r/professionalwrestling

Don't get me wrong I like her she is one of my favorites but I don't think tony really appreciates her that much. I don't think she will ever get a push. The girl is paying her dues and tony doesn't care about her at all. I saw the match last night and comes to show how little much he does see in her. I know she is the 1/3 of artists of stardom champion but not getting a push in aew is ridiculous. Only reason why she is staying is because of Kyle fletcher and if tony doesn't show any appreciation I'll just give up.

I'm not complaining, but I don't recall one instance where Naked Mideon was not wearing a fanny pack, thong, and boots during that whole god-awful storyline. I recall that story being so unpopular with the boys that Austin was elected to go to the ring and break character in a Jim Cornette-esque monologue about the perceived bad state of things in the WWF. I believe this was the only time Austin was mad at Mick Foley, who brainchilded the storyline.

I started watching Professional Wrestling in the late 80s with my older brother and became a big fan of it all in the early to mid 90s. During that time, I was always a WWE/F guy.

The kid version of me loved Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior, the preteen version loved Bret Hart and the teen version of me loved the Attitude Era.

I followed WWE through the 2000s, went to a Wrestlemania in the 2010s and still watch events now in my early 40s. I dipped my toe into WCW, TNA and AEW but it was always WWE/F that I enjoyed most.

So when I say that the product is dull as dishwater at the moment, I am saying it as a lifelong fan of WWE.

Now, I do not blame the individual wrestlers for this. This may be the greatest generation of WWE wrestlers in terms of athleticism and on any given night you can find good promos and good matches. Even great ones. The problem is that it is all the same. Every feud is just the same recycled crap with no actual story.

CM Punk is genuinely one of the best of all time on the mic and in the ring yet every single feud now is just him in the ring with a mic saying nasty things about someone while they call him old or insult his personal life, Roman Reigns is just a long walk to the ring and an endless feud with his own family that is just so tired it would put an insomniac to sleep and Cody Rhodes has spent 3 years cutting the same promo over and over again.

I genuinely like these guys but I cannot tell you of a single good, main event story they have had since Punk finished feuding with Drew back in 2024.

Even Bron Breakker vs Oba Femi, which should be a sure fire hit, is just two guys being pulled apart by security. Just like it was with Oba Femi vs Brock and Bron vs Roman.

I grew up on a WWE product that had worse athletes and worse matches than 2026 but it had storylines. They were storylines that let you actually have moments in matches you cared about. Moments that mattered.

WWE doesn’t have that now. It just has matches and promos and neither really link together to tell a story now. In all honesty, you can ignore Raw and Smackdown and just watch the PLEs and you would lose very little.

I was really hoping Summerslam would be a turning point for WWE but it just isn’t. The product is the absolute dregs at the moment and it is hard to care about any of it.