Twitter roasting WWE before fans jumped back on board

[Riley Escobar]

Its crazy like, I remember when I was binging some New Generation WWE/F (don't ask why just Koala things). The era wasn't that bad on a perspective of stupid wrestling land. I mean, you had gimmicks, the matches were alright to slept on, and some overlooked feuds (Jerry Lawler/Bret Hart).

Hell, folks still swear up and down that the Attitude Era was the end all, but forget that 96/97 was the true form of the Attitude Era:

• Real ass Stone cold before the injuries
• The real ECW invasion
• Organic feuds
• HBK shredding to a douchebag persona
• Heel Diesel

Hell, WCW in 92/94 before Hoegan still holds more weight than the Bischoff Era. It goes back to WWE being the propaganda machine because folks missing a lot of good wrestling that's overshadowed by hype overrated eras.

There’s a valid argument to be made that Goldust’s debut was the true start of the Attitude Era, albeit a year or two ahead of its time until everything else caught up with it

I’ll die on the hill that the OG Goldust was one of the greatest gimmicks in wrestling history, especially given the climate at the time and how many boundaries it really pushed

 

[Tres Leches]

They had a very slim chance to put pressure on them

Then Vince got outted & Triple H took over

They can’t compete with a hot WWE

Let’s see how triple H transitions once the bloodline story eventually ends I still have question marks with him look at Bianca and street profits

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

There’s a valid argument to be made that Goldust’s debut was the true start of the Attitude Era, albeit a year or two ahead of its time until everything else caught up with it

Mans was legit french kissing Ahmed Johnson, trying to fukk Roddy Piper, and get with Razor Ramon's toothpick. Like breh, that's not only attitude, but Rage up in Harlem

 

[OneDeep]

Let’s see how triple H transitions once the bloodline story eventually ends I still have question marks with him look at Bianca and street profits

Bloodline story only got this far because of Triple H

It would’ve ended a long time ago if Vince was still here

Bianca & The Profits a regularly on TV

He rebuilt the Street Profits

Bianca can slide in any program because she at the top of the roster

Until he get to Tony Khan levels of booking black talent then we’ll see

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

WWE at its worst was pulling in double the ratings of AEW now and it was borderline unwatchable so as a fan, ratings really don’t mean shyt, it’s about the quality of the show.

it was all a slow build to now

 

[RammerJammer]

I'll also add in the Nexus storyline, at least the beginning of it was a bright spot in the guest host/anonymous GM era. We all know how that ended but my interest spiked up way higher for those first couple weeks of that Nexus storyline.

The Nexus storyline pissed me off so bad, should’ve been WWE’s organic version of the nWo only for them end up as just another Super Cena/Orton casualty. Cena was gonna win in the end but a short Wade Barrett WWE Title run with Cena winning the title at WM 27 wouldn’t have hurt.

 

[Riley Escobar]

Mans was legit french kissing Ahmed Johnson, trying to fukk Roddy Piper, and get with Razor Ramon's toothpick. Like breh, that's not only attitude, but Rage up in Harlem

Don’t forget all his fukkery with the Undertaker about “making the Deadman rise and release his embalming fluid all over the place”

 

[BlackAchilles]

The Guest Host/Anonymous RAW GM era nearly made me stop watching wrestling for good but the Summer of Punk happened.

Yeah same

Checked out around that time but the Pipe Bomb/Rock coming back got me back into it

 

[cartierhoe]

The Nexus storyline pissed me off so bad, should’ve been WWE’s organic version of the nWo only for them end up as just another Super Cena/Orton casualty. Cena was gonna win in the end but a short Wade Barrett WWE Title run with Cena winning the title at WM 27 wouldn’t have hurt.

Agree with that completely, and if I recall correctly it was like you said Cena in his most "Super Cena" phase didn't want to put them over at Summerslam that year.

Made them lose all credibility instantly, they could've at least made them look like a threat on a big stage once.

 

[O.Red]

Stopped watching in 03 came back in 23 and I don't give a fukk

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

Vince version of the bloodline

 

[Heelish]

Don’t forget all his fukkery with the Undertaker about “making the Deadman rise and release his embalming fluid all over the place”

And that legit had TaKKKer all too

 

[Busby]

What’s even wilder during that time period is that the Black and Gold NXT which was ran by Triple H was by far the best wrestling show in America. It was just a small dose of what a WWE run by Triple H would look like.

On Saturday would be a Takeover and it would be filled with a shyt load of Match Of The Year contenders. Then the next night would be the main roster show ran by Vince McMahon and it would be TRASH.

It was literally night and day and it was THE SAME COMPANY

 

[OneDeep]

What’s even wilder during that time period is that the Black and Gold NXT which was ran by Triple H was by far the best wrestling show in America. It was just a small dose of what a WWE run by Triple H would be look like.

On Saturday would be a Takeover and it would be filled with a shyt load of Match Of The Year contenders. Then the next night would be the main roster show ran by Vince McMahon and it would be TRASH.

It was literally night and day and it was THE SAME COMPANY

And some people seem to think it was a Indy shyt

It was but it was a

Storyline driven Indy based show that was gritty but still had Main Roster production

That’s what he slowly integrating today

 

[g-ice]

And some people seem to think it was a Indy shyt

It was but it was a

Storyline driven Indy based show that was gritty but still had Main Roster production

That’s what he slowly integrating today

It did get overboard once Cole and Gargano where in the main event scene though.

As for the thread itself, Guest Host Era Raw and the later moments of Thunderdome Era were the peak moments of god awfulness.