10 Reasons Why Your Friends Don't Watch Wrestling Anymore

10. Blowing The Biggest Storyline Of All Time

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WWE was riding such a wave of popularity in the early 2000s that they managed to put their primary competitor, WCW, out of business, purchasing the assets of the organization for a song. Many fans expected the greatest storyline of all time to come as a result, but instead, they got the first major misstep from WWE following their greatest boom period ever.

The invasion was doomed from the start -- not because WWE refused to shell out the money needed to acquire the contracts of superstars like Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Sting, and Bill Goldberg (though that would have helped), but because they had no interest in making the WCW talent look competitive with WWE's roster. Apparently forgetting that Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon, Lance Storm, and the like were now their own employees, WWE beat them routinely, taking all drama out of the confrontations between the sides.

Things got worse. ECW joined WCW in the Invasion, but Stephanie McMahon became the group's mouthpiece. With The Alliance, as they came to be known, short on talent, Steve Austin defected, becoming the de facto face of WCW. By the time the whole angle was put out of its misery at Survivor Series (six months after it began), WCW was unrecognizable.

WCW's fans, insulted at the portrayal of the company they loyally followed, quit watching wrestling altogether. Undoubtedly, many WWE fans were also disappointed with how this dream battle was handled, and their fandom also wavered.