Overall Quality of WWE Matches- Declined?

Yeah, the wrestling has gone down a little but it picks up & falls, picks up & falls, back & fourth.

The past few months we've been treated to Elijah Burke vs. Punk, Matt Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy, Cena vs. Michaels II, Randy Orton vs. Edge, Santino vs. MVP, Hardyz vs. Cade & Murdoch, and plenty of other great matches. And they were all broadcasted on national television for the public to see for free.

WWE match quality is just fine right now.

Yeah, you might be right. I suppose it has declined a little bit as of late. I still like it though.

Its nowhere near as enjoyable as it was a few years ago, i guess im more sceptical with age.

The GAB isnt just SD. All ppv's have 3 brands feautred on them

Matches are not nearly as entertaining or creative as they used to be. Ironically enough, I think the main reason to attribute that to is all the match stipulations that have been created over recent years. It just takes away the fun and excitement of a normal wrestling match.

Also, if you watch any match from the 80s and early 90s, you'll see that the referees would play a much larger role in wrestling matches. Now, the refs are seemingly invisible outside of the "ref bumps" we get during title matches.

A lot of the changes can be attributed to the way the business has changed and developed, the new generation of fans, different writing teams, etc. But I still can't help but wonder whenever I'm watching an old episode of Raw or Nitro how the WWE can't replicate that exciting 2 hour show anymore. For the last several years, for me at least, Raw MAYBE has one good wrestling match per show. And that's a stretch. SmackDown! is more consistant, as far as putting on quality wrestling is concerned, and ECW seems to be following that pace as well.

To me, the entire outlook of the business really did change when it became WWE. Since then, Vince has focused 80% of his attention to what he thinks is "entertaining," and 20% wrestling.

Absolutely agree. Watch something from 2000 and now and there a lot more energy not just to the matches but also the performers. I don't know what moral in the back is really like, but I can guess its not a really happy mood because most matches and the wrestlers seem to just be going through the motions.

This is not reflective of everyone, but a lot of them. Another thing is how Vince has neutered a LOT of the really exciting moves that have always been allowed before. Not just the really sick bumps, but the things some guys are just better at. In was in the interest of safety, but it only hurts the overall product. Besides, its wrestling...these guys know what they're doing and injury is going to happen regardless.

I thought it was damn entertaining.

There's much better wrestling elsewhere, thus the match quality for me as a viewer as severely declined. Therefore, with Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South, PWG, CZW, NOAH, Dragon Gate, TNA, and FSM all producing better angles and matches it's very obvious that WWE's matches and angles have declined.