WWE Fatigue

I'm a life long professional wrestling fan. Growing up in Tampa in the 1980s and 90s meant not only seeing the WWF superstars on television, but also seeing them at the bank or the mall. Even had a neighbor that was a title holder in one of the local promotions. While I grew up on the likes of Hogan and Savage in the Fed, I was drawn to WCW during the Monday Night Wars. There's definitely a senior class photo out there with me unironically rocking an nWo Wolfpac shirt. Having a girlfriend with a Nintendo 64 with WCW/nWo Revenge was a nice perk. Then after high school, I slowly fell off. I caught bits and pieces of the Attitude Era. Over time, I didn't keep up at all. That was, until just before COVID-19 when I made the decree that television sucked so bad that "I think I'd rather just watch wrestling again". So we did. This was just before AEW was founded too. Effectively getting a rerun of WWE having some competition like in the late 90s. This post isn't about AEW though, just…