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Where do you find the time?

474 views 26 replies 27 participants last post by  MoarkWilly  
#1 ·
A genuine question I’m curious to get the answer to. How do you find the time to watch all of the weekly wwe shows? I’m not talking about skipping parts and watching highlights, I’m referring to those who actually watch it all

There’s something like 8 hours of weekly television, and that’s not including the ppvs which adds another chunk of hours on. How do people who work for a living with kids and partners etc watch it all? Are you going to bed late every night to fit it in? Are you watching it during your spare time? If so how does your better half feel about it.

I cannot bring myself to watch wwe these days having not watched the product properly for a long time because it’s literally impossible for me to find the time to fit 8 hours of content in every week so just curious how you all do it.

Discuss.
 
#7 ·
The only show that I don’t watch out of the 5 wrestling promotions is Main Event.

I watch everything else regularly.
 
#8 ·
I just watch Smackdown and RAW every week and then the PLEs. Sometimes I will turn on NXT if someone from WWE that I like is going to be on. Like, a couple of weeks ago, Alexa and Charlotte were on and had a tag title defense match.
 
#12 ·
I usually watch Raw, Smackdown, and all the PLEs WWE does. I do try to keep up to date with the NXT PLEs but I'm behind there and I wasn't that interested in the NXT TV show so I stopped watching that.

AEW I always watch Dynamite and all PPVs, and also try to watch most Collisions.

NJPW I usually keep track of bigger tournaments and shows, like watching every G1 tournament match this year.

Wrestling is one of my biggest hobbies so I'm always keeping tabs on a lot of it. Only times I'll miss shows is if I'm going to concerts, on vacation, or just have other plans like going out to dinner or something. So I'll miss some shows here or there, and usually will just watch highlights then.
 
#16 ·
I've said this before but as I work from home I can just stick it on my 3rd Monitor in the background while I work, Netflix deal was godsend for me watching this way so I don't have to use a certain website for "watching Wrestling" anymore. The only 2 events I watch live are Rumble and Mania, but since the Netflix deal I have been watching the UK/Euro shows live too as they are no longer on tape delay.
 
#18 ·
When I was watching Smackdown and Raw, I'd just watch Raw live as it's a Monday and I sorta sleep late and Smackdown I'd catch on the Saturday morning after it aired (Netflix), whilst waking up for the day. PLE's I'd make time for, but recently it's been more of a catch it the following morning thing.

Always wanted to make time for NXT, but haven't been able to consistently.

Lately it's just been YT clips. Felt like I was wasting my time with same shit, different week booking.
 
#20 ·
I semi-regularly watch Raw/Smackdown these days and almost never NXT or anything between. I'll watch some of the PLEs if I remember when they're on and I always watch the Big 4.

The only event I refuse to ever miss is the Royal Rumble. I could fall off wrestling completely but I need to see my 30 man over the top rope extravaganza, by golly.
 
#25 ·
I semi-regularly watch Raw/Smackdown these days and almost never NXT or anything between. I'll watch some of the PLEs if I remember when they're on and I always watch the Big 4.

The only event I refuse to ever miss is the Royal Rumble. I could fall off wrestling completely but I need to see my 30 man over the top rope extravaganza, by golly.
Even when I stopped watching full time the Royal Rumble was something I watched every year until about 2019
I even skipped a few Wrestlemanias but still watched the Rumble
I fell out of it when they started having two a night and it was just too much

(I have to watch it live, watching the next day or week the surprises are all already gone)
 
#21 ·
Spending 6–7 hours a week watching mostly mediocre, over-choreographed BS stuff feels like a total waste of time . Better to just catch highlights or good segments on YouTube instead of sitting through filler. Wrestling’s become background noise , I would rather play video games or touch myself than watching WWE these days honestly
 
#23 ·
There can't be many that watch everything.
 
#24 ·
No wife no kids, some weeks i don't work Tuesdays so I'll stay up and watch, others i watch it Tuesday when I sit down for tea after work. I get home from work at 10pm on a Friday so i'll usually stay up and watch. Its actually quite easy for me.

Aew is a different story, my work hours from Wednesday onwards make it very difficult to watch so most weeks I don't bother
 
#26 ·
It's tough, I've been very busy these last couple of weeks and I've had to quit seeing AEW, and I haven't gotten up to speed with NXT yet. Also, I've been like two weeks without entering here, so yes, it's a lot of wrestling, a lot of time, not too much quality, so it's not that worth it to be honest.