Anyone else sick of the comparisons between The Attitude Era to today's wrestling ?

[jminter2698]

I am, I became a WWF/WWE fan because of The Attitude Era and I get that it has to do with what you personally enjoy. But I noticed whenever somebody sees anything that "sucks" in today's era, it's always compared to what was around in the past. Completely forgetting that what's around today didn't exist until recently, the product in the late 1990's was more raunchy and adult oriented with the blood and the sexual innuendos, the cursing and extremely violent matches. Today they've cleaned up a lot of that because there's no reason to have it anymore, the WWE did it at the time when they were competing against WCW and ECW to get more views on the product. The internet also wasn't a big deal like it is now. The views didn't come from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram the WWE Network or Twitter because there was no such thing, you had to actually watch the show on TV or if your friends and family told you about it or you found out about it through magazines or newspapers. So it's an unfair comparison.

 

[Grievous 3D]

The Attitude Era had more interesting characters & Stories...
but the quality of wrestling is better these days.

I just wish the WWE let their performers actually play
characters & told some interesting stories.

 

[collim1]

I grew up in the attitude era. It got out of hand near the end. Just silly shock value and a lot of poor wrestling.

I will always remember it, but I don’t want it back. I want my boy to be able to watch wrestling without his mother fussing about it being inappropriate.