Elephant in the room
John Cena.
Wrestling got stale, hulk hogan-ish and less edgy once Marky Mark was popularized.
That was an end of an era.
I know people wanna rewrite history but it's the truth especially when technical wrestling was becoming more popular.
No one was topping Rock nor Austin on the mic (less technical, more brawlers, superb comedians that whooped ass) and Brock had the perfect mix of power and technical.
Then Angle was legit perfect all around. He should've been pushed to the sky.
Eddie, Benoit, Jerikkk-hoe, shıt - Edge & the Hardy's, Booker T.
Cena was cartoon cereal and fụcked it up.
Bautista was tiers above Cena because he was a powerhouse that knew his role without over the top gimmicks.
Bautista and Brock should've ran an era together, not Bautista & Cena.
It took nearly a decade for Cena to tone it down but by then it was too late.
The 2nd was HHH - era of gloom/reign of terror.
He was the Donald Trump to a MAGA group of champions. Overhyped and overrated by white people, because of the people around him - until he opened his mouth and gave long-winded dialogues and a large demograph of old school wrestling fans officially checked out.
To sum it up - John Cena was the intro to the end and HHH was the final nail on the coffin.
And hence, even behind the scenes, now that Rock is gone, he's doing it again.
What black talent?
Creative writing wise - Shawn Michaels (Daniel Bryan's trainer and project) >>> HHH easily
Look at NXT.
