To those who miss the good old days and don't watch anymore

I started watching in 2006 I think (I remember playing WWE SVR ‘06 and WWF Smackdown Just Bring It! back when Blockbuster was still around) and got hooked on wrestling. The first match I watched was on Smackdown and it had The Undertaker fighting someone (can’t remember who but I do know it was in ‘08) and I loved it. I got tired of Wrestling this year after Mania 33, and you know why.

I started watching in 1975-ish. I stopped watching once Eddie Guerrero passed. Then I'd just read the results from Raw & Smackdown online.
I guess I just don't like change. When I was a kid, wrestlers were huge atomic-bomb farting monsters. Now they're all tanned, have ultra-white teeth, sculpted eyebrows & rely on flips, twists & acrobatics.

Started watching in summer 89.
Started to lose interest around 06 and rapidly over the last few years. Still casually watch now (and admit they have some great talent but the booking now is a deal breaker)
Went to mania this year as it something I always wanted to do and I really enjoyed it especially wrestlecon to see the big older names but the "need to see" tv has long since gone for me.
I have the network for the archive and and nxt but havent seen a full raw or smackdown in years and don't really watch the new ppvs as they are mostly throw away and forgotten 5 mins after they finish.

Late 70s, early 80s for me. Around 2008 is when I started souring on the product.

I know I watched wrestling in 1985 and 1986 because I remember knowing some wrestlers then. But I think I got into it more so in 1987, and then really into it come 1988. I remember watching Andre beat Hogan on the Main Event when it happened.

I stuck with it all through the bad times. I never stopped being a wrestling fan even when my friends did. Actually the New Generation era is probably my favourite era of all time.

But I think I started to sour on watching it religiously in 2010. When Shawn Michaels retired, it kind of bummed me out. Then a year later, Edge retired. And I really lost interest in WWE.

I didn't care for CM Punk, so his era of dominance did nothing for me in wanting to watch the product.

I think I got really into it when Seth Rollins turned on The Shield. I instantly became a Seth fan and then pretty much watched it steady since. Not that I didn't watch it before, but I know I didn't care if I missed an episode of Raw from 2011 - 2014.

But I also think my love dwindled down when I could read the internet reports on things. I know I watched Smackdown all the time from 1999 - 2004, but when Benoit left to go to Raw, I didn't care to watch it anymore. So I would just read what happened from the TV taping of the show. That stuck with me until Smackdown switched to Tuesday nights and went live. So I probably missed a lot of awesome matches and action on Smackdown from 2004 - 2016, but that's what the WWE Network is for, I can go back and watch stuff if I want.

Good stories! I started watching in 1991. After wwe bought wcw in 2001 and botched what should have been the angle of the century, that turned me off. I still continued to watch though, but I could tell after wwe killed the competition they got complacent and stopped caring for what fans wanted. In 2004 the ecw DVD was a hot seller. The ECW ppv was awesome in 2005. So they bring it back, but in their vision that no fans wanted. I almost stopped watching completely after that. But they are the only big game in town, I love wrestling, and out of loyalty I still continue to watch even though I always say I will stop. There is always at least one wrestler that I enjoy and always some stories I like.

1985 world class wrestling and GLOW, then the MTV/WWF thing got hooked on wwf then nwa too. was HOOKED from 1985-1999, got sour on it in 99 a bit after my girl (since 92) left me as we watched all time together. but 2002 got me back for about 2 more years then didnt care anymore. was ufc/mma fan since 1994 and by 2004 that was my new love more than wrestling. catch some raws/ppvs here and there for older wrestlers always coming back like the rock. like wyatt's, sheild, strowman, brock/kane/taker of course. liked cm punk. but mostly cant stand the rest today.

SummerSlam '88 - Phased out by 1996/1997

Phased back in 2011/2012 and ever since the brand split I'm having a really hard time watching, it has been a terrible consistent decline since the split was announced.

i watched in the late 80s and early 90s occasionally, I wouldn't say 'hey wrestling is on let's watch, but if I happened to be watching tv and I saw it was on I'd watch. I Really got into it in the fall of 96 when mankind was having the funeral for the undertaker and after that I watched every single week. From then on I watched religiously and probably rented summerslam 96 from blockbuster 25 times. I started to lose interest in the fall of 2007, I'd still catch the occasional Wrestlemania or Summerslam at a friends house. From 07 to 11 I didn't watch at all. Now I watch but absolutely hate the product, if I didn't have the WWE network I probably wouldn't watch or ever order a ppv