Memes aside, how many people here actually do still watch WWE? If not...

>When did you stop
About or 4 years ago when I finally accepted that the show would never get better and that fan enjoyment was dead fucking last on their list of priorities
>What would it take for me to watch again?
Vince fucking off and the entire creative team being replaced top to bottom by people who can actually write a wrestling show.

Generic matches, generic promos, generic entrance music.

there's some good in wwe, takeovers are consistent shows, the new reality with miz is honestly more ehternaining that i imagined and i occasionally check out 205, but anything else? no thanks, not after having a taste of real wrestling

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Oh im sorry i wasnt aware takeover fell under the wwe brand

i'm sorry?

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I stopped because the writing is nonsensical and nothing matters. The segments are painfully cringe-inducing. I love the roster but their matches are millions of times worse in WWE. It's literally 100% management. Call me when Triple H takes over.

as a boomer they made me stop watching at least 3 or 4 times. First time was when wcw went under though. I tried to come back but evolution had every fucking title, then again after CM Punk was cutting half hour promos every show I tuned back the fuck out

I was a casual fan around when it was cool around 2000-2001.
Started watching again during a boring period of a couple of weeks when I was all by myself and read that Kane had returned with the mask on. I could even see something funny in that cocky Ziggler character. A couple of years later I even found people following the show in the office.
However, the shows were ultimately shit and got wore. My patience ran out. There were no interesting characters, no interesting story lines. I can probably watch 'Allo 'Allo! reruns and be vastly more entertained than with WWE.

only royal rumble and wrestlemania
i look at the results after weekly shows and listen to le meltz
dont even watch japanshit or indyshit either

I think I stopped watching shortly after WM31. They hyped a Brock vs. Rollins match. I was seriously excited for this. I legitimately expected a match of the decade contender, but it ended up being a total squash. My disappointment was immeasurable. I will never be a regular viewer again. I got into NJPW after that and it's generally a superior experience because they have Jay White.

i leave it on as background noise now usually.
haven't watched a ppv aside from mania in a long time.
stopped watching cause nothing really interesting was going on and a lot of the "top" guys couldn't get me into the product as much.
the little run smackdown had in 2016 with aj, dean, cena, etc was genuinely great though.

>the little run smackdown had in 2016 with aj, dean, cena, etc was genuinely great though.
Even Ellsworth was fun. They had something really good and they pulled the plug. I don't understand.

>They hyped a Brock vs. Rollins match
there was no buildup my dude

very relatable

I did when Ronda was on it since she was clearly good at her job and could get good matches out of Becky/Alicia Fox for example
But after WM when Becky purposely botched the pin at the end to win, there was no reason to keep watching.
I'll just zoom through it on VLC seeing if anyone is on screen that's interesting but so far it's basically "we have no Ronda so we don't know what to do without a person to carry the company"

I'll check out SS's storylines since Brock is back then

I sorta do, I put it on in the background and either shitpost in gamethreads here or maybe I'm doing something else like fixing something or folding my clothes.

I'd say sometime in late 2014 is when I started doing it like that but my eyeballs haven't been totally glued to the TV since like 2006. The Monday Night Wars was the most exciting period to be a fan, when you really paid attention with a passion but that died out soon after WCW went under.

I would never watch WWE again. It's the McDonalds of wrestling; not only is it terrible, it's actively bad for you.

>It's the McDonalds of wrestling;

It's like McDonalds....if you had to wait forever just to get served / get your food. Watching an entire 3 hours of Raw and even 2 hours of Smackdown can be a chore...or should I say a snore.

At least McDonald's gives you your crappy food quick. Imagine having to sit and wait 30 minutes or more for crap like that. That's what watching Raw is like.

i don't watch raw at all

i DVR Smackdown only because i've been too lazy to de-program my cable box

i'll watch interesting segments of shows on youtube.

i get all of my wrestling news from Yea Forums and Meltzer.

Really though, if you want to know what's wrong with the current product, listen to Cornette's critique of a modern Raw and Smackdown episode.

I know, I know, he's a dinosaur with outdated ideas but he was able to perfectly put into words all of the problems with the modern product and why it's so dull, boring and just a clusterfuck of segments that follow no real rhyme or reason.

I haven’t been watching it all year. Partly because it’s terrible, and partly because I’m a wagecuck now and time zones make it hard to watch WWE. I didn’t even watch WM this year.

I cancelled my WWE network and I only keep up with it through here and Reddit.

I don't watch it but I manage to post about it every single day with all the latest storylines and memes, but I don't watch it I promise.

cringe

I agree with most of what his said, mainly about not doing rest spots during the match because it's fucking boring for the TV viewers and constantly using big spots before the commercial break as well as doing a momentum turn during the break.

Unhealthy processed crap, just like fast food. I would maybe watch a extremely absurd or creative version of it after a societal collapse. It's not even wrestling in my eyes, what a fucking abomination