Promotions you follow and how much?

[Grimmas]

I was wondering what people are watching, so what promotions do you follow currently? Also, to what degree do you follow them?

 

1) WWE

Watch special events and well hyped moments on Raw, will watch Raw if they get consistent praise.

 

2) NXT

All TV and special events.

 

3) Progress

All Chapter specials at the least, might start the other shows they do.

 

4) CMLL

Interesting looking and hyped matches.

 

5) EVOLVE

Select shows live and well regarded shows on demand.

 

6) Everything else
MOTY candidates or shows that get a LOT of praise.

[Exposer]

1) WWE - Everything including Main Event, Superstars, and house show matches I can find. I include NXT in this as well. I'm doing a blog this year ranking the best WWE matches and wrestlers of each which explains why I seek everything out. The C-shows are really easy to get through.

 

2) Indies - I'm probably going to a show this weekend. I'm going to a show next weekend. I went to a show last weekend. I'm trying to go to as many Southern Indie shows as I can this year. I also keep up with AWE, EWE, DSCW, and other southern promotions. I usually get the scoop on what matches are good and seek them out.

 

3) Everything else - I'm planning on buying a couple of the more interesting looking Evolve shows this year. Otherwise, I just wait and see what's being pimped then watch it.

[Goodear]

I follow NXT pretty much 100% on Hulu since its easily digestible and a pretty solid show. I watch everything else piecemeal.

[Woof]

1) NXT - Everything they put out

2) WWE - Special events, Raw/Smackdown if I happen to be home and working on something else so I need backgroud. I'll seek out special moments after the fact as they warrent.

3) Lucha Underground - Followed along season 1 at a distance but I'm trying to keep current with season 2.

4) ROH - TV when I can find the time and I'll usually check out the PPV's well after the fact.

5) NJPW - I'll go through moods where I'll watch a handful of recent big shows. Still trying to get my head around Japanese wrestling enough to make the leap to getting a New Japan World subscription.

6) Misc - I'll check out Evolve shows on occasion if they get good buzz. I watched all of the Rev-Pro YouTube TV spots, but they basically stopped doing them. I also will go through stretches of watching CWF Mid-Atlantic's YouTube show when I feel like just watching some completely fresh faces.

[evolution93]

WWE: Raw every week, Smackdown every week (both on first airing), NXT every week (between the first airing and the next airing), all of the NXT specials live and all of the Pay Per Views live.

ROH: The television every week (I watch it online) and I order all of the Pay Per Views. As an aside, last summer was the first time I started watching ROH reguarly and I really like the product. The music is much better than I thought. I am also a huge fan of Adam Cole and Dalton Castle...and the Young Bucks (sorry)

TNA: I watch Impact every week.

NJPW: This year (2017) I started watching all of the major events on NJPW World.

[joeg]

WWE- Most of Raw usually, most PPV main events

NXT- catch most episodes

NJPW- Most big shows, always at least catch the main event

CMLL- Usually catch it on LATV each week, also catch whatever cubsfan uploads that looks good

Lucha Underground- Watch most episodes

[Dewar]

Whatever I can watch on free TV, I follow. So WWE, ROH, Impact, Paragon Pro, and Canada's Wrestling Elite. I watch some of the lucha that Cubsfan posts as well.

[cactus]

1) WWE

Always watch the PPVs without fail. I try to keep up to date with what is happening on RAW via the clips on WWE's YouTube channel. I rarely watch a full Raw unless something big has happened before. The last Raws I watched are last week's Raw, the Daniel Bryan retirement show and the last one I saw before that was when Rollins got injured.

 

2) NXT

I watch every Takeover without fail. I'd like to say I watch every weekly show, but I always end up missing a few, but I tend to get back into things after seeing a Takeover.

 

3) NJPW

I watch the big shows. I try to watch the G1 Climax and the New Japan Cup but always end up burning myself up. A show every day for 5-8 days is just too much to dit through.

 

4) Misc.

I try to keep update to date with any MOTYC that might be to my taste and I will occasional watch a random indy or puro show if the card tickles my fancy.

[Steve T]

WWE

I attend almost all live shows in my area and travel to Wrestlemania every year. I watch most ppvs but rarely turn on wwe tv. I would like to follow RAW but it is just not watchable, IMO.

 

NXT

Watch sporadically.

 

I mostly just watch old stuff on youtube, etc.

[Coffey]

Currently:

 

Lucha Underground - Probably won't watch again until at the end of the season now, after watching the first couple episodes of season two, so I can watch it all in one marathon session. Really enjoyed the first season.

 

WWE - I've fallen out of favor with them. I'll always still watch the Big PPVs, at least Rumble & 'Mania. I used to always watch RAW but I've skipped a few weeks now. I never watch any of the non-RAW TV shows.

 

NXT - I don't enjoy the weekly show as much because I was a fool & read spoilers. It's hard to avoid them when even WWE themselves spoil their owns shows. I'll still watch the Takeover events.

 

NJPW: I'll watch Wrestle Kingdom every year but at this point, that's the only show I go out of my way to see still.

 

"Other" - I'll occasionally catch an odd ROH PPV every now & then but that's about it.

[Ship Canal]

NXT - everything
Progress - Try and watch every "Chapter"
Rev Pro - Their big York Hall shows, often live if I can afford the travel down to London at the time
New Japan - Less interested in their product than I have been in some time but catch all the PPVs
WWE - All PPV's and RAW but not every week... often have it on in the background while I'm doing housework or something, the shows are so fucking long
ROH - Weekly TV and PPV's

Watch now and again:

ICW - Their bigger shows
Evolve - Attempting to fit in more but stalled just before Thatcher's run as champ begun. Need to get back on it.
PWG - Struggle to get through entire shows... not really my kind of style and I find the Reseda venue quite difficult to concentrate on aesthetically... its just so... BRIGHT.
Chikara - Not everyones cup of tea but I really enjoy dipping in now and again, it doesn't take precedence though, too much other stuff to watch

Just watch pimped matches/would love to watch more if I had more time:

CMLL, Stardom/Modern joshi

I'd love to add CMLL to my list of regularly watched shows but its just finding the time, and I'm still acclimatizing myself to lucha, even though I've seen a lot of what you might call the classics in terms of canon...

I've tried to get into Lucha Underground but there's something about the way its filmed and especially the sound - specifically the way the crowd is mic'd - that I struggle with. I still check out matches that get hype on the show, but I think perhaps all the elements that people laud as creative and a welcome departure from a traditional pro wrestling show have made me realize that.... maybe I just like traditional pro wrestling shows.