An old-school fan's view on today's WWE

[Zeeboe]

Originally Posted by XL Let's be fair, Noid's Noid posts are at the least original and at most entertaining if not realistic. This on the other hand is another "Whawawa, I liked wrestling the way it was when I was a kid and/or teenager". Whilst OK does have a point about judging other mediums in the same way, I do think there is something there with regard to "attachment to the product". Most of us got into wrestling when we were kids, when the wrestlers were live action cartoon characters/superheroes with God-like physiques. We didn't know out was staged, we bought into the spectacle and showmanship of it all. The Attitude Era saw us though our teenage years - a period of life notorious for rebellion and, well, attitude. What we saw on screen reflected how we felt. Stone Cold's Devil May Care, action-without-considering-the-ramifications persona probably connected with us more than we realised. Nowadays the product isn't geared towards us, the late-20s, early-30s crowd. Perhaps we don't have the same connection we previously had. Either way, the product is still enjoyable, to me at least.

The post following mine, Kane Knight's first post, and the above post were the only intelligent and mature replies and I thank you fellas for that.

Like the older wrestlers who have to stand aside for the younger wrestlers, I an older wrestling fan should (and have) step aside for the younger wrestling fans and should realize wrestling is geared towards the very young for the most part.

Also like the older wrestlers, nostalgia is all I have now, and like them, I may watch a Raw sometimes (much like how they may show up on Raw for a cameo),

If for example in 1995, I came across some 30-year old man who use to be a wrestling fan, I would have hated hearing him ramble about Superstar Billy Graham and how things were better in the 70's. I have no desire to be that guy, so yes, I should accept the fact that I am retired as a fan and that complaining about the current generation is a sign of aging and it's time to move on and let the young fans have their fun without an old timer like me complaining.



In regards of movies - I don't like most of today's films. I come across a few good ones every year, but rarely do I come across epic one these days. I'm old-school when it comes to films too. I don't even watch TV anymore either or sports or listen to today's music. I'm old-school 4 life.

The generation I was apart of was and is so good that I have very high standards when it comes to any type of entertainment, and I just prefer to live in the generation I started in forever. Hell, I bought my first cell phone in 2006 and it was a cheap and boring phone because I choose for it to be. It was only last year that I got an Iphone. I also currently refuse to get a Kindle and prefer to read books the old-fashioned way.

I am years behind the times, self-admitted. I'm a young man for sure, but I'm like a young man in the 1980's - Not 2012.

[Zeeboe]

Originally Posted by Zeeboe In regards of movies - I don't like most of today's films.

I take this back - There are plenty of good modern films I enjoy and unlike most of today's wrestling, in my view, I feel most films I have seen are not predictable.