Why older fans do not believe in today's talent

[Fallenone]

Has anyone else noticed most older fans hate/dislike or just don't believe in the talent of today?

The wrestlers of today are very talented people, from punk, Cena, Ziggler, Barrett, Orton, Shamues*, and so on, yet it seems they can not draw(out side of Cena and punk a little), and I think part of the factor is losing a lot of the older fans that stopped watching when their favorites left. Older gen fans I know often tell me things like," these new guys cant beat the old ones" anything along the lines of that, witch leads me to think maybe the problem is the torch never got passed down. I know creative plays a part and some of they younger guys just do not want it as bad but maybe a lack of never going over the talent of yesterday is a problem as well.

Thoughts?

[Robstar]

Where are you reading this reaction? I haven't seen it. I don't think a lot of these older generation of fans are really IWC types - they're more likely to just go to the shows (or not) and talk about it in the bar afterwards, not from behind a computer. I'm quite sure this attitude does exist, but it's the same with any sport really. Not as good as the old days!

[Fallenone]

Where are you reading this reaction? I haven't seen it. I don't think a lot of these older generation of fans are really IWC types - they're more likely to just go to the shows (or not) and talk about it in the bar afterwards, not from behind a computer. I'm quite sure this attitude does exist, but it's the same with any sport really. Not as good as the old days!

Not so much reading it, hearing it. I meet a lot of people from work and travel, and family loves wrestling, most of the older fans I talk to at least say this.

[ToiletBowl]

I'm an older fan who really likes the younger talent. I grew up with the Von Erichs, Freebirds, 4 Horsemen, Hogan, Road Warriors, etc. College was RAW, the Attitude Era, nWo, etc. The problem with today's presentation, isnt necessarily the in ring product or talent. It's more a problem of the way the talent is being used and how poor the writers are these days.

[Robstar]

I'm an older fan who really likes the younger talent. I grew up with the Von Erichs, Freebirds, 4 Horsemen, Hogan, Road Warriors, etc. College was RAW, the Attitude Era, nWo, etc. The problem with today's presentation, isnt necessarily the in ring product or talent. It's more a problem of the way the talent is being used and how poor the writers are these days.

As someone from the same era of 'rasslin's good old days () I think my main frustration with todays product is how many superior ideas I have for how the show should be run. There were many advantages to the old system that are just unreasonable ideas for how to work it today but they're part of the melting pot of wrestling history so us old guys like to stir that pot occasionally. One big difference is the lack of kayfabe. Fans are so entwined into many parts of the wrestlers life these days and that serves to give us more things to object to. Back in the day, I wasn't aware of Hulk Hogan or the Von Erichs snorting mounds of cocaine but if I were, I'm sure that would have affected my view of them then too. That's just one example of course, of being privy to more details of a persons life.

[Iron Ape]

One of the biggest issues is that the new guys are cut from a different mold than the old guys, yet the company is doing nothing to conform the product around that. They're essentially trying to jam new technology into an outdated computer model, and then all of the blame goes to the youngsters when shit doesn't quite compute.

[Viperfish]

WWE lost an incredible amount of talent during the 2000s that should've been around a lot longer to become torch-passers or top draws. The biggest one that I can name is Brock Lesnar. Can you imagine if he had never left? Kurt Angle should still be around if he didn't have so many neck problems. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit both had untimely deaths, and they were both in the solid main event picture when they died. Goldberg could've stuck around longer. I don't know how long Umaga would've been in the main event for but he was up there for awhile.

[ToiletBowl]

I agree. I feel like I have so many better ideas than what they are doing with some. I love the Anger Mgmt bit.

[Playboy Stevie V]

I am one of those older fans. I have this problem with some of my whiny friends that are the same age as me. It's a simple explanation. THEY DON'T LIKE CHANGE, refuse to give new things a chance and nothing is as good as it once was. They quite frankly frustrate the living shit out of me TBH.

I get texts throughout ppvs of their constant bitching and I eventually just tells them to STFU and watch and if wrestling now makes them this miserable then STOP FUCKING WATCHING IT AND LEAVE THE REST OF US ALONE TO ENJOY IT.

It's funny because the same people I know that hate the talent now and want the AE back were same people who were bitching when the ae was first starting out that they wanted Hogan and the Warrior back. That Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker, Foley all sucked compared Brutus The Barber Beefcake. Now these same people are crying to me about the shield, punk, ryback, dolph and wanting HHH or the Taker back.

It's so funny because during the TLC ppv these retards were bitching to me the entire shield match about how much it sucked and they should have just used the Undertaker. REALLY?

It's okay, because much like I do today, when these new guys start becoming popular and they start to dig them, I'll remind them how much of banwagon idiots they are when I catch them wearing a Ambrose shirt, much like I do now when they are wearing a Rock shirt when they said he would never amount to anything, because he was no Lex Luger.

[FLWWEFan]

Majority of the complainers are those who like to live in the past. They don't want to accept the fact that days of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, The Rock, The Undertaker, Mankind, Triple H, etc...have pretty much come to an end for the most part.

It's all about the new breed. A new generation and a generation with a different style.

I enjoyed that era of wrestling very much, some of my greatest memories of wrestling are from that era. But I still find a way to enjoy today's product even though it at times frustrates me, I still manage to watch it on a weekly basis.