Originally Posted by whedon247:
“but all of this doesnt change the fact that its poor product. not different, just poor.
pg is no excuse. can still write better shows and characters
stop arguing for arguing sake. you know i am right about this one.”
You're talking about all of this as if it's fact. There's no fact to say wrestling was better in the 'Attitude Era' than what it is now or that the current product is generally poor. None what so ever. No number or margin can back it up because it's completely opinion based. It's the same when people claim music is all sh*t nowadays and was better in the 50's or 60's or 70's etc. It's the same as how great movies were back in the days. Football and sports? So much better in the olden days. The reality is, it's completely opinion based with nothing what so ever to solidify either side of the argument as fact. This argument has been had countless times over the changing decades, this exact stuff was being said about the Attitude Era back in the 90's by certain fans too.
You're throwing your dummy out of the pram because somebody has a different view to yours. At least argue your point in a decent way rather than calling people 'housewives' and other stupid immature sh*t, it's embarrassing mate and funnily enough something you tried to pull me up on when I dared to question the posting of the person you constantly defend.
Anyway, on the topic of the AE, funnily enough I just finished watching Rock Bottom from 1998, I'd forgotten how much of a stinker it was. Rock/Mankind were having a match that night. First the two are accidentally caught on camera together talking while The Rock looks on watching Debra stripping in the ring on a monitor. Later that night we see Vince exiting the boiler room after a great talk with Mankind to try to stop him challenging for the title against The Rock. He's all smiles after a great chat...quite strange considering as he exits the boiler room, the camera shows The Rock and Mankind in the background down the corridor having a laugh and joke together. Their actual match ends with Mankind winning...however, in true Attitude Era style, he doesn't win the title because The Rock never said 'I Quit'...yeah.Steve Blackman maybe had the best match on the card, just let that one sink in for a moment. And the cherry is placed firmly on top in the main event. You've got Kane randomly exploding out of a hole in the ground. Austin then returns with a huge digger truck, which incredibly the operator can't actually operate properly, leading to 3-4 minutes of sheer awkwardness of Michael Cole screaming how The Undertaker is being buried under tonnes of dirt...as the camera shows barely a few spade fulls of dirt on top of him. Eventually Austin realises this is all horrendous so just shovels some dirt over The Undertaker to end the match.
Can you imagine that happening today? You'd sh*t all over it. But because it was the Attitude Era you'd give it 5 stars and say how fu*king incredible the moment was.