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Originally Posted by tjmidnight420
Totally agree with you on the to each his own thing, but to me. I got sour on the product as a whole after the invasion thing. It was a result of the WWE toning it down due to the fact that they didn't have to try to grab the ratings anymore. Problem is, not only did they fail to grab up WCW's viewers, the decline in the product and the invasion clusterfuck led to them losing alot of their own viewers as well. Like a tobacco company, they looked to replace those viewers wherever they could. Presently this has lead us to the TV-PG era, which is all good, with the exception of the fact that the fans in the stands have no passion for the product anymore. A ten year old that's been watching for five years could never even hope to out pop a 35 year old who's been a fan of x wrestler for longer than the 10 year old has been alive.
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I totally agree. To me, the product and fanbase peaked at Mania X-7. Soon after that, everything went downhill pretty fast. With the exception of the Hogan/Rock match the following year, I don't really remember anything great that stood out. Not that there weren't some good things after that but nothing that really stands out to me.
Take Bret Hart for example, his return and Mania match should have gotten a huge reaction. His return got hardly any reaction compared to past standards, and the Mania match got nothing at all basically. The lack of reaction honestly made me ALMOST wish he hadn't returned. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he was able to return and get some closure with Vince, Shawn and HHH, etc. I man of his legendary status and history should have gotten a much bigger pop, especially since it had been 13 years.
Not to sound like an old man but, "DAMN KIDS!"