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Post by cordless2016 on Aug 23, 2020 12:45:21 GMT -5
Writing wise, I’d say 1997 and 2003 Smackdown are the best years for the WWE. Consistent and coherent stories that spanned throughout the year. Interesting characters and feuds. Great years. 2003 Smackdown had that awful Stephanie vs Vince feud that was so incoherent. I thought 2003 sucked especially on the Raw side. - Lesnar/Angle feud produced good stories and great matches -Taker took the weight off that plagued him the previous few years and put on some of his best matches in years with Big Show, Cena, Lesnar, and Angle - Eddie and Benoit got a chance to shine in the upper mid-card and we saw both of them begin their rise to the main event - The rise of Cena - Crewserweights were great as always with Mysterio, Chavo, Hardy, and Tajiri leading the way - Motivated Big Show Just some off the top of my head. |
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 23, 2020 13:39:57 GMT -5
Today's TV contracts and international deals beg to differ. WWE are financially stable and sustained thanks to those, but in terms of revenue and popularity, mainstream appeal? No contest. 1998-2000 it was a cultural phenomenon. Whether or not they are making close to the same revenue today as back then, is discounting the fact that today they have better staffing and sponsorship and tv deals. Believe it or not. If the attitude era had what they have today with sponsorship, revenue streams, events..... They would be making more money because of the higher tv ratings and popularity they had back then, more ppv buys, more network subscriptions, more merch sales, more fan attendance.... |
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Post by The Brain on Aug 23, 2020 16:26:21 GMT -5
92 and 97 are my favorite years of wrestling. Is it safe to say you're fair to Flair??!! |
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Aug 23, 2020 17:03:21 GMT -5
92 and 97 are my favorite years of wrestling. Is it safe to say you're fair to Flair??!! So fair. |
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Post by Kanenite on Aug 25, 2020 23:27:52 GMT -5
1998 is up there for me, but 2000 takes the cake as the best. Everyone is at their peak that year except maybe Jericho and Taker (who had their peaks in '09 and '07 respectively IMO).
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Post by K5 on Aug 27, 2020 9:02:05 GMT -5
I didn't grow up through it, but i put early 80s wwf, and late 80s hulkamania wwf over 1998
1997 was a great year though
I think the actual wrestling quality went to shits in 98
overall my favourite period in wrestling currently is the late 70s/early 80s and specifically southern stuff.
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Post by whydontyoutellme on Aug 30, 2020 21:34:37 GMT -5
I prefer 1997 and then 2000.
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Post by jking1979 on Aug 30, 2020 22:18:28 GMT -5
The best years were when Hulkamania ran wild brother.
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Post by MKSavage on Aug 31, 2020 12:49:25 GMT -5
Writing wise, I’d say 1997 and 2003 Smackdown are the best years for the WWE. Consistent and coherent stories that spanned throughout the year. Interesting characters and feuds. Great years. 2003 Smackdown had that awful Stephanie vs Vince feud that was so incoherent. I thought 2003 sucked especially on the Raw side. Yeah, it was around this time that I was not watching wrestling as much, it just wasn't as fun as it use to be. It was also becoming too predictable. And I didn't really care for a lot of the new characters/wrestlers. Between 2002-2007 I really didn't watch a lot of wrestling. I probably caught Raw every now in then, depending on if I was not doing anything on Mondays. I don't think I saw any Smackdowns during this time. 2003 Smackdown had that awful Stephanie vs Vince feud that was so incoherent. I thought 2003 sucked especially on the Raw side. - Lesnar/Angle feud produced good stories and great matches -Taker took the weight off that plagued him the previous few years and put on some of his best matches in years with Big Show, Cena, Lesnar, and Angle - Eddie and Benoit got a chance to shine in the upper mid-card and we saw both of them begin their rise to the main event - The rise of Cena- Crewserweights were great as always with Mysterio, Chavo, Hardy, and Tajiri leading the way - Motivated Big Show Just some off the top of my head. That's reason enough right there to hate 2003...  |
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Aug 31, 2020 13:40:30 GMT -5
2003 SmackDown was a show of solid in-ring work. Storyline wise? Not that great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 13:45:24 GMT -5
started in 1985. loved rock n wrestling era, hulkamania era, new generation and attitude era. my top 5 fav years are:
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late 1991- mania 1992
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Post by The Brain on Aug 31, 2020 13:48:53 GMT -5
2003 Smackdown had that awful Stephanie vs Vince feud that was so incoherent. I thought 2003 sucked especially on the Raw side. Yeah, it was around this time that I was not watching wrestling as much, it just wasn't as fun as it use to be. It was also becoming too predictable. And I didn't really care for a lot of the new characters/wrestlers. Between 2002-2007 I really didn't watch a lot of wrestling. I probably caught Raw every now in then, depending on if I was not doing anything on Mondays. I don't think I saw any Smackdowns during this time. - Lesnar/Angle feud produced good stories and great matches -Taker took the weight off that plagued him the previous few years and put on some of his best matches in years with Big Show, Cena, Lesnar, and Angle - Eddie and Benoit got a chance to shine in the upper mid-card and we saw both of them begin their rise to the main event - The rise of Cena- Crewserweights were great as always with Mysterio, Chavo, Hardy, and Tajiri leading the way - Motivated Big Show Just some off the top of my head. That's reason enough right there to hate 2003... I couldn't stand Cena myself. |
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Post by MKSavage on Aug 31, 2020 13:53:16 GMT -5
started in 1985. loved rock n wrestling era, hulkamania era, new generation and attitude era. my top 5 fav years are: 1989 1988 1990 1993 late 1991- mania 1992 Loved all of those years, I even liked the beginning of 1991 and the tail end of 1992. 1988, 1989 and 1990 were solid years, I think everything that Vince and the WWF had started back in the mid 80s really set these years up; all of the talent was comfortable in their role, knew what they had to do to be successful, and they seemed to have just the right amount of TV time (PPVs, SNMEs, Superstars & Prime Times) to not over-saturate or water down the product. I also agree that 1993 was a pretty good year. It doesn't get a lot of love because the WWF really ratcheted up the gimmicky characters but, you had a lot of good in-ring talent at this time putting on really good/great matches, most notably, Bret, HBK, Jannetty, Perfect, Razor, the Steiners, Money Inc, and even Doink. I would also add that both 1997 and 1998 were good years as well, you had two companies really working to be the best and a lot of talent on the rosters. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 23:16:53 GMT -5
Writing wise, I’d say 1997 and 2003 Smackdown are the best years for the WWE. Consistent and coherent stories that spanned throughout the year. Interesting characters and feuds. Great years. 2003 Smackdown had that awful Stephanie vs Vince feud that was so incoherent. I thought 2003 sucked especially on the Raw side. RAW in 2003 was a chore to get through. |
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Post by JokerFC on Sept 2, 2020 5:13:47 GMT -5
In terms of SD? I think SD from mid 2002 - 2003 was the f*ckin business lads... Heyman done good.
Tag scene? Unreal.
Crusierweights being featured in high profile feuds and main eventing SD!? cracking
Angle vs Lesnar when Lesnar was heel? magnificent
Steph as GM was a consistent vomit inducer and the McMahon feud part 8 was awful but those are minor gripes in fairness....
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