So um... anyone kind of, miss the "old" WWE?

I've always felt WWE went downhill after about Wrestlemania XX-ish, maybe not so much some the quality is it were the hype. I felt nothing for a lot of Pay Per Views (whereas 2003 was a great ing year for hype and angles, imo). The loss of Velocity and Heat, the failure that a ton of drafted superstars got (Dudley Boys getting ruined, etc), and just a huge malaise in angles. It didn't help that the slightly credible tag team and women's divisions were TORN APART and left for hell.

There have been signs of hope, and usually they were far far away from the main event. The tastelessness of Muhammed Hassan, teams like the Mexicools or Cade and Murdoch (both of which floundered in the end), Jericho's comeback, Rob Van Dam and the first ECW revival (which went downhill fast!), Eddie Guerrero's heel turn, JBL warming up to me in the end, and a few others really caught my attention. But there was always Cena's undefeated streak, DX dick jokes, the pointless US and IC title reigns (I DEEPLY MISS Guerrero vs Cena and Booker vs Christian-type angles, simple yet awesome), the horrific events like New Years Revolution 2005, and a lack of excitement overall in most of the product.

Now, I honestly feel WWE may pull themselves out of the rut I find wrestling in (though I'm sure others aren't nearly as quick to condemn more than half a decade of wrestling). With a heel Punk, Bret Hart (I'm excited as all hell for him), Jericho in the main event, the likelihood of Christian maybe making waves, the end of an era in the likes of Triple H, Undertaker, and HBK finally slowing down, and the new prospect that a brand new talent could break out at any moment (give any of a dozen guys the right angle and they're set), and wrestling could get a breath of fresh air it really needs.

Yeah... I kind of said I'm not blaming the rating.

Either way it's your opinion. I was just explaining mine. The Orton/HHH feud didn't do as much for me as it did others.

Personally I thought the HHH/Orton fued was really good but the official match at Mania 25 just blew the entire fued

You sir are a dumbass.

your calling him a dumbass while your a fan of a drug addict in jeff hardy a guy thaat was fired from wwe cause he refused help for his addiction

than went to tna and got fired because he kept no showing shows

then after beeing fired from tna went back to wwe and was suspended twice.

then less than a week after leaving wwe for the secound time got arrested for having a crap load of drugs in his possession

I would agree that the quality of shows went down in/after 2008. I actually liked the last few months of RAW in 08 as well but 2009 was seriously terrible for RAW. Just god awful. 2010 is better, but that's only because it's hard for it to get worse.

I still contend that the WWE started going down hill when they broke the rule of being as realistic and turned the Undertaker back into the deadman. Then Hornswoggle, then the Spirit Squad. Now it is what it is. I don't watch anymore, so I dont know if it's good now, but it isn't what it used to be.

I agree from late 2004-2008 was interesting. It was no attitude era but it was better than 2002-early 2004. Everything made sense during this era and we had solid feuds. overall that era was just fun. After the draft in 2008, the WWE changed for the worse. It became rematch and repeat city. The emphasis of building up stars was changed to an emphasis on dragging out feuds and only pushing the top guys. ECW became the only show where the old formula was carried out correctly. On Raw and SD! too many new concepts and new people were introduced and it just came off as rushed, uninteresting, and crappy rather than as a fresh start. Storylines have been just completely ridiculous (Big Show/Vickie/Edge).