welshNick Being a keen viewer of all sports I decided to give wrestling a try when they started airing this in the UK in the late eighties. However, I have to say this was absolute rubbish and refuse to call this 'sport'. The whole thing was fixed (quite badly in parts) - who actually tunes in to watch this kind of thing ? Answer - Gullible idiots who may actually believe what they are seeing is real. Wrestling has had a proud tradition going back to Roman times and the legends of Heracles grappling with the Nemean lion. These ancient wrestlers must be turning in their graves when this type of monstrosity hits the screens. Instead of sportsman, we are seeing a bunch of drug-crazed actors/bodybuilders, all on steroids ..... little wonder the death rate is so high.

Daniel (TERMINATOR180) Watch some of these DVD collections of old stuff, from when it was WWF, but I'd stay away from WWE.As for WWF SmackDown!, it was a great show, 2nd to WWF Raw, but still above WWF Sunday Night HeAT (Which is 3rd, in my opinion)Since the days of WWF, the ratings have gone downhill (from what I've heard a total of 6 million viewers no longer tune in), action figures have been sold cheaply, and backyard wrestling is virtually nonexistent (Not that backyard wrestling was the best idea in the first place, most of the time there were too many chairs and tables and too little actual wrestling)Bottom line, WWE is nothing compared to what it used to be (as WWF) so I'd recommend finding old recordings, they have a lot of old Pay-Per-Views on DVD, and WWE is releasing some Best-Of DVDs that include stuff from the 1990s, which is when it was at its peak, as WWF.

Big Movie Fan Back in 1999 when WWF Smackdown made it's debut, I had my reservations. How could another top WWF show be a success without cutting into it's own audience who also watched WWF Raw Is War (now Raw) on Mondays (Smackdown is a Thursday programme).However, Smackdown has been a great success. It owes it's existence to Raw which was a revolutionary programme for the WWF (and in turn owes it's existence to Prime Time Wrestling which aired from 1986-1992). In no way can it be considered the little brother of Raw;twin brother is more of an apt description.Just like Raw, Smackdown has always featured PPV caliber matches featuring the top stars such as The Rock and Triple H. Smackdown is a great idea in hindsight because it complements Raw very well.It got even better in 2002. In 2002, the WWE split it's roster in two and sent some stars to Raw and some stars to Smackdown. So now, Raw and Smackdown are two very different programmes. You can be assured that any stars you see on Raw on Monday are not going to show up on Smackdown on Thursday which is good news because you can have too much of a good thing. This is also good because it has given more screen time to the talented mid-card wrestlers. Smackdown in 2002 has featured some truly great matches and I see no sign of it slowing down in 2003.

markealeswhite This is my fave WWE show ever it has the best superstars like The Rock Brock Angle Ray Jr Maven Cena Randy Orton And it looks as it has The Undertaker now as well it's got the Sexy Gm Steph Who is very good at her job.