[NorthernMonkey]

I only started watching wrestling full time in 2007 so missed the attitude era.

I plan on watching all PPVs, RAWs & Smackdowns from late 1997 but when should I stop? I heard after WWE bought WCW they didnt try as hard as before.

So should I stop at Wrestlemania X7? or watch for a couple more months? ( I heard the invasion storyline wasn't that good)

 

[11rob2k]

You need to watch the Invasion story line, even though it wasn't that good it was still a big part of wrestling history, and the invasion ppv was great.

 

[RyanPelley]

If you have the time and patience, I think you should start at Survivor Series 1996. Austin - Bret is that good and leads into 1997.

 

[peowulf]

I don't think you'll want to stop until you reach 2005-2006. But yeah, watch at least until Wrestlemania 18, and then you can keep watching if you're interested in Lesnar.

 

[wizard887]

How have you managed to find all the raw's from back then if you don't mind me asking? I'd love to be able watch some of the old raws again.

 

[NorthernMonkey]

wizard887 I was going to send you a pm but it wouldn't let me until I make one more post, so here it is lol

 

[Equimanthorn]

I don't think you're going to meet expectation watching all the Attitude-era stuff now, to be honest. Much like ECW, it's very of it's time. Yeah, it's great fun, but a lot of that fun comes from the nostalgia of being young and absolutely enamoured with wrestling, turning on Sky One at 11AM to find an uncensored TLC match or Lesnar breaking the ring with the superplex randomly happening on Smackdown.

It's dated and there is a whole load of absolute rubbish in there amongst the good stuff (things like Beaver Cleavage and Undertaker trying to embalm Austin). a prime example would be DX. Everybody thinks of DX 1997/1998 as being one of the best angles, but god, there are a whole load of cringe-worthy embarrassing stuff in there that you don't realise when you're 11 years old.

Just... be warned. That's all I'm saying.

 

[Choke2Death]

I'm on my way to do just that as well, although I'm already familiar with some of the greatest AE moments.

My plan is to start from 1997 and continue all the way until 2007.

 

[Dartz]

Personally, i'd watch from KOTR 1996 - Wrestlemania 17. If you're still interested, carry on watching. Alot of good stuff happens in the attitude era so you won't be disappointed.

 

[HiddenViolence]

wizard887 I was going to send you a pm but it wouldn't let me until I make one more post, so here it is lol

Shoot one my way too?

 

[ChrisK]

Personally, i'd watch from KOTR 1996 - Wrestlemania 17. If you're still interested, carry on watching. Alot of good stuff happens in the attitude era so you won't be disappointed.

I agree with this.

You're robbing yourself of getting the full 'experience' if you don't start at KOTR 1996.

 

[RickeyP]

I watched It all growing up but OP secure me that PM as well I get bored!

 

[DoubleDeckerBar]

I'd start in January 1998 if I were you, pure excellence for about 3 straight years.

 

[holycityzoo]

I recently did the same thing only I lived through it so it was kind of like a huge memory refresher. The one thing I learned from re-watching the Attitude Era is that in-ring ability does not sell; characters and stories do. 1999 is probably one of the worst in-ring years for the WWE, however it is also one of it's most successful. I like all aspects of wrestling. I like the in-ring work of current promotions like ROH, but I can still enjoy a match that simply revolves around the story rather than athletic ability. The Attitude Era is definitely the latter. Get ready to watch a lot of stupid finishes and constant run-ins that make no sense, however you will be entertained.

I loved that Attitude era growing up, and I still love it after re-watching it, however I learned a lot about he business end of the industry that was hard for me to accept for a while. I agree with other posts that you should start at KOTR 96 and end at WM17. If you want to suffer through the Invasion, be my guest but when I tried I just found it frustrating to watch. Invasion was a good PPV though, and I enjoyed Lesnar's rise to the top in the next year

 

[jomo17]

I'm doing exactly the same thing. Watching all RAW's and Smackdown's downloaded, and buying all the PPV's. Started at KOTR '96, currently in the run-up to Survivor Series '97. I've never seen any of it though. Rating matches as I go too, so should be a interesting list at the end.

 

[YES! YES! YES!]

I'd start in January 1998 if I were you, pure excellence for about 3 straight years.

Agree with this, 96 is pre-attitude to me.

 

[Stuart82]

Finish at WrestleMania 18 for Hogan vs Rock pretty shit after that

 

[Stuart82]

Start Royal Rumble 1997 when Austin cheats to win. Finish at WrestleMania 18 for Hogan vs Rock pretty shit after that

 

[Bob the Jobber]

1998 was where things really took off, but to see how it got there I'd start mid-96 (King of the Ring especially). You can pretty much skip through to the Bret/Austin interactions, those were the really foundation of the attitude era, especially those in 1997. Watching the Rock at a young age is also a bonus. I started doing this about a month ago, found 1996-2002 (RAW/SD/WM/Royal Rumble) pretty easily.

It's a lot different rewatching those shows more than a decade later.

 

[ChrisK]

Starting in 1998 is fine for the meat of the Attitude Era, but without King Of The Ring 96 and Wrestlemania 13 at least, there would have never been an Attitude Era.

Anyone wanting to revisit the period needs to view those two shows for a primer.


Royal Rumble 97? Might be worthwhile to see more Steve Austin.
Royal Rumble 96? Might be worthwhile to see more Shawn Michaels.
Wrestlemania 12? Might be worthwhile to see more Shawn Michaels.

I would maybe even go all the way back to Wrestlemania 10 for the ladder match and get as much background to Shawn Michaels / Bret Hart / Steve Austin as possible, for without those three the Attitude Era wouldn't have came about.

Can you imagine Wrestlemania 14 having that much impact if you hadn't seen Steve pass out in the sharpshooter? If you hadn't seen the Montreal Screwjob? Anything from the mid-90s up to WM14 involving Bret, Shawn and Steve was building towards that famous night.