You're absolutely right, the golden era really is miles ahead of the attitude era, no doubt about it, it's all down to those who know both of these era's well enough to compare in regards to polls like this.If were talking WWF only, then the Golden Era for sure. Big stars from different territories all coming together was truly great as well as new stars being made. Most wrestlers, tag teams; mid card; main event all had feuds that were given time. The big stars had charisma in abundance, you had great ring technicians, great mic workers, there was something for everyone. The big storylines were some of the greatest and most compelling rivalries in wrestling history. Sure you had cartoony characters, but there was also edgy characters and hardcore elements way before the attitude era.
Hogan/Warrior or Hogan/Andre was just as big as far as impact and the top 2 stars of the time, sadly there wasn't as many matches between them. I may be the only one on here to think this, but I enjoyed the overall feud between Rock/HHH more than Rock/Austin. Not saying it was even close to as big, just more enjoyable, IMO.Golden Era had Hogan,whilst AE had Austin and The Rock with the greatest rivalry between two greatest superstars.
AE>>Any other Era.
Exactly, I mentioned this in another thread but comparing money, buys and things like that doesn't actually validate anything, because it's two different era's with different inflation, different media, different marketing, everything along those lines is different, it's like comparing something you'd buy in the shops years ago and the price of it, to something you'd buy in the shops and the price of it, or numbers it brings in today, it's kinda incomparable.Hogan/Warrior or Hogan/Andre was just as big as far as impact and the top 2 stars of the time, sadly there wasn't as many matches between them. I may be the only one on here to think this, but I enjoyed the overall feud between Rock/HHH more than Rock/Austin. Not saying it was even close to as big, just more enjoyable, IMO.
It makes perfect sense. I have made the same point in a few threads.Exactly, I mentioned this in another thread but comparing money, buys and things like that doesn't actually validate anything, because it's two different era's with different inflation, different media, different marketing, everything along those lines is different, it's like comparing something you'd buy in the shops years ago and the price of it, to something you'd buy in the shops and the price of it, or numbers it brings in today, it's kinda incomparable.
Now, put in the Hogan/Warrior popularity and what that meant for wrestling at the time, in at the same time as any other big match (say Cena/Rock today for example) .. then, and only then, can it be compared fairly I think ... in these terms I mean anyway.
I hope that made sense![]()
Yeah, I understand that and that makes perfect sense too, you should watch back though on some of the wrestling from late 80's - mid 90's time (just before the attitude era), but that's another way these polls are kinda hard to get a right idea cause people will vote for personal nostalgia, memories, moments, or like what was mentioned about the money side of things, so it's hard to get a non biased vote on this, yet all of our votes are biased in some way or another, every single one of us loli prefer attitude era but that's because i was ages negative 1 to 5 during the golden era lol.....but with that being said.....sometimes i wish i was born in 1976 instead of 86 just so i could of seen flair hogan warrior the 4 horsemen macho man the rockers the hart foundation the british bulldogs ted dibiase(okay i need to stop my head is spinning at the star power lol) in there primes......man that was a special SPECIAL time in wrestling......even MORE special and MORE important then my generations beloved attitude era if you ask me....i can watch old wrestlemanias and get chills and feel the electricity as if i was there....thats how special that time was
I dont agree with a few of these, especially mid card and tag team division, but very good breakdown.I'm just going to make a list breaking it down piece by piece. This includes both top promotions
Goat
Hogan over Austin
Best Talented Wrestler Overall
Flair over Michaels
Best overall strictly in ring
Michaels over Flair
Best Mic Worker
Rock over Piper
Best Feud
Austin/McMahon over Sting/Flair
Best Face
Austin over Sting
Best Heel
Flair over HHH
Favorite Match
Shawn/Taker Bad Blood 97 = Flair/Steamboat WW89
Best Tag Team Division
AE over GE
Best Tag Team
Road Warriors over Dudley's
Best Stable
4 Horseman over DX
Best Mid Card
GE over AE
Best Gimmick
AE Undertaker over GE Undertaker
Best Single Year
89 WCW over 98WWE
Best Authority Figure
Vince over Bischoff
Overall
GE over AE
Old School... I actually get paid for a living to research and be unbiased and I was already past my childhood during both the EXPANSION and ATTITUDE era's.Yeah, I understand that and that makes perfect sense too, you should watch back though on some of the wrestling from late 80's - mid 90's time (just before the attitude era), but that's another way these polls are kinda hard to get a right idea cause people will vote for personal nostalgia, memories, moments, or like what was mentioned about the money side of things, so it's hard to get a non biased vote on this, yet all of our votes are biased in some way or another, every single one of us lol
as a guy who was/is a wrestling fan AND a nerd i can confirm this lol....Austin Rock nWo ect suddenly made wrestling "cool"Old School... I actually get paid for a living to research and be unbiased and I was already past my childhood during both the EXPANSION and ATTITUDE era's.
There is no way the Expansion era can possibly measure up to what was happening in the Attitude era. As much as wrestling was fun in the 80's, it was just white hot in the AE. Guys who laughed at wrestling in the 80's were wearing Austin shirts in the AE. As a long suffering wrestling fan it is hard for people born after 1980 to understand. Wrestling fans were made fun of by large segments of the population until the AE. Austin, the nWo, these angles and gimmicks helped make wrestling not a pop culture trend as it was in the EXPANSION era but during the AE it was more than a trend it was made acceptable by the general public. It became not a niche but mainstream, and there is a difference.