POLL: WWE

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As the title indicates, do you watch WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)? For those of you who are old school, WWF (World Wrestling Federation) This is pro-wrestling, so while the competitors are great physical specimens and extremely athletic, the actual matches are fake, with the outcome predetermined. However, I have heard people refer to WWE as a "Soap Opera for Guys" and I was wondering what the popularity was out there. I know it's amazingly popular here in the U.S., and given that they frequently go to Britain, I have to assume it is at least somewhat popular over there too.

Opinions, as always, are welcome.

I know, I'm running low on ideas for polls these days.

Poll Information
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Poll Results: WWE (35 votes.)

Do you watch WWE? (Choose 1)
* Yes - 20% (7)
* No - 80% (28)

 

Hahahaha!

No!

 

No, but I probably would watch it if they broadcasted it here.

Big burly men together in a ring, pounding into eachother. Yay!

Errrr

 

I don't watch WWE. I used to watch WWF wrestling during the 80s when it was mostly fighting but a combination of my getting older and increasing amounts of silly soap opera storylines put me off of it in the early 90s. I stopped watching around the time that Hulk Hogan lost the championship belt to the Ultimate Warrior (in 1992 I think).

I still hear about what is going on in the WWE via two of my cousins who are big wrestling fans not to mention being respectively 10 years and 20 years younger than I. Based upon what they say
1) I have no interest in watching WWE
2) I wish that my cousins would stop watching it or at least shut up about it around those of us who couldn't care less

 

I myself do not watch in nearly as much as I used to, but I have to admit that I think changing the name to WWE was brilliant - because that's what it is - entertainment. I find most of the stuff there comedic, but it is difficult to have a rooting interest (for lack of a better term) when the outcomes are predetermined.

 

I used to watch it, about 5 or 6 years ago. I've completely stopped since then, just slowly lost interest.

 

I used to watch it 15 years ago but not now since I prefer to watch the real thing, which is K1. Also, I would never called the majority of the competitors of WWE/WWF athletic but huge guys full of steroids.

 

lol I used to watch WWF in the early 90s. When it was still broadcast here in Denmark. we had this funny old Danish pro wresler called Asbjørn Riis, he looked exactly like Hulk Hogan or whatever his name was. He was the funniest commentator I have ever heard.

 

I used to, when I was 10 years old. My grandfather was a great fan...still is.

Myself, I was totally put off when I realised it was all fake...which happened when I was 12.

Never watched it since then, though my brother still does. And he is 18...

 

You call that old school? Ha! I remember when it was called WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation) in the late 70's I believe.

And then there was the AWA (American Wrestling Association) - Mad Dog Vachon, The Crusher, Billy Graham Superstar, Jesse Ventura, Nick Bockwinkle, Sgt. Slaughter, the High Flyers - now that was wrasslin'!

I haven't watched wresting in probably the last 20 years, ever since the hype leading up to the fights overshadowed the actual fights themselves.

 

Good call Splunge. That is the real 'old school'. Don't forget the other old-timers of that era like Antonio Inoki, The Iron Sheikh, Harley Race, and the young Ric Flair (how old must that guy be now?). In the UK, there was also the very famous Big Daddy.

In NZ, we also had our own version of pro-wrestling called 'On the Mat' and occasionally one of those 'international' stars would come and be a guest on it.

I don't think I could name any of the current guys, though.

 

Well it's broadcasted here and they have had a couple of shows in Finland but personally I find the whole thing just laughable, some of my friends watch it though and seem to be big fans of it.

 

Used to watch it, but then they started to have long thick story lines that made you watch all the shows plus the payper veiws to undestand what was happening.

I myself just don't have the 4 hours a week for the shows and $30+ a month for the monthly special events.

 

I watch all material I can get my hands on. I allready posted a topic on the matter a few months ago, and I still watch it. Started watching it now and then when I was 15. But I got into it through the games. Now I own some DVD's from their 2001 period, which was btw their best. All before 1995, their so-called 'hall-of-famers', were idiots. Then it was solely fighting, that licked balls... 2001 was a year full of entertainment, where they changed their name btw. Right now it's not what it was around 2000, but still watchable. Although some of their now PPV's are really lame.

 

Nope, if I wanted to watch a panto I'd go see real soap stars from the UK in them at christmas. Scary thing is many people think it's real and the 'fights' aren't rigged.
Remember if you ever go to one of these shows, run up to the ropes and shout "He's behind you!", or "steal a kiss Alladin" or some other well known panto phrase. And send me the tape so I can see their faces when they realise you've rumbled them .

 

I only watch the last five minutes of their shows because I'm waiting to catch the next scheduled show.

I have a friend who follows wrestling like a little boy, and I always tease him about that.

 

Wrestling is the biggest pile of ****e this side of an elephant after a dozen bottles of laxatives. [snip] The most obviously choreographed thing since the last world cup .

[Warning pending.] -Tal

[ July 08, 2004, 10:07: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

Women's wrestling is kinda entertaining though.

I used to watch GLOW sometimes when i was a teen. It never met my expectations however.