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WWE FANS NOT WATCHING ANYMORE, LETTING BEEFS GO, WHY PEOPLE DON’T APPRECIATE NXT TALENTS WHEN THEY HIT THE MAIN ROSTER AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2017-11-01 10:00:00

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I have been a long time fan of wrestling going back to the days when we had to wait several months for the Coliseum Video release to watch all the shows like WrestleMania and Summerslam (remember those days?). I have been a subscriber to the WWE network from day one. While I still record Raw and Smackdown I rarely watch anymore, I simply read about it on your site and if there is anything I feel I need to see I will go back and watch. I will gladly pay a small monthly fee to your site to maintain this process for me. Having said that  I was just wondering, am I alone in doing this? Do you hear from others that feel the same as me?

You are most certainly not alone.  I hear from Elite members all of the time that tell me that they don’t watch a whole lot anymore but they count on the site to keep them up to date.  We appreciate all of you that do that.  Thank you!

So with it being official that Impact and GFW have parted ways how many wrestlers are potentially affected? Meaning how many were really more still with GFW and not fully signed with Impact? Could we possibly see a large amount gone? Any potential reworking of Bound For Glory or was that already set in stone? Thanks for your time.

Given that GFW doesn’t have any kind of schedule of events, it’s really a non-issue.

What are your thoughts on the whole Jim Cornette/Santino issue?  I feel Jim is the one in the wrong here but he's the kind of guy who will never admit it especially with it being so public now.

I am of the opinion that it’s best to let old beefs go.  They don’t do a person any good by holding onto negative feelings and energy.  What happened happened.  To me, it was a dumb thing to begin with and it continuing to live on all these years later is even dumber.  It is so much better for all concerned to just make peace and move on.  That is how I would have handled it.  Life is to short to waste on BS.

What is wrong with me? Am I that hard to impress? All these "great" performers from NXT come onto the main roster, with everyone talking about them, and big builds with video and all, and then they get to Raw or SD, and I watch them and wonder what all the commotion was about. I still do not get what is so great about Nakamura, and others, and last night seeing Asuka, I was less than impressed. And disappointed in what I thought I would have seen. Am I missing something, or am I just expecting too much?

What is wrong is that you didn’t watch how the talents were booked in NXT before they came up to the roster.

Despite the amazing Paul Heyman as Curtis Axel's manager, he still wasn't over. Who's fault is this? Axel (who they say can't connect)? Heyman (I don't think so)? Or creative (who had no storylines for him)?

I put it squarely on WWE creative.  They booked Axel poorly before pairing him with Heyman so the fans already had a bad perception on him.  Then, when he was paired with Heyman, he wasn’t booked as special, so the fans didn’t see him that way.

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