This does not mean, however, that I like MMA more than I like professional wrestling.
I love pro wrestling. I loved pro wrestling when I was six years old watching Hulk Hogan suplex the Big Boss Man off a steel cage. I loved pro wrestling in 1997 when I was trying to figure out just what on earth had happened at the end of the Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels match at Survivor Series. I loved pro wrestling earlier this year when Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker, at a combined age of about 85, completely stole the show at Wrestlemania.
Yet, in 2009... and looking back, 2008, I enjoy UFC a million more times than I do WWE.
This is not an issue of real versus fake. As I said, in theory, I truly do like professional wrestling more than mixed martial arts. But in practice, UFC's product, with almost zero control of the outcomes of their fights, is consistently more compelling to me than is Smackdown, RAW or ECW.
I really want to be enthusiastic about wrestling and the way WWE is presented right now is absolutely not cutting it for me.
So I'm going to take a break from watching it. So long, ever-revolving combinations of Triple H, John Cena and Randy Orton. Farewell to you, Kane. See ya later, Abraham Washington and Tommy Dreamer.
I'm on a mission to get myself excited about watching pro wrestling again. If that means more nostalgia, so be it. I have WWE 24/7 all ready to go. If that means going out of my way to download more Japanese stuff, that's what I'll have to do. If it means buying lucha DVDs online... well, that's probably not going to happen. Regardless, steps will be taken, and I will enjoy pro wrestling again.
That said, I'm jumping back into the Monday Night Wars series on 24/7 tomorrow night. If anyone wants to join me, I'd love the company.
DIESEL POWER!
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No promises, but that sounds fuggin' great!
Probably safest to wait 'till Edge gets back from his injury.
(though 5 min a week following Punk/Hardy might be good for a laugh)
As you well know, I haven't been following WWE for some time now.. for pretty much, I suspect, the same reasons behind your current disenchantment. Though since I haven't been up on things I'm not tuned in to the current storylines, etc... so I was curious - what for you was the shark jumper for WWE?
Anyways, I'm hanging with the wife tonight, but if she is interested, we might drop by to see some old skool MNW - hell, maybe she'll actually recognize some of the people there.
[taka michkehnoku]
In terms of a breaking point, it was tonight's RAW, actually. Knowing going in that Jeremy Piven will be hosting and that Triple H will be in a handicap match against two up and coming heels that he will most likely triumph in, that's what put me off.
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