The great days of wrestling ended when ECW folded. Now, ECW was crazy and dangerous stuff, but they forced WCW and WWF to change, and I think for the better. But when ECW folded the Old ways started to crawl back in. Suddenly pile drivers are banned, and we're back to the "amazing elbows" and "suplexes" being the center point of Professional Wrestling. The day Professional Wrestling died for me is when Undertaker's streak ended. That was it. I was done. The end of the great era, which stayed too long and became sad and old. The Undertaker will always be my favorite wrestler, because his backstage real persona was one of kindness, service, and the realization that we, the fans, can see when it isn't being done to the fullest.
I've always been a WWF fan. However, there is no greater return than Sandman in ECW. Not because of the story, or even Sandman (I really really dislike the guy in and out of the ring). But because of the fans. Watch their reaction...that's what it was always about...the fans. (Mick understood that, Mark understood that, Shane understood that, the Dudleys understood, and so did Heyman. The rest...I think have forgotten.)
I've always been a WWF fan. However, there is no greater return than Sandman in ECW. Not because of the story, or even Sandman (I really really dislike the guy in and out of the ring). But because of the fans. Watch their reaction...that's what it was always about...the fans. (Mick understood that, Mark understood that, Shane understood that, the Dudleys understood, and so did Heyman. The rest...I think have forgotten.)
And, IMO, one of the biggest returns was Triple H's, in Madison Square Garden, after his leg surgery a few years back.