Another rant (long read)

[bigHEADinc]

I've gone through this, hell, I go through it now...

I don't really watch any wrestling on TV, just DVDs (Although my DVD collection is just waiting for that Rock Anthology), I don't really watch PPVs, even though my friend's got a black box, and I just kinda stopped caring...

But I'm going to Wrestlemania this year, I'm planning on going to the Hall of Fame, probably gonna hit up the ROH show the Friday before...

I think that weekend will be the true judge on where I am as a wrestling fan...

It passes though, as long as you truly enjoy what it is... It happened to me before, and then Attitude happened... I zoned out after the Invasion, but I got pulled back in, and now I've zoned out again... It's the cycle that wrestling goes in, and it's something I've understood for years... Trust me, you'll be back...

[Deleted]

I hope you do turn around, I for one can't even fathom how incredibly boring my life would be if I stopped following wrestling. I still believe it just takes a natural habit of looking at the good over the bad when it comes to watching wrestling because not every show is gonna be perfect, I mean Trump versus Rosie wasn't the only thing that happened on that Raw, VKM's promo wasn't the only thing that happened at Final Resolution, for me every wrestling show, even if it's absolutely terrible has a diamond in the rough, it all depends whether or not you wanna acknowledge it. Just my opinion.

[Choose Slack]

Just what we need, another fan bitching.

[skskillz]

I agree with you. The only wrestling I watch nowadays is my tape collection (from the '80's up to 1992). I still enjoy watching those tapes, but I can't stand what wrestling has become today.

I mentioned this in another thread, but it bears repeating: wrestling has an expiration date. Once you hit a certain age, wrestling will not only NOT appeal to you anymore, but it will also stop marketing to your needs. The WWE doesn't care about the 25 and older crowd; the ones that grew up in the '80's and '90's. They are marketing to a new generation of fans. The new generation will grow up with John Cena, while Attitude becomes the era of nostalgia rather than the '80's.

My cousin turned me on to wrestling in early 1986. By 1989, when I was a crazed fanatic of the WWF hoping to talk to my cousin about Hogan/Savage/Warrior/Rude/etc, my cousin flat out told me he quit watching. He was 26, and seemed embarrassed of what wrestling became. Now I'm in my late-20's, and I'm the one embarrased of what wrestling has become. That's the only part of wrestling that is cyclical in my eyes.

The WWE being run by idiots is part of the problem, but I think age is really the common denominator here. There are some fans in our age group who turn to ROH and others indy feds to get their fix, but I just can't do the same.

Once you can't "mark out" anymore, it's over. There's no reason to watch. I still like to talk about the '80's and '90's, which is why I post here, but my time as a true wrestling fan are just about done as well.

[omgking]

I am the same age as you, and I'm about where you are. It's just not as good as it was. The frustration I feel stems from knowing that I, an admitted mark, could book that show 1000 times better. Maybe Russo leaves TNA, maybe ROH becomes more accessible in regards to TV or PPV, but right now the wrestling we grew up with is a distant memory. I'll never be able to fully pull the plug, but my days of making sure I watch every Raw are long gone. But trust me, when you have kids, they will be Hulkamaniacs. even if he is 97.

[paulonorcatto]

yeah but the thing is their are so many other companies out there that you can watch. wrestling doesnt end at wwe.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I started watching in 89, WrestleMania 5 was my first WWF event I ever saw, I loved it. I wore the tape out I watched it so much. I followed as much as possible for a 5 year old. I watched as many PPVs as I could, got as many figures as my parents would buy me, got all the shirts I possibly could....until about 94, when I stopped watching so much. I still bought every WWF magazine to follow what was happening, but I didn't catch every Raw like I used to or Superstars or Action Zone. Then I started to get back in a little bit, my grandma let me order some PPVs from her place, since I couldn't from mine anymore. I got back in. But I was getting older, so I had other things to do Monday nights and was missing more and more. I got the Internet and started learning real names, masked ids, past results and a lot of cool info. I found wrestling sites and followed that way.

Back around high school I started watching every week again, wrestling was hot and things were looking great. I started seeing every PPV again, every Raw and most Smackdowns....I stopped watching again when I not having cable made it impossible to see anything. Once I got cable, I got back in 100%, following everything.

Now, I'm drifting out again. I still love wrestling, always will. However, at the moment, I just don't care. I don't care about a single guy on any roster. There's no joy right now for me, RVD isn't gonna win another title for a while. My favs, Angle, Foley, Jericho are all gone. Triple H is gone, but the 1999-00 version of Trips I loved his long gone. So I watch simply because it's on. I turn it on and do other things, Raw is just background noise, literally, to whatever I am doing.

Soon, someone will break out, they'll be a huge star. I think Edge has this potential, he needs the right fued and right now, I don't think he's in it. Orton would have been, but, IMO, his career died the second Evolution turned on him less than 24 hours after winning is first WHC. A fued which could have bubbled for almost a year between him and Trips was speed thru in less than a month. Then came Batista's turn, they booked this fued like they should have done Orton/HHH, but Batista wasn't Orton. Orton had more the cocky heel, Legend Killer, next Superstar feel, he was HHH successor. Triple was the Legend Orton needed to kill in order to move up to the next level. It never happened.

So now, I sit and wait, waiting for the right guy to come, with the right tools, the right push. I have my memories of what was. Wrestling will always be in my heart, it's just right now the love has gone cold.

[dvy]

I have been watching for almost 17 years.Sometimes i cared alot,other times I didnt care at all.When I first got online in 1999,I became I psycho mark and read all the sites,was in every aol chatroom,etc..but I soon realized that knowing everything was killing my interest so I stopped paying attention and kind of just faded in and out.

Now i just watch the shows as a "casual fan" and enjoy it more than I ever have.I think you can be "smart" without being dumb,and you can be a workrate mark and still appreciate the goofball Mcmahon angles.