DKBroiler
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Wrestling Fatigue
WWE fatigue is real. 3 hours of Raw, 2 of Smackdown, the CWC, NXT, the Stone Cold Podcast, pointlessly fun filler shows like Ride Along, and JBL
playing Roy Firestone is too much. I can't even make timely posts on the RAM board because it's fucking Thursday and I'm only an
hour into RAM IS MAR.
How am I supposed to find time to play Draft Kings & ESO, watch porn, work and buy 21 year old woman shots at the bar???
Any way, I thought I'd like to make a spoiler free thread for those of us who are still behind on the DVR, mostly to bitch for no reason, but I
guess to talk about things from last week as if they were this week.
Anyone catch Gargano vs Ciampa? Great match.
Get off my lawn.
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the goon
Sister Act
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I watch RAW and Smackdown every week, not because I'm of a "WWE rulz, everything else sux!" mindset, but just because that is what's
easiest and most convenient for me to watch. I have the WWE Network and have heard great things about the CWC and obviously NXT, but it's just
hard to find the time to squeeze in a couple of extra hours of wrestling on top of RAW/Smackdown (though I have tuned into the last few NXT Takeover
specials and like the 9:00 PM Saturday night time slots for those). I will also tune into Impact every once in a blue moon, but usually it's
just for like ten minutes to see what's going on in TNA land. But other than that, yeah...the WWE Network has really changed the game as far as
just how much wrestling content one person can view in one week.
And while we're on this subject, I had been thinking about making a thread asking how everyone is liking RAW and Smackdown being on back to back
nights, but wasn't sure if it warranted it's own thread, so I'll ask that question here: now that we've had almost a month of
RAW on Monday and Smackdown on Tuesday, do you like it better or worse than when Smackdown was on later in the week? I originally thought I
wasn't going to like it and that it would be wrestling overkill, but instead I actually kinda like it. It's like I get all of my WWE out
of the way at the beginning of the week and then I have Wednesday through Sunday free for other forms of entertainment.
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TonyTH
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I honestly just revert to listening to podcasts to keep up, look up whatever segments sound noteworthy, and watch the PPV's/Takeovers live. I
think you have to pick and choose or burning out is inevitable.
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Slade
The Great One
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I think it would be really easy to get wrestling fatigue if I was trying to watch all of the shows on a weekly basis. However, for as much as I love
wrestling, I don't want to watch it five nights a week. As a consequence, I'm skipping a lot of the programming. I think the season is
partly to blame for that because the weather has been fantastic since I returned home from Korea and so I've just been doing a lot of stuff
outdoors. Since I left Korea (June 15), I have only watched the Ultima Lucha episodes of Lucha Underground, Battleground and last night's
episode of the Cruiserweight Classic. That's 8-9 hours of wrestling. Honestly, I haven't felt like I've been missing out on much,
apart from Money in the Bank. I was stoked for that show, but I was traveling at the time, and I simply haven't found the time to go back and
watch it.
I think it was smart of WWE to move Smackdown to Tuesday nights. I don't think many people go out on Tuesdays, so the potential is there to get
more viewers. However, I'm not inclined to tune in more often. The fact of the matter is that I never watched Smackdown before the brand split
and I won't be watching it when the weather turns cold because there is such a thing as too much wrestling and I'd rather not spend all of
my free time in front of the television. Plus, with the brand split in effect and word that most months will carry one brand specific ppv per brand,
I'm now less inclined to watch RAW at the end of the summer, too.
Going forward, I think I'll watch each of the major RAW, Smackdown and split-brand Sunday events and Lucha Underground when season three starts
up. If I have time, I'll add NXT Takeover specials and more Cruiserweight Classic episodes into the mix, but that's about it.
"Love is making out with someone after you've blown a load on his/her face." - Dan Savage
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Psychocop
Creepy Little Bastard
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I have highly embraced the 90 minute Hulu version of RAM is MAR. It makes more time for NXT and CWC. However, my time for TNA and ROH has highly
diminished due to the number of shows I watch on the WWE network. Speaking of NXT and CWC, it seems that WWE is doing indy style shows better than
the indies lately.
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CM Crunk
Man of a Thousand Holds
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quote:
Originally posted by Psychocop
I have highly embraced the 90 minute Hulu version of RAM is MAR. It makes more time for NXT and CWC. However, my time for TNA and ROH has highly
diminished due to the number of shows I watch on the WWE network. Speaking of NXT and CWC, it seems that WWE is doing indy style shows better than
the indies lately.
I've dabbled in the Hulu-cut on weeks where I wasn't able to watch live and have enjoyed it. Only problem is that Hulu is phasing out
their free service and shifting it over to Yahoo! Screen or something, and if they continue doing a "YaHulu-cut" it'll be an 8-day wait for
"new" content. Or so I've heard. I just don't follow enough TV shows to rationalize a subscription when I already have Netflix and The
Award Winning WWE Network, for only $9.99.
If they'd start doing like HBO does with Real Time With Bill Maher and just release audio/"podcast" versions the night it airs, I'm not
kidding, I'd probably be happy with that.
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ThePunisher
The Great One
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Wrestling Fatigue is definitely a real thing.
I've been watching RAW regularly since it debuted (shit, I'm old). When I moved down to North Carolina from Illinois for college, more
people were watching Nitro, so I got into that right before Hall and Nash showed up. Because of this, I think it's just more of a habit for me
now than anything else. Mondays have been "wrestling night" for decades. I've been watching for so long, it's more of a "muscle
memory" thing. I pretty much just have it on in the background on Monday nights while I do other things around the house. At this point,
it'll probably be like that until I die.
As I've gotten older, gotten married, and had kids, I don't really have time for all the other shows, but RAW is still a Monday night
ritual. I do follow SD and some of the other things online. I have gotten into ROH more over the last couple years, as well, since I went to a
couple house shows and a PPV they've held in my area. I DVR their weekend shows and speed through some of the matches. I don't really
follow TNA other than what I read online.
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DKBroiler
SpeciASSl CUMedian
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When Raw went to 3 hours it only succeeded in making me not watch Smackdown. Now that WWE is a 7 to 11 hour commitment I honestly have no idea what I
can sacrifice. NXT is already gone from the rotation and I'll be happy when the CWC is done (even though it's been great). I'm
thinking about going SD only now.
Get off my lawn.
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salmonjunkie
Best There Is Was or Ever Will Be 
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Wrestling fatigue is a real thing for me too. Not having cable, I don't have a Raw ritual anymore. I'll catch it on Hulu if I have time
and hear that something awesome happened. Same for SD, which is less than Raw. I'll try to sneak a little bit on my phone when I'm at
work, but that's rare.
I have watched CWC when I know I have an hour to kill, and I'm all caught up with that. However, it knocked NXT off my watch list. I still
catch the NXT specials when I have the time, though.
I haven't had time to watch any of Season 2 of Lucha Underground which is high on my to-watch list. If it was on Hulu or Netflix, I probably
would have by now. Not having cable makes watching that difficult.
I'm almost glad TNA's quality sank after Hogan came in, just so I don't have the desire to add it back to my TV schedule. I think I
almost resist the positive things I hear about it just so I don't have to find a way to fit it in to my schedule.
Also, the quality of TV and it's accessibility on Netflix, Hulu, and HBOGo/Now makes it harder to find space to fit wrestling in. On top of
that, there's still sports - which outside of football, I find myself watching less of then I used to. I easily watch less basketball, hockey,
and MMA than I used to. Hell, I play less video games than I used to as well, and I think Netflix, Hulu, and HBOGo is a huge part of that. I'm
still trying to figure out how I'm finally going to get those 7 seasons of The Wire started without taking something off of my current weekly
watchlist.
I think I watch anywhere between 2-5 hours of wrestling a week now. Far less than I used to. However, I pay for the WWE network - and watch more
PPVs then I used to. In fact, I think I watch every PPV now - usually not on the night of, though. I used to only watch the major 4. And I rarely
paid to watch them in my own home, I'd go to other people's places and pitch in or go to a Hooters to watch when they used to do that.
Holy shit, they got me! I pay more for wrestling then I used to but watch less of it.
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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To tell the truth if it weren't for OO and the zany energy this place still has I might not be watching wrestling at all. Due to personal
changes in my life I really wasn't watching it all that much between, say, 2002 and 2005. The fall of WCW pissed me off. Then the Austin
injuries/quasi-retirement and Rock going Hollywood took a lot of the fun out of it. If I hadn't discovered OO after I got onto the internet for
the first time around 2003 I'd probably still be mostly ignoring wrestling. More often than not, in the late Attitude/early PG days when they
were really struggling to find a new identity for WWE, Rick's columns and a lot of the threads here were a hell of a lot more fun than anything
in wrestling was. I don't think I'm fatigued as much as it is that wrestling is something I can leave behind quite easily. It's
this weird little community here that's keeping me in the game.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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DKBroiler
SpeciASSl CUMedian
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
To tell the truth if it weren't for OO and the zany energy this place still has I might not be watching wrestling at all. Due to personal
changes in my life I really wasn't watching it all that much between, say, 2002 and 2005. The fall of WCW pissed me off. Then the Austin
injuries/quasi-retirement and Rock going Hollywood took a lot of the fun out of it. If I hadn't discovered OO after I got onto the internet for
the first time around 2003 I'd probably still be mostly ignoring wrestling. More often than not, in the late Attitude/early PG days when they
were really struggling to find a new identity for WWE, Rick's columns and a lot of the threads here were a hell of a lot more fun than anything
in wrestling was. I don't think I'm fatigued as much as it is that wrestling is something I can leave behind quite easily. It's
this weird little community here that's keeping me in the game.
Quoted for truth. I think I'm mostly just irritated at how hard it is for me to contribute to the RAM thread now. Sarcastic jokes are great
but my comedic timing is all messed up now!
Get off my lawn.
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SpiNNeR72
Showstopper 
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Well for my part, I'm happier with the level of content, I still watch RAW live but record everything else. Mainly because I have been into the
RAW routine for so long now it would almost fuck with my metabolism not to! But I am also still, indeed more than in most of this decade, genuinely
entertained. Not saying its all good, but its the pizza analogy through and through.
I have now become such an NXT fan that I watch it (and now CWC) every thursday, as opposed to waiting for the monday night showing before RAW (UK).
Though I occasionally leave them to friday so I can enjoy them with a beer.
I am looking forward to next weekend so I have a Takeover and PPV to fill the normally empty weekend.
I don't have a hint of wrestling fatigue, bring it on. Perhaps I am lucky? but if I am having downtime to watch entertainment, wrestling is
always the preferred option. To reiterate the pizza analogy, it may not be great wrestling, but its still wrestling, which still for me beats the shit
out of any of the other crap on tv!
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PB-13
Showstopper
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It's definitely a thing for someone like me who tries to watch every bit of available content. I'm literally running out of space on my
hard drive with all the match videos I've downloaded.
-PB
RIP My Friend Mark, 1991-2016
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the goon
Sister Act
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quote:
Originally posted by SpiNNeR72
But I am also still, indeed more than in most of this decade, genuinely entertained. Not saying its all good, but its the pizza analogy through and
through.
100% agree with this and think I may have even used the pizza analogy here before when it comes to wrestling. I mean sure, there's been some
really bad stuff like the dying days of WCW, the 2002-2003 era of RAW (Triple H's reign of terror), and today's TNA. But it's still
pro wrestling, so even if the on-air product sucks, I'm probably gonna watch and get some kind of enjoyment out of it. And I know a lot of
people are down on the current product, but I think it's light years better than what was going on in the WWE ten years ago.
quote:
Originally posted by salmonjunkie
Holy shit, they got me! I pay more for wrestling then I used to but watch less of it.
I think about this too sometimes (though I don't watch less wrestling than I used to). Back before the WWE Network, I would generally only order
the Rumble and WrestleMania each year, so the WWE would get like $70 from me annually. But now? I pay my $9.99 a month for the WWE Network, so
they're getting $120 annually; they got me too!
With that said, I definitely think ten bucks a month is a great value considering the amount of content available on the WWE Network, so I'm
more than happy to give them my money.
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niles81
Fella
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I definitely concur that wrestling fatigue is a thing. It's the main reason why I don't really watch RAW or Smackdown.
I missed out on Hulkamania as a kid and the Attitude Era as a teenager. For me, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were my childhood wrestling heroes before
I stopped watching. I didn't pick it up again until I was in my early 20s in 2003. I watched regularly for a few years until just after ECW One
Night Stand (the first one) showed how good wrestling could be and how shitty the main product at the time was. That was my first burnout - I stopped
watching wrestling for 4 years (occasionally checking out the odd match that got some buzz around here - I've been posting/lurking around here
since 2003 as well).
For me - since the WWE Network launched, I feel like I'm watching the my personal favourite era in wrestling history.
I follow multiple promotions casually (WWE's main product, NJPW and ROH) with Lucha Underground and NXT being the only things I follow on a
regular basis. I almost dropped NXT recently but it started picking up steam lately and has become destination TV for me.
RAW straight up is not destination TV for me. The only times it has been must watch for me in recent history was the build up to WM30 (for the Daniel
Bryan storyline as well as curiousity as to whether CM Punk would return) and the build-up to WM32 (but only because I went to see it with Slade and
wanted to be up to date on the storylines going in for the complete experience).
I love the WWE Network and I feel the only outright bad PPV they've put one since it launched was TLC 2014. I'm also subscribed to New
Japan World so I usually check out the matches that interest me on their monthly PPV's (I never watch a whole show - there is a pretty
substantial divide between their undercard and their main event scene in terms of quality wrestling - their roster seems to consist of guys who are
either outright incredible or incredibly bland with very little middle ground).
That said - with the extreme glut of quality wrestling out there - it's impossible to keep up with it all with out feeling burnt out. I feel
like I'm a life long fan at this point but sometimes, I just want to watch a movie or TV show.
Still - the wrestling industry is fascinating to me on such a deep level that I feel like I probably should have pursued it as a potential career when
I was younger. That is until I see some of the bloodier matches or the stiff-fests the put on in Japan.
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CamstunPWG187
Man of a Thousand Holds
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This is the reason I don't routinely watch RAW and Smackdown anymore. I always read results and the following discussions, and I will download
episodes that I hear have a good set of matches on them. I'd rather put my valuable time into stuff like the CWC, old DVD's of the
plethora of indy/WWE/TNA stuff I have.
For example, tonight I got the itch and watched:
-Edge Vs. Flair TLV
-Edge Vs. Cena TLC
-RVD Vs. Bob Holly ECW on Sci-Fi
-Kenny OMega Vs. Hiroki Goto G1 Climax Finals
-Mike Awesome Vs. Masato Tanaka ECW on TNN 12-31-99
That's how you don't get wrestling fatigue, guys. Space it out.
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