It's amazing to me that anyone would look back at "the attitude era" as being good in any way, but I guess things have deteriated so badly that maybe they were great by comparison.
I guess I look at 'the attitude era' as a time when professional wrestling, at least in the states, was sort of re-imagined. The ECW style of hardcore mixed with more adult/ comedy themed storylines had me interested. It was better than the PG "New Generation" of WWF from 1993-1996 and what currently is being produced by the WWE.
I don't know. What I do know is that American wrestling is, for some reason, the most respected in the world, and certainly the highest paying, it is pure SHIT compared to Mexican and Japanese stuff and has been for 20 years.
I wouldn't say most respected, and I'm not sure how one can classify a style of wrestling by where it's located, outside of Wrestling in Mexico as that is pure awesome high flying action almost in every match. But, just saying USA wrestling is shit and Japanese Wrestling is awesome is not completely correct. I've been following New Japan Pro for a long time and always catch the biggest PPV of the year "Wrestle Kingdom" in January and I'd have to say that they push just as much storyline as the American shows do. Their PPVs showcase the pure wrestling talent for sure, but the weekly shows are often just as 'chatty' as WWE. They even showcase many former TNA and WWE wrestlers like MVP or Tyson Tomko now.
Also, are you aware of groups like ROH, Dragon Gate, or Chikara? These could be more of what you're looking for, are located in the USA and often put their shows for free to stream/watch on their websites. ROH is sort of like an action first ECW without the crazy drama storylines. Dragon Gate is Japanese themed wrestling in the states. and Chikara is probably the fastest wrestling I've ever seen live. ROH actually has an
upcoming show in December that will feature Jerry Lynn in his last match, one that I'm really looking forward to. Also, you can check out a quick 10 minute weekly show of some of the best stuff Chikara does on youtube. A show podcast/show that I absolutely enjoy. You should check out
Chikara agogo.Maybe check those out and see what you think.
Identical looking ripped dudes in black shorts talking into mics for 45 minutes of every hour trying to "shock" with saucy content is no substitute for actual athleticism. The shit is garbage.
100% agree. I'm so sick of every guy being produced by American wrestling having the same look and wrestling style. I bet if guys like Dusty Rhodes and Mick Foley came to Titan Towers looking for work in 2012 that Vince McMahon would say "You don't have the look we're after! Get out of here!".... It's sad really.
For about a year TNA was actually really impressive, but they eventually succeeded in what they aparently always wanted: to be just like WWE.
TNA had something going with the different style ring and they pushed the x-division guys pretty hard back when they were just getting started, but they started to lose that when they brought in too many storyline writers and not enough pure wrestling for each show... I would agree that they are trying to be more like WWE with their storylines and the people that they push (Jeff Hardy, RVD, Bully Ray (All ex-WWF Wrestlers)), but I will give them credit for at least trying. I mean, TNA's biggest PPV of the year was headlined with an Indy style/X-division guy wrestling a motivated and equally talented Jeff Hardy for the world title. It was a great match!
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