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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Aug 21, 2024 15:14:40 GMT -5
I never agree with Meltzer but I do admit that WWE went on a slow downfall from 02. TNA was also born in 2002 and it was a great product during most of the 00's so it would've been a good alternate for fans who didn't like WWE. Just a pity 2010 happened. TNA during 2005-2009 will never get old. It's also amazing how WWE have recovered from that downward spiral.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Aug 21, 2024 15:55:37 GMT -5
I went to the 2022 show and I must agree. It fills up quickly Last year was miserable cause they brought in the '95 Braves world series team. You couldn't move up top where the autographs were. I knew there was a good reason I didn't go last year! Lol
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Sept 2, 2024 17:11:01 GMT -5
I was ALL about WCW from 1996-1999. Before that I watched it but I was WWF all the way. For me personally, by the time they closed WCW I was back watching WWF again. I don’t know of anybody I grew up with that was just WCW from day 1. Most people either still hated it, even when it was on top, or switched back to WWF by the time it went out of business. I remember hearing it was bought in 2001 and it was like, “oh it’s still around?”. It couldn’t have been less relevant to me even just 2 years later. I remember vividly being on vacation with my family the week of Invasion & me and my brothers were begging my parents to purchase it in the hotel because we thought this was finally going to be the nWo and Sting, Goldberg etc, invading WWF haha. Really thinking back on that, we were most excited to have the WCW guys in the WWF video games because they were so much better made. WCW 96-99 was epic times. I loved 95 as well.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Sept 3, 2024 2:40:46 GMT -5
I was ALL about WCW from 1996-1999. Before that I watched it but I was WWF all the way. For me personally, by the time they closed WCW I was back watching WWF again. I don’t know of anybody I grew up with that was just WCW from day 1. Most people either still hated it, even when it was on top, or switched back to WWF by the time it went out of business. I remember hearing it was bought in 2001 and it was like, “oh it’s still around?”. It couldn’t have been less relevant to me even just 2 years later. I remember vividly being on vacation with my family the week of Invasion & me and my brothers were begging my parents to purchase it in the hotel because we thought this was finally going to be the nWo and Sting, Goldberg etc, invading WWF haha. Really thinking back on that, we were most excited to have the WCW guys in the WWF video games because they were so much better made. WCW 96-99 was epic times. I loved 95 as well. A buddy of mine was a massive WCW fan. He never could get into the WWF it just wasn't for him. By mid to late '99 he would almost be driven to tears watching Nitro. He'd stopped watching completely by 2000 & never got back into wrestling besides the odd big show here & there. It was so sad to see him go from pro WCW to anti wrestling altogether. He compared it to losing a high school sweetheart he'd been madly in love with for many years.
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Post by TWJT on Sept 3, 2024 12:01:18 GMT -5
I never agree with Meltzer but I do admit that WWE went on a slow downfall from 02. TNA was also born in 2002 and it was a great product during most of the 00's so it would've been a good alternate for fans who didn't like WWE. Just a pity 2010 happened. Yup, right around late August/September 2002. I got into the WWF in December 1999, third grade, and every RAW, Smackdown, and PPV was must-see throughout 2000, 2001, and the first half of 2002. Then I started middle school, and right during that period, something changed. Obviously the name changed, but I think it was WCW and ECW not existing. But here's the thing - WCW hadn't been real competition since 1999, and WWE was still good until August/September 2002 (in my opinion). NWA:TNA started in June 2002, and though it was not exactly competition, WWE stopped putting out a good product even when there was an alternative. And the weird thing is, the first half of 2002 was one of the most enjoyable times ever for the product (in my opinion), due to Flair, the nWo, Rock, Austin, Triple H, Angle, etc. all being part of the roster. So anyway, I guess WWE just kind of went on pilot mode for some reason during the aforementioned time period. And though the last 22 years have had many instances of good TV and good matches, I don't feel like we'll ever quite get things back to "where they were." Stuff with Guerrero, Benoit, Cena, Batista, Lesnar, and Orton was good, The Shield was good, The Bloodline, CM Punk's summer of 2011, Danielson's run in '14, The Rock's returns, lots of cool things have happened, but nothing at the level of the Attitude Era.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Sept 3, 2024 16:16:08 GMT -5
WCW 96-99 was epic times. I loved 95 as well. A buddy of mine was a massive WCW fan. He never could get into the WWF it just wasn't for him. By mid to late '99 he would almost be driven to tears watching Nitro. He'd stopped watching completely by 2000 & never got back into wrestling besides the odd big show here & there. It was so sad to see him go from pro WCW to anti wrestling altogether. He compared it to losing a high school sweetheart he'd been madly in love with for many years. He's missing out on some good stuff. The last 24 years had many crazy moments.
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