This era is ranked at the bottom because I can't find a lot of information about it, wrestling-wise. It was formed in after Jess McMahon had been promoting in the northeast area for years. His son Vince J. McMahon took over shortly after following the death of Jess.
It's such a shame that arguably two of the greatest in-ring performers in WWE history were top guys in one of the company's worst periods. This era followed the Hulkamania era and following the steroid trial in the early s the WWF decided to focus the company on smaller, more technically sound wrestlers.
Another problem was that the undercard was often way too weak. Most Royal Rumbles had a lot of guys who weren't even signed with the company which showed how thin the roster was. On the bright side, we were given some great matches like Steve Austin vs.
Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X. The PG Era came around because of the aftermath of the Chris Benoit double murder suicide and several superstars getting caught buying performance-enhancing drugs.
It was also a ploy to win Linda McMahon more votes in her senate campaign. This era has got nothing but criticism from the mostly male year old fan base who grew up on the era of the WWE, when it was rated TV Rey Mysterio. CM Punk. Kurt Angle. Jeff Hardy. Eddie Guerrero. Randy Orton. Chris Jericho. Ultimate Warrior. Mick Foley. Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. Shawn Michaels. Triple H. Brock Lesnar. John Cena. The Undertaker. Vince McMahon. Andre the Giant. Hulk Hogan.
The Rock. Not only is he skilled in professional wrestling but he is also good at playing football he has been a professional footballer , MMA, acting among other things. His ship sailed from Tulsa, Oklahoma and he currently resides in Bonsall, California. There have been a lot of entertaining WWE athletes but none have been like this one at number 9 of most popular WWE superstars of all time. Big Show is obviously a kickass name and it matches his personality very well.
This one of the top 10 most popular WWE superstars of all time, lands himself at number 8th. He is known for quite a lot of things. He is an American wrestler of course but apart from that he also has other talents. Did you know that Kane is an insurance broker, an actor as well as a politician? The list of his fan-given names goes on and on. Talking about the top 10 most popular WWE superstars of all time, here we have the very talented and ferocious Steve Austin. This guy has a name that suits his persona as well.
People call him The stone cold Steve Austin. He is from Tilden, Texas. Apart from being a WWE superstar and idol for millions around the globe, he is also an actor and producer.
His professional career as a wrestler went on from to In , his acting career began and is still ongoing. I am, obviously, an AWA guy, but terrific list. That era past my time as a fan, but that era brought me totally back! The NWA in the mid s also had such great matches. They combined the modern focus on entertainment with the awesome workers of the time.
When the NWO was first forming, that was pretty exciting also and got me back into wrestling for maybe a month. I ask myself this all the time, being that I no longer even pay attention to one of my favorite pasttimes.
I really am blessed to have grown up as a teen during the BEST era in wrestling I partially agree with you on the WCW issue Colby. WCW failed because of piss poor business decisions, and Vince Russo. I think WCW was better. Theres two drastically different types of wrestling fans. The era was great because you had two different products.
TNA bringing in the old guys was an attempt at reeling them in, but generally it failed. Wrestling won't be great again until the local territories rise again.
And that's your job. Good read. But I'm starting to watch wrestling more often these days because of Cm Punk. I find him to be very interesting and there is something about him that makes Monday night Raw watchable. We love to hate them, but heels are a necessity in professional wrestling. Storytelling requires a good villain, someone for the hero to eventually overcome.
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