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Quote: Originally Posted by scarface scotty

I wouldn't say that I've been a wrestling fan all my life. I started watching it during the Monday night wars. I was a big fan of WCW...they just had a wide variety of wrestlers and a really deep cruiserweight division which I loved. Really the only reason I watched WWE back then was because of Stone Cold, The Rock, and hotties like Trish Stratus. I didn't watch them for the wrestling abilities...they were just entertaining from the things they said to the crazy stunts they pulled (I still love Stone Cold hosing down Vince McMahon from the beer truck). But once WCW folded, really my only choice was WWE. They eventually got rid of all the people that I liked that came from WCW and ECW and even some of the younger talents that were being groomed within the company (Jeff Hardy, Elijah Burke). I stopped watching for several years. I started watching again recently because I really liked SvR 2010 after I rented it and eventually bought it. I'm just really disappointed in what WWE has become...especially Raw. I'm hating the PG rated content they are putting out now. I mean Raw runs from 9-11, that should be mature entertainment IMO. Not to mention the length and number of matches have gone down considerably. I hate Vince coming down to the ring and gloating for 20 minutes straight. Then they'll have a two minute match. Then John Cena will come down and cut a 30 minute sleep inducing promo. Then a three minute match. Then HHH and HBK will tape Hornswoggle to a skateboard and push him down the hallway. Then the main event, a 5 minute match that usually always involves John Cena. So pardon me if I'm a little cynical. I'd watch TNA but I think they're even worse. So I'll watch NXT and the occasional Smackdown and keep praying these young guys will get their shot someday.

You did a really good job of explaining why you are cynical of the product, and I think I understand that. What I don't understand is why you still watch it?? I know you say that since WCW folded and TNA is god-awful, the WWE is your "only choice"... but you always have the choice to turn of the TV, change the channel, go outside, create your own storylines on 2010 where Triple H opens the show and Shelton Benjamin is the WWE champion, etc.

If my sole reason for watching is to hope and pray that one of my guys gets pushed, then I think that for me it would be a waste of time (though I have seen Angle, Orton, Cena, and Miz pushed in my time as a fan). I'd rather go to the gym and play basketball, catch up on some work, spend time with the GF, watch any number of the TV shows, movies, or Rockets games that I love, engage in discussions like this on OS, hang with friends etc.

A whim and a prayer is not worth my time which is why I wonder if the IWC gets something else out of putting down the product. 5 hours a week plus PPV's is too much time to invest in something I dislike.