The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

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BasilZero said:

Dulfite said:

This may surprise some, but I used to be OBSESSED with wrestling back in like 2007-2011. Huge fan of the story telling component, of all things lol. I quit after getting way too into it. I mean, I used to watch every Raw, every Smackdown, some ECW, and I was reading behind the scenes details and rumors on some wrestling website I can't remember the name of all the time. It was bad, so I quit lol.

2007 to 2009 was good but after that I would say it got real bad until 2015 and 2016.

Its kind of bad right now but thankfully AEW exists so it balances out (that and now that there's potential of AEW stars going to WWE and vice versa which already has been happening).

I started watching in 1998 or something, watched until 2004, then sorta slipped away. Kept away until 2011 when Edge retired and CM Punk did his pipe bomb. Stayed with it until 2018 or something, but then gave up again (Seriously WWE is so bad...I don't know how anyone can defend their creative decisions. It's almost like they actively chose the worst option for every booking decision, or actively resist the fans for some absurd reason.) 

But then AEW came out in 2019 and I've been hooked ever since. IT's a blend of sports entertainment/goofiness and actual good wrestling. It has some dumb shit, for sure, but at least they don't actively resist the fans or disrespect their talent to put over dudes from 1996 coming back to steal the spotlight all the time. It's just more compelling and it's the most I've been into Pro Wrestling, maybe ever.