How would you rank the WWE's era's

[Heelish]

to me, the attitude era ended when they brought in all those wcw & ecw guys.

Thank you for this. I consider the Attitude Era to be comprised of the Jerry Springer bullshyt from 1997 to 1999. From 2000 to 2005 it was a completely different era, from superb talent like Angle, Benoit, Guerrero, etc. joining, to the Invasion, to Ruthless Aggression. But, the AE was cool for what it was because of the fukkery. Plus every guy on the roster got a chance to shine and actually be over without getting punished for it. It was fun growing up with it. Looking back to see the hot crowds week-after-week. Most of the actual content doesn't hold up well, but that's besides the point.

 

[stro]

1993 is the best year of the New Generation. Secretly some of the best stories of the 90s in there. And weird shyt like the 1993 Rumble, which at one point has Flair (NWA), Perfect (AWA), Lawler (Memphis), Tenryu (AJPW), DiBiase (Mid South), and Bob Backlund (WWF) in the ring at the same time. It's really the last gasp from the territories era.

• AWA: Martel, Perfect, Nasty Boys, Max Moon, Berzerker
• Memphis: Lawler, Savage, Skinner, Koko, Virgil, Typhoon, Taker, Papa Shango, Max Moon
• Texas: Taker, Max Moon, Berzeker
• Mid South: DiBiase, Taylor, Koko, Skinner
• Pre-Expansion WWF: Backlund, Tito
• WWC: Colon, Headshrinkers, Yoko
• Stampede: Owen
• JCP: Flair, Repo Man, Headshrinkers
• Florida: IRS, Skinner, Nasty Boys
• Japan: Tenryu

 

[richaveli83]

1993 is the best year of the New Generation. Secretly some of the best stories of the 90s in there. And weird shyt like the 1993 Rumble, which at one point has Flair (NWA), Perfect (AWA), Lawler (Memphis), Tenryu (AJPW), DiBiase (Mid South), and Bob Backlund (WWF) in the ring at the same time. It's really the last gasp from the territories era.

• AWA: Martel, Perfect, Nasty Boys, Max Moon, Berzerker
• Memphis: Lawler, Savage, Skinner, Koko, Virgil, Typhoon, Taker, Papa Shango, Max Moon
• Texas: Taker, Max Moon, Berzeker
• Mid South: DiBiase, Taylor, Koko, Skinner
• Pre-Expansion WWF: Backlund, Tito
• WWC: Colon, Headshrinkers, Yoko
• Stampede: Owen
• JCP: Flair, Repo Man, Headshrinkers
• Florida: IRS, Skinner, Nasty Boys
• Japan: Tenryu

 

[stro]

Look at this shyt

Bob Backlund and Tenryu double teaming Jerry Lawler, while Mr. Perfect beats on Flair, while DiBiase and Virgil fight.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

1.Attitude
2.Golden
3.Ruthless aggression

The new generation era wasn't an era. It was a transitional period for the wwe that consisted of all-time lows for the company.

 

[stro]

5 years seems like a long time for a transitional period

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

5 years seems like a long time for a transitional period

It was definitely a transitional period.

Wcw signed a lot of the wwf`s stars so Vince had to work with what he had.

Once he got guys like Austin and the rock really going that's when the attitude era was really being pushed.

Beforehand that they were just tryna regroup. That's why numbers were on an all-time low and the roster wasn't as talented as before.

 

[The American]

1.Attitude
2.Golden
3.New Gen
4.Reality
5.Ruthless
6.PG

Stayed the fukk away from WWE during PG. Lost interest during ruthless. Came back during reality. Ne Gen is slept on, check it out on the WWEN. AE and Golden are incomparable.

 

[JuvenileHell]

For me it's a toss up between Attitude and Ruthless Agression

 

[Doctor Doom]

I grew up on Ruthless Aggression, so I think it's the best. Had the deepest roster and you always watched both Raw and Smackdown because the storylines on both were intriguing. Last era where it felt like EVERYONE was involved in some sort of storyline instead of just floating around. All of the titles meant something, and the tag division was deep as hell.

 

[stro]

It was definitely a transitional period.

Wcw signed a lot of the wwf`s stars so Vince had to work with what he had.

Once he got guys like Austin and the rock really going that's when the attitude era was really being pushed.

Beforehand that they were just tryna regroup. That's why numbers were on an all-time low and the roster wasn't as talented as before.

Attitude Era is technically a transition, too, if you want to go down that road. Before WCW started taking away talent, WWE was already pushing out the old guard and pushing the younger talent to the forefront. Bret won the WWF Championship in 1992, Bret/Bulldog main evented SS over Warrior/Savage 2 (for obvious reasons, but still), HBK's was pushed to IC level and main evented Survivor Series with Bret in 1992 over Razor/Flair vs Perfect/Savage, the rise of Razor in 1993, Flair being allowed to leave, Hogan being gone except for 2 nights, Macho being benched, the vast majority of golden era guys were being jobbed out and leaving the company.

It was clearly a concerted effort to push younger stars even before it was officially dubbed the New Generation. It was more than just a transitional period. It was an entire change in the philosophy of the company of who is and could be a star. It bled into the Attitude Era, for sure, but it shouldn't be discounted as just a simple transition. The WWF product in 1994 was significantly different than the product in 1991. It was record lows in part due to that, but also because every thing wrestling related in the US stagnated fell off huge in 1991-1992 and stayed that way until the nWo got hot.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Attitude Era is technically a transition, too, if you want to go down that road. Before WCW started taking away talent, WWE was already pushing out the old guard and pushing the younger talent to the forefront. Bret won the WWF Championship in 1992, Bret/Bulldog main evented SS over Warrior/Savage 2 (for obvious reasons, but still), HBK's was pushed to IC level and main evented Survivor Series with Bret in 1992 over Razor/Flair vs Perfect/Savage, the rise of Razor in 1993, Flair being allowed to leave, Hogan being gone except for 2 nights, Macho being benched, the vast majority of golden era guys were being jobbed out and leaving the company.

It was clearly a concerted effort to push younger stars even before it was officially dubbed the New Generation. It was more than just a transitional period. It was an entire change in the philosophy of the company of who is and could be a star. It bled into the Attitude Era, for sure, but it shouldn't be discounted as just a simple transition. The WWF product in 1994 was significantly different than the product in 1991. It was record lows in part due to that, but also because every thing wrestling related in the US stagnated fell off huge in 1991-1992 and stayed that way until the nWo got hot.

The attitude era wasn't a transitional period. The whole style was changed to fit an edgier product.

There was a transitional period where they were trying to figure out how to bring in more business. The steroid allegation definitely was a factor in that. That's where they started to push younger talent and then they had no choice but to stick to it because some of their big stars left.

They were still doing some of the same cartoony gimmicks and when they did push for some realism later on they were still in the midst of finding themselves.

It wasn't until the attitude era that it was officially the dawn of a new era.

 

[stro]

AE was transition into RA which was transitioned into PG etc etc. New Gen lasted the same amount of time as the AE.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

AE was transition into RA which was transitioned into PG etc etc. New Gen lasted the same amount of time as the AE.

The difference between AE and the New gen was that AE already had it figured out. The company completely changed their image for that edgy product and there was even a proper changing of the guard with Austin winning the wwf title.

With the new gen they had the elements but, they never really seemed to put all together.

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

1. Attitude 2. Ruthless 3. New Generation 4. PG

hopefully New era will be #2 at least