Current Events > When did you start disliking WWE?

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For me, that brand split after Wrestlemania XX is when I started losing interest. There was very little interesting about 2004 Smackdown or Raw, although JBL was a better title holder than expected.
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Around when I turned 6 an lost interest. I honestly didn't know that straight adults watched wrestling until a couple years ago.
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And the trolling already begins.

I've only been watching since 2006 but I stopped watching the weekly shows several months ago. I still watch the PPVs though.
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PG Era.

I started watching shortly before the Reckless Aggression era or whatever it was called and I was tuned in every week.
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When was it that they had the "Invasion" of other brands from different wrestling companies? That's around the time I stopped watching. I think that was also around the time where they split up Raw and Smackdown IIRC. Must have been around 2001-2003 I think.
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When WW got the F out
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

Around when I turned 6 an lost interest. I honestly didn't know that straight adults watched wrestling until a couple years ago.

This. Not even trying to troll.
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Towards the end of the Attitude era (early 2000s). To be fair, I attribute approximately 99% of this to turning 15 (aka outgrowing the sport).
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Teen Girl Squad posted...

Towards the end of the Attitude era (early 2000s).

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I've never watched WWE
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Never. I've been a WWE fan since I was little and that won't change. There's always down times.
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I liked some of the smackdown vs raw games but I was never into watching the actual show. My dad has always loved it though
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DELFON posted...

When WW got the F out

This. The fact that they lost the WWF trademark to endangered animals group.
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I stopped after Eddie Guerrero passed away. I started watching again when Shinsuke Nakamura came to Smackdown.
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around the time it changed from the WWF
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Right after Great American Bash 2004. JBL as champ and things got really boring really quickly. Although the main reason at the time was I had just started working nights and couldn't catch it anymore.

Haven't been able to get back into it since. Tried several times but it just doesn't work. Current roster is just boring as fuck.

Kinda kept up through the games over the years, been enjoying the retro stuff on WWE network though.
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I stopped liking it when undertaker kidnapped Steph, watched off and on until biker Taker until restating with the pipe bomb and stopping again after Vince never getting off roman.
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I never liked it.
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Idk, when the legends started retiring/dying and the mid cards became upper cards. It's just not nearly the same. I tried watching it and the announcers were pathetic. I don't see why people even watch this, still.
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I fell out of love with the WWE when I went to Elimination Chamber 2012. Before this, I always had fun going to events, but at this event I didn't have much of a reaction to the show. This made me finally realize that I was watching the shows out of habit and once I found other things to do with the time I used to watch WWE, I didn't miss it at all. I still watch some clips to see if anything interesting is going on, but there hasn't been enough to start watching again. The Royal Rumble match is the only thing, at this point, I will make time to watch. Always loved that match's concept.

I don't dislike it, now I kinda appreciate it more since it has more Indie stars in it

I saw the Crush vs Doink the clown days.......

to go from that to AJ STYLES, KO, Nakamura, etc is insane
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Never liked it.
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i watched it in middle school cuz my cousins like it.

i found it on TV again 3 years ago and ive been keeping up ever since. ive even keep my eyes open to the other promotions out there like New Japan Pro Wrestling. been to 2 live shows (RAW), and plan to go to wrestlemania the year after next (2019)
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Other. I was never a big fan of WWE/F, I was more of a WCW fan. I liked when they had Shamrock/Blackman, they had probably my favorite program in WWF.

Around 1999/2000 when WCW was getting down right awful I watched a bit of WWF but I was never as regular as I was with WCW. Once Edge was a main eventer I started watching a bit more regularly but when he became the rated r superstar I didn't really like his gimmick and started leaving again.

I like wrestling that is solid in ring work, not just high spots, not lame gimmicks. WCW was the natural fit for me, I loved the first 2 hours of nitro before it would be dominated with the NWO story lines which I got tired of immediately after starrcade 97.
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Super Cena gave me something to dislike in WWE, but Super Roman has made me dislike WWE as a whole.
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I never really had a specific favorite, though I was mostly fond of NWA/WCW.

Pretty much watched them all back in the day... WWF-NWA-AWA-CWA.

Rarely watched the ECW stuff.

Oh! and sometimes I watched Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
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I used to watch every broadcast, Monday, Thursday, Saturday. Then Katie Vick happened, and I've never seen anything since.
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PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

I never really had a specific favorite, though I was mostly fond of NWA/WCW.

Pretty much watched them all back in the day... WWF-NWA-AWA-CWA.

Rarely watched the ECW stuff.

I saw 1 or 2 ECW Friday night shows when they were airing and I thought it was super awesome. But it was on Fridays and I had people to do and stuff to see.
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Around the WCW "invasion". I knew wrestling wasn't real, but my knowledge of it was very very limited at the time, but even then I saw how the WWF was obviously screwing with the WCW guys. It was that and just growing out of it at the time. I was a tween going on teen and I became interested in other things.

I started watching again from late '05 to about 07. I liked it for a bit, but saw where the product was going and stopped again.

Around that time I discovered old promos andd matches from the 70's, 80's, and 90's and the difference between old school wrestling and today's wrestling is like night and day. The old stuff is waaaaaay better. The NWA, JCP, Mid South, and Memphis wrestling knew how to do it right...most of the time.
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Whenever the Attitude Era ended.
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Southernfatman posted...

Around that time I discovered old promos andd matches from the 70's, 80's, and 90's and the difference between old school wrestling and today's wrestling is like night and day. The old stuff is waaaaaay better.

WWF from the 70s, 80s and pre-attitude 90s was straight up awful. most of it is practically unwatchable.

WCW and other NWA promotions were often very good, though.
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KILBOTz posted...

WCW and other NWA promotions were often very good, though.

Yeah that was what I meant. I can't get enough of it. Some old WWF stuff was good though like Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko.
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I hate how everything revolves around making Roman Reigns look good. I can't get invested in anything anyone else does because he's the only wrestler they make feel important
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I still watch it
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Deadpool_18 posted...

Never liked it.

This. WCW was always better.
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I've been watching and loving it for over 30 years now. Yes, I'll bitch and complain, but only because I"m passionate about the product. I'll never stop watching and will never "hate" it
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Bad_Mojo posted...

but only because I"m sucker about the product and keep lying to myself that Vince will ever make a show for wrestling fans again

Ftfy
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I told myself if Taker lost to Lesnar, I was done with wrestling. I'm a man of my word.

He could've come out and layed down while Hornswaggle pinned him and I wouldn't have cared. Hornswaggle would've been more worthy.
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...

Whenever the Attitude Era ended.

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I Like Toast posted...

Bad_Mojo posted...

but only because I"m sucker about the product and keep lying to myself that Vince will ever make a show for wrestling fans again

Ftfy

As much as he won't admit it, Vince will step down or die at some point
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Shortly after beyond the mat came out. After it confirmed wrestling was scripted, I just couldn't see it the same as before. I watched it again for a while, but I quit again when the corporation 2.0 would go on and on about no sucky sucky corporate dick = not title rain because it's best for business to make the fans feel like they're just wasting their time watching this crap.

So you think it's wrong to "suck dick"? You put it in a negative light, as in it's wrong or horrible and that makes you a homophobic or sexist person. Get off of CE, please.
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What?
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2002, I felt like there was too much change and I stopped watching until 2006
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Funkydog posted...

I never liked it.

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when they changed their name from WWF

Vol2tex posted...

For me, that brand split after Wrestlemania XX is when I started losing interest. There was very little interesting about 2004 Smackdown or Raw, although JBL was a better title holder than expected.

Around the time Owen Hart died, maybe a few months prior.

Oh and this:
Teen Girl Squad posted...

Towards the end of the Attitude era (early 2000s). To be fair, I attribute approximately 99% of this to turning 15 (aka outgrowing the sport).

It was probably around the time I was 15
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I didn't really start watching until 2008 or so. I started disliking it probably around 2014-2015 when I realized how formulaic and cringe-worthy it was.