I have been watching wrestling consistently every week for about 11 1/2 years now. I still remember the first show I watched in November of 1999. I saw Degeneration X beat up Test and break his nose. I saw The Rock but I don't remember what exactly he did but I was hooked from that first show. A friend of mine had asked me earlier that day about wrestling and I pretended like I watched it and just along with it. He kept on quoting The Rock and when I got home from school, I started quoting The Rock too. My brother said that I don't even watch WWF so I shouldn't be quoting the wrestlers so in an effort to validate myself, I started watching and have not stopped.
Wrestling used to be so entertaining. The personalities were so defined and the storyline was enthralling. Around 2002, it started to get a little bit worse but overall, still entertaining. It was still fun to watch up until around 2009.
Wrestling for me was more than a show. It's no secret that I was bullied a bit when I was younger so in a way, I lived vicariously through wrestling. When the bad guys would attack the good guys and the good guy would fight back and win, I would get a lot of joy from watching that. It was somewhat of an outlet for me in my teenage years.
Nowadays, wrestling has dwindled down to a bunch of young guys who lack devotion, passion and desire to stand out; many of them are just there because their fathers were wrestler. I have still been watching even though it's pretty boring now but I think that changed last week. My favorite guy, Edge, was forced to retire due to neck injury. I wasn't a fan of Edge's necessarily for his wrestling but he seemed like a really cool guy outside of the ring. I liked his musical taste, the way he dressed, his interests and I thought he was a unique wrestler. With him gone, there aren't many true talents left and it's not worth me spending 2 hours and 5 minutes watching every Monday night. I will still watch but I will watch a recording and skip through much of just to see the entertaining parts. To the WWE, thanks for many years of entertainment.
Wrestling used to be so entertaining. The personalities were so defined and the storyline was enthralling. Around 2002, it started to get a little bit worse but overall, still entertaining. It was still fun to watch up until around 2009.
Wrestling for me was more than a show. It's no secret that I was bullied a bit when I was younger so in a way, I lived vicariously through wrestling. When the bad guys would attack the good guys and the good guy would fight back and win, I would get a lot of joy from watching that. It was somewhat of an outlet for me in my teenage years.
Nowadays, wrestling has dwindled down to a bunch of young guys who lack devotion, passion and desire to stand out; many of them are just there because their fathers were wrestler. I have still been watching even though it's pretty boring now but I think that changed last week. My favorite guy, Edge, was forced to retire due to neck injury. I wasn't a fan of Edge's necessarily for his wrestling but he seemed like a really cool guy outside of the ring. I liked his musical taste, the way he dressed, his interests and I thought he was a unique wrestler. With him gone, there aren't many true talents left and it's not worth me spending 2 hours and 5 minutes watching every Monday night. I will still watch but I will watch a recording and skip through much of just to see the entertaining parts. To the WWE, thanks for many years of entertainment.
Comments
Post a Comment