My thoughts exactly more or less.

I don't watch wrestling anymore, but I was a huge fan back in the day. I started watching when I was about 9 or so. I didn't have cable as a wee lad, so I could never watch Raw, but I tuned into Smackdown every week when it was on UPN. When I really started to use the internet in my teens (besides just for porn), I discovered a lot of old WCW and ECW matches and got into them. I also loved that N64 game WWF No Mercy as a kid.

I stopped watching around 2007 because I grew tired of the WWE product. They were great back in the day, but once they ceased having any competition, they became lame and lazy. Their ECW "revival" was also a huge piece of shit and a disgrace to the former company. I could never get into TNA because of the awful storylines despite some great talent. I haven't really watched any of the other promotions like ROH, but I've been meaning to.

As for my favorite wrestlers, I've always liked The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Kane, Rob Van Dam, Roddy Piper (RIP!), Ric Flair, CM Punk, Mick Foley, Val Venis, Booker T, and Raven.