Lets talk about that transition from Attitude to Ruthless Aggression...

[Nintendough]

2002, when the Attitude Era had come to a close and WCW was laid to rest into the bushes. Austin and Rock were being fazed out, Austin and creative not agreeing and Rock wanting to go pursue a movie career. HHH was transitioning from being one of the main eventers to being the top guy. Brock Lesnar came on the scene , made a huge splash and caught on quickly. Kurtis Angle was operating in excellence(in the ring) like only he can. NWO made a quick splash than fell off while Evolution became one of he best stables of all time. The GOAT HBK made his return and gave us classic after classic. Edge eventually became the star we knew he could be. The brand split was coming and most of us had no idea what to think or feel about it. A lot of people who "used to watch wreslting but stopped" usually faded off around this time due to WCW folding and them not liking the idea of a brand split.



So many other things happened...lets reflect. How were you feeling as a wrestling fan?

 

[Doctor Wily]

2002, when the Attitude Era had come to a close and WCW was laid to rest into the bushes. Austin and Rock were being fazed out, Austin and creative not agreeing and Rock wanting to go pursue a movie career. HHH was transitioning from being one of the main eventers to being the top guy. Brock Lesnar came on the scene , made a huge splash and caught on quickly. Kurtis Angle was operating in excellence(in the ring) like only he can. NWO made a quick splash than fell off while Evolution became one of he best stables of all time. The GOAT HBK made his return and gave us classic after classic. Edge eventually became the star we knew he could be. The brand split was coming and most of us had no idea what to think or feel about it. A lot of people who "used to watch wreslting but stopped" usually faded off around this time due to WCW folding and them not liking the idea of a brand split.



So many other things happened...lets reflect. How were you feeling as a wrestling fan?

I was far more entertained by the wwf/wwe wrestling games than the actual product.

Therefore I made up my own storylines in those games.

Smackdown vs Raw '06 with.GM mode came out and it was a wrap.


Back on topic... I suppose I felt like the attitude wave would never end... Eddie and Benoit dying was a huge blow.

 

[Tommy Fits]

To be honest looking back you see the transition but watching back then it didn't seem like a change of era's. Some of the faces changed but it didn't feel like a huge change like the new generation to the attitude era or ruthless aggression to PG.

 

[Mr. Negative]

I know this is off track and no offense to the thread starter....

I just been meaning to ask this for a minute and didn't want to start a thread just for one or two replies:

When did the PG Era start?

 

[Nintendough]

I know this is off track and no offense to the thread starter....

I just been meaning to ask this for a minute and didn't want to start a thread just for one or two replies:

When did the PG Era start?

2008

 

[SanfordMan75]

ol' fred didnt have a problem wit da ruthless aggression but i felt mo entertained & interested in da attitude era

 

[MrFirst2doit]

lets be reality you skipped a era there...there was no transition from attitude to ruthless agression...

the mcmahon/hemsley era was inbetween those two...and yet was a part of both eras too... it's hard to explain but the Mcmahon/Hemsley gimmick was the END of the attitude era (in it's beginning stages) and slowly transitioned into the beginning of the RA era...

by the time Austin turned heel and teamed up with trips, all remnants of the attitude era were gone...that whole Triple H as the dominant champ timeframe wasn't attitude at all

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Honestly, at the time the Ruthless Aggression Era felt like a drop off from a storyline standpoint but the in-ring product was sooo much better. It was still TV-14 also so we got a lot of bloody brawls.. remember the Eddie and JBL blade jobs during their feud?

The SD! Six was when Heyman was given the keys in creative on that brand and it gave us endless battles between the likes of Rey, King Kurt, Guerreros, Edge and Benoit. Lesnar was also a force. SD! was by far the best show. Haas/Benjamin stepped right in and put in some serious work.

RAW had Evolution and I was a big fan but they didn't have many quality faces to feud with.

So much good shyt in this era looking back... You had Legend Killer Randy... you had DC Dave turning on Haitch, you had Benoit and Eddie title runs... etc..

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

yeah...that wasn't an era @MrDOitfirst


SO to the thread topic, what I liked most about that era was new stars who we were familiar with getting repackaged and rebuilt into stars.

Bradshaw becoming JBL
Booker T becoming king bookah
Eddie becoming latino heat and being taken serious
Angle turning from the funny/cheesy face (great charactor too) to a beast
Edge being taken serious

These were guys we were familiar with that they were doing great things with, always refreshing.

 

[Tommy Fits]

Honestly, at the time the Ruthless Aggression Era felt like a drop off from a storyline standpoint but the in-ring product was sooo much better. It was still TV-14 also so we got a lot of bloody brawls.. remember the Eddie and JBL blade jobs during their feud?

The SD! Six was when Heyman was given the keys in creative on that brand and it gave us endless battles between the likes of Rey, King Kurt, Guerreros, Edge and Benoit. Lesnar was also a force. SD! was by far the best show. Haas/Benjamin stepped right in and put in some serious work.

RAW had Evolution and I was a big fan but they didn't have many quality faces to feud with.

So much good shyt in this era looking back... You had Legend Killer Randy... you had DC Dave turning on Haitch, you had Benoit and Eddie title runs... etc..

This, the in ring action was arguably some of the best all around the WWF/WWE has even seen. But at the same time it seemed like this around the time WWE really started to drop the ball in terms of building and finishing angles. Though in all fairness it could the failed invasion angle that makes this seem worse than it really was.

 

[Nintendough]

Honestly, at the time the Ruthless Aggression Era felt like a drop off from a storyline standpoint but the in-ring product was sooo much better. It was still TV-14 also so we got a lot of bloody brawls.. remember the Eddie and JBL blade jobs during their feud?

The SD! Six was when Heyman was given the keys in creative on that brand and it gave us endless battles between the likes of Rey, King Kurt, Guerreros, Edge and Benoit. Lesnar was also a force. SD! was by far the best show. Haas/Benjamin stepped right in and put in some serious work.

RAW had Evolution and I was a big fan but they didn't have many quality faces to feud with.

So much good shyt in this era looking back... You had Legend Killer Randy... you had DC Dave turning on Haitch, you had Benoit and Eddie title runs... etc..

I basically felt like it was Attitude Era minus the toilet humor and overuse of sex jokes. The in ring product definitely seemed upgraded too. Young Randall beefing with Haitch, Trilltista beefing with Haitch, Ric Flair and his antics. It was just beautiful. Plus what @Ed MOTHEREFFING G said they repackaged guys and brought out the best of them. Especially Edge, he went from being a jokester to a legit legend.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

whats weird is the slower big guys like Big show and henry and others were completely left in the dust during that era. I can't even tell you one thing big show did during that entire era.

Guys like Umaga/lesnar really left them behind for a few years.

 

[DaylitoJames]

yeah...that wasn't an era @MrDOitfirst


SO to the thread topic, what I liked most about that era was new stars who we were familiar with getting repackaged and rebuilt into stars.

Bradshaw becoming JBL
Booker T becoming king bookah
Eddie becoming latino heat and being taken serious
Angle turning from the funny/cheesy face (great charactor too) to a beast
Edge being taken serious

These were guys we were familiar with that they were doing great things with, always refreshing.

I co-sign this statement. Around this time I found myself way more interested in what Smackdown was doing... all that wrestling and pushes of new stars had a nikka like

Meanwhile Raw had a nikka like or at best.

Ruthless Aggression Era needs a 3 disc box set... even including "He Who Shall Not Be Named"

 

[Bud Bundy]

I think that was one of great era's

I was watching every week and the wrestling was good. Some of the old stars came back and the new ones were kicking ass. And during that time the Big Gold Belt was better then the WWF/E title.

I will always have fond memories of that time.

the only down side was chris Benoit going crazy and eddie dying.

 

[Smokebreak]

Didn't watch Ruthless Aggression era at all. I was in HS/College, mixed w relationships with broads i was not thinking about that shyt at all


The hunger from the overall product died when wcw was bought. It was dope seeing wwf come back from the dead but with no competition you get comfortable.

I'm a "less is more" kind of dude and it got over saturated and over produced once smackdown was on tv. It became too much shyt to watch and with 40 new nikkas on the roster it was overkill.