What promotion(s) are you watching at the moment?

gimmick · 14-10-2010 7:30pm #1

Simple really. I would just like to get an idea of what people are watching mostly at the moment?

For me I am wading my way through a few Dragongate Infinity shows. Also, I am still going through the careers of both KENTA and Marufuji which the vast majority seems to be in NOAH.

I have not really watched any WWE this year. I know there have been a few decent storylines, but the dross just annoys me too much. Similar to TNA in that they have some good matches every now and then but then they ruin in with non sensical rubbish on almost every Impact.

Diabhal Beag · 14-10-2010 7:39pm

Used to watch TNA. Now WWE is enough for me. Not interested or committed enough to search for great wrestling on the indy scene or in Japan.

CMpunked · 14-10-2010 7:52pm

WWE mainly, but still miss shows and read spoilers the next day.
Then any matches/segments that are worth watching find online and watch them.

TNA is constantly growing to be my favourite wrestling company.
But storylines and general entertainment value can be hit and miss.

As for any other promotions, not really if at all.

occasionally i will watch NOAH and certain new japan stuff.
But whos the champion etc? no idea at all.

Gerard.C · 14-10-2010 8:01pm

WWE, as it is the only promotion that really matters. I enjoy watching DG, NOAH, ROH and whatever else but i wouldnt follow them. No interest in TNA as I am not a fan of WCW.

CMpunked · 14-10-2010 8:07pm

Gerard.C wrote: »

No interest in TNA as I am not a fan of WCW.

Riddle101 · 14-10-2010 8:20pm

WWE and TNA

flahavaj · 14-10-2010 8:38pm

Flat out busy these days so I just keep up with what people are raving about from Japan and working my way through a savage career comp of the Four Horsemen in the NWA.

Gerard.C · 14-10-2010 8:48pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Flat out busy these days so I just keep up with what people are raving about from Japan and working my way through a savage career comp of the Four Horsemen in the NWA.

Watch the entire Cena Nexus angle bai, its unreal. At the very least watch the end of last weeks Raw. It was so good that im starting to want Cena to stay face and over come the odds cos of their epic story telling

jaykhunter · 14-10-2010 9:40pm

My wrestling habits change every few months, but right now I generally catch RAW every week; i don't watch SD in general but I've caught the last 2 shows; haven't watched NXT since S3's premiere; and recently stopped watching iMPACT as I can't stand their retarded, Abyss-promoting product. Don't care for reaction, hearing TNA wrestlers talk about current TNA storylines is closer to my idea of hell!!

I generally just catch Devitt's NJPW matches; stopped watching ROH early this year and stopped keeping up with DGUSA after a few PPVs.

I have a huge backlog of videos, DVDs and a hard drive so i do watch old PPVs. I catch all the LAW shows which include a review of an old PPV so i generally watch that beforehand

gimmick · 14-10-2010 9:48pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

and stopped keeping up with DGUSA after a few PPVs.

Ditto. Became too CHIKARA heavy for me. Shame as I am sure there is plenty good matches going on.

Must try Evolve again soon.

Loughc · 14-10-2010 9:52pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Used to watch TNA. Now WWE is enough for me. Not interested or committed enough to search for great wrestling on the indy scene or in Japan.

Yea that sums it up for me nicely too!

chordtype · 14-10-2010 10:01pm

Raw, Smackdown, Impact pretty much every week. I try to watch Raw and Impact first run and Smackdown when I have time. I've given up on NXT all together. I've also been watching ROH on HDnet for about 6 months. Quality show. If you just want an hour of good wrestling it's the best show going.

Don't really follow the indies too much but I still catch the odd PWG or Evolve show and I find the DGUSA stuff to be the most consistent shows going.

As for stuff from Japan I don't really watch every match on every show but I like to keep up with the big shows and tournaments from NOAH, New Japan and Dragon Gate. If I read somewhere that an undercard match is good, then I'll try to find it. Otherwise it's just the bigger matches. More and more though I seem to find myself watching 90's All Japan stuff or early NOAH matches.

jaykhunter · 14-10-2010 10:50pm

For me wrestling seems to really require a good storyline with characters i can get into; i don't really pay attention to/expect anything from the wrestling on weekly shows, only PPVs. I think it's why i find time to watch RAW (the John Cena/Barrett/Nexus storyline is quite interesting and well-paced) and am checking out SD, whilst better in-ring work shows lose their appeal after an initial burst.

Anyone else like this?

DM_7 · 14-10-2010 11:06pm

RAW and Smackdown.

Thats all.

Mr.Nice Guy · 14-10-2010 11:44pm

I usually watch Raw every week and rarely miss it. I like seeing how Sheamus gets on and I enjoy the Cena storyline right now so that's incentive enough for me to watch. I miss a few Smackdown shows. I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it but if there's a good match involving Rey I'd check it out. I really hate the Kane/Taker stuff at the moment. I check out NXT if it's on but it's a pretty rubbish show. I give Impact a look sometimes to see if there's anything worth checking out. Sometimes there are good matches but the storylines put me off. Been checking out Devitt's stuff in NJPW the last few weeks. I must try and watch some more of that promotion. I hear they're heading to the States next year so that should be interesting.

Charisteas · 19-06-2012 4:54pm

I've never watched a minute of CZW in my life but I randomly decided to acquire the latest CZW iPPV from last month (Proving Grounds) and give it a viewing. Any wrestler in particular I should watch out for?

gnfnrhead · 19-06-2012 5:25pm

I haven't watched CZW in a few months so they may not even still be there. But, Sami Callihan and Adam Cole are great. Their Deathmatches are pretty enjoyable too if you don't worry about things like selling and story telling, just think of it as mindless violence between two people.

Cherry_Cola · 19-06-2012 5:33pm

I haven't watched regularly in a while but Sami Callihan is really good. If you can get it, check out Cage of Death 6, absolute spot fest matches but it's one of my favourite PPV's of all time.