Wrestling Update Needed.

**NoRoolz** · 04-14-2011, 02:38 PM

I've literally done this since 2003 - I watch wrestling religiously for anywhere between 6 months to 2 years, then start to become bored and don't watch a minute of wrestling for the same sorta length of time.

Anyway, last time I watched was in late 2009/early 2010 and I hands down preferred TNA by a country mile to WWE back then. Cena/Orton was boring the life out of me, the crowds were so dead it made it uncomfortable to watch, Swagger and Sheamus got WORLD TITLE RUNS ridiculously prematurely and WWE had recently decided to make PPV's Gimmick Matches. IE - Elimination Chamber and Hell in a Cell. I can't put into words how ridiculous I thought this was, and for quite a while, I solely watched TNA. The lesser of two evils. Almost the opposite of WWE. Rather than matches that didn't have enough 'moves', it had too many. Instead of WWE's no controversy in terms of 'anything can happen', swerves, innovation, storylines/brawls etc, TNA had too much. Dead crowds of WWE compared to TNA's very vocal crowd that chant stupid shit. 'THIS IS AWESOME' every single night. I'd rather too much than not enough, but not long after I stopped watching TNA too... fast forward to now.

... Heard about The Rock coming back, and watched WrestleMania, wasn't impressed overall and wasn't gonna watch again, but then I broke my foot at work, and last week had 'that conversation' where you talk about 'How great WWF was from 98-01' (with non-wrestling fans), and I felt that familiar urge to throw myself into the wrestling world. Tying in with being home-bound by a cast and crutches I thought what better time than to 'try to get back into wrestling'.

I watched the two weeks of RAW since 'Mania and actually really enjoyed them. I was happy to see that stables seem to be making a return, happy to hear vocal crowds, and just generally was interested in what was going on. I watched TNA and thought it was dogshit. Huge brawl. Swerve. Poor acting. Bad story-telling. Hogan and Flair zzzzzzz.

Anyway, so I've come crawling back to wrestling and would like to be updated. Back-story wasn't needed I know but I'm bored at home with a broken foot so fuck you I'll be as long-winded as I possibly can.

SOMEONE PLEASE:

Sum up what's happened in 2010/2011. In both TNA/WWE.

- Where's Batista? Jericho? Any other notable firings/people leaving/switches?
- Overall has TNA improved, or has it not really progressed?
- Alberto Del Rio, Sin Cara, other new guys? Potential?

Any updates will be much appreciated, help a cripple get a hobby.

Thank you

04-14-2011, 02:38 PM	#1
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709	Wrestling Update Needed. I've literally done this since 2003 - I watch wrestling religiously for anywhere between 6 months to 2 years, then start to become bored and don't watch a minute of wrestling for the same sorta length of time. Anyway, last time I watched was in late 2009/early 2010 and I hands down preferred TNA by a country mile to WWE back then. Cena/Orton was boring the life out of me, the crowds were so dead it made it uncomfortable to watch, Swagger and Sheamus got WORLD TITLE RUNS ridiculously prematurely and WWE had recently decided to make PPV's Gimmick Matches. IE - Elimination Chamber and Hell in a Cell. I can't put into words how ridiculous I thought this was, and for quite a while, I solely watched TNA. The lesser of two evils. Almost the opposite of WWE. Rather than matches that didn't have enough 'moves', it had too many. Instead of WWE's no controversy in terms of 'anything can happen', swerves, innovation, storylines/brawls etc, TNA had too much. Dead crowds of WWE compared to TNA's very vocal crowd that chant stupid shit. 'THIS IS AWESOME' every single night. I'd rather too much than not enough, but not long after I stopped watching TNA too... fast forward to now. ... Heard about The Rock coming back, and watched WrestleMania, wasn't impressed overall and wasn't gonna watch again, but then I broke my foot at work, and last week had 'that conversation' where you talk about 'How great WWF was from 98-01' (with non-wrestling fans), and I felt that familiar urge to throw myself into the wrestling world. Tying in with being home-bound by a cast and crutches I thought what better time than to 'try to get back into wrestling'. I watched the two weeks of RAW since 'Mania and actually really enjoyed them. I was happy to see that stables seem to be making a return, happy to hear vocal crowds, and just generally was interested in what was going on. I watched TNA and thought it was dogshit. Huge brawl. Swerve. Poor acting. Bad story-telling. Hogan and Flair zzzzzzz. Anyway, so I've come crawling back to wrestling and would like to be updated. Back-story wasn't needed I know but I'm bored at home with a broken foot so fuck you I'll be as long-winded as I possibly can. SOMEONE PLEASE: Sum up what's happened in 2010/2011. In both TNA/WWE. - Where's Batista? Jericho? Any other notable firings/people leaving/switches? - Overall has TNA improved, or has it not really progressed? - Alberto Del Rio, Sin Cara, other new guys? Potential? Any updates will be much appreciated, help a cripple get a hobby. Thank you