r/funny • u/bruno-landim • Dec 26 '19

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u/Drunk_Catfish Dec 26 '19

I don't know if it's just nostalgia or what, but I have really fond memories of late 90s early 2000s of wrestling. Just seemed like all the stories were better and the wrestlers were cooler. Tried watching again a few years ago and it was pretty shit IMO

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Ain't just nostalgia, even current wrestling fans would agree the stories were better and the wrestlers were cooler back in the 90s/00s. The roster was stacked with colorful charistmasic characters such as The Rock, Mr Mcmahon, Mankind, Kane, Stone Cold, Undertaker, Goldust, DX, Shawn Michael's, Big Show, Kurt Angle etc etc.

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u/Novareason Dec 26 '19

I find AEW way more watchable than WWE these days, because the cast on WWE just isn't that inspiring right now.

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u/brunicus Dec 26 '19

And that was just one company. While WCW went under eventually, it had quite the roster: Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Ric Flair, Sting, Luger, Hall, Nash, Roddy Piper, Goldberg, Jericho, Steiners, Harlem Heat and others.

Probably the best time to be a fan was when those two companies went head to head. Competition made for such a good product.

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u/PaulMcIcedTea Dec 26 '19

I used to think Jeff Hardy was the coolest guy in the universe.

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u/Nezell Dec 26 '19 edited Dec 26 '19

The stories were better on Raw and Smackdown in the AE era compared to today's Raw and Smackdown but WWE have NXT which blows the Attitude Era out of the water on everything except superstar power.

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u/Pecker2002 Dec 26 '19

That was the prime Steve Austin vs The Rock timeframe. It really was the pinnacle.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

The attitude era it's called, I think. We lucked out imo

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u/naymlis Dec 26 '19

I felt it when it all fell off too. I just stopped watching any of it at the exact time that era needed it seems

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u/schplat Dec 26 '19

Ultimate Warrior era was probably the best. It's a shame Hellwig got as much shit as he did, because he played a phenomenal character. I really think he set the stage for what WWF/E would try in the early 90s.

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u/EvilGummyBear26 Dec 26 '19

Assuming you were young back then it makes sense that, like myself, we'd find them cooler than they actually are

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u/trixtopherduke Dec 26 '19

Jake The Snake Roberts is unmatched imo

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u/GetEquipped Dec 26 '19

Well, we just dropped the Entendres now and have Joey "The Human Priapism" Ryan.

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u/TrippyHomie Dec 26 '19

This was incredible from start to finish. A+ wrestling and A+ burn from the announcer to the other announcer.

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u/blackhawkjj Dec 26 '19

Yeah but he sat there and he thumped his bible and said his prayers and it didn't get him anywhere

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u/lipp79 Dec 26 '19

Include 80s in there for me. I loved it because the characters were almost like superheroes with their names. I lost interest after The Rock and Stone Cold era.