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Post by Flyrfn144 on Jul 14, 2007 15:11:20 GMT -5
This blog made no sense, kind of a rip off of my thread "feeling lost?" I didn't even read that thread so I am sorry if it seemed that way but that wasn't my intention. |
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Post by classicfan on Jul 14, 2007 15:19:21 GMT -5
I have a great passion for Eras like the Attitude Era and the RAW IS WAR eras because they are what I grew up on. My passion for them is so great that anytime I get the slightest flashback from a new storyline having similarities to an old, I get pretty pumped about it.
For instance, last night when Edge came out with the whole Mardi Gras entrance, I was pretty hyped because it was an over-the-top skit that reminded me of the ol' Attitude Era days.
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Post by T R W on Jul 14, 2007 15:39:48 GMT -5
Well if you grew up on an era of course you would say that was the best as you are more than likely to lean towards that. Everything is the best when you are the kid in your eyes. If you're a kid and grew up now, like it or not you probably think this is the best. Its always going to be this way thats why i ignore it rather than get angry or debate it. What you grow up with or start with is usually what you like the most. But obviously that isnt ALWAYS the case. Bingo. I felt the same in 1997 comparing the attitude era to the 80's NWA/WWF, which was obviously was better to me, because my childhood memories made it seem better. Then, when I was able to go back and watch some of that stuff...I realized...wow, this stuff isn't so bad, and I learned to appreciate what I was being offered more. |
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Post by szatowski420 on Jul 14, 2007 16:07:00 GMT -5
This is a Blog I wrote about the good ole days of the attitude era on which majority of this forum grew up with.
Before there was Lita, there was Stephanie. Before there was Cade and Murdoch and Deuce and Domino, there was Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz. Before there was John Cena and Batista, there was the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Wrestling nowadays is nothing like it used to be. Nowadays we have a champion that can't wrestle, women who have no skills what so ever and are hired for their looks, and we have cheep rip offs of the real DX and ECW. Wrestling was good when we had The Rock and Austin putting on classic after classic at WM 15, and 17, when we had the greatest tag team feud, in my opinion, between the Dudley Boyz, the Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian. Back when women's wrestling actually meant something. We had Jacqueline, Molly Holly, Ivory, and Sable. Now we have Melina, Ashley, Kelly Kelly, Layla and Brooke. Yes they are nice looking women but that is exactly why they are hired. Vince doesn't care about talent or mic skills, he cares about boob jobs and plastic looks. Another example is tag team wrestling. We saw some of the greatest tag team wrestling during the attitude era. In Today's era, we do have talented tag teams, but they are totally misused and not put to their full potential. We could have classic matches between Cade and Murdoch, the World's Greatest Tag Team, and the Hooliganz . But they don't take tag team wrestling as seriously as they used to. And we look at the current main event scene. We had some of the greatest wrestlers ever in the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Mankind. Now in today's era they have Batista, John Cena and Bobby Lashley. We have Cena with his 5 moves of doom and his attempt to be like the Rock on the mic. We have Batista and his constantly roided up muscles, and Lashley with his horrible mic skills and poor wrestling talent. As much as this generation of kids(10-12) hate to admit it, Wrestling is not what it used to be, and never will. You forgot to mention how the Intercontinental Title is an utter afterthought these days unlike back then. |
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Post by szatowski420 on Jul 14, 2007 16:24:00 GMT -5
Also I totally agree with people who say that wrestling was the best to you at a time when you grew up watching it. For example, if you're 25 years old now, you probably think the wwe product was awesome back in the late 80s because you were a liitle kid back then. Dave Scherer(who I think is 40 now) hated the wwe product back then because he was in his early 20s back then, just like the fans that are in their early 20s today who hate today's product. 10 years from now, there surely will be someone that is a little kid now saying how wrestling ruled in 2007.
ECW on the other hand was always good because it didn't gear itself towars kids and always had storylines that didn't insult your intelligence. Plus ECW didn't employ a lot of big, slow, plodding guys. Heyman listened to hsi audience and if they hated somethign he wouldn't go with it, unlike Vince McMahon, who doesn't care what you like. If I was at the age I am right now back in the mid to late 90s I would have definitely watched more ecw than wwe or wcw.
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Post by embalmer on Jul 14, 2007 16:34:48 GMT -5
Come 2003 it was really starting to show that it was dying and now its the craphole it is, probably ruined forever. Just gets worse and worse every year and wont get back. I loved every year, of course some better than others, but they all had significance and IT, all throughout the 80's, 90's and early 00's.
At least back then titles meant something and there were not endless amounts, you had a defined champion, belts were not covered in glitter, PPVs were not pointless happening what seems like every weekend, the roster wasnt out of control and overflowing with too many random people, they had more real superstars, the crowds the reactions the buildup the excitement and the overall meaning was there. The only time that feeling ever fully comes back is when you watch the old tapes, that’s one thing the E cant kill.
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Post by rockbottom42385 on Jul 14, 2007 16:38:12 GMT -5
A champion that can't wrestle? I stopped reading after that... John Cena is the best professional in the world today. Pro wrestling isn't being a technical god, being able to have 1,000 moves in your arsenal and using them all in a one hour match. Pro wrestling is connecting with the fans, getting a reaction from your big moves. Which is what Cena does better than anybody. And on the mic, the majority of the fans hang on every word that comes out of his mouth. Cena is a huge star, the biggest since The Rock, and he aint going anywhere. I stopped reading as well. Cena is a major star and he will be there for a while. He can wrestle, watch some older PPVs, his current gimmick is go out there and beat the hell out of your opponent, not a technical marvel, which he can do despite what his detractors say. I particularly enjoyed his match with Kurt Angle at No Mercy '03. Also, women on the roster sure as hell can wrestle now. Let's see we have Mickie James, Victoria, Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, and an improving melina. I think Candice sucks and is certainly not the next Trish Stratus. Actually I never look at anyone as the next anything, they are their own wrestler. |
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Post by jakks1collector on Jul 14, 2007 17:40:39 GMT -5
Sex, rebellion, blood, tears, lies, and that certain edge made the attitude era special and it also made mommy and daddy tell the little ones to shut off the t.v.. Nowadays u have parents going to wrestling events with their 10 year olds wearing Cena jerseys.
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Post by Flyrfn144 on Jul 14, 2007 18:20:11 GMT -5
A champion that can't wrestle? I stopped reading after that... John Cena is the best professional in the world today. Pro wrestling isn't being a technical god, being able to have 1,000 moves in your arsenal and using them all in a one hour match. Pro wrestling is connecting with the fans, getting a reaction from your big moves. Which is what Cena does better than anybody. And on the mic, the majority of the fans hang on every word that comes out of his mouth. Cena is a huge star, the biggest since The Rock, and he aint going anywhere. I stopped reading as well. Cena is a major star and he will be there for a while. He can wrestle, watch some older PPVs, his current gimmick is go out there and beat the hell out of your opponent, not a technical marvel, which he can do despite what his detractors say. I particularly enjoyed his match with Kurt Angle at No Mercy '03. Also, women on the roster sure as hell can wrestle now. Let's see we have Mickie James, Victoria, Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, and an improving melina. I think Candice sucks and is certainly not the next Trish Stratus. Actually I never look at anyone as the next anything, they are their own wrestler. Ok I didn't really mean it as the women couldn't wrestle, I meant that they are mostly hired for their looks and the fact that women's wrestling used to be as important as the men's wrestling and now we have none of that anymore and these talented Divas like Victoria and like Mickie James and like Beth Phoenix are being underused to full capacity. |
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