The past 3 years of WWE. Any thoughts?

[defectiveepitaph]

Trash company with some of the best talent in the world.

[Chainsaw]

Yes, I have thoughts. None of them good.

[Rican]

I’m 33 years old and have watched WWE literally my whole life and watched like….maybe 10 hours total this year. Didn’t even bother with any PPV’s after Summerslam and I have Peacock. It just all feels so pointless and lame and overproduced. It really seems like they’re set on selling in the near future and hopefully whoever takes it over cares more and makes an effort.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I'll throw out one positive that will of course turn negative, but 2019 RAW was really good for a bit. Aleister, Murphy, Seth and AOP, Owen, Becky, Ricochet, Humberto, Cedric getting a shot, etc. It felt like a fresh show about building new talent.

Then they released most of 'em!

[fw91]

Boring, but all the same, I think it shows that WWE has its own style that isn’t a fit for everyone.

[clifford]

Dec 30, 2021 14:37:05 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Boring, but all the same, I think it shows that WWE has its own style that isn’t a fit for everyone.

Which makes their boasting about being able to appeal to everyone just...sad.

[fw91]

Dec 30, 2021 15:52:41 GMT -5 clifford said:

Dec 30, 2021 14:37:05 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Boring, but all the same, I think it shows that WWE has its own style that isn’t a fit for everyone.

Which makes their boasting about being able to appeal to everyone just...sad.

eh to each their own. like I said they have been boring for a while and my interest as a life time fan is at an all time low. However, I really don't think they get it wrong with evaluating star power of talent as much as the rest of the iwc does.

[agent817]

I wasn't keeping up as much in the later part of the 2010s. I don't see myself stopping enjoying wrestling as a whole, but I will admit that there are some things about WWE that doesn't keep me invested. When Smackdown moved to Fox, I started to get back into it more. I watched Smackdown on a weekly basis. AEW had started around that time, NXT moved to USA. So maybe my interest in wrestling was starting to get back into swing, especially with the turn of the decade. This was in late-2019, by the way. Like I said, I didn't keep up as much during the late-2010s, at least during 2018 to a good amount of 2019.

One thing that got me interested was the Survivor Series storyline of 2019 when NXT was added to the mix. Yes, we may have had the tired use of Raw vs. Smackdown, but with NXT involved, they did a decent job at doing an invasion storyline.

Since then, though, well, I kept watching, but Raw became a chore to watch while Smackdown was a little more interesting. Even during the Performance Center days, Smackdown had some decent product whereas Raw didn't. However, there were some bits where I questioned the decisions of the booking, like having the Sasha and Bayley storyline happen when people didn't care anymore.

I still watch the PPVs, but I must note that I am not that enthusiastic about Day 1. I may watch it, though.

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Already listed the things I haven't liked, so I'll be nice and list some of the things I HAVE liked about the last 3 years:

-Becky Lynch was "must watch" TV for me every week from SummerSlam 2018 through the 2019 Rumble
-KofiMania! I never felt strongly one way or the other about Kofi before this storyline, but even I was invsted in his chase for the title
-Drew McIntyre turning face and becoming one of the most likable champions they've had in a long time
-NXT, both the HHH super indy version and 2.0
-Roman Reigns from his heel turn up until WM 37
-Brock Lesnar doing some of his best work since his 2012 return as a babyface
-Seth Rollins' weird ass outfits
-Big E winning the title was a great moment, even though I haven't really been into his reign (not his fault)
-Edge's return has been mostly great