What was it like watching the attitude era as it was it happening?
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MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Anybody go to any shows in person then?
I was at Raw the night DX invaded WCW.
Whenever it rolled into town. Still have my ticket stubs.
Ya' Cousin Cleon
OG COUCH CORNER HUSTLA
this man was a midcarder and got pops like that
Switching from Raw to Nitro during commercials.
We had 2 TVs in our living room in college.
Dynamite James
The Main attraction
Could not wait for Monday’s 
. Every episode of raw or even smack down was exciting.every ppv was an event. Truth be Told I took that era for granted 
. My favorite wrestler at the time was in the other company though :STing Wrestling was really mainstream and cool during that time . in school guys and girls talked about it
. Every episode of raw or even smack down was exciting.every ppv was an event. Truth be Told I took that era for granted . My favorite wrestler at the time was in the other company though :STing Wrestling was really mainstream and cool during that time . in school guys and girls talked about it
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
We'd actually looked forward to mondays I mean we'd all be excited for mondays, people just couldn't get enough of it all
9 times out of 10 godfathers hoes would always look busted but that didn't detract from his entrance being the best shyt ever at the time
9 times out of 10 godfathers hoes would always look busted but that didn't detract from his entrance being the best shyt ever at the time
So_Andretti
Rookie
Boy, ya'll were lucky to witness that time period.
It was fun, Monday night was an event. I miss it, it was a time in history that can't be replicated. It was a perfect storm of where the industry was and where society was at the time. So much of the stuff would not fly nowadays, but the late 90's were the perfect time to be able to get away with so much of it. Hell even the marks weren't super smart yet, we were finally seeing behind the curtain with stuff like the curtain call, the NWO, HBK and Bret, but it was brand new, we had never see that kind of realism in the business. What a time to be a fan, especially if you grew up a fan, it was your reward for watching the lean years. It'll never come back the way society is now. Forget Austin and DX, parents would be complaining that the NWO were bully's, hell half of you would be complaining about it.
Besides the 3 minute matches on Raw & Nitro having all the dream matches ending in DQ, you had to be alive at the time to truly enjoy.
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fukking lit. 1997 and up to WCW’s Halloween Havoc 1998 especially, cause the MNW was still competitive at that point
Post WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 with the PPV feed debacle it was a wrap from there WWF had it and didn’t look back
The merchandise/multimedia from the Attitude Era was a story in itself: As raunchy as the product was, them Jakks Pacific figures were flying off the shelves (nikkas know about going into Toys R Us during the summer and holidays and either all the good shyt was gone or the wrestling toy aisle was clean out of shyt
but when you went when they had stock or JUST restocked and got the new shyt before your friends or cousins did)
When WWF WresteMania 2000 was finna come out you couldn’t tell me shyt. This magazine had me HYPE
WCW/nWo Revenge with a WWF coat of paint AND Chris Jericho was gonna be in it?!
Post WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 with the PPV feed debacle it was a wrap from there WWF had it and didn’t look back
The merchandise/multimedia from the Attitude Era was a story in itself: As raunchy as the product was, them Jakks Pacific figures were flying off the shelves (nikkas know about going into Toys R Us during the summer and holidays and either all the good shyt was gone or the wrestling toy aisle was clean out of shyt
but when you went when they had stock or JUST restocked and got the new shyt before your friends or cousins did)When WWF WresteMania 2000 was finna come out you couldn’t tell me shyt. This magazine had me HYPE
WCW/nWo Revenge with a WWF coat of paint AND Chris Jericho was gonna be in it?!
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Comedy
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
Didn’t have to overly promote themselves during Raw or SD with desperation to get mainstream attention, mainstream attention came to them
FromStLouis
Superstar
Art Barr
INVADING SOHH CHAMPION
real talk,...
ecw hardcore tv was typically better.
the actual raw show was not a great episodic watch start to finish.
till the radicals debuted consistently outside of scsa.
the moments you know about are the moments.
as scsa carried the show.
till mankind's chemistry created the entertainment attitude era style match.
then, carry over to that lasted till survivor series.
where rock finally got his actual me push.
by finally being given rub via taker.
taker is skippable damn near most of the era.
besides tossin mick off the cage.
or the sheer idea and executed spectacle of hell in a cell.
as frfr scsa never really had great match chemistry with taker or kane.
let alone the content to drive any real quality from the Austin confronts taker or kane moments. Even with taker flanked by vkm.
it leaves and still leaves a lot to be desired.
if you can.
try to see the original mankind vs rock I quit match.
plus, how it ended on the live ppv telecast.
as the way it goes off.
if you do not know the outcome.
let alone what occurs.
it will make you see a side of the rock.
that even you will question rooting him on.
after he solidly is the epitome of the cool heel.
the cripple ache reign titled cripple ache is gawd period.
was dreadful to excruciatingly pain full to watch back then.
that I would highly recommend avoiding any episode of raw past the original Jericho confrontation.
if you want to revisit any aspect of the son in law on raw.
as the only highlight to the son in law.
is watching him be carried by every five star match master of the era.
while being an obsessively bad and overbooked low quality blowhard.
that to save it.
you will have to ff to see mick brilliantly transform and save every stomach vomiting inducing moment of cripple ache'a i am the son in law trash performance. Plus witness the burial of every cooler hopeful.
from jeff hardy to Test be buried because of this dynamic as well.
including using every high quality worker.
as a result in the most burial based character direction.
that hurtles the era from boom.
to defunct monopoly failing declining draw.
art barr
ecw hardcore tv was typically better.
the actual raw show was not a great episodic watch start to finish.
till the radicals debuted consistently outside of scsa.
the moments you know about are the moments.
as scsa carried the show.
till mankind's chemistry created the entertainment attitude era style match.
then, carry over to that lasted till survivor series.
where rock finally got his actual me push.
by finally being given rub via taker.
taker is skippable damn near most of the era.
besides tossin mick off the cage.
or the sheer idea and executed spectacle of hell in a cell.
as frfr scsa never really had great match chemistry with taker or kane.
let alone the content to drive any real quality from the Austin confronts taker or kane moments. Even with taker flanked by vkm.
it leaves and still leaves a lot to be desired.
if you can.
try to see the original mankind vs rock I quit match.
plus, how it ended on the live ppv telecast.
as the way it goes off.
if you do not know the outcome.
let alone what occurs.
it will make you see a side of the rock.
that even you will question rooting him on.
after he solidly is the epitome of the cool heel.
the cripple ache reign titled cripple ache is gawd period.
was dreadful to excruciatingly pain full to watch back then.
that I would highly recommend avoiding any episode of raw past the original Jericho confrontation.
if you want to revisit any aspect of the son in law on raw.
as the only highlight to the son in law.
is watching him be carried by every five star match master of the era.
while being an obsessively bad and overbooked low quality blowhard.
that to save it.
you will have to ff to see mick brilliantly transform and save every stomach vomiting inducing moment of cripple ache'a i am the son in law trash performance. Plus witness the burial of every cooler hopeful.
from jeff hardy to Test be buried because of this dynamic as well.
including using every high quality worker.
as a result in the most burial based character direction.
that hurtles the era from boom.
to defunct monopoly failing declining draw.
art barr
YakSpiller
Veteran
It’s why I still have a love for wrestling. shyt was fun. The fukkery was top notch. The wrestling was great. The characters were great. Classic themes and shyt. Didn’t miss a second of it. Watched all of he PPV all the Raws all the Smackdowns even Sunday Night Heat 