I picked the 80's as my favorite. The nWo era would probably be my second choice. It is my all time favorite storyline and my favorite stable(s).

I used to be a HUGE wrestling fan (I don't mean in size, although my waistline could be smaller). I watched wrestling religously from the time I started watching tv up until sometime around the middle of this decade. Now I rarely watch it. I would actually love to get back into it. I'm just so used to not watching it that on Mondays, I don't even think about it.

Last I remember, it seemed like real tag teams and any good stables were a dying breed/thing of the past. Tag teams used to be gimmick based. There are still some. But it seems like with the WWE, they would rather just slap two random superstars together.

I remember growing up with tons of tag teams. The Road Warriors, the Midnight Express, The Rock N Roll Express, The Fantastics, any combination of the Four Horsemen, the British Bulldogs, the Hart Foundation, Strike Force, Demolition, the Rougeau Brothers, the Nasty Boys, the Rockers, the Powers of Pain, the Natural Disasters, Steiner Brothers, the Islanders, the Bushwhackers, Samoan Swat Team/the Headshrinkers, Men on a Mission, the Hollywood Blondes, Public Enemy, the Varsity Club, the Freebirds, Doom, the Killer Bees, etc.

Too many PPVs and no real jobbers. In the WWE, squash matches come at the expense of other superstars who currenty have no story.

Also, back in the day, if you had a fued with somebody, they let it build up with confrontations. Maybe they did a run in on your match. Maybe they would cut negative interviews at your expense. But if you had a match at the PPV, they let the tension build. NOW, if you have a match at the PPV, by the time you get there, you've already fought the guy several times.

Lets say John Cena has a match with Randy Orton at the next PPV. Lets also say Chris Jericho has a match with Triple H. At the time, Cena and Jericho are the good guys. Lets also say that Orton is the champ. At the last PPV, he fought HBK.

What will happen is that after the Cena/Orton match is announced, he comes out at the start of Raw to trash Orton. HBK will come out saying he wants another piece of him first. Then Orton comes out and says something. Whoever is running Raw at the time will come out and announce a triple threat match.

Then, next week, there will be a match between Cena and HBK to determine who will fight Orton at the PPV.

Then you have a non-title match in some capacity between the two. Then the next week there is a tag match with Cena/Jericho against Orton/Triple H.

Then they'll fight in some sort of gimmick match. By the time the PPV rolls around, your sick of the fued altogether.

I remember when fueds lasted several months between PPVs. On top of that, they never had a match before the PPV.

Something else I want to bitch about is turning gimmick PPVs like the Royal Rumble and the Survivor Series into regular events. Sure the Royal Rumble is pretty much the same. But they waste time with regular matches. They have also ruined it. Every year, its easy to predict the winner. You've got only a handful of guys that are getting that big of a push. So its only going to be one of them. Take away the promise of a title shot and give some other reward. Money? Glory? Whatever. Make it unpredictable again.

The Survivor Series is a total sham. You get one match from the original format, and it usually sucks. Make the whole damn thing like that. But make it using the original format of five guys per team. The best Survivor Series ever was the first one. They got it right. But every year it gets exponentially worse.

Also, you don't have to have title matches at every PPV. Remember when being a champion meant something? Now it changes hands more than a ten dollar bill. Everyone has had a title in some capacity.

Hulk Hogan was champion when wrestling really became mainstream. He held the title for over 4 years at this time. Bruno Sammartino actually held the belt for over 7 years for one title reign. He also holds the record for most time with over 11 years for just two title reigns. The current champ, Triple H, is tied with The Rock for most times holding the belt with 7 each. Neither has held the belt for a combined year. I'll admit 7 years os way too long. 4 is probably a little extreme. But 7 times combined for less that a year says the belt is changing hands way to often. But to their credit, John Cena has only had it 3 times and held of for a combined total of over 2 years. His longest reign is over a year with only 4 guys (Bob Backlund, Pedro Morales, Hulk Hogan, and both Sammartino reigns) who have held it longer for one reign.