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Old 11-20-2018, 03:35 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito View Post
I can only speak to my own opinion, but I generally view Raw 1000 (July 2012) as something of a turning point for me.

By then, I had already stopped watching SmackDown. Once the initial brand split ended, the show felt entirely pointless. I remember there was a stretch where any good match on SmackDown would just get run again on Raw, so there was no need to ever tune in for it.

So I only watched Raw. There was still a whole ton of shit going on, but there were good things too (Punk, Bryan's descent into madness, Ryback looking like he could be a big deal), and the good things were enough to keep me tuning in.

Raw 1000 was pretty damn lame, even by nostalgia show standards. But the bigger thing is that's when they announced that they were moving Raw to three hours full-time and that was just so deflating for me. I still had the show on most weeks but spent 90% of it with my back turned as I was on the computer and stuff.

Various points between 2014-16 I stopped watching entirely. When the brand split came back I decided to give the company a chance. I actually watched both shows intently for several months and found myself really enjoying most of it. But by the end of the year I was right back to being indifferent about Raw.
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