Current WWE superstars recreate Attitude Era moments (Pics)

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Here's the thing though, they can easily create good content but they don't want to. The Simpsons is a different beast due to writers, aged voice actors/actresses, and being beyond it's time of pasture. The WWE however can just change some elements such as wrestlers that they can push, storylines that can draw fans in, and pure wrestling fukkery. Nothing more nothing less. WWE however doesn't give a shyt at all and still stuck in the past. They had a chance to bring in something new during 2011-2014 with Bryne and Punk, but here we are.

I agree completely. The Simpsons jumped the shark before the 1990s even ended, and the only time they're culturally relevant these days is when they resort to transparent gimmicks like killing off characters, putting Flanders and Krabappel together and making Homer and Marge get separated.

The WWE always shows small glimpses of what they could be in the current era. SmackDown Live before the Superstar Shakeup, RAW's main event scene last summer. They could definitely put together a better product. But they obviously want more than that. It's not enough for them to be the #1 wrestling company in the world and have quality writing. They want the same cultural relevance they had during the Attitude Era, and there are too many cases of them not being able to get out of their own way for that to happen again.

They'd be able to create classics if they let talented writers like Ryan Ward cook and if Vince wasn't micromanaging everything. Wrestling can always be classic breh. The 70s had classics. The 80s. The 90s. All had dope eras. Vince is the issue.

Yeah, I can't compare it directly to a show like The Simpsons because they're under different circumstances.

But when it comes to daps, I have to stack them like the Hebrews.

 

[GreenGrass]

cosplay parties?

 

[llt23]

Here's the thing though, they can easily create good content but they don't want to. The Simpsons is a different beast due to writers, aged voice actors/actresses, and being beyond it's time of pasture. The WWE however can just change some elements such as wrestlers that they can push, storylines that can draw fans in, and pure wrestling fukkery. Nothing more nothing less. WWE however doesn't give a shyt at all and still stuck in the past. They had a chance to bring in something new during 2011-2014 with Bryne and Punk, but here we are.

Bolded part. You can say the same about wrestling. All the stars of the era retired, the writers from that era are gone, and wrestling has changed too much.

Nobody in 1998 was talking about star ratings, they were talking about what crazy shyt Austin did to Vince every week. Thats whats lost in wrestling and where current fans are lost in terms of what the company needs to do to be relevant again. Breh earlier made the right point...need to be larger than life and full of fukkery. Wrestling should take a back seat to storylines with twists and turns. Nobody cares about these long ass matches on Raw/SD every week...it takes time away from character building/storylines and it kills viewership.

 

[Rell84shots]

It's ridiculous man but at the same time, it's the last time they were seriously seriously culturally relevant. Monday Night Raw, at times, could boast damn near beating the NFL in the ratings, Stone Cold and Rocky were genuinely some of the biggest stars in the world. They went from being niche to being on the cover of TV guide, Newsweek, super bowl commercials, MTV specials, and pulled off an empty arena match during the halftime of the super bowl. NBA players wanted to be a part of it so they could get hot.

Essentially, WWE is Al Bundy and the attitude era is their 4 touchdowns in one game

Except the Golden Era was just as big, they somehow got Savage on the cover of Sports Illustrated. I've said before that this company does a huge disservice to the Ruthless Aggression Era as well.

Ruthless Aggression was AE but even more batshyt insane. The matches were more intense, the storylines made no damn sense, and the innovation was there. However, there's a certain individual that's tied to that era which will be remain nameless. They could cosplay that era and have a 8 year old google Ruthless Aggression era and stumble across a certain wolverine

If that 8yr old has the WWE Network then he'll see him on any RAW/SD episode pre 2008. They have every Benoit match from WCW/ECW/WWE.

 

[reigun]

I wonder if they'll ever praise the Ruthless Aggression era like this. The older I get the more I actually enjoy it over the AE. Just me though

I think every era has something of worth in it. Even the PG era gave us some good stuff. But as mentioned, WWE goes back to the Attitude Era because it was the last time they were really culturally relevant in a major way.

I disagree that people don't want to watch "wrasslin". I think most fans appreciate and want to see an AJ Styles vs. Cena or HBK vs. Undertaker or even Braun vs. Roman or Shield vs. Wyatts...

I think the wrestling aspect is still very important. But the story line aspect and most importantly the character aspect is crucial.

The biggest problem isn't the wrestling. It's the lack of interesting stories and lack of character development.

When something like Mixed Match Challenge is giving the wrestlers more character development than RAW or SDL then that is a big problem..

Vince forgot or maybe got arrogant.. it was never the brand that sold itself. It's the wrestlers. People never cared about WWF or WWE. They cared about Hogan, Rock, Austin, etc.

I think people sometimes underappreciate how important the wrestling aspect is even to casual viewers. They may not care about star ratings or all that, but they also dont want to watch storylines build up to absolute shyt matches.

But like you said, the problem is the character and stories are so lacking that the wrestlers are left to try and make the show as entertaining in the ring as possible. Which, not for nothing, is probably why they keep getting injured. They have to practically kill themselves in some of these matches to get a reaction.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

But like you said, the problem is the character and stories are so lacking that the wrestlers are left to try and make the show as entertaining in the ring as possible. Which, not for nothing, is probably why they keep getting injured. They have to practically kill themselves in some of these matches to get a reaction.

A match don't even have to be that good to get a reaction if it had the right story and build up. Hogan and Andre being the perfect example. WWE can sometimes give us great matches but they are severely lacking in character/story development.

 

[hayesc0]

Another nikka gets put in a dress smh.

 

[prophecypro]

this was shyt

 

[YakSpiller]

Breezango

Bananas huh?

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Lol at the anger

Cool pics, Edge wasn't wearing a shirt though

 

[Rell84shots]

They did alright

 

[YakSpiller]

This is some of the dumbest unnecessary shyt ever.

This company is ran by straight fukking morons. They try so hard to separate that time from now...but then turn around and celebrate it

I'll never understand their moronic logic.