People are getting nostalgic over 2011 WWE now

[JerseyBoy23]

Yup

And people always ask "Who the hell will kids remember from this era? Who the hell are the nostalgia legends they gonna bring back in 20 years time? Wrestling doesnt have any pop culture connection" and Im like theres ALWAYS gonna be people

The fact that Batista and Rey Mysterio are legends from the Ruthless Aggression era with mainstream recognition tells you every era watches, people acting like guys from the New Generation were mainstream tells you

So they'll be people in 15 years talmbout the Shield, Daniel Bryan, The Women's Evolution, Brock, Finn Balor, CM Punk, NXT, The Bullet Club, ROH/New Japan, Elite etc etc era was better


Hell they'll think its a golden era lololol

Spoiler

Actually they might be right too

I'm actually worried about this new generation because of cord cutting. Even back in 2011 it wasn't as prominent but I think there's a gap of new kids finding wrestling from like 2014 until they go to FOX.

If you don't have an older cousin, parent or uncle to introduce wrestling to you, it's hard to just stumble on to it like it was in the 90s and 2000s.

 

[julesocean]

My nephew always be like 2K WWE is a trash game we need SD v Raw back. He never even played No Mercy or Wrestlemania 2000......

Everything is better when you're a kid.

 

[ADK]

My nephew always be like 2K WWE is a trash game we need SD v Raw back. He never even played No Mercy or Wrestlemania 2000......

Everything is better when you're a kid.

He's right tho. Smackdown vs RAW 09 was the last good game.

 

[DaylitoJames]

Man I just hope 20 years from now the kids will look back at #SnitchGang fondly and I don't become an angry cat yelling at the clouds....



Elder Future Me:

BACK IN MY DAY SNITCHIN' WAS COOL!

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

he thought 2007 was when WWE was good.

Oh, and Benoit killed his wife and kid.

It wasn't Benoit who killed his family it was his evil twin brother, Krispen Wah.

 

[RammerJammer]

2011 was better than every year since 2015. The shyt they’ve been putting on the last four or so years makes the PG era seem bearable.

Idk about that, 2016 was a great year

As for 15, 17, and 18, I agree.

 

[prophecypro]

I'm actually worried about this new generation because of cord cutting. Even back in 2011 it wasn't as prominent but I think there's a gap of new kids finding wrestling from like 2014 until they go to FOX.

If you don't have an older cousin, parent or uncle to introduce wrestling to you, it's hard to just stumble on to it like it was in the 90s and 2000s.

See I think to the contrary

Wrestling is not popping on tv and in live attendance but its strong on the internet and social media. New Japan and WWE are constantly trending on twitter and popping up on memes (RKO, gifs etc) and Im always surprised to see people following wrestling I dont think they would incliuding key social media influencers and Youtube reactors

 

[JerseyBoy23]

See I think to the contrary

Wrestling is not popping on tv and in live attendance but its strong on the internet and social media. New Japan and WWE are constantly trending on twitter and popping up on memes (RKO, gifs etc) and Im always surprised to see people following wrestling I dont think they would incliuding key social media influencers and Youtube reactors

For wrestling’s sake I hope you’re right.

 

[DANJ!]

If you were 10 in 2011, you're 18 now.

Yup. The nostalgia train is never late. Even for trash.

And depending on your age, 8 years is a looooonnnng ass time. Your whole life can flip around in half that time. When I was 12, I couldn't responsibly manage $50. By the time I was 20, I had my own apartment, was paying bills, and was already reminiscing about shyt from the 90s. So much can change in that time when you're young. When you get older, 8 years ain't shyt cause you've settled into life.

 

[RegB]

Heel Daniel Bryan, Heel R-Truth, The Pipebomb, Cody with his best run in the E with the mask and the paper bags lol, Hall of Pain, Sheamus's well executed face turn, Christian's one more match thing, The Miz as champ, 2011 was a decent year..

 

[Mike the Executioner]

There's definitely some nostalgia involved because I was still in junior high back in 2011. That was one of the last years I tuned in every week to watch the shows. Watching PPVs live was still something impossible. I remember trying to see if I could get into a streaming site to watch SummerSlam on my PSP.

I said this before, but in 2011, it felt like RAW was just throwing anything at the wall and seeing what stuck. The most unlikely people (R-Truth, Alex Riley) were getting pushes and title shots. They had the commentators feud and compete at WrestleMania. Titles were still being passed around like the remote. Every week was like car crash TV with everything they were doing. It was entertaining.

2011 was the last time SmackDown mattered until the brand split came back.

Undertaker was still capable of putting on a WrestleMania classic.

CM Punk became a permanent main eventer.

Daniel Bryan was taken seriously for the first time.

The Hall of Pain.

Both world championships felt equally important.

2011 wasn't perfect (shytty WrestleMania, Punk's initial buzz being killed at SummerSlam) but it was one of the last times the WWE felt must-see before reality hit and they started making all these changes to the product.

 

[Grifter]

Y'all talking about 8 years. I remember watching Halftime heat live 20 years ago.













It's a shame we gotta get old.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

And just a year later, a good amount of us were posting in TSC (2012)

Will be years in May

 

[Crashwd5]

If you were 10 in 2011, you're 18 now.

Yup. The nostalgia train is never late. Even for trash.

 

[Legal]

That shyt was almost 10 years ago. Basically anything over five years old is eligible for nostalgia with how quickly everything moves now.