Are We Finishing the Story? The Cody/Rock/Roman Megathread

[Smart Marx]

The no good part timer was the one that made me realize that the Attitude Era wasn’t as great as we think it was; at least from a wrestling perspective

I’ve gone back a rewatched the entire year of 1999 for myself. I still enjoy it.

Now 1997-1998 was rough.

 

[Cwalker]

I’ve gone back a rewatched the entire year of 1999 for myself. I still enjoy it.

Now 1997-1998 was rough.

when you go back and actually watch, so many matches are 4 minutes and then a run in

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

The no good part timer was the one that made me realize that the Attitude Era wasn’t as great as we think it was; at least from a wrestling perspective

That too, 1998 and 1999 wrestling was not good unless you were a main eventer in the WWF. In my opinion.

The top 6 workers in 1999 were Austin, Rock, Foley, Trips, X-Pac, and Taker.

Three years earlier you had:

Bret, Shawn, Austin, Vader, Owen, and Mero

 

[Hoss]

The no good part timer was the one that made me realize that the Attitude Era wasn’t as great as we think it was; at least from a wrestling perspective

Practically anything that wasn't the main event of a PPV was usually gonna suck, match quality-wise, through a modern wrestling lens. I still find the shit entertaining though.

 

[Smart Marx]

when you go back and actually watch, so many matches are 4 minutes and then a run in

Yeah. I’m fine with that. The shows imo are for telling stories. Then you have the PPV with 20-minute matches.

 

[Comrade Khan]

and yeah I can't stand mostly talking with a bit of wrestling, that's where some of us will differ. 60+% of talking is no bueno for me, if I wanted that i'd watch tv show. I also will always push back that matches are not stories.

 

[Cwalker]

Practically anything that wasn't the main event of a PPV was usually gonna suck, match quality-wise, through a modern wrestling lens. I still find the shit entertaining though.

Yeah it’s entertaining as fuck. Will never deny that. But the actual wrestling doesn’t hold up.

But that was Russo’s ideology. The car crash style

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

In TEW I'm always on the TV 60% Wrestling, 40% Angles spectrum lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

and that's why I am forever grateful for AEW, I don't have to sit through 20 minute soliloquies to watch a mid 5 minute match

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I won’t lie. I’ve tried to watch full attitude era shows in the last couple years. I couldn’t get through it. Like Jeff, I can watch moments and clips and highlights or whatever. But a full show just ain’t for me. At the time, I enjoyed it. But my taste has changed since then. But definitely no hate to those who enjoy it still, if you like it you like it and I respect it

 

[Cwalker]

and yeah I can't stand mostly talking with a bit of wrestling, that's where some of us will differ. 60+% of talking is no bueno for me, if I wanted that i'd watch tv show. I also will always push back that matches are not stories.

That 2004 era right before Cena and Batista were stars and every Raw opened up with a 30 minute Evolution promo

 

[Hoss]

I am a fan of all varieties of wrestling, as long as it's compelling in some way. When I watch Atittude Era WWE or 2000s TNA, I really enjoy how the shows feel like... well, a TV show. The stories dominate and progress each week. Most of the time it's quite cheesy, but that's the nature of most wrestling for me anyways.

 

[Comrade Khan]

like even in AEW, I hope we never ever get a promo like MJF Punk ever again - that shit was exhaustingly long for me

 

[Cwalker]

and that's why I am forever grateful for AEW, I don't have to sit through 20 minute soliloquies to watch a mid 5 minute match

There are some inner circle segments that beg to differ

 

[Comrade Khan]

That 2004 era right before Cena and Batista were stars and every Raw opened up with a 30 minute Evolution promo

the triple h special