Current WWE superstars recreate Attitude Era moments (Pics)

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I understand the attitude era put the company back on top but the whole obsession this company has with that time period is ridiculous.

If anything, they should pay homage to the era where the promotion was crushing the buildings which was the Golden Era. You had Hogan (I understand why they wouldn't want to use him), but you had a shyt load of wrestlers that they could easily mock without looking wild corny since that era was what it was. The thing about the Attitude Era is the fact that it's an era that doesn't age well. It doesn't blend with the current generation and it's unbearable to watch to today's standards (and I like that raunchy shyt). The whole ordeal just another cock tease for something that will never come back and further make the roster look inferior to the wrestlers that they are trying to cosplay

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

The posts in here made me sad.

It reminds me of how in 2003, to celebrate the 300th episode of The Simpsons, there was a list made of the best episodes of the show and almost all of them were from the first eight seasons. This article talked about how the show was no longer capable of making classic episodes and used the list to make its point.

The WWE's at that point now. They can't really do anything classic anymore, so they have to keep reminding themselves of a period where almost everything they did was classic.

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.

 

[LastManStanding]

The carmella pics are dope

 

[MenacingMonk]

Need to recreate the Royal Rumble '00 Bikini contest.











Mickie will be Mae

 

[dbp]

The WWE is that friend who used to be the popular quarterback banging all the cheerleaders that never did anything with his life.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The posts in here made me sad.

It reminds me of how in 2003, to celebrate the 300th episode of The Simpsons, there was a list made of the best episodes of the show and almost all of them were from the first eight seasons. This article talked about how the show was no longer capable of making classic episodes and used the list to make its point.

The WWE's at that point now. They can't really do anything classic anymore, so they have to keep reminding themselves of a period where almost everything they did was classic.

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.

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

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

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

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.

Even if Vince were to go (deathbed, retirement, or just fukk off into the sunset), the shareholders have a bigger role with the company than say Trips and Steph. One company could make the entire promotion do shyt that would make Disney cringed. If Trips were to take over, the promotion would implode within itself because of the fact that wrestling itself is always going to be niche'd. Trips vision would reek of WCW in the early 90s where they had to do tactics just to hide the fact that nobody didn't want to watch "wrasslin" sadly. Say what you want about Vince but dude is like a Janga piece to the wrestling game. If Vince goes, game over.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

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

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

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Even if Vince were to go (deathbed, retirement, or just fukk off into the sunset), the shareholders have a bigger role with the company than say Trips and Steph. One company could make the entire promotion do shyt that would make Disney cringed. If Trips were to take over, the promotion would implode within itself because of the fact that wrestling itself is always going to be niche'd. Trips vision would reek of WCW in the early 90s where they had to do tactics just to hide the fact that nobody didn't want to watch "wrasslin" sadly. Say what you want about Vince but dude is like a Janga piece to the wrestling game. If Vince goes, game over.

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.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

By the way, I love NXT and the call backs to the territory days but I agree you cannot run WWE like that. WWE has to be LARGER THAN LIFE. That's why guys like Braun should be doing fukkery upon fukkery every Monday evening. It's guys like Braun doing insane shyt that will bring in the casuals.

It's guys like AJ who might bring in some casuals but will definitely keep the smarks happy. You need to push both Braun and AJ and let them do what they do best. Also, Nakamura shouldn't be cutting long promos. Just let him be his Michael Jackson like persona and it's gucci.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Also, they have so many good tag teams right now. Usos, New Day, Revival, The Club, Fashion Police, The Bar, etc.. they could be like the new 80s period where tag wrestling was HOT.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

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.

It goes back to the micromanagement. There's too many areas within a company that should be focus on one direction. A promotion should have a chain of event, but in the WWE's case ...it's a wing it type of nature to the business. NXT should be a area where the wrestler gets trained to be a superstar, nothing more nothing less. The fact that it became a commodity within itself really damaged the entire concept of building superstars. You have Bayley coming fresh from NXT to WWE with no direction what so ever, while Elias who bombed in NXT, coming to the WWE and becoming an instant star. This is a problem because instead of NXT just being a better FCW, it's just WWE's ideal of what Indy wrestling should be. This is one of the reasons why the talent for the promotion lacking any type of draw power, along with storylines being the epitome of trash. It's just a miserable state of affairs to be honest. It's like wrestling as a whole should be as simple as 1 + 1. It shouldn't be hard for the WWE to address it's problems, but they won't. Now we have the worst Road to Wrestlemania since 1995.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

It goes back to the micromanagement. There's too many areas within a company that should be focus on one direction. A promotion should have a chain of event, but in the WWE's case ...it's a wing it type of nature to the business. NXT should be a area where the wrestler gets trained to be a superstar, nothing more nothing less. The fact that it became a commodity within itself really damaged the entire concept of building superstars. You have Bayley coming fresh from NXT to WWE with no direction what so ever, while Elias who bombed in NXT, coming to the WWE and becoming an instant star. This is a problem because instead of NXT just being a better FCW, it's just WWE's ideal of what Indy wrestling should be. This is one of the reasons why the talent for the promotion lacking any type of draw power, along with storylines being the epitome of trash. It's just a miserable state of affairs to be honest. It's like wrestling as a whole should be as simple as 1 + 1. It shouldn't be hard for the WWE to address it's problems, but they won't. Now we have the worst Road to Wrestlemania since 1995.

I think NXT was just booked so well and got so hot that they felt they needed to capitalize and start making money off it. But you can't just say to the casual fans " Hey! here's Bayley! she's awesome! Believe us!"

You can't tell casual fans something, you need to show them WHY Bayley is great. Maybe more vignettes or video packages instead of just throwing her on TV. They never did the "show" part of it. They did a very lazy "tell" approach.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I think NXT was just booked so well and got so hot that they felt they needed to capitalize and start making money off it. But you can't just say to the casual fans " Hey! here's Bayley! she's awesome! Believe us!"

You can't tell casual fans something, you need to show them WHY Bayley is great. Maybe more vignettes or video packages instead of just throwing her on TV. They never did the "show" part of it. They did a very lazy "tell" approach.

This is where the WWE Network comes in, or at least a rundown of what happened on NXT. I swear it pisses me off that Vince is so driven on competition that he doesn't treat each of HIS shows as it being apart of the WWE's ecosystem. That's like if NJPW treats the Young Lion shows like just another event, instead of a developmental event that's geared towards letting their fanbase see the next big thing. The fact that they treat NXT like its a different promotion entirely, instead of developmental is a gift and curse. If you trying to push certain wrestlers from NXT to WWE, at least help a casual fan understand why I should give a damn about a wrestler. The Shield was a perfect example of how they should go about sending NXT wrestlers to the "big league". Help them make a impact, give the audience a reason to be in awe about them, and add a bit of mystery to why a wrestler or wrestlers are a threat to the roster.