What event or events ushered in the WWE Attitude era . . .?

. . . and what event or events do you think signaled its demise?





Bonus Question -- What do you think will trigger a new WWE era?

What event or events ushered in the WWE Attitude era . . .?
When Stone Cold gave his famous "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your @$$" speech the era really got started. But it wasnt just that. It was about having your own mind, doing what you wanted to, and not taking no. All you had to so was have a badass attitude and great wrestling skills. This is what started the growth of Stone Cold, Undertaker, The Rock, Kane, HHH, Shawn Michaels. Officially, I guess you can say it started when the logo was WWF Attitude. Thats it plain and simple. But many people spend time debating over when it took place. Many say it ended in 2003 (B.S). The demise of it, in my opinion came when the brand extension came about. WWE wanted to start competition between RAW and Smackodown to spice things up. This would only make less fueds possible and less pushes even though the intention was to give more stars the spotlight. It was almost like being placed in a smaller class at school, to make room for a teachers attention. But with less options to work with, this only limited a wrestlers ability to find chemistry with another wrestler and put on great matches. Then after that younger stars began to shovel right in. We saw the demise of the NWO and Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hogan, X Pac, Big Show, Booker T, and others were left as singles competitors. Some left and some stayed. Basically the thought in WWE around 2003, even though it was still entertaining was that, we werent in the 90s. Whats the first thing that coms to mind when you think 1999? How about rabit, cult like, stylish, followings. When something was cool, it was COOL. And parents were starting to feel a bit skeptical about letting their children watch half naked men kill each other. Maybe its just a mother thing, I dont know about parenting. But WWE decided to tone it down. Cut out hardcore matches, and let wrestlers do their own thing on the tow seperate shows. Now we are at a point where it seems Vince is just tryring everything he never got to do years ago. Thats why all the crap goes to us IWC members or just anybody over 12. WWE has even gone so far as to make a WWE kids magazine and website which will be called wwekids.com after Wrestlemania. For more info on the Attitude Era refer to Youtube.com.
Reply:I started watching the Attitude Era after it had started so, I'm not sure... I'm guessing when Stone Cold Steve Austin became champ and Vince didn't approve of him. That was part of the Attitude Era, I guess...





So far the wrestlers that the WWE has have been through the Attitude Era or are too young and 'normal' to start another one. I don't think that another Attitude era will happen, not until a few years. Right now we're in the 'Depression Era' of the WWE. And this won't change until there is a wrestler who kinda' pushes the envelope. But even if that happens, almost everything has been done in the WWE during the attitude era that I don't think any of the new material will seem 'new-era' to us. That and we would probably complain about it anyways. There is no pleasing the WWE fan.





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