It's fair to say we are (or at least were) Pro Wrestling on PW.com, so I'm interested to know just how deep you are into the industry? Describe your viewing habits from how much you watch, how you actually watch the product and so on and so forth.

In general, I stick to the major shows. So I'll watch most of the WWE, NJPW, NXT, ROH, TNA PPVs but I'll watch little else. Occasionally I'll watch a couple months worth of TV just to see how a company performs on a week-to-week basis but I get burned out and find myself becoming the arm-chair booker too much for my own liking. I also leave myself a lot of room to go back and watch the older product because of my emotional investment in those characters and my thirst for knowledge. During my initial years as a fan, I missed out on a lot of WWF, WCW and ECW shows, so being able to remedy that ties up a loose end in my mind.

I primarily watch all of my Pro Wrestling online and have basically done so since 2010. Before I'd rely more on TV and if I missed a show, then I missed a show but with all the programs and apps I can watch and analyse all the content to my hearts content. Usually the story for me is that I'll find a way to download the show so I can watch it on my preferred video player (VLC) and usually watch it on a Monday evening when there's little to do. I don't do this as much anymore, but I wasn't against watching some shows at 1.5 speed just to get the gist of it without feeling too disengaged with what's going on.

Very little at the moment, and largely because both don't find the WWE Main Roster all that exciting and often not all that interested at 6.30am to intently watch the WWE replays in Australia, it will be on in the background, but I largely don't care too much. I will watch the PPV's and I do follow NXT intently, as I like the presentation, the basic storytelling and product a lot better.

Over the last 2 years, have begun watching the bigger matches from NJPW, ROH, etc. And will usually chase up anything that gets a bit of buzz on social media.

Right now, I enjoy the idea of pro. wrestling more so than pro. wrestling and enjoy listening to interviews more so than anything.

Don't watch WWE at all besides the occasional pimped match or Lesnar match. Only a few matches a year. To be frank, I think the vast majority of WWE is garbage. I watch all the NXT programming, but I'm starting to get bored of NXT TV. If it was more than an hour a week I'd probably have given it up a while ago, but it's a relatively small time investment so I still do it.

NJPW is my product of choice. I subscribe to NJPW World. I watch all the PPVs and some of the lesser shows if there's something special going on. I don't watch every match. I skip or skim-watch the throwaway undercard matches. I do check out all the big matches. Post-match interviews too, which are now always translated to English subtitles.

Jun 12, 2018 10:26:13 GMT NATH45 said:

Right now, I enjoy the idea of pro. wrestling more so than pro. wrestling and enjoy listening to interviews more so than anything.

This is a great summation of my stance. I spend a lot more time listening to pro-wrestling podcasts than I do watching any wrestling outside of New Japan.

Impact is my #1. Watch it often. Very active on their Facebook page and taking their surveys
I watch SD live each week...usually as background noise while I play videogames.
I skim thru NXT on Fridays
I read about Raw
Don't have a way to watch LU anymore. Really makes me sad...
I read about NJPW and watch any video replays I can find.

I've enjoyed Raw and SD since the draft. So, for now, I watch WWE along with Impact, LU & ROH. I also binge watch Chikara and AIW at the end of the year.

I only really watch Raw and PPV’s. I don’t dislike Smackdown
but it’s on during my day off so I’m normally out enjoying it.
I’ll watch Impact every now and then, and NJPW maybe when they have a big show but I find it difficult to get into.

I just pick and choose what I want to watch within each of the shows.

Raw: All the women's segments
Smackdown: Majority of the show, skipping stuff like Miz and Rusev
205 Live: Majority of the show, skipping squash matches and Kendrick & Gallagher
NXT: All the women's segments, and the good feuds like Gargano/Ciampa and Ricochet/Dream, skipping most of the tag team stuff
Impact: All of the women's segments

I very rarely watch anything live. I'm sure that affects my enjoyment somewhat because that means I take in all the negativity that is posted after the fact. I did see the NXT ladder match live on a whim, which I really enjoyed. I'm sure I would've if I saw it taped, but I think seeing it as it happened helped a lot.

Usually the next day I'll look for segments involving people in my fave five and if there's something that gets a lot of raves online. So basically I look at the women stuff and maybe a match in a given week. Luckily WWE's Youtube channel uploads 2-5 minute clips of all the major things so it makes it a lot easier.