Anyone else almost "not care" about WWE...

[Guest Downhome]

Don't get me wrong, I still watch, and I always will watch WWE. It's just something I love, Pro. Wrestling, and that's that. What I'm talking about is something just a bit more different. I'm starting to really not care what happens on their programs. I suppose it's from having almost everything in the past two years be fucked up either just by the booking, politics, or as we've seen lately, guys getting hurt. I've started to expect the worse every show, and more offten than not, I get just that. I do not take anything they say on TV seriously any more either. Have it be a huge match they are promoting, a suprise, or whatever, it just doesn't seem to matter to me at the moment. I watch the shows like I always have, but quite frankly, it isn't the same at all to me anymore. I know there are some great things, like many guys on Smackdown, RVD, I am enjoying the Vince/Hogan thing, but it still doesn't feel like it should, does it not?

 

I know this is just the state of Pro. Wrestling right now, nothing seems to ever happen that changes anything for a positive, and I've accepted that for now. I've began not to look for something huge to happen, and to get pumped for it. For now, I'm just taking the crap as it comes, and if something great happens to shake things up, THEN I'll "feel it" once again.

 

I don't really know how to explain this any better, it's just weird really. I don't really watch out of the love for the shows right now, it's more of a habit, and to me, that is f'd up majorly. Even though they have Austin and Rocky back, it still doesn't feel right, everything still just has a screwed up feel to me. Like I've said before, I really hope they shake things up, get on the ball, and REALLY start moving forward and improving their product, because untill then...

 

...I'm just waiting, instead of anticipating anymore.

 

Sincerely,

...Downhome...

[Guest Anglesault]

It's really become a chore for me. I kind of feel I have to watch, but I can't get myself motivated most of the time

[Guest Ram]

RVD, Jericho, HBK, Booker T, Austin, Rock, Hurricane, Angle, Haas, Benjamin, Cena, Lesnar, Nunzio, Noble, Mysterio, Albert-Big Show (I've grown to like them for some strange reason), Benoit, Eddie, Chavo, Rhyno, and others I can't think of off the top of my head are reasons I watch.

 

There's really nothing else on for me when SD! or RAW is on anyway. When it's an especially boring night or nothing is really interesting me, I *gasp* do something else!

[Guest Downhome]

It's really become a chore for me. I kind of feel I have to watch, but I can't get myself motivated most of the time

I agree, as for the past few shows I was actually relieved that it was over. Like I said, I'll always watch, I'm a slave to it, but I really am not into it as I know I should be.

 

Damnit Vince, you are killing off my enthusiasm for what I love!

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Roughly speaking, I miss about 75% of RAW and 50% of Smackdown these days, and I end up not caring that I do. There's a select few on each roster that I still like to watch, but there are many more that I can simply live without, and I can't be bothered to care, let alone watch. Knowing in the back of my mind that "scintillating" feuds like HHH/Nash and Lesnar/Jones are on the horizon don't help matters any.

 

I'm actually really surprised, Downhome, that these thoughts are coming from you.

[FigureFourTapes 0]

I watch for Austin, Flair, Angle, Guerreros, Beniot, Rhyno, and Rock. Now one of those reasons is gone, ones a lackey, and the other is leaving at the end of the month. Yeah, I feel the same way as Downhome.

[Guest ViciousFish]

I agree....I used to look forward every week to watching Raw and Smackdown, and to get my 'fix' I'd watch the weekend shows even though they were mostly recaps. However, over the last year or so I've been unable to care. I mean I still watch just about every week, but I don't feel ripped off if I'm forced to miss an episode. I didn't see Raw or Smackdown this week and I really don't care anymore. I love wrestling, I've watched it since I was 3 years old, but it's getting harder to enjoy watching the WWE which is basically the only exposure I have except for TNA which generally isn't worth $10 a week or downloading matches, but I've been having trouble finding any thing new.

 

WWE has just become predictable. I used to love when not catching a RAW meant you might miss a title change. I miss the IC belt, which had some better feuds than the Heavyweight title. I miss watching the Rumble and actually being suprised by who won. I miss actual tag teams, not 2 guys thrown together because there is no where else to put them and they should be put on tv. I don't want Vince to bring back shock TV because that got real old real fast but I do want to be suprised by a title change or a unexpected heel turn. the closest I've come to being suprised by that was when Jeff Hardy started trying to kick ass after matches. I actually thought he would be a heel and then they 180'd it.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

I don't care. I still like certain wrestlers, and if I happen to turn on Raw or Smackdown when their on I'll watch, but I don't go out of my way to watch anymore.

[Guest Downhome]

I'm actually really surprised, Downhome, that these thoughts are coming from you.

I thought some would be, because many know how I usually am on here. I hate feeling like this, I really do. To tell you the truth, as of right now, this coming Wrestlemania just might be the first WM that I haven't watched live, in an entire decade.

 

Now THAT pains me to say. It's not because of lack of money either, but rather, just simply a lack of true interest.

[Guest RugbyDiva]

It's really become a chore for me. I kind of feel I have to watch, but I can't get myself motivated most of the time

I agree, as for the past few shows I was actually relieved that it was over. Like I said, I'll always watch, I'm a slave to it, but I really am not into it as I know I should be.

 

Damnit Vince, you are killing off my enthusiasm for what I love!

In one word. Ditto.

 

Don't get me wrong I still love to watch, it's just that something is missing these days. And without 'it', RAW and SmackDown! just aren't the same as they use to be.

[Guest ViciousFish]

I'm still getting 'Mania because it feels dirty to not get it, but I'm fully expecting to be disappointed this year, especially after last year.

[Guest HartFan86]

I still care, but not like I used too. My intrested level for wrestling has always been high, but the current product just makes it harder and harder to get thru the 2 hours worth of TV every week.

[Guest Pa|adin]

Watching WWE alows me to get a good few hours of sleep.

 

I'll still watch.

[Kurt Angle Mark 0]

Personally speaking ever since I found out about Angle's injury, I just can't seem to care about or get into the WWE anymore. The thought of Angle leaving for a year or even worse retiring hangs over me like a black cloud, it takes all the enjoyment away from watching the shows. Then with the Rock leaving in a few weeks it just feels that things are getting worse instead of better.

[Guest ViciousFish]

I still care, but not like I used too. My intrested level for wrestling has always been high, but the current product just makes it harder and harder to get thru the 2 hours worth of TV every week.

I'm a self professed 'channel surfing junkie' but wrestling used to make me drop the remote, but now I flip constantly during RAW especially.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

I'm still getting 'Mania because it feels dirty to not get it, but I'm fully expecting to be disappointed this year, especially after last year.

Hm. I don't feel the same way and get really amused when other fans get indignant when they find out that some aren't counting down the days like they do. I missed last year's Mania willingly (I had other committments that day anyway, but I doubt I would have bought the show regardless) and hearing and reading about its mediocrity (with the exception of one match), I can't say that I regretted it.

[FigureFourTapes 0]

Everything about it is old, I'm tired of seeing HHH with the belt, I'm tired of hearing about all these "next big things", and I'm tired of watching the weak ass tag teams like someone mentioned earlier. The WWE obviously doesn't give a shit either, Vince won his battle with WCW so what does he have to care about?

[Guest the pinjockey]

Jericho and force of habit are the only reasons I watch Raw. 9:00 comes around and I find myself turning on Raw and preparing to be bored for two hours. Usually by 10:00 I find myself saying "Good lord there is still an hour left?"

 

SD I find myself making an effort to see some things. When I read the spoilers I find the stuff I want to see and make an effort to flip during those matches/segments. But it has been at least 6 months since I sat and watched SD straight through.

 

But overall there is no real sense of anticipation going into the shows, because you know nothing happens anymore. There is no excuse for being able to sit down at 9:00 and accurately predict what is going to happen in the next two hours and be correct.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

I know some who are like that. I'm not however. Part of the reason is that, maybe because I'm more of a sheep than many of the people here, or just because I hold a different point of view, I either don't care for the victims of the glass ceiling or I don't really care about who's getting pushed myself.

 

I mean, really. I have my favorites, and I wouldn't care if they're main eventers or midcarders really. For instance, I've always picked Booker T over RVD in terms of being able to get over while working "Main Event Style." I like Booker now as much as I did when he was when he was stuck in a feud with the NWO all last year. My only real complaint with the feud per se was that his opponent was usually Big Show, who does not put on good matches.

 

Also, The Rock is sorta kinda his old self, and that character is what got me into wrestling, so I'm excited to see that. And for what time he has left, Kurt Angle gives me the same fun I had with Rock's last heel run, in that I really like the guy while still not wanting to see him go face. It would spoil the fun.

 

Maybe I'm just optimistic, or maybe it's because I'm rather new and haven't suffered through Hogan/Nash/etc for as many years as you guys have, and thus don't really care about The Powers Backstage yet.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Jotw. I'd say alot of people still like watching their favorites. They don't feel obligated or even care if they only watch said wrestlers segment and not watch anything else.

[Guest imajackoff?]

I started feeling the way Downhome feels now in late 2000. Sure, there have been glimmers of hope like WM17, Jericho winning the undis. title, and Hogan v. Rock match at WM18. However, more times than not, the product has been so stale that I just havent given a damn. From 1996-2000, I planned things around monday nights 9-11pm. Now, I go weeks without seeing a show. When I do find myself watching, its the same old uninspired crap.

[Guest ViciousFish]

Also, The Rock is sorta kinda his old self, and that character is what got me into wrestling, so I'm excited to see that.

Rock was actually the only reason I even felt midly disappointed about missing RAW. The Rock/Hurricane segments had me laughing harder than I've personally laughed in a long long time.

[Guest Downhome]

The moment that Vince McMahon's face was on my TV the moment the last Mondy Night Nitro, is the moment that I first started felling like this. My heart fell to the ground, and I knew in my heart that bad times were a comin', heh. I've had moments of hope, and mark out moments obviously, but in the end it meant nothing, nothing in the past two years has meant anything. Just look at the product, we are right back where we were two years ago basicly, simply with a change here and there.

 

I'll still mark out when I can, I'll still enjoy seeing "my guys" perform, but as of right now my care for WWE as a whole is going south, and only the fuck ups in WWE can change that, by doing something different, shaking things up, and doing just SOMETHING damnit.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

My interest level is as high as it's always been, but I won't delude myself and say that it's good enough to warrant such interest. I just find enough little things to love every week to keep me into it as much as the first day I watched.

[Guest Downhome]

Also, The Rock is sorta kinda his old self, and that character is what got me into wrestling, so I'm excited to see that.

Rock was actually the only reason I even felt midly disappointed about missing RAW. The Rock/Hurricane segments had me laughing harder than I've personally laughed in a long long time.

It's too bad that it wont mean ANYTHING now.

[FigureFourTapes 0]

Downhome's post made me think, I remember when Flair came back, how much I marked out. But now it's meaningless.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Jotw. I'd say alot of people still like watching their favorites. They don't feel obligated or even care if they only watch said wrestlers segment and not watch anything else.

Exactly.

 

I don't feel the need to support those wrestlers who I don't care for or who I think suck major ass therefore, fuck 'em.

[Guest ViciousFish]

Yeah well God forbid someone new actually goes over. I swear is a plane crashed and killed Rock, Austin, HHH(who would die in a huge explosion of 'roids), Taker, and the Pig Slow the company would be crippled. Not because of lack of talent but the fact that nobody new can over in Vince's mighty opinion unless they weigh 300lbs. No wonder no one cares anymore.

[Guest Downhome]

Downhome's post made me think, I remember when Flair came back, how much I marked out. But now it's meaningless.

I agree, that was truly a mark out moment, but now look at Flair. I think he SHOULD be a manager now, but he's almost worthless being with HHH. Flair should be used to get someone over, someone new, not someone like HHH.

 

Ugh.

[Guest ViciousFish]

It was kinda cool seeing Flair with Batista BEFORE Evolution officially started. I thought of it in my own deluded way of Flair doing his part for the next generation and now like Downhome said he's worthless where he is.