What is it that you enjoy about it?
I was really into it when I was a kid (partly because my parents banned me from watching it, and partly because a friend of mine always watched it, had the magazines, etc.). I was into the Hardys, Bushwackers, Sting (hated Arn Anderson), Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers, Barber beefcake, Jake the Snake, Mr. Perfect, The Narcissist (Lex Luther), and Legion of Doom. And then when I found out it was fake I lost interest for a number of years.
Then I got back into it around 1997 or so. That really was when it started to get huge in pop culture. Monday Night Raw and Nitro. Pretty much everybody I knew watched it (my circle at that time was primarily those in college with me, living in the dorms). I got into a few of the storylines. It was great to see Sting still kicking ass. The matches were generally fun to watch, though the highlight match often sucked (almost always there was the 'cheating' to end it, or the match didn't occur), and you'd know it was going to suck because there'd only be about 5 minutes left to the show when it began. Some great personalities, such as Goldberg, and Stone Cold. I felt that it was all being done fairly well.
I basically got out of it again when McMahon started to 'roid it up pretty bad and started to wrestle himself. Not because of him, but it was around then that I felt like it really started to get weak again.
I've never really gone back to it. I glance at it here and there, and few of them interest me. I watched the reality show for a little because a guy I knew in high school was on it, Chris Harvard. But now when I look at it, I see too many leagues, so the 'stars' are spread out all over. I don't see the great rivalries. The pre-match posturing is lamer than ever (though its always been sort of lame).
But I knew a few people here enjoy it, so curious what you enjoy about it.
I was really into it when I was a kid (partly because my parents banned me from watching it, and partly because a friend of mine always watched it, had the magazines, etc.). I was into the Hardys, Bushwackers, Sting (hated Arn Anderson), Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers, Barber beefcake, Jake the Snake, Mr. Perfect, The Narcissist (Lex Luther), and Legion of Doom. And then when I found out it was fake I lost interest for a number of years.
Then I got back into it around 1997 or so. That really was when it started to get huge in pop culture. Monday Night Raw and Nitro. Pretty much everybody I knew watched it (my circle at that time was primarily those in college with me, living in the dorms). I got into a few of the storylines. It was great to see Sting still kicking ass. The matches were generally fun to watch, though the highlight match often sucked (almost always there was the 'cheating' to end it, or the match didn't occur), and you'd know it was going to suck because there'd only be about 5 minutes left to the show when it began. Some great personalities, such as Goldberg, and Stone Cold. I felt that it was all being done fairly well.
I basically got out of it again when McMahon started to 'roid it up pretty bad and started to wrestle himself. Not because of him, but it was around then that I felt like it really started to get weak again.
I've never really gone back to it. I glance at it here and there, and few of them interest me. I watched the reality show for a little because a guy I knew in high school was on it, Chris Harvard. But now when I look at it, I see too many leagues, so the 'stars' are spread out all over. I don't see the great rivalries. The pre-match posturing is lamer than ever (though its always been sort of lame).
But I knew a few people here enjoy it, so curious what you enjoy about it.
