What things about WWE still astonish you?

Really, the athleticism and moves. As a wrestling fan you can get numb to it because you see it hours on end every week. But the fact that these people go out there and put their bodies on the line to entertain, it's unreal. The Raw crowds have been dead for the past two months and it's a shame because there are people flying over all the ropes to the outside and it gets no reaction. Like, no one else in that building could jump that high, but they don't even do a pity clap.

The concrete floor bump in an Orton vs Benoit match from Smackdown in 2005

I'm glad a crowd like that wasn't at Full Gear to sit on their hands for The Elite vs. Death Triangle. The Bucks are always amazing with their high flying moves, but it's so much more satisfying seeing it in person.

As you get older and go to shows, it still feels like I'm that 8 year old kid at my first ever show when I walk in and see the ring set up. That rush of nostalgia/excitement and joy really hits you hard.

One of the things that still amazes me from a personal point too is the staying power wrestling has in your life. I've been watching for 22 years and at no point have I ever said "screw this, I'm done". Bored? Watch old wrestling. Monday night at 1am? Watch Raw. Sundays once a month? Watch a PPV. It's been that way since I was 7 pretty much. (well maybe not the 1am starts for Raw until I was 12 tbh)

On screen an arena full of signs looked epic but looking back I felt sorry for people sitting behind.

The lack of fan reaction and signs in the arena. There should be a sea of roaring fans, hilarious signs, foam fingers and other merch. Attitude Era was so goated. Everything got a reaction in that golden era of wrestling. Sadly that will never return and that astonishes me.

The lack of home grown superstars astonishes me. The lack of promo ability and charisma in majority of the roster astonishes me, across all promotions. How do you grow up LOVING the product but can't talk on the mic? How do you have a handful of people who came before you, that inspired you to pull from creatively in your promos and in-ring work and still not be able to work on the mic? Anybody who thinks in-ring ability is more important than good mic skills and charisma has never seen MJF, The Rock, Paul Heyman, Logan Paul or Hogan. The lack of story telling is astonishing. A wrestling match with no story is just choreographed athletic showmanship, a circus act if you will. That astonishes me and that's why a lot of people don't care anymore. Not enough good larger than life characters to make them FEEL something.

Lack of epic facial hair. Pro wrestling was built off dudes with wild mustaches and beards. Why doesn’t that Steiner boy have a nice thicc stache?!

Wrestling is a story within itself. You need a reason for fans to care and invest in the product. Why should I care about x and y person? How does he/she make the crowd feel? I've felt like the product has been bad for years. I tune in and watch mostly highlights of guys I like and occasionally tune in here with the live PPV/Raw/Smackdown threads. I barely know the roster because the only people I care for are Roman, Seth Rollies, Rey, Bray Wyatt, Edge, Bobby Lashley, Lesnar (although, he gets a bit boring at times) and Mustafa. I think the roster is too generic looking and we need more personalities. I think Triple H is fixing things, we're getting storylines and what not, but wrestling is at an all time low. It's good to have competition like AEW. I remember people who didn't care about wrestling talking about wrestling when I was younger. People knew the likes of Austin, The Rock, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Mick Foley, Sting, Goldberg, RVD to name a few. Bring back unique PPV sets and get rid of the EDM festival stage. Are fans able to bring signs? The matches at one point were so predictable that every Raw consisted of a roll up pin to save whatever wrestler was getting a L. The spear spot near the barricade is overdone. There's a lot to list. I can't explain it, but everything seems too "happy/bright", we need some grittiness/edge. It doesn't have to be gore, but let some of these guys go off script or improvise. Maybe I'm getting old, that's probably it. I feel the same way about movies/music though in a sense. There's just something about about the 80's- early 2000's that's hard to replicate in terms of emotion and story. Earlier periods too, but you guys get my point.