Ruthless Aggression 2.0

[Lockard 23]

I personally hate it when people talk about 'going back' to a previous era. The reason being that the only thing that usually separates different eras in wrestling is the specific people and storylines that are happening at the time, so 'going back' would almost mean to me just hiring all the same people back and doing it all over again. Otherwise, it's a new era.

The Attitude Era might be the only exception to this, as it can at least be defined as the time when the tone of things were a lot more mature and 'real' and edgy in terms of gimmicks and storylines and such (and it annoys me when people constantly talk about going back to this era as well), but the Ruthless Aggression Era is only called that because they needed a name for this specific time period and Vince said the name in July 2002 on Raw so they used it.

 

[Crayo]

I personally hate it when people talk about 'going back' to a previous era. The reason being that the only thing that usually separates different eras in wrestling is the specific people and storylines that are happening at the time, so 'going back' would almost mean to me just hiring all the same people back and doing it all over again. Otherwise, it's a new era.

Not the point of the thread. I don't think anyone is suggesting to do it, it's just an "is it possible?" thread. I see constant references in the IWC to going back to eras more entertaining, and I was seeing if this was more realistic and was wondering how this roster would compete. One of the special components of the RA era was the incredible roster.

 

[CM Punk]

Is it possible? Yes.
Would it be called Ruthless Aggression 2.0? No!

 

[Lockard 23]

Not the point of the thread. I don't think anyone is suggesting to do it, it's just an "is it possible?" thread. I see constant references in the IWC to going back to eras more entertaining, and I was seeing if this was more realistic and was wondering how this roster would compete. One of the special components of the RA era was the incredible roster.

The point is one needs to clarify exactly what makes the Ruthless Aggression Era unique if they're gonna talk about going back to it. As I said, it's usually the people and angles happening at the time that makes an era unique, so what would going back to the RA Era mean exactly? At least when people say they want to go back to the AE - annoying as those people can be - you can know they want to go back to a time when WWE was pushing the limits and having crash TV all over the place.

 

[Crayo]

The point is one needs to clarify exactly what makes the Ruthless Aggression Era unique if they're gonna talk about going back to it. As I said, it's usually the people and angles happening at the time that makes an era unique, so what would going back to the RA Era mean exactly? At least when people say they want to go back to the AE - annoying as those people can be - you can know they want to go back to a time when WWE was pushing the limits and having crash TV all over the place.

Tbh the RA was a much more edgy product than the current product. You could argue that returning to an era where a midcard is still booked as an important piece of the show and the storylines were much more unique/edgy is still an era WWE can go back to.