How Good Was The WWE Pandemic Era? (2020-2021)
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- In March of 2020, the world as we know it changed. A global pandemic rocked all of our lives, this lead to schools being shut down, sports leagues across the world suspending their seasons, and daily tasks changing. Luckily the one constant during the pandemic was professional wrestling. Wrestling was there for us during this unfortunate time, and the WWE did everything in their power to give us an escape from reality for X amount of hours a week. During this time we saw WWE stop worldwide touring and use their own performance center as their broadcast location. The Erie feeling was just different but once WWE created the WWE Thunderdome the feeling of crowd noises was brought back. During this time we saw some amazing, matches, characters and moments. In this video, I take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 16 month WWE pandemic era.
00:00 Intro
2:29 The Good
16:06 The Bad
17:50 The Ugly
18:51 Awards
23:15 Thank You Wrestling
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No problem, listened to it with headphones
I'd have to give best tag team to the dirty dawgs. They were so underrated as well as they rejuvenated the tag division. Ziggler vs Rey on smackdown smacked. As well as wrestlemania backlash dirty dawgs vs mysterios was so good. Love your vids just wanted to share my opinion
@@allsortsofhighlights6947 dirty dawgs should’ve had a longer title reign, I liked them as well, both roode and ziggler are very talented guys
At least you put closed captioning on. Even with my tablet at full blast I struggle to hear the vid.
@@AlwaystalkWrestling You know what, fuck it I'll just do that
no matter what you thought about WWE during the pandemic, what you can’t argue with is that wrestling will never die, thank you WWE AEW NJPW IMPACT and every other promotion that put on shows this year, you didn’t have to but we appreciate that you did
Love the respect in this comment👏🏻
Ngl this was one of the most surpsising comments I saw about current day wrestling cos everyone is like oh WWE sucks AEW is the best and shit its a bit getting stale for me this is the thing we should accept as wrestling fans just be glad wrestling is here and that is a very true statement
I want these comments from other people too...
@@amanvats791 i can’t wait for smackdown tonight it’s gonna be a great show!
Now this is what you call a real fan
Remember when they used NXT stars to act as a crowd? Good times
😂
I hated that. I couldn’t hear anything because they kept banging on the protective screen.
@@goggles-hx1gh That's how NXT fanbase reacts
it was the worst because they constantly banging on the plexiglass
I remember for the 1st pandemic episode there were just empty chairs in the arena and Triple H did colour commentary
Roman Reigns vs Edge vs Daniel Bryan gotta be the best match for me. Just excellent. Hard-hitting, dynamic, exciting, genuinely unpredictable finish between Edge and Roman.
Crazy how many people hated the fact that DB was added to that match
@@SuperkickStudios DB fans loved it
That storyline and those excellent promos made me interested in WrestleMania after years
Ending was underwhelming
@@mridushmanthengal6877 how cuz roman won he didn’t need to lose that match due to him being so hot (no homo)
One thing about this era that stuck with me was the effect of having no crowds when promos and segments were made...it actually felt more like a drama series..you can sense whatever raw sourced emotion that was conveyed by the wrestlers...like the segments of Drew with Heath Slater which is a clear example of that.
It definitely changed the whole vibe and game of wrestling when they no longer had a crowd that would erupt into whatever emotion they wanted to. It gave flexibility to the performers who didn't need worry about cheers, boos, chants of phrases etc.
While having crowds is always better for a sport like wrestling. I can't deny that the pandemic allowed for this new breath of fresh air.
The era was good. Drew carried WWE in the whole of 2020, plus to Randy Orton, The Fiend, Roman Reigns and so on. This era will be respected. Thank you WWE for giving us entertainment in this era.
@5530, RAIYAD SADMAN MAHBUB Bro I legit said that.
bobby lashley too. i miss the hurt business
Bro what pandemic era sucked
We gotta give it up for WWE. They put their health at risk for our entertainment. Whether the product was good or bad, they deserve nothing but respect 💯
Facts🔥
Can't argue with that Bradley buddy
Raw was the bad part for the most part, but the golden role models were good, when Roman Reigns returned he turned smackdown around and it was good on a weekly basis, PPVs for the most part were good, some very good matches, good moments like Edge winning the rumble, Hurt Business formed, Randy had a good 2020, cinematic matches were cool. No one will forget this time in wrestling
Drew carried Raw tho
@@M._mkid drew and Bobby lashley, i wish they had it infront of a real audience
No discussions, we should just thanks WWE and all superstars for making us smile in this hard times 👍👍🙌
Facts
WWE became open minded in the creative aspect. The cinematic matches was one the highlight during the The Pandemic Era. If I had to choose a favorite idea, it’d be the MITB location at Titan Towers (WWE’s office building). It was very entertaining and you could tell they worked hard on every bit that went on that night.
Yeah, I like that fact that it was crazy
That was something I liked. Instead of making a play in front of an actual crowd, they had to get creative with all this cinematic movie like approach and sell it to only the TV and Streaming audiences.
I'm so glad Edge returned when he did. What a moment so close to being lost.
In the year 2026 I will look back an this era and I will say these were some good times
Smackdown was definitely the show. The first show Of smackdown when the pandemic hit was perfect. (For some reason I liked Michael cole and hhh as a commentary team) And let’s not forget that Roman reigns is carrying smackdown on his back. Yeah Raw had some good shows but smackdown had better.
Smackdown easily overshadowed Raw. To be honest, Raw’s creative team put their talents in a predicament when they never took any chances to improve the quality of the product.
I have to disagree, Raw was a the better show during 2020 cause before the draft and Roman Reigns's Tribal Chief character, Smackdown! was pretty bad.
@@kazallroberts true
@@kazallroberts plus Paul Heyman was booking the show and you had wrestlers like Andrade, Apollo, the hurt business and Aleister Black, Buddy Murphy used properly on Raw however once Summerslam came SD became the A show
@@kazallroberts Raw sucks
Roman and Sasha are the Best in this era! They make a great Match.
Reigns vs McIntyre(Survivor Series)
Reigns vs Jey Uso(Best Storyline)
Reigns vs Bryan vs Edge(Great storytelling)
Banks vs Asuka
Banks vs Baley
Banks Belair promos
Drew McIntire? Not at all after losing a WWE Title.
Drew vs Seth
Drew vs lashley
Drew vs ziggler
Drew vs Randy *3
Drew vs Roman
Drew vs styles
Drew vs Lee
Drew vs Goldberg
Elimination chamber
WrestleMania mach vs lashley
Drew vs lashley vs strowman
Drew vs lashley hell in a cell
All of them can get at least 4/5
On an average
Drew is better than you think
Drew Vs Sheamus at Fastlane was awesome lol
Hi Acc! Recover kita tom hehe
Bayley and Sasha were my favorites during this time. All there matches, when they were double champs. Very fun and I would consider them mvps
Y
drew did better but k
@@noxin597 nobody asked
@@-Alpeter lmao stfu stupid i was correcting him hows that a question dumbass check before u talk
The thunderdome/PC era was kind of a free practice for the whole roster. Everybody got a character and had the chance to just try and fail at stuff before going in front of live crowds. Now we know who is really good and who is not.
Drew was very good without the fans. And can’t wait what’s his potential with the fans now. Atm his corny Hogan promos hopefully change
During this era I found your channel!❤
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@@SuperkickStudios ME TOO
SmackDown finally became good again, and AJ Styles carried RAW as much as he could. People are sleeping on AJ Styles. They focus on Roman, Seth, and Drew, but never give AJ Styles the respect he deserves. Still great on the mic, and still a great performer.
Pandemic Era SmackDown reminded me of 2016-2018 SmackDown Live.
He was the best heel on raw until lashley took over
70% Good, 30% Garbage
Props to WWE they still pulled out some great shit during this time even without live crowd, bad things were expected without audience let's be honest, but I witnessed the goods mostly, the goods overshadowed the bad
Let's just be thankfull our favorite wrestlers continued to entertain us during the pandemic
Pandemic was the hardest part of our life, but WWE gave us pure entertainment. The best part was Roman becoming the Tribal Chief. How long have we waited for him to change his character but all we got was his true self. He even carried SD every week all through the thunderdome era and even now. So acknowledge the Tribal chief.
Roman reigns 2020-2021 run was booked PERFECT banger after banger 🔥 losing guy came out looking like a star
The Pandemic Era definitely had its ups and downs but we can't ignore the ups…Roman Reigns' best run since his days in The Shield, Edge/Roman/Daniel & Bianca/Sasha at WM 37, the cinematic matches from WM 36 (Undertaker/AJ & John/The Fiend) and so much more. We all should appreciate WWE for still doing their best to entertain us during a time of uncertainty.
i felt like WWE improved since 2018-2019. WWE had really big plans but was slowed down by the pandemic.
Randy Orton really carried the PC era every time he did was must watch tv his character work was unreal
I disagree Drew McIntyre was the top guy during the PC era he carried that era, While Roman Reigns returned during the thunderdome so it was more easy for him, While Drew has great matches and feuds during the pc era he did very good, like Imagine Roman debuting his new entrance in an empty arena with out the fake fans saying Roman Sucks
I do agree with Roman being the best character
Yes...honestly drew McIntyre was great during that time...he still is ..hope he returns soon
It's surely an era that will be remembered forever. Many ups, but far more downs. It was quite a unique time in the history books.
i think the pandemic era was better than 2019 WWE.
I’ll remember this era for all the different character changes for people such as Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Bobby Lashley and especially ROMAN REIGNS! This shows that WWE can still create interesting characters.
Drew McIntyre was definitely my favorite part of the Pandemic Era. Dude finally won the WWE Title and he ran with it in the worst circumstances
i miss Bayley and Sasha that was pretty good television for a while
I can't believe we went through it all.
Time flies.
With almost nothing to do during lockdown and isolation I got back in to WWE and am still watching past the pandemic era.
I cant disrespect this Era. Good or bad, they did their best to entertain man, eish. I respect them deeply because it was not their fault. The pandemic sucked.
But Drew, Randy, Roman, Kevin Owens, Bianca, Bayley, Sasha, The Usos and Edge were the highlights for me. They ruled this era. They nailed it. So to WWE, thank you for entertaining us through a hard period of our lives.
For me, Reigns vs McIntire is the Best Match. Its like a battle of the supremacy. The Storyline and match itself is executed perfectly.
Taker vs Aj Styles and Cena vs Wyatt were matches that truly benefited from the pandemic era.
Everything else was either eerie or gives a ton of people bad ptsd from march-August 2020
I think your voice is a little low my dude, (currently still watching) but absolute banger video so far. The pandemic era is gonna become nostalgic in a few years
Best Star: Roman Reigns
Best PPV: Wrestlemania 37
Best Character: The Tribal Chief
Best Tag Team: The Hurt Business
Best Wrestler: Roman Reigns
Best Rising Star: Bianca Belair
Best Cinematic Match: AJ Style VS Undertaker
Best Arrival: Bianca Belair
Best Storyline: Roman Reigns The Tribal Chief
Most Improved: Roman Reigns And Bobby Lashley
Best Match: Roman Reigns VS Jey Uso (Hell In A Cell)
Best star: Roman reigns
Best PPV: mania 37
Best character: tribal chief
Best team: hurt business
Best wrestler: drew M
Rising star: Bianca
Best cinematic: fiend v cena
Best arrival: belair
Best storyline: edge and orton
Most improved: drew and Roman
Best match: Roman v edge v Bryan
@@supreme_sky3090 wrong
@5530, RAIYAD SADMAN MAHBUB yes roman reigns is the best wrestler of all time
@noxin نوكسن drew has lost 7 times to roman reigns
@noxin نوكسن drew killed many ratings
You literally got emotional man leaving thunderdome era it will some the best memories
This was a fantastic retrospective. Hats off to you my friend 👏
So much better than WWE we are currently watching sadly
Most improved had to go to Bobby Lashley. The man stepped his game up immensely as soon as he aligned himself with mvp.
If only he was given more opportunities.
We're gonna look back on this era
WWE Pandemic Era was good.
March 2020 - July 2021 was good and I liked this era of WWE. It wasn’t the greatest. It had good moments, matches, and storylines.
The Thunderdome was a good idea.
Roman Reigns was awesome.
Roman took time off for 6 months in 2020 returned at SummerSlam and finally turned Heel. Roman Reigns made The Universal Champion important. Roman made Jey Uso a breakout star! Roman Reigns would have not turned Heel if the Pandemic never happened.
Apollo Crews finally had a character. Apollo Crews won the IC Champion!
The Hurt Business was awesome and Bobby Lashley became a superstar!
Bobby Lashley finally won the WWE Champion!
Drew McIntyre was awesome as a Face.
Drew McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar. Drew McIntyre finally won the WWE Champion! We haven’t seen Brock since WrestleMania 36. Brock Lesnar is returning after Money In The Bank.
Drew McIntyre had great storylines with Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, and Sheamus.
Drew McIntyre is The Face Of WWE!
Edge returned at Royal Rumble 2020 the best return of all time.
Randy Orton vs Edge rivalry was awesome.
Edge still puts on great matches.
Randy Orton became the legend killer 2.0 and had an awesome character. Randy Orton is The OG Of WWE!
AJ Styles vs The Undertaker was amazing.
The Money In The Bank ladder matches was entertaining.
John Cena vs The Fiend is still the greatest wrestling storytelling match I have ever seen. We haven’t seen John since WrestleMania 36. John Cena will finally return after a 16 month hiatus.
Bayley and Sasha Banks were entertaining and had an awesome match at Hell In The Cell 2020. Sasha Banks finally had a long Women’s Champion title reign.
Bianca Belair vs Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 37 Night 1 was awesome; well deserved to main event WrestleMania 37 Night 1.
Asuka had a great 2020. Asuka had good to great matches on a regular basis.
Seth Rollins was a great Heel.
WrestleMania 37 was great.
Let’s forget about the bad during the Pandemic Era.
I appreciate the Pandemic Era.
The Pandemic Era is something I will never forget.
WWE on July 16th will have a new era with Live Crowds returning full time and WWE will be great. Only a few more days until July 16th. I can’t wait.
A new era begins this Friday.
2020
Raw: Decent
Smackdown!: Horrible
2021
Raw: Bad
Smackdown!: Terrible
Smackdown was just as bad as raw. REMOVE roman and it's awful, and even he has become over repeative and boring.
@@darththor3982 I know that, besides the draft and the tribal chief, Smackdown! sucked the majority of that year.
@@TeeKay12328 I didn't care for them, they way too annoying!
Roman Reigns saved Smackdowm
cause drew was good as champ
Your takes were so spot on! Never agreed with a WWE review video as much. The points of characters changing during the pandemic (good) and the same storylines being repeated (bad)(showing Shane) was so accurate.
it sure was weird, but we've learned something from this pandemic era is that...without a crowd wrestling sucks (same goes to sports). but hey atleast the crowd is coming back, and I'm hype for mitb!
@Versatile Wolf the thunderdome was great, but the performance center was abit weird.
@Versatile Wolf but all and all it was an unique time.
A very underrated channel
I was never a Roman Reigns hater from his debut all the way to the tribal chief he is my favourite wrestler
Was waiting for this, I think it was gr8, brought us some great memories and kept us entertained through these harsh times
In a few years, some will be missing this year. WWE will be uploading full matches and the comments will be filled with comments saying "Remember the thunderdome/pandemic era?"
About a month and a half since the post of this video and i'm already missing the pandemic era, missing the character work and lack of harm coming from crowd attendance when it comes to their disruptions.
Roman, Drew, Randy, Lashley & Edge were the highlights for me, during this era.
The WWE Pandemic Era brought back attention with Edge vs Randy Orton.
And brought us one of the worst matches in Wrestlemania history.
I’m curious to know how many wrestlers that were pushed, jobbed, or had a character change strictly to almost strictly because of covid. What I mean by this is if covid didn’t exist, what things would wwe not have done without the live crowds.
Rip wwe pandemic era 2020-2021
I think we should give a lot of credit to Miz and Morrison. They were really entertaining and fun to watch. I especially loved the Miz winning the WWE title at elimination chamber. He really deserved it.
I can't wait for crowd return
I Didn't Like The Pandemic Era But After Watching Your Video I Just Realized And Thought How Good Was It Truly Gonna Miss This.......BTW Amazing Video
In my opinion, the best match during the pandemic era was Daniel Bryan vs. Edge vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 37.
Here after watching the Bray Wyatt documentary, it’s crazy that Cena & Bray put that match together with just 48 hours notice
If you truly believe this is the first time Sami Zayn’s ever had a character in his whole career, then that’s on you for never bothering to check out ROH and PWG when El Generico was the best wrestler in the world telling some of the greatest babyface stories ever. Even if we're just limiting it to WWE that's a pretty egregious statement given the entirety of his NXT run and some good feuds with Strowman, Styles, and the continuation of the whole Steenerico feud.
I respect them for keeping the shows going even during this world pandemic during lockdown
I really feel like edge isn't gonna be as part time as we think. Unless he takes a big spill again, it looks like we've got edge for a long while, which is amazing for the newer talent. Edge has so much to bring to the table, with lessons as well as talent, we could get some better opportunities hopefully
you deserve my sub, kind of an alternative to pllana, the best unbias wrestling channel imo
I thought smackdown throughout this Era was amazing. They made the Intercontinental Title prestigious again. Roman was killing it. The smackdown tag Title division was going off.
I bet people will miss this era after a few years
i personally think the best match during the pandemic era was the wrestlemania 37 match roman vs daniel vs edge.
The best thing was the Thunderdome and the worst thing was the releases.
Street profits were great in 2020 in 2021 they weren’t booked properly but overall they were entertaining I think they are very close to Sheamus in being underrated during this era however Sheamus was relevant from start to finish
The hurt business was freakin awesome
The actual wrestling was amazing, so many great matches happened during this era. But the way a lot of the story’s were written, and raw becoming unwatchable, and the annoying banging on the glass and many other reasons is why I’ll never miss it lol. This past smackdown was far and away the best show in a long time thanks to having a real crowd
One thing I appreciate from WWE is that practically is the only live source of entertainment that time had, because every single sport was suspended at the time.
My only positive for the pandemic era was the cinematic matches especially the boneyard and firefly funhouse match. Really hope wwe continues to have the cinematic matches after they can get the fans back in.
The hurt business is the best thing during the pandemic era . It was pure 🔥
Randy the GOAT of that era.
My thoughts... I honestly think despite it's huge faults such as not having a live crowd, I think it's actually pretty great for the most part as of recently. Sure, RAW may have started sucking in 2021 but SmackDown was GOATED. Drew McIntyre, Bianca Belair, Bobby Lashley, Jey Uso, Matt Riddle, Big E and even Apollo Crews have all been made into Stars. Sheamus is on the run of his Career and Roman Reigns has become one of the Greatest Characters in Wrestling History. As sad as it was having no live fans around, a lot of this stuff may not have happened if it wasn't for the Pandemic, and for that I will appreciate the good things that this Era has brought us.
Very impressive video i must say
thanks! glad you liked it
best male competitor has to be drew. he carried it while roman was out. when roman came back it was all him. he was the top guy.
The coronavirus is biggest heel of 2020-2021
It's the introduction for me EDGE:SPEAR,SPEAR,SPEAR,SPEAR,SPEAR, SPEAR
Aew was great during the pandemic era. They had little fans but man i loved jon moxleys world title run. Dude was a fighting champion. Felt like he was defending the chamionship every week
Drew was enjoyable but now we want something new like make riddle win mitb and build up his character . Or someone else and build up. Also the best rivalry I watched this pandemic era was roman Bryan edge match for wrestlemania 37.
The HIAC match vs uso was storytelling 101
Walter Vs Ilja Dragunov is a classic
In ring Wrestling was brilliant in WWE during this time
I’ve been sitting here, watching the feud between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair, and I still can’t figure how who the hell the baby face is supposed to be.
Based MVP pulling a T bomb on live television is unrivaled.
The best match was of course Walter vs ilija. It was the only 5 star match in the pandemic and the last 5 star match in wwe.
Love it or Hate it can we just appreciate all those men and women who risked their lives for the entertainment of us ungrateful fans despite the fact that they had families and loved ones
Best female should go to bayley she was champ for almost 2 years and more entertaining but I know Sasha is bigger main stream
For me Drew and Asuka were the MVP's of the ThunderDome era.
Best line said was
AJ Styles: you made me break my finger.
Let's be honest, Only Roman Reigns and Sasha Banks are the one who carry this era.
Roman and Sasha really shines every week. They make Smackdown the Best Wrestling show today.
15:15 Seth Rollins laugh impressions got it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Would love to see a video about the aew pandemic era
Man smack down was at its peak
In my opinion
No one is gonna talk about raw
Not peak but great compare to raw
@@scodoo4719
It was as good as smackdown 2016 tbh
@@decik7606 noo only good thing was roman.2016 had so many new stars and interesting stuff compare to 2020
@@scodoo4719
Ohh my guy
Forgot Sasha Banks, jey uso, edge, Kevin Owens, sami zayn, apollo crew, big e
You forgot these mates
@@decik7606 But let's be honest before the draft, Smackdown! was pretty bad in 2020.
Roman was the MVP of this era. No doubt
It was good for what it was but I didn’t like how the shows weren’t live most of the time
Bayley Has A Amazing Laugh It’s Absolutely Funny To Have Bayley Laughing Out Loud Because She Is Beautiful
I think the performance center part was kinda good.
The Hurt Buisness was gold
Drew Carry Thunderdome era in His Both Shoulders 🙏🏻
the volume is so low. I thought it was my tv.