I've been thinking about the attitude era lately and what the WWE as become today.
From the birth of the WWWF, the good old classic mat based grappling matches to the rise of legends like Andre The Giant, The Iron Sheik, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan to the new generation including the likes of Hbk, Stone cold, The Rock, Taker and Triple H to the present day watered down version of WWF known as WWE...
You just need to step back for a moment and look at the bigger picture and realize there will never ever be another era like the attitude era, ever.
I hear everyone complain about how, Vince and the creatives have ruined WWE by turning it PG and not giving the fans what they want, by giving larger than life pushes to over rated superstars like Cena and so on...but you know what, it's not really thier fault.
Times change and you have to change with it.
When The Rock and Austin left the WWE, they left a huge gap in the business, the 2 greatest superstars the WWE had ever seen gone, no one could ever replace them even if the WWE had tried to.
The attitude era was the peak of the WWE, and all good things must come to an end and so did the attitude era.
The Rock and Austin both roughly had the same career length, and i think it was perfect for them both.
Sure, if they were still here it would be great but the fact that they came, did it all and left for what ever reason, left us all wanting more from them.
But even if Vince managed to convince The Rock to sign a contract and Austin decided he wanted to wrestle again since he is medically cleared...you honestly think it will ever be the same as it used to be?
It wont.
You would have to go back, reverse time and do it all over again from the start to live the attitude era once more.
The conditions, timing, superstars, it was all perfect then, not anymore.
Bring back The Rock as many times as you want, the WWE will never be what it was again.
In my opinion the only reason WWE survived till today after the end of the attitude era was due to the likes of classic superstars that stood alongside Austin and Rock, like Triple H, Angle and Taker.
The only option WWE really had in the end was to go PG and find a new audience.
Trying to bring back the attiude era would just ruin the legacy it has left behind for all of us.
Let's just leave it to rest in peace and hope CM Punk takes us into a new era.
From the birth of the WWWF, the good old classic mat based grappling matches to the rise of legends like Andre The Giant, The Iron Sheik, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan to the new generation including the likes of Hbk, Stone cold, The Rock, Taker and Triple H to the present day watered down version of WWF known as WWE...
You just need to step back for a moment and look at the bigger picture and realize there will never ever be another era like the attitude era, ever.
I hear everyone complain about how, Vince and the creatives have ruined WWE by turning it PG and not giving the fans what they want, by giving larger than life pushes to over rated superstars like Cena and so on...but you know what, it's not really thier fault.
Times change and you have to change with it.
When The Rock and Austin left the WWE, they left a huge gap in the business, the 2 greatest superstars the WWE had ever seen gone, no one could ever replace them even if the WWE had tried to.
The attitude era was the peak of the WWE, and all good things must come to an end and so did the attitude era.
The Rock and Austin both roughly had the same career length, and i think it was perfect for them both.
Sure, if they were still here it would be great but the fact that they came, did it all and left for what ever reason, left us all wanting more from them.
But even if Vince managed to convince The Rock to sign a contract and Austin decided he wanted to wrestle again since he is medically cleared...you honestly think it will ever be the same as it used to be?
It wont.
You would have to go back, reverse time and do it all over again from the start to live the attitude era once more.
The conditions, timing, superstars, it was all perfect then, not anymore.
Bring back The Rock as many times as you want, the WWE will never be what it was again.
In my opinion the only reason WWE survived till today after the end of the attitude era was due to the likes of classic superstars that stood alongside Austin and Rock, like Triple H, Angle and Taker.
The only option WWE really had in the end was to go PG and find a new audience.
Trying to bring back the attiude era would just ruin the legacy it has left behind for all of us.
Let's just leave it to rest in peace and hope CM Punk takes us into a new era.