No matter what, wrestling still sucks

[The Naitch]

It doesn't keep me waiting every week for the next episode of RAW/Smackdown! like it used to do back in 99-00.

Do we blame the product? The monopoly? Or should we blame ourselves for 'growing out of it'? :shifty:

Discuss

[Xero]

Do we blame the product? The monopoly? Or should we blame ourselves for 'growing out of it'? :shifty:
HECK NO!

Blame TNA! Blame TNA! It's not even a real company anyway!

[Skippord]

I look forward to Raw every week but not Smackdown

[Hired Hitman]

It might not have the same effect on me it did during 1997-2000, but it's still one of the few shows I'd watch, because I like the Idea of Professional Wrestling.

[OverTaker]

I think they're running out of ideas and if they attempt to try the same thing again, people lose interest. Maybe, the writers just need to go here and get some suggestions.

[mike627]

perhaps you just have grown out of it.

[BlackDawn2024]

HECK NO!

Blame TNA! Blame TNA! It's not even a real company anyway!

With all their six-sided ring hulabaloo, and that bitch Dixie Carter, too!

[Corkscrewed]

Well, when the writers have no wrestling storyline experience...

[Johnny Vegas]

:the post before mine: :y:

[Just John]

Yeah, WWE at the moment is very uninspiring, which is a shame because I really love wrestling, I'm just living off old videos at the moment to 'keep the spark alive' or so to speak.

[Innovator]

thank god for ROH

[Stickman]

thank god for DVDs

[NeanderCarl]

The best way to answer your question to ask somebody around the 15/16yr old mark if they are addicted to watching every week, much like we were at that age. If they say no, then there's the question answered.

[James Steele]

I am 17 and I only watch RAW. I usually record it or download it if I find something else to do. I haven't watched SmackDown! since Kurt Angle won the world title battle royal. Several of my friends watch RAW occasionally, but that is it. The common response I get is simply "they get into too much crap nowadays.". WWE does so much over-the-top crap that it eliminates all suspension of disbelief which elminates the experience.

[Skippord]

The best way to answer your question to ask somebody around the 15/16yr old mark if they are addicted to watching every week, much like we were at that age. If they say no, then there's the question answered.
I am

[ttetf]

The pushing of inexperienced talent. That and the writing is absolute garbage to what it was in 98' - 00'

[PullMyFinger]

The writings and ideas are absolute shite...its like they don't try anymore.

Raw has been getting interesting for me though...as of late...but I think the interest is slowing dying because WWE failed to pull the trigger on DX when it was the right time.

I haven't seen Smackdown this year at all except for 4 times...nor do I care either. I forgot most of the time, but other than that....Smackdown looks like an episode of Thunder now.

Since the end of 2001, wrestling as a whole has been on a decline. But honestly, I'd have to state that things are finally changing. Like TNA or not, they are getting somewhere...pulling in a rating of 1.1 and 1.2 now on a steady basis when compared to the .8's they were getting a while ago. Doesn't seem like much, but it's solid improvement. Two companies are better than one, and at least there is another alternative out there. I also look forward to seeing how MTV's Wrestling X show is going to work out.

I don't think anything can get as bad as WWE in 2002-2004...holy shit that was a bad era. Raw had the same storyline for about a year and half or even two years....everyone vs. Evolution.

[crash99]

I don't know, if your like me and have been watching wrestling since you were a little kid sometimes you tend to just get burned out from watching it. But if you really love it, but are just finding the shows unwatchable, I always just try to focus on an angle or superstar and enjoy them and build off of that. If you can't find anything you like, then you might need to take a break from watching.

[NeanderCarl]

The pushing of inexperienced talent. That and the writing is absolute garbage to what it was in 98' - 00'

Let's be honest, for the most part, the writing was garbage back then too. Because the high profile feuds were so well done, a lot of fans have sugarcoated memories of that period. Looking beyond Austin, Foley, DX, Rock and McMahon, there wasn't a lot of watchable stuff on WWE TV.

You had your "over" guys being held back in the mid-card, much like today: D'Lo Brown, Val Venis, Test, Al Snow, Owen Hart, Ken Shamrock, Hardy Boyz, Chris Jericho, Jeff Jarrett and the "light heavyweights" such as Kaientai are just some examples that spring to mind.

You had your crappy "talent" being pushed to the moon, much like today: Mr. Ass, Chyna, Mark Henry, Big Bossman, Dan Severn, Bradshaw, Big Show, Goldust, Mideon and Viscera...

Then you had your worthless mid card who didn't add anything to the show: Skull and Eight Ball, Prince Albert, LOD2000, Bull Buchanan, Midnight Express, Oddities, Mean Street Posse, Blue Meanie, Godfather, Ivory, Gangrel....

And as far as shit angles go: Mae Young's pregnancy (and anything else involving Sexual Chocolate), "A McMahon In Every Corner", Triple H getting bitten by snakes, Davey Boy adding actual dog shit to his arsenal, "Your mama says you're a bastard", Pepper the dog, the embalming of Steve Austin, "Where to, Stephanie?", Dean "Ladies Man" Malenko, William "Real Man's Man" Regal, "choppy choppy your pee-pee", Naked Mideon and the like would all be hated on big time if they happened in today's WWE.

But like I say, there was enough GREAT stuff to offset the bad back then, even though there was a great deal of bad.

[PullMyFinger]

WWE back then even got the fans to care about the crap on Raw.

[Flair Wooo]

I am losing intrest in wrestling now..Not watched it for like 3 week ..game over.

[Kalyx triaD]

Let's be honest, for the most part, the writing was garbage back then too. Because the high profile feuds were so well done, a lot of fans have sugarcoated memories of that period. Looking beyond Austin, Foley, DX, Rock and McMahon, there wasn't a lot of watchable stuff on WWE TV.

You had your "over" guys being held back in the mid-card, much like today: D'Lo Brown, Val Venis, Test, Al Snow, Owen Hart, Ken Shamrock, Hardy Boyz, Chris Jericho, Jeff Jarrett and the "light heavyweights" such as Kaientai are just some examples that spring to mind.

You had your crappy "talent" being pushed to the moon, much like today: Mr. Ass, Chyna, Mark Henry, Big Bossman, Dan Severn, Bradshaw, Big Show, Goldust, Mideon and Viscera...

Then you had your worthless mid card who didn't add anything to the show: Skull and Eight Ball, Prince Albert, LOD2000, Bull Buchanan, Midnight Express, Oddities, Mean Street Posse, Blue Meanie, Godfather, Ivory, Gangrel....

And as far as shit angles go: Mae Young's pregnancy (and anything else involving Sexual Chocolate), "A McMahon In Every Corner", Triple H getting bitten by snakes, Davey Boy adding actual dog shit to his arsenal, "Your mama says you're a bastard", Pepper the dog, the embalming of Steve Austin, "Where to, Stephanie?", Dean "Ladies Man" Malenko, William "Real Man's Man" Regal, "choppy choppy your pee-pee", Naked Mideon and the like would all be hated on big time if they happened in today's WWE.

But like I say, there was enough GREAT stuff to offset the bad back then, even though there was a great deal of bad.

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