couple months back.
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