I think I'm done for a while...

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Guys,

It seems to happen to me every few years or so, and I think it's happened again. WWE has lost me....again.

I was a big fan of wrestling when I was growing up, watched it until the late 80's, then I grew tired of it with the goofy cartoonish gimmicks that WWF was running with all the time. That's also around the time Turner bought out Jim Crockett Promotions, and I didn't like that product anymore either.

I didn't watch much wrestling again until my college years and the birth of the Monday Night Wars. During this time, I got REALLY into it. So much so that we'd routinely drive to Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, or Raleigh/Chapel Hill to see live events. Those are all good drives from Wilmington. I stayed into it until...well...the Vince Russo years in WCW. Again, they lost me.

I started to tune back in when Vince bought WCW, mostly out of curiosity. That didn't last very long. When I saw what the WCW Invasion angle was going to be all about, I stopped watching again.

This time, I was away for quite a while. I didn't really start watching again until just before Wrestlemania 20, when one of my alltime favorites, Chris Benoit, won the World Title. GREAT moment!

I've been watching pretty much since then, non-stop. That's a good long run, but these days, I dunno. There's just nothing going on anymore that makes me feel like it's must see television. I haven't watched the last 2 PPV's, haven't been following Smackdown, haven't watched ECW much, and wasn't even interested in watching Raw last week.

Guys - it's been fun, but I'm out. WWE and pro wrestling has lost me for the time being.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Join the club, it's been 6-7 months since I've regularly watched. I may start watching again this summer as I normally do, but as of now, I could care less.

[Majingir]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

i still watch raw but tune out for the most part

[TimmeH]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

I've been losing interest in some of the wrestling on TV as of late as well. I haven't watched TNA in weeks(even though it always records on my DVR), haven't ordered a PPV since Mania, Raw barely interests me at all...Smackdown is the only show that I've been enjoying consistantly.

Luckily, I've kinda caught ROH fever as of late so that's been giving me my wrestling fix. Instead of dropping a ton of money on WWE PPVs, I'm just going to use that money on ROH DVDs(one WWE PPV is the equivilent to four DVDs when they got their $10 sale)

Between Smackdown, ROH, WWE 24/7(when Charter actually updates it properly ), and my other DVDs, I have enough to keep me entertained after I get done fast-forwarding through Raw.

[Graphik]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Same here. I've been off for about a year now. It happens like that every so often. I know I'll be back. When? I dont have clue. Its just impossible to keep up with a show that continually runs every week of the year for what seems to be my entire lifetime.

[Lintyfresh85]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

yeah, my last off period was during the Alliance and Invasion angles. I'm sure I'll be due soon enough for a break, but right now I'm going strong.

[mjb2124]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Sounds like me TJ. However, I've been off for about 5 years now with no real interest in coming back. I check this board out on occasion and even tuned in for about 10 minutes one night (2-3 months ago?) and couldn't get into it.

I loved watching the WWF back in high school and into college. In college, we had a group of guys who would get together every Monday night at the house my roommates and I had to drink beer, eat wings and watch the WWF/WWE/WCW. Once I graduated, I would still watch on Monday night and BS with my college friends as to what happened (most don't live anywhere near me).

I can't recall exactly when, but at one point I really lost interest. I'm pretty sure HHH was champion then and Nadia and Jamie Noble were doing their thing. Not sure why that sticks out in my mind, but it does...

[CaptainZombie]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

I can't remember when my last off period has been since its been so long, but the last 2 months I have been losing interest. I haven't posted in the RAW or ECW threads in weeks. The product has been crap and only continues to go that route.

[TheBadazz]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

I can't remember when my last off period has been since its been so long, but the last 2 months I have been losing interest. I haven't posted in the RAW or ECW threads in weeks. The product has been crap and only continues to go that route.

Agreed.

[cbgatorade0202]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Tho I think all these shows are a bunch of crap I'll keep watching for right now atleast. PPV's I enjoy every Sunday Night I get them no matter how bad it is, but Outside of RAW I never catch ECW, Impact or Smackdown.

[Double Eights]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Join the club. I used to be a die-hard WWF fan, up until they switched to WWE. I lost interest when Austin started his "what?!" chant. That drove me almost to the brink of insanity, so I called it quits.

I miss the old WWF days. Very entertaining.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

TJ... what about Snitsky?

[CaptainZombie]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Tho I think all these shows are a bunch of crap I'll keep watching for right now atleast. PPV's I enjoy every Sunday Night I get them no matter how bad it is, but Outside of RAW I never catch ECW, Impact or Smackdown.

It's a shame as to how wrestling has turned into. 20 years ago it was a blast to watch. 10-15 years ago was also fun to watch..........but then all this entertainment crap started hitting extreme levels. I'm ok with the entertainment aspect to a degree, but sometimes its taken just way too far and it drives me nuts. When Vince McMahon, owner of the WWE becomes a 2 time World Heavyweight Champion.............there is a problem.

[Graphik]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

IMO, they just need a totally diffrent writing direction. Its to cliche', unoriginal and uninspiring. Plus all these angle and direction changes....nowbody seems to be 'the perfect heel' or 'the prefect face' anymore. They switch up so often, its hard to really build a character that one can identify with. The last of the greats, HHH, HBK, Undertaker, Kane, Flair, etc, seem to be a dying breed.

[MassNole]

Re: I think I'm done for a while...

Even today I wish anyone caught doing that during a promo would be thrown from the arena. It still kills mic work when you have jackasses chanting "What?" to every word out of someone's mouth.

I just got back into wrestling around the time ECW was reborn and DX came back, so that's a year now. I can rather honestly say if not for CM Punk I'd already be gone. Of course not having a local CW affiliate doesn't help if the best 'wrestling' is in fact on Smackdown.