Tommy Platinum

By this I mean, how long have you watched wrestling, and more specifically, have you watched continuously for that whole time period, or have there been times when you have decided to take a break from wrestling and come back to it in a few months or even years? Also, what promotions interested you at any one time. Finally, do you ever see yourself taking a break from wrestling again, or even quitting watching the product completely?

My wrestling history is fairly simple, and I doubt I have nearly as much viewing experience as a lot of people here, even some reasonably young members. I had never watched wrestling or taken any interest in it until 2000, and then I suddenly discovered WWE (or WWF as it was then) when we got Sky TV. With everything in life, if I get into it, I get into it in a big way, so I became a huge fan very quickly, with my favourite wrestlers being The Rock, The Undertaker, Triple H, Kane and Chris Jericho, and my favourite divas being Trish and Lita.. obviously. I also loved The Hardyz and The Dudleyz. I never actually got into WCW. I was honestly unaware of its existence until the Invasion angle in WWF (unbelievable I know) so I never saw that promotion. The same goes for ECW.

I continued watching through 2001 and 2002, but by that stage I didn't really like the way it was going and I gradually lost interest in the product, eventually quitting watching in early 2003. I didn't even think about wrestling for the next few years, and if people asked me about it, I just told them that I'd "grown out of it".

This was not the case, as I met somebody at university who was a big fan in 2006, and he succeeded in getting me back into the product after a 3 year hiatus, introducing me to new talents and informing me of some of the things that had been going on while I wasn't watching. I thought the product sucked compared to the one I was used to, at first at least, but I eventually got into it again, particularly the Cena/Edge feud which was my first viewing of Cena. I bought Summerslam 2006 without watching any wrestling since 2003 and thought it was a pretty decent show, although I only really bought it for Ric Flair against one of my favs, Mick Foley. Gradually I got hooked on wrestling again and went on a DVD spending spree, even briefly getting into ROH, although I can't claim to be a fan anymore having not watched any for years.

Recently, I took another much shorter break due to the poor quality of mainstream wrestling, but now I feel like I am sufficiently interested to watch again, and am looking forward to Smackdown tonight and The Bash on Sunday, for which the card looks very promising.

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Sorry if this was a long read. You don't need to put such detail in your own answer, just basically briefly answer the key questions at the start. How long have you been watching? What promotions? Have you ever had breaks? Do you ever seen yourself quitting?

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