Fall/Winter- Wrestling Downtime?

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Is it me or usually around this time, wrestling itself just seems a bit meh? From WWE's whatever the hell to NJPW focusing on the WOAT event in the promotion (World Tag Team League). Like what is it about this time of year that makes promotions slow on the hype factor? Even Survivor Series looking kinda meh


Thoughts on this subject plz

 

[Eddie Brock]

I’m watching survivor series then tuning out again until the royal rumble (I only watch ppv’s anyway )

 

[THE 101]

We used to have Starrcade

 

[Freestyle Phantom3.0]

I think the true down period is from after mania to summerslam

 

[Silkk]

This is when ROH usually goes all out for Final Battle, but yeah December is usually downtime for everything not just wrestling.

ROH needs a new booker badly tho

 

[Silkk]

I think the true down period is from after mania to summerslam

I'd just call that the WWE "no effort" period

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

We used to have Starrcade

Fall Brawl, Halloween Havoc, and WW3 kept us warm during this cold period breh.

I think the true down period is from after mania to summerslam

MITB, Dominion, and Backlash usually bangers though...

This is when ROH usually goes all out for Final Battle, but yeah December is usually downtime for everything not just wrestling.

ROH needs a new booker badly tho

ROH is basically NXT for NJPW at this very point in life.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

I think the true down period is from after mania to summerslam

At least we get MITB between Mania and SummerSlam now those years when we didn't have the KOTR PPV or the MITB PPV was pretty tough.

 

[Hey_zeus]

Rumble SZN jusw8onit

 

[DaylitoJames]

The thing that today's era of wrestling is badly missing when it comes to the fall/winter time of the year is "holiday fukkery". During the 80s - mid-2000s around this time of the year when its a down period from the serious storylines they usually book silly yet entertaining and memorable holiday segments that would be fun for all like....

But as of late it seems like nobody embraces the holiday seasons anymore like we used to and that's been reflected upon the wrestling product as well.

 

[BlackAchilles]

I feel like they've conceded this time of year to football

 

[Mike the Executioner]

WWE's period from SummerSlam up until Royal Rumble season is almost always .

Then after WrestleMania, it's mostly until SummerSlam comes around. You know what? Let's be honest. The majority of WWE's best writing throughout the year comes during the Road to WrestleMania.

 

[Prodigious]

The thing that today's era of wrestling is badly missing when it comes to the fall/winter time of the year is "holiday fukkery". During the 80s - mid-2000s around this time of the year when its a down period from the serious storylines they usually book silly yet entertaining and memorable holiday segments that would be fun for all like....

But as of late it seems like nobody embraces the holiday seasons anymore like we used to and that's been reflected upon the wrestling product as well.

Couldnt agree more, only thing I disagree is whenever they would have the Thanksgiving dinners on shows, it ALWAYS ends up in a giant food fight and it's just corny to me, not to mention repetative, but everything else you said is spot on