Yeah, social media is a huge downfall, hardly anything is a surprise anymore. Even back in the day when it was exposed that wrestling was scripted, it was still awesome to watch because there was no social media. Now, I can't log on to the internet without something being spilled, it really takes away from it. I get that there has to be some chatter to get things going at times, but, for example, I read yesterday that a big name star is supposed to appear at full gear Saturday and there was speculation that it was Sting. Let us assume this is true (and, uh, sorry if people just read that now and didn't know, but, I assume being wrestling fans in a wrestling forum, everyone has heard this), it would be so much more awesome imo if no one knew about this big name and they came out. I get it, lets get people to buy in to the PPV to see who it is...but it just takes away some of the hype for me that would be there if I was watching and had no idea this person was going to show up at all.
The storylines are mostly piss for me. It's like it's okay to have these lazy writers (mostly WWE), they just don't care what trash they put put there, it's annoying. I have watched wrestling for over 30 years, never stopped, so, I have been in periods of complete garbage wrestling before, but, this time, the streak of trash is just so consistent for the longest time, I am just dying for a turn around.