Is this the dark age of WWE?

Go look at the roster during 1995 and then come back and tell me this is the dark age.

In all honesty Jim Ross only comes out to call the Main Events. But Regal and whoever else he works with are by far the best announce team the WWE has going right now

False. That's all they do, and that's the problem. That's why so few of the midcarders are over or have any momentum or connection with the audience. All they do is have these fifteen minute good matches that nobody cares about. Too much focus on "the in ring product" and "quality matches" instead of storylines and characters is the reason the shows are so bland. That's why they are in this mess.

Good God yes. Watch older wrestling and it becomes very apparent how bad commentary is today.

I find myself struggling to get into the product.... in fact I'd say I have lost interest in most feuds/characters

I've been watching since the mid 90s and I think the current product is awesome. A stacked roster, I have WM fever and I think the wrestling product itself has been excellent for awhile now. In my opinion weve had PPV quality matches on Raw for weeks now; Punk . Cena, Ziggler v. D Bry, Punk v. Jericho, Jericho v. D Bry .... just excellent matches.

2010-2011 was much better years to watch wrestling

A lot of good points have been made in this topic, but there's also been a lot of romanticising. 2005-2007 were without a doubt the darkest years in recent history, and since then we've had low points and high points. The build for Mania this year hasn't been as bad as some people around here are saying, nowhere near. Although the lack of build for the under-card is a massive problem thus far. I imagine that the writing team being stretched to write so much TV has caused the problems of character inconsistencies and the lack of original match-ups on Raw and SD.

What we need is consistent booking for the stars being pushed which, with the exception of Ryback, hasn't been happening. Barrett, Dolph, Bryan, Cesaro, Kofi and all the others need to be booked strong so we can get behind them. Strong doesn't mean that they win every match, it means competitive matches, decent mic time, and making sure that they're not fed to other guys on the roster for small story progressions - like Kofi on Raw with Henry for example.

The big stars have issues as well though. I rarely watch matches featuring Sheamus or Orton because they've made Sheamus a Cena-like clown who is unbearable, and Orton is in such desperate need for a heel turn that it drives me crazy. Orton hasn't had a proper headline feud since 2011 with Christian! Think about it.

So while we're not in a great state at the moment, I've still caught Wrestlemania fever and I can't deny I'm looking forward to it. As long as the matches deliver you won't have many complaints from me. Undertaker/Punk has the potential to be something special, Brock/Trips is surely gonna be better than their sluggish Summerslam match, and Rock/Cena is what it is - I won't criticise the angle because it's an example of long term booking, which is never a bad thing.

besides the main matches for WM17 that had a pretty lame build too. Benoit/Angle was thrown together a week before MANIA. That turned out pretty well.