'Eras'

So when watching classic wrestling, I often find myself thinking about some of the big, and I mean BIG changes in the WWE landscape over the years. Torches passing, moods shifting, fan culture changing, all that good stuff. And I inevitably end up (as I'm sure many of you do) trying to define the various 'eras' that we WWE fans like to talk about so much.

For me, while I accept everyone's definition will be different, I see the various phases WWE/F underwent over the years as something like this (note that I start at year 1984, as this is roughly the time WWE as we know it really kickstarted):

84-92: The Hulkamania Era- So here it's basically all about Hogan. There were various notable 'supporting' characters if you will, but the key themes of clean cut good vs evil contests, family friendly content, and above all Hogan winning remained prevalent throughout.

93-97: The New Generation- Basically, Hogan left. Because of this WWF found themselves having to create and truly push some new faces. The likes of Hart and Undertaker were used for their experience and popularity to lead the line while Razor, Diesel, Michaels, Mankind and Stone Cold were pushed to the forefront. A lot more actual wrestling started to take place in this period of time, while less importance was placed on size.

98-2001: The Attitude Era- Hart got screwed, Michaels got injured/drugged out of his mind, and Austin blew the up. WWF notoriously became this edgy, violent, crude, explosive product. Here Triple H, Rock, Mankind and Austin were among the mainstays at the top.

02-05: The Ruthless Aggression Era- WWF/E won the Monday night wars, and very shortly after they found themselves without the names that helped them skyrocket to popularity once more. Either through lack of necessity or lack of ideas, the edge of the product started to fade, and WWE started to swing towards what could be described as a more professional, sports-like, dare I say 'realistic' style of presentation. I say this all in the knowledge that this is the phase that brought us the wonders of Katie Vick, but in my view with the spotlight being shone on decidedly less 'outlandish' stars such as Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Benoit, Triple H etc. the point still stands to a degree. By the end of this era we begin to see wrestlers who began the phase as rookies become bona fide stars. Here I'm talking about Cena, Batista, Edge (less so), and Orton.

2006-Now: The Cena Era- Many seem to split this time into multiple titles, such as the 'modern era', the 'rebuilding era' and the like, most notably the 'PG era'. For me, the last 7 years, much like the Hulkamania era, all come under the common themes of more 'PR friendly', kid based, less edgy programming. Also much like the Hulkamania phase, this era has had many notable supporting talents, however the common trends previously stated, alongside the theme of Cena main eventing, and more importantly winning in what feels like the vast majority of top tier shows throughout the time period.

I just wanted to hear what others felt on the topic, really. How do you split the eras? Do you define them based on top stars, or running themes in the programming? Thanks in advance.