It took so many eras, so many Wrestlemanias, so many matches for us to realize that Michael Cole is GOLD. Though it just took Vince's exit to realize it.
He's tame af and its marks like you and the 20 other marks that liked your comment, that prevent wwe from replacing him with someone new and better. JR and The King are gold. Gorilla Monsoon, Randy and Dusty, those are gold. Cole is bronze at best.
CM Punk said the exact same thing but he thought Triple H would follow his foot steps. I think he came back because he saw he was wrong about Paul and seen that he cares more for the wrestlers than Vince ever did.
For real though. I remember how we'd always complain about how absolute donkey shit Monday night raw and smackdown used to be from 2011-15 and 2017-2019 . Everyone would just say we were complaining and ungrateful
Why deny any hardcore fan? These are the people who are doing the most watching, the most research, and keeping up with all the most up to date and happenings among the Superstars of the WWE. That is referred to as Informal Expertise. They are the most Authoritative Sources of feedback for this topic.
@@Cocytus THey are also the minority, which mean they don't bring as much revenue as other demographic. Plus, their opinions might be right on some level, but it's also very extreme. They want WWE to go back to the old attitude or at least ruthless era. But that would never work out, because 1) the lanscape is different now, there are way more casual people watching that won't put up with such things. 2) it would basically doing the same old thing over again, which would in fact hurt creativity. What WWE doing right now is great because they listen to both the hardcore and the casual.
@@Cocytus They also tend to have very niche interests & are the hardest to please (because they assume they know better). They absolutely should be listened too, but no company should base their entire model around their views. Balance is the key, especially for a juggernaut like WWE. Make everyone feel like you've got something that's appealing to them, it's something the Attitude Era did REALLY well for the time. WWE's problem (historically) is it was being booked for an audience of one, that one being Vince McMahon.
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490 You're in the irrelevant minority when it comes to that opinion which is why you have no likes. "How can I be different' head ass 😂😂😂
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490I think he's referring to the backstage segments now and the press conferences like its UFC. the backstage sequences are different now seems more serious it's always chaotic security and GM's physically trying to break up fights left right and centre. Kayfake is also alive and thriving rn. It's fucking great man
Fragile Phil beating drew McIntyre is not realism haha💀 the guy looked like a LITTLE GIRL in ufc especially against a part tike fighter/photographer Michael Jackson 😂 and he’s gonna shit on all wrestlers he beats no credibility or believability after his ufc humiliation.
I was at the SmackDown in Omaha this past week, they were taping two episodes and if I didn’t want to beat the rain, I would’ve stayed for both, that’s how good it is these days.
Wrestling is at its best when it blurs the lines between reality and entertainment. They’ve done an excellent job of bringing back kayfabe in an era when there’s unlimited access behind the curtain. Hats off to all of them.
Heated rivals are literally giving away interviews praising each other's work ethics and talent + for some wicked reason they're out there explaining why they've botched something in matches, lmao. What "kayfabe" are we even talking about here?
@@F1stzzpunk and mcintyre are shit talking each other on socials, liv morgan is playing it up, the judgment day travels seperately now. There is definitely still some keyfabe
Reminds me of how Howard Finkle always made every wrestler feel important. Irvin makes every wrestler feel important, just in a different yet great way
Because wrestlers actually have way more say so these days than in the past, they can control their careers Superstars from the past took the ass whooping for superstars today!
Yes and No. There's still certain things the Superstars have to either abide by or follow through with, that is pre-determined and not fully up to solely the Wrestler themselves, but they do today have a little more freedom to do some improv work and go a bit off-script.
@@Cocytus Of course. But I really think that since Tripple H has been in the business for so long, he's really trying to make a change. He always said the business is changing as the world is also and you need to adapt to that. - Threating Wrestlers like meat is not going to go well for much longer with the comming Generation(s).
This Renaissance Triple H has brought back so many fans who haven’t watched WWE in years and really awesome to see that. Not everything has been perfect but since July 2022 the product has been can’t miss
Why does it feel better? No Vince and Kevin Dunn to screw things up. Granted, Triple H can’t get it right all the time, but compare WrestleMania 40 with previous Mania’s like 32 and 35, or even Survivor Series WarGames to the boring brand warfare concept the Vince regime spewed out for 6 years. It’s night and day, really.
the survivor series was good imo for 2016 and 2017, but agreed, it just fell off after that, the product has been really good since that 2022 Summer Slam, real good stuff along with pushing and getting alot of the talent over, who thought Jey Uso could be a singles star , and I would also like for HHH to focus more on the stage designs of the PPV's, that has just regressed
Organic promos and commentary, pushing superstars fans want, storylines that make sense and are simple, good booking, business over personal feelings, great characters, long term storylines
@@ashen_BA-Pillman hey at least Peacock has all the old shit, so you can find some way to load it up on your 1980s box TV and watch the Monday Night Wars like it's 1998, and no one will give a damn
I love how when the fans will something, the company doesn't fight against it anymore. They listen, their fingers are on the pulse for the first time in a long time! The hard cam shaking during AJ's entrance was insane, a few years ago they would have cut away to try to ignore it interfering with their presentation
That hard cam shaking was so cool and I'm so happy they didn't cut away. At first I thought it did make the production sloppy, but afterwards I realized how cool of a moment that was
Smackdown overall has improved with Cody Rhodes, Carmelo Hayes, Andrade, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, New Bloodline, Logan Paul, etc. The PLEs feel grand as it should be with stacked matches.
If you push aside the nostalgia some of them have been the best cards of all time. This summerslam is at least top 3 all time potential in the match card so far
Literally not a fan of anyone you mentioned other than maybe Paul as he is a quick learner and naturally talented and Orton for obvious reasons. Gunther and Bron Breaker are the future of the company IMO.
Tripple H brought the company and pro wrestling in general back to life. With the amazing talent they have and the the new brilliant minds backstage, this is going to be a hell of a ride. It feels like the people running the show and the talent themselves are actually there because they love it again
Kevin Dunn and excessive camera cuts: The worst ever combo to make a fan dislike the product... Thankfully he's gone, and now things are going even better 💪🏻
This legit was one of the main reasons I quit watching WWE around 2019. But now, camera work and production are the best they've ever been in WWE, and I'm back enjoying the shows. Crazy to see how things have changed for the better with Vince and Dunn gone!
Except for the garbage shot they do when they have it below the ropes, slowly walking around the ring, a really low shot for way too long. It looks even more ridiculous than me trying to describe it did. Every time they do that I stop watching for a couple minutes it's so awful.
There's been a lot of memorable pops the last 2 years, from Sami betraying Roman to Rey finally hitting Dominik to Cody ending Roman's championship reign.
It was so noticeable, I don't have epilepsy, but those cuts sure started to cause me to have the symptoms to where I always had to look away and waited for my wife to tell me its safe.
It also plague a lot of actions filma in the past as well thanks to Bourne series but since John Wick become more popular the shaky cam with multiple cuts isn't a thing anymore
the current WWE era is like watching the funnest party ever and you get to be apart of it. I haven't watched WWE in over a decade and this genuinely feels so good to watch now.
i was born in 89 so i was a kid during the attitude era and monday night wars. i was obsessed with wrestling until about 2002 or so. then i didn’t watch all the way until last year. i’m one of many people that came back to wrestling after many years. the product is so good rn
I stopped watching WWE from 2009-2017 and for a while all I’d do is maybe watch a PPV every now and then, but nothing much. It took me until 2021 when I started watching full time again thanks to Roman’s heel turn (I knew who Roman was thanks to CZcams and saw everyone hated his babyface persona). After that it was pretty much watch Bloodline stuff until we’re here now. An exciting time to be a wrestling fan!
Because it’s consistent. That’s literally it. It still doesn’t hold a candle to the high points of the Attitude Era, Golden Age or Ruthless Aggression era. But it’s the most consistent/coherent WWE has ever been.
Samantha is one of the best things about the WWE. The legendary entrance of the Bloodline with all the gold as she counts them down one by one is one of my favorite scenes of the last few years. Her nearly crying when Cody won also added to the moment. It's the little things that add up over time (Finn taking the key card, for example) that add up to the bigger stories and her giving everyone that extra little bit of personality just makes me connect so much more easily. My current favorite is the way she announces Bron Breakker (hardly know-er). Chelsea Green is also way too much fun to hear!
Been a wrestling fan since the 70s going to Live Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling shows im the south. Introduced my sons to it. As a fan for nearly 50 years, this is the best I've ever seen. Longer story lines. Great matches. The best soap opera on television. Best action i ever witnessed from these guys and gals. The best scripted reality show on TV. Finally, the production quality is unmatched.
It cant be understated that WWE superstars health has been taken more and more serious, and that adds onto this era too. You can see that theyre happier
The best era is gone, the people born after 2000 may differ, but I believe we late 90s and early 2000s kids were the most hooked with the product with the wrestlers having real impact in our daily lives. Watching WWE felt lively and made us homies entertained.
I was born in 98 and started watching in 2010/11-ish and I actually agree. Watching shows that are 2-3 decades old is more entertaining to me than the modern shows. Many of these new wrestlers act like nerds who are "playing wrestler" on tv instead of actual characters.
A thing that I think that's connected with a lot of people about this era, is that while you still have the shocking and headline grabbing moments that the AE was nutorious for. It's still got the self awareness and thoughtfulness into actually making those crazy moments have a proper story and promos behind them. this makes the audience and crowd connect with the product in a way that they haven't connected and reacted to it in decades. a lot of the stuff that's still remembered that we tend to forget are still compelling stories and moments, especially in the eras like the RA era where storyline and technical wrestling started getting more into the forefront but was very watered down by the awkward transition into the PG era. also lets not forget Steph and Khan's efforts to clean the companies branding image in the 2010s to remain relevant after all the controversies the company went through with the **** scandals and B***it. It trully was a team effort to get everything back on track. those two doing the logistical work, then people like triple h creative and talentwise. especially when it comes to how they've been treating their women along with people like dusty and finley who pushed for the women into higher quality matches and stories. another thing that's also interesting to see, is how they're more in touch with pop culture stuff with their collabs and crossover celebrities or public figures. which helps with making wrestling feel like its something worth checking out. its not always a runaway hit when it comes to collabs and crossovers. but i think they've had more successful ones than flop ones the last few years.
What is really making the product so good to me right now is that almost everyone who is on TV right now has something to do and have engaging characters, and all the best stories aren't just reserved for the main event players. In fact, some stories are crossing over with others, which makes watching WWE TV seamless and not a Vince McMahon-controlled chore.
Even someone who I don't really see much of, Bronson Reed, probably just destroyed Rollins' ribs on Raw this week! I'm hoping this wasn't just a one-off moment that goes nowhere
Wrestlers clearly have more agency, are having more fun, the show has stakes, there's a vision for the future and not just barreling towards the next show directionless, and fan engagement and attention to detail is being rewarded again. Those and a whole bunch of other things, like a glut of new, exciting talent and stars being built in earnest.
I love that the talent has freedom to shine here, which in hindsight, it makes sense to let them shine because why even bother having talented individuals confined to fill a specific role if they can't even do what they do best?
It's no wonder, cause Paul who is from the Attitude Era is in charge of creative and The Rock who is on Mount Rushmore of the WWE is a true "FINAL BOSS". You have the Son of a Hall of Famer as the Champion and beloved by the fans like a Generational Talent that he is starting to become. You have the Mega Star Heel/Anti Hero in Roman Reigns reaching new levels and headlining every major PPV event like the Big Dawg should. A locker room full of Young Talent and really No Gimmicky Stars. Have Awkward fan favorites like Sami Zayn, Otis etc....3 Stars who are about to Go SUPERNOVA LA Knight, Bron Breaker and Jey USO. That's why this feels like the Best Era, #GetTheFOuttaHere
I've been watching it off and on. It doesn't feel as important to me as catching up on Raw and SmackDown for the PLE hype, but I do love watching some NXT and watching young stars like Trick Williams, Oba Femi, Ethan Page, Wes Lee, Joe Hendry, Roxanne Perez, Chase U, Axiom and Nathan Frazer, etc. just wild out and do insane shit. Can't wait to see some of these people in the main roster
I my opinion, there's just one thing missing. and it's a different team commentary team for each brand. in the mid 2000s, those soft remarks about the other brand made it more engaging and feel like watching actually two rival products and fighting to be the best
Raw and SmackDown do have different commentary teams: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee for Raw, Wade Barrett and Corey Graves for SmackDown. They don't make remarks against each other like they did in the 2000s, because the brand wars are essentially over as y'all knew it from back then
Honestly Rock is right about what he said right there. Sure the Attitude Era is great same with the Ruthless Agression era but damn this Era is just too great to deny and it's the era that's taking over all eras. And previous era fans needs to understand and get on board and if not they can get left behind and miss out on greatness
I was one of those people that stopped watching around 2014 then I slowly got back into wrestling by watching indies until 2019 when double or nothing aired and I got hooked again. Anyways Cody was one of the most pivotal parts of that company to me and I’m glad he’s succeeding and leading the WWE renaissance, after wrestlemania XL I’m a fan of the WWE once again again can’t wait to watch it on Netflix!
It’s crazy I think this era has been coo It has brought me back into watching wrestling for the first time since I was kid but there’s people that will still criticize it and say it will never be like the attitude era Well of course the Attitude Era is better cuz there were more stars and craziness But it improved from where it was in 2019 Wouldn’t you want the ppv’s going towards that direction? IDK what wwe gotta do to satisfy people have cuz if wwe tries to hard some people will say “they will never be like the attitude era” but if they don’t then those same people will say “wwe needs to go back to what it was during the attitude era” It’s like dude what do you want???
0:07 "That hasn't been this good or popular since the early 2000's" and no matter how much better WWE gets you all are going to keep saying that. Because that is the opinion that has been pushed down your throat for years now and you believe that the Attitude Era is a way higher bar than it actually was. Go back and watch WWE back then. The storytelling wasn't nearly as planned out as it is now. There was hardly any long term storytelling whatsoever. Most of it was shock value that existed for the sole purpose of making tv ratings show bigger numbers. That's not to say it didn't have great moments. Austin vs McMahon and Austin vs Rock were two of the greatest rivalries in history with some of the best chemistry ever held between them, Kurt Angle was f'ing hilarious without it coming at the cost of his credibility (although the same applies to the ruthless aggression era where I'd argue he was even better), The Story between Undertaker and Kane (prior to the retcon of their backstory a year later), The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness being unlike anything we had ever seen before (up until the formation of the corporate ministry practically ruined it) and Mankind winning the Title as well as The Rock and Sock Connection was all pretty sweet (I know I had a lot of paranthesis and I'm not trying to be too negative towards the attitude era but some of the things I've been thinking of have something sticking out like a sore thumb). However, for every McMahon vs Austin there's a Big Boss Man vs Al Snow. For most of the potentially great stories there's an "IT'S ME AUSTIN!" For every WrestleMania 14 or 17 there's a 15 or 16. The standard that the Attitude Era set was never a high bar. Heck, I don't think any televised era in Wrestling set a high bar. But the thing they all shared in common was that they were all under the umbrella of a certain Mr. Vincent Kennedy McMahon. From what I've seen in the last few months, Wrestling right now is the best it's ever been and I hope it not only stays that way for the forseeable future but continues to get better and better setting the bar higher and higher than it's ever been... Ah who am I kidding some people will still think the Attitude Era is the "Greatest Era ever" just because they were told it was.
Bro has to make new video especially about Dom Dom. Summerslam make him from heel(JD) to mega heel pretty quick(turning on Rhea, and flipping off to WWE crowds 😂)
great call on Bucky Beaver (Kevin Dunn's) video game (epileptic seizure; zoom in, zoom out) camera shots ! Beaver was Jim Cornette's nickname for the longtime (WWF/WWE) senior executive TV producer. Lee Fitting's camera work has been nothing short of phenomenal !; the wrestlers coming from the parking lot and then, walking through the Gorilla position, into the a huge live and raucous crowd ! I think that it is still fun being a (WWF/WWE; WCW; ECW; TNA and now AEW) pro wrestling fan... ever since 1985-1987. Bray Wyatt/Windham Rotunda, R.I.P.
Vince Mcmahon was such a real boss that HHH can coast off of the legacy. WWE feels less like WWE by the show. Soon HHH will have to maintain and do what only Vince has been able to do. Soon Vince will be appreciated because its dying by the day
I stopped watching wrestling after 2014, it was becoming worse and worse but in the last 2 years especially after vince's permanent exit wrestling is as cool as it was in the attitude era and this is coming from someone that started with it! Everybody who was a fan back in the day needs to give wrestling a chance again today it is so good, triple H is a mastermind!
@@lennythegumpsummers8889 yeah I gave you my honest opinion on how I feel about WWE , but most WWE fans today don’t like criticism thrown at them that’s why we barely hear it anymore
I grew up in the ruthless aggression era and stopped watching when i hit high school in 2009. Ive been locked in every week since the royal rumble. Can't wait for summer slam! WWE IS ON FIRE!
dude those camera cuts were AWFUL! I remember barely getting back into the WWE and wondering "why are they cutting so much?" Then I would keep watching for months and realize "this is a thing now". I'm so glad those stopped
You can see Lee Fittings influences at 22:20 because its just like NBA highlights on espn (idk if he did NBA for sure) even the pre shows walks to the arena, just like in Basketball we like to see it
Triple h has defo brung the excitement back to the product not been perfect but it feels different than Vince’s last years in the company I cannae wait till it’s on Netflix🔥
The only mistake WWE made really up to this point was going TV-PG. Everything up to now, with who is and isn't in control anymore and the such, is amazing. The WWE as a whole nowadays is so much better and more freedom to creation based, but the TV-PG thing was a complete downfall. I understand the move and why they did it which did help the company somewhat progress, but I think going full on TV-PG was a bit overkill. If they remained TV-14 like they were for years and years before the PG Era, the WWE still could have made the same changes without changing TV-Rating. For example: different more safer and lesser overall chair shots, or the no more getting color (bloodied) rule, just to name a couple. They could have still been TV-14 and still maintained this change. But what TV-PG does, it creates a form of censoring of certain aspects. Like, I can't be the only one who noticed more camera cuts or glitch edits to prevent certain strikes or impacts with objects from being seen. When the Audience chants "holy sh*t" for example, it is intermittently muted, and these examples overall just create an awful viewing experience. TV-PG was an awful mistake and I really hope the move to Netflix gets rid of these awful TV-PG Restrictions.
What I like about the current era is that WWE doesn't easily hand over the main show to top wrestlers alone, unlike in the pg era when the storyline didn't go well the storyline would be piled up or even replaced with a storyline from a top wrestler in WWE, for me when you don't give other wrestlers a chance to try to liven up the story it's clear the audience will easily get bored especially if the story revolves around the same wrestlers, right now we have so many conflicts and that was so good because as a audience i can choose what i wanna see
It took so many eras, so many Wrestlemanias, so many matches for us to realize that Michael Cole is GOLD. Though it just took Vince's exit to realize it.
He's tame af and its marks like you and the 20 other marks that liked your comment, that prevent wwe from replacing him with someone new and better. JR and The King are gold. Gorilla Monsoon, Randy and Dusty, those are gold. Cole is bronze at best.
@@nervnervnervnervnervAlways a knocker, isn’t there?
Jr is so clear
You have been ratio'd to hell, @@nervnervnervnervnerv. Pretty sure that speaks volumes on who's writing history about this issue.
JR is still the GOAT but Cole comes close and his longevity is unmatched for sure.
Its almost like the hardcore wrestling fans werent talking out of their asses when we said Vince was holding back WWE’s quality
CM Punk said the exact same thing but he thought Triple H would follow his foot steps. I think he came back because he saw he was wrong about Paul and seen that he cares more for the wrestlers than Vince ever did.
For real though. I remember how we'd always complain about how absolute donkey shit Monday night raw and smackdown used to be from 2011-15 and 2017-2019 . Everyone would just say we were complaining and ungrateful
Why deny any hardcore fan? These are the people who are doing the most watching, the most research, and keeping up with all the most up to date and happenings among the Superstars of the WWE. That is referred to as Informal Expertise. They are the most Authoritative Sources of feedback for this topic.
@@Cocytus THey are also the minority, which mean they don't bring as much revenue as other demographic. Plus, their opinions might be right on some level, but it's also very extreme. They want WWE to go back to the old attitude or at least ruthless era. But that would never work out, because 1) the lanscape is different now, there are way more casual people watching that won't put up with such things. 2) it would basically doing the same old thing over again, which would in fact hurt creativity. What WWE doing right now is great because they listen to both the hardcore and the casual.
@@Cocytus They also tend to have very niche interests & are the hardest to please (because they assume they know better). They absolutely should be listened too, but no company should base their entire model around their views. Balance is the key, especially for a juggernaut like WWE. Make everyone feel like you've got something that's appealing to them, it's something the Attitude Era did REALLY well for the time.
WWE's problem (historically) is it was being booked for an audience of one, that one being Vince McMahon.
Mainly because the product has a sense of realism and feels a lot more natural.
….It literally doesn’t?
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490 You're in the irrelevant minority when it comes to that opinion which is why you have no likes. "How can I be different' head ass 😂😂😂
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490I think he's referring to the backstage segments now and the press conferences like its UFC. the backstage sequences are different now seems more serious it's always chaotic security and GM's physically trying to break up fights left right and centre.
Kayfake is also alive and thriving rn. It's fucking great man
@@THEGOATOFNOTHING999 The backstage segments back then in Attitude Era were way better? Now its just stare downs and high school level dialogue
Fragile Phil beating drew McIntyre is not realism haha💀 the guy looked like a LITTLE GIRL in ufc especially against a part tike fighter/photographer Michael Jackson 😂 and he’s gonna shit on all wrestlers he beats no credibility or believability after his ufc humiliation.
It feels actually watchable now rather than highlight picking. Everyone feels more at ease and allowed to breathe so to speak
I was at the SmackDown in Omaha this past week, they were taping two episodes and if I didn’t want to beat the rain, I would’ve stayed for both, that’s how good it is these days.
Thts because vince waa more worried abour crapping oj girls heads
No it isn’t smackdown is horrible
Wrestling is at its best when it blurs the lines between reality and entertainment. They’ve done an excellent job of bringing back kayfabe in an era when there’s unlimited access behind the curtain. Hats off to all of them.
Heated rivals are literally giving away interviews praising each other's work ethics and talent + for some wicked reason they're out there explaining why they've botched something in matches, lmao. What "kayfabe" are we even talking about here?
@@F1stzzpunk and mcintyre are shit talking each other on socials, liv morgan is playing it up, the judgment day travels seperately now. There is definitely still some keyfabe
@@galador8089 don't forget Dom Dom's constant disrespect to his father.
I don't think it can be overstated how amazing Samantha Irvin is at her job.
The best since The Fink IMO
Yup. She doesn't get the script so her reactions are more authentic like when Cody won at Mania.
Reminds me of how Howard Finkle always made every wrestler feel important. Irvin makes every wrestler feel important, just in a different yet great way
Yeah real amazing for seeking attention on social media by posting suggesting pics while being in a relationship. That's who Samantha is
Because wrestlers actually have way more say so these days than in the past, they can control their careers Superstars from the past took the ass whooping for superstars today!
Yes and No. There's still certain things the Superstars have to either abide by or follow through with, that is pre-determined and not fully up to solely the Wrestler themselves, but they do today have a little more freedom to do some improv work and go a bit off-script.
@@Cocytus Of course. But I really think that since Tripple H has been in the business for so long, he's really trying to make a change. He always said the business is changing as the world is also and you need to adapt to that. - Threating Wrestlers like meat is not going to go well for much longer with the comming Generation(s).
This Renaissance Triple H has brought back so many fans who haven’t watched WWE in years and really awesome to see that. Not everything has been perfect but since July 2022 the product has been can’t miss
This isn’t a “renaissance”. The product has been getting much worse
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490
That's just wrong
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490 Keep telling yourself that
@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490Oh really? I thought that the product was a lot worse around 2019 and even before that.
@@DHRFIGHTERPODCAST I’ve been watching and without Rock its really bad
Why does it feel better? No Vince and Kevin Dunn to screw things up. Granted, Triple H can’t get it right all the time, but compare WrestleMania 40 with previous Mania’s like 32 and 35, or even Survivor Series WarGames to the boring brand warfare concept the Vince regime spewed out for 6 years. It’s night and day, really.
the survivor series was good imo for 2016 and 2017, but agreed, it just fell off after that, the product has been really good since that 2022 Summer Slam, real good stuff along with pushing and getting alot of the talent over, who thought Jey Uso could be a singles star , and I would also like for HHH to focus more on the stage designs of the PPV's, that has just regressed
I used to like that brand warfare
Thank you for acknowledging that you can’t get it right every time, HHH has had a few missteps but no booker has ever been perfect
Because of Liv Morgan's shorts
XD😂
Yesssss, I want them!!!!
@@StarKushExoticGalaxyonly if she's in them 😍😍😍
@@richardquintero1980 that’ll be even better but just a pair of her worn shorts will do it for me
Tiffany Stratton is where it's at
Organic promos and commentary, pushing superstars fans want, storylines that make sense and are simple, good booking, business over personal feelings, great characters, long term storylines
Please stop 😂 promos are awful, commentary is dry and boring superstars don’t have the balls to take heavy hits and step up
@@ashen_BA-Pillman If you can't handle facts, then get your lying ass out of here.
@@ashen_BA-Pillman bro forgot to update his copy of Earth to 2024
@@animejat nahh it’s just facts, yall fans are cringe af
@@ashen_BA-Pillman hey at least Peacock has all the old shit, so you can find some way to load it up on your 1980s box TV and watch the Monday Night Wars like it's 1998, and no one will give a damn
2 words: Paul Levesque
He’s overrated
@@cameren3219not really
@@jacoby5868 Don’t feed the Vince mark. He likes big, sweaty men and blondes with fakes.
@@cameren3219Vince is overrated.
@@cameren3219 you’re overrated.
I love how when the fans will something, the company doesn't fight against it anymore. They listen, their fingers are on the pulse for the first time in a long time!
The hard cam shaking during AJ's entrance was insane, a few years ago they would have cut away to try to ignore it interfering with their presentation
That hard cam shaking was so cool and I'm so happy they didn't cut away. At first I thought it did make the production sloppy, but afterwards I realized how cool of a moment that was
Everything feels less corporate and more people having fun. It's crazy to see the energy shift just like that
Haven’t watch in at least 12 years. This new era and all the hype around it has got me watching again.
Which part of it, or you just talking nonsense
same man, triple H is doing a phenomenal job and their talent are all great it gets me invested in most of the storylines
@@Agon1stt they been having the same storylines for 4 years straight…
@@ashen_BA-Pillman Austin VS Mcmahon was the same story for 4 years too ..... whats your point
@@lefikabogosi6209 yeah cause it worked plus it wasn’t just McMahon
Smackdown overall has improved with Cody Rhodes, Carmelo Hayes, Andrade, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, New Bloodline, Logan Paul, etc. The PLEs feel grand as it should be with stacked matches.
If you push aside the nostalgia some of them have been the best cards of all time. This summerslam is at least top 3 all time potential in the match card so far
Literally not a fan of anyone you mentioned other than maybe Paul as he is a quick learner and naturally talented and Orton for obvious reasons. Gunther and Bron Breaker are the future of the company IMO.
Tripple H brought the company and pro wrestling in general back to life. With the amazing talent they have and the the new brilliant minds backstage, this is going to be a hell of a ride. It feels like the people running the show and the talent themselves are actually there because they love it again
Kevin Dunn and excessive camera cuts: The worst ever combo to make a fan dislike the product... Thankfully he's gone, and now things are going even better 💪🏻
WWE's production has massively improved after his departure. So many camera shots that weren't replicated before are now being used
This legit was one of the main reasons I quit watching WWE around 2019. But now, camera work and production are the best they've ever been in WWE, and I'm back enjoying the shows. Crazy to see how things have changed for the better with Vince and Dunn gone!
Except for the garbage shot they do when they have it below the ropes, slowly walking around the ring, a really low shot for way too long. It looks even more ridiculous than me trying to describe it did. Every time they do that I stop watching for a couple minutes it's so awful.
I’m loving this era tbh, it’s so refreshing
That drone with a camera is a subtle change but it honestly does so much.
The real test of announcer freedom: Can they joke about Chris Benoit?
Can you imagine? 😂
My humor is very dark, but I just don't see a reason for this in today's wwe
Probably not he's nearly destroyed the business so it's better to not bring him out in any capacity
@@kratosgow342Benoit never came close to destroying the business. Stop smoking crack. 😂
He was one of the best wrestlers to ever do it @@kratosgow342
It'd need to be a really good joke or callback reference I'd reckon 😬
There's been a lot of memorable pops the last 2 years, from Sami betraying Roman to Rey finally hitting Dominik to Cody ending Roman's championship reign.
I didn't even notice the camera cuts of the past until someone pointed it out. Looking back at it makes me kind of dizzy lol.
It was so noticeable, I don't have epilepsy, but those cuts sure started to cause me to have the symptoms to where I always had to look away and waited for my wife to tell me its safe.
I'll never forget the seizure cuts shit was so goofy it took me outta the moment
Yeah, that was literally the reason i stopped watching, it makes me so dizzy too, thank God it's gone now
It also plague a lot of actions filma in the past as well thanks to Bourne series but since John Wick become more popular the shaky cam with multiple cuts isn't a thing anymore
the current WWE era is like watching the funnest party ever and you get to be apart of it. I haven't watched WWE in over a decade and this genuinely feels so good to watch now.
i was born in 89 so i was a kid during the attitude era and monday night wars. i was obsessed with wrestling until about 2002 or so. then i didn’t watch all the way until last year. i’m one of many people that came back to wrestling after many years. the product is so good rn
That's really cool that the wrestlers who worked for WWE all that time ago are now in charge. Awesome 👏
The more freedom wrestlers have, the more natural and realistic it feels.
I stopped watching WWE from 2009-2017 and for a while all I’d do is maybe watch a PPV every now and then, but nothing much. It took me until 2021 when I started watching full time again thanks to Roman’s heel turn (I knew who Roman was thanks to CZcams and saw everyone hated his babyface persona). After that it was pretty much watch Bloodline stuff until we’re here now. An exciting time to be a wrestling fan!
I tuned off wrestling around the ruthless aggression era… ever since HHH took over creative I tuned back in and feel like a kid watching it again!!!
I haven't cared this much about WWE since the Attitude Era aka WWF.
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Chief reason: no more vince McMahon. There’s no denying he changed the business forever but he had long outstayed his welcome.
Because it’s consistent. That’s literally it.
It still doesn’t hold a candle to the high points of the Attitude Era, Golden Age or Ruthless Aggression era. But it’s the most consistent/coherent WWE has ever been.
Samantha is one of the best things about the WWE. The legendary entrance of the Bloodline with all the gold as she counts them down one by one is one of my favorite scenes of the last few years. Her nearly crying when Cody won also added to the moment. It's the little things that add up over time (Finn taking the key card, for example) that add up to the bigger stories and her giving everyone that extra little bit of personality just makes me connect so much more easily.
My current favorite is the way she announces Bron Breakker (hardly know-er). Chelsea Green is also way too much fun to hear!
Been a wrestling fan since the 70s going to Live Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling shows im the south. Introduced my sons to it. As a fan for nearly 50 years, this is the best I've ever seen. Longer story lines. Great matches. The best soap opera on television. Best action i ever witnessed from these guys and gals. The best scripted reality show on TV. Finally, the production quality is unmatched.
It cant be understated that WWE superstars health has been taken more and more serious, and that adds onto this era too. You can see that theyre happier
The best era is gone, the people born after 2000 may differ, but I believe we late 90s and early 2000s kids were the most hooked with the product with the wrestlers having real impact in our daily lives.
Watching WWE felt lively and made us homies entertained.
I was born in 98 and started watching in 2010/11-ish and I actually agree. Watching shows that are 2-3 decades old is more entertaining to me than the modern shows. Many of these new wrestlers act like nerds who are "playing wrestler" on tv instead of actual characters.
A thing that I think that's connected with a lot of people about this era, is that while you still have the shocking and headline grabbing moments that the AE was nutorious for. It's still got the self awareness and thoughtfulness into actually making those crazy moments have a proper story and promos behind them. this makes the audience and crowd connect with the product in a way that they haven't connected and reacted to it in decades. a lot of the stuff that's still remembered that we tend to forget are still compelling stories and moments, especially in the eras like the RA era where storyline and technical wrestling started getting more into the forefront but was very watered down by the awkward transition into the PG era.
also lets not forget Steph and Khan's efforts to clean the companies branding image in the 2010s to remain relevant after all the controversies the company went through with the **** scandals and B***it. It trully was a team effort to get everything back on track. those two doing the logistical work, then people like triple h creative and talentwise. especially when it comes to how they've been treating their women along with people like dusty and finley who pushed for the women into higher quality matches and stories.
another thing that's also interesting to see, is how they're more in touch with pop culture stuff with their collabs and crossover celebrities or public figures. which helps with making wrestling feel like its something worth checking out. its not always a runaway hit when it comes to collabs and crossovers. but i think they've had more successful ones than flop ones the last few years.
What is really making the product so good to me right now is that almost everyone who is on TV right now has something to do and have engaging characters, and all the best stories aren't just reserved for the main event players. In fact, some stories are crossing over with others, which makes watching WWE TV seamless and not a Vince McMahon-controlled chore.
Even someone who I don't really see much of, Bronson Reed, probably just destroyed Rollins' ribs on Raw this week! I'm hoping this wasn't just a one-off moment that goes nowhere
@@animejathe just destroyed R-Truth
Wrestlers clearly have more agency, are having more fun, the show has stakes, there's a vision for the future and not just barreling towards the next show directionless, and fan engagement and attention to detail is being rewarded again. Those and a whole bunch of other things, like a glut of new, exciting talent and stars being built in earnest.
I love that the talent has freedom to shine here, which in hindsight, it makes sense to let them shine because why even bother having talented individuals confined to fill a specific role if they can't even do what they do best?
For me, I started watching again because there are people, characters and storylines that I can about.
It's no wonder, cause Paul who is from the Attitude Era is in charge of creative and The Rock who is on Mount Rushmore of the WWE is a true "FINAL BOSS". You have the Son of a Hall of Famer as the Champion and beloved by the fans like a Generational Talent that he is starting to become. You have the Mega Star Heel/Anti Hero in Roman Reigns reaching new levels and headlining every major PPV event like the Big Dawg should. A locker room full of Young Talent and really No Gimmicky Stars. Have Awkward fan favorites like Sami Zayn, Otis etc....3 Stars who are about to Go SUPERNOVA LA Knight, Bron Breaker and Jey USO. That's why this feels like the Best Era, #GetTheFOuttaHere
There’s so much GOOD in this era of WWE. It’s a fantastic time to be a fan.
seeing Michael Cole having fun at his job puts the biggest smile on my face lol
You didn’t even mention how the rebranding of NXT has done wonders
I've been watching it off and on. It doesn't feel as important to me as catching up on Raw and SmackDown for the PLE hype, but I do love watching some NXT and watching young stars like Trick Williams, Oba Femi, Ethan Page, Wes Lee, Joe Hendry, Roxanne Perez, Chase U, Axiom and Nathan Frazer, etc. just wild out and do insane shit. Can't wait to see some of these people in the main roster
But still NXT Black and Gold is very close to my heart.
HHH has really saved WWE from falling
How much credit does Heyman deserve for this? Being a central figure for around 20 years, I think he deserves more than everyone else.
LA Knight reminds me of a cross between Stone Cold and The Rock
Man i got invested to watching wrestling after all these years :3
I my opinion, there's just one thing missing. and it's a different team commentary team for each brand. in the mid 2000s, those soft remarks about the other brand made it more engaging and feel like watching actually two rival products and fighting to be the best
Raw and SmackDown do have different commentary teams: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee for Raw, Wade Barrett and Corey Graves for SmackDown. They don't make remarks against each other like they did in the 2000s, because the brand wars are essentially over as y'all knew it from back then
@@animejat man, didn't know that. I my mind, Michael Cole was still doing both brands
@@linomoutinho9023yeah brand split was over back in 2010 and it took a long for beand split become a thing again
Honestly Rock is right about what he said right there. Sure the Attitude Era is great same with the Ruthless Agression era but damn this Era is just too great to deny and it's the era that's taking over all eras. And previous era fans needs to understand and get on board and if not they can get left behind and miss out on greatness
"On bored" yep, you said it, "bored" is definitely the word.
@@chriskaminski5925 lol I just realized I used the wrong bored
won't go that far. The attitude era and the RA era still haven't been beat. This era is good though.
@@StraightEdgeKnight19 this is the RA era
@@zanethindshut up
Perfect time for John Cenas final year to be a throwback to his Ruthless Aggression era and style
You just convinced me to start watching wwe full time
I never realized the impact it had with the commentators and the announcer. You covering it made me appreciate how much had changed
TNA is also on a Renaissance era. If only if only NXT Black and Gold was still around and AEW and Tony Khan decided to get their shit together.
Facts, i hope they can finally do the invasion angle right
I was one of those people that stopped watching around 2014 then I slowly got back into wrestling by watching indies until 2019 when double or nothing aired and I got hooked again. Anyways Cody was one of the most pivotal parts of that company to me and I’m glad he’s succeeding and leading the WWE renaissance, after wrestlemania XL I’m a fan of the WWE once again again can’t wait to watch it on Netflix!
I’m so happy I came back when I did
Being a pre teen during this era rocks
It’s crazy I think this era has been coo It has brought me back into watching wrestling for the first time since I was kid but there’s people that will still criticize it and say it will never be like the attitude era Well of course the Attitude Era is better cuz there were more stars and craziness But it improved from where it was in 2019 Wouldn’t you want the ppv’s going towards that direction? IDK what wwe gotta do to satisfy people have cuz if wwe tries to hard some people will say “they will never be like the attitude era” but if they don’t then those same people will say “wwe needs to go back to what it was during the attitude era” It’s like dude what do you want???
It feels illegal to be this early.
It should have been me
@@deelodinero space is big, bro. we can share the glory lol
THANK YOU TRIPLE WRESTLING!!!
I want to give Michael Cole the biggest hug and thank you.
Pat loves to YEET YEET YEET, apples, and bananas
I think they are fostering an industry that is team-minded. Everyone working in unison as best they can to make the best product.
0:07 "That hasn't been this good or popular since the early 2000's" and no matter how much better WWE gets you all are going to keep saying that. Because that is the opinion that has been pushed down your throat for years now and you believe that the Attitude Era is a way higher bar than it actually was. Go back and watch WWE back then. The storytelling wasn't nearly as planned out as it is now. There was hardly any long term storytelling whatsoever. Most of it was shock value that existed for the sole purpose of making tv ratings show bigger numbers. That's not to say it didn't have great moments. Austin vs McMahon and Austin vs Rock were two of the greatest rivalries in history with some of the best chemistry ever held between them, Kurt Angle was f'ing hilarious without it coming at the cost of his credibility (although the same applies to the ruthless aggression era where I'd argue he was even better), The Story between Undertaker and Kane (prior to the retcon of their backstory a year later), The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness being unlike anything we had ever seen before (up until the formation of the corporate ministry practically ruined it) and Mankind winning the Title as well as The Rock and Sock Connection was all pretty sweet (I know I had a lot of paranthesis and I'm not trying to be too negative towards the attitude era but some of the things I've been thinking of have something sticking out like a sore thumb). However, for every McMahon vs Austin there's a Big Boss Man vs Al Snow. For most of the potentially great stories there's an "IT'S ME AUSTIN!" For every WrestleMania 14 or 17 there's a 15 or 16. The standard that the Attitude Era set was never a high bar. Heck, I don't think any televised era in Wrestling set a high bar. But the thing they all shared in common was that they were all under the umbrella of a certain Mr. Vincent Kennedy McMahon. From what I've seen in the last few months, Wrestling right now is the best it's ever been and I hope it not only stays that way for the forseeable future but continues to get better and better setting the bar higher and higher than it's ever been... Ah who am I kidding some people will still think the Attitude Era is the "Greatest Era ever" just because they were told it was.
ruthless agression > attitude era
Yap
@@hour748mighty100% yap but hes right
Dude spit a fact here
Jesus loves u
That promo of Jey uso and Cody IS 1 of the funniest WWE moments in a long time
Bro has to make new video especially about Dom Dom. Summerslam make him from heel(JD) to mega heel pretty quick(turning on Rhea, and flipping off to WWE crowds 😂)
This video was put together masterfully
This video was very well put together that captured the feel of the current product leading into Summerslam. Shout out to Wrestling Flashbacks.
Started watching in 98 and I haven't been invested since like 04. Now I'm glued again.
Short answer, cause Vince McMahon is gone!!! Simple as that.
WWE is absolutely goated rn, all I really could ask for at this point is just better theme songs (overall).
In 20 years, we will look back at this era as something as good as the attitude era
great call on Bucky Beaver (Kevin Dunn's) video game (epileptic seizure; zoom in, zoom out) camera shots ! Beaver was Jim Cornette's nickname for the longtime (WWF/WWE) senior executive TV producer. Lee Fitting's camera work has been nothing short of phenomenal !; the wrestlers coming from the parking lot and then, walking through the Gorilla position, into the a huge live and raucous crowd ! I think that it is still fun being a (WWF/WWE; WCW; ECW; TNA and now AEW) pro wrestling fan... ever since 1985-1987. Bray Wyatt/Windham Rotunda, R.I.P.
AJ and Seth were like, "what?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Pat saying "where" when Cole said Cena is here is forever a goated moment 😂 if you don't like Pat you don't like wrestling 😂
Vince Mcmahon was such a real boss that HHH can coast off of the legacy. WWE feels less like WWE by the show. Soon HHH will have to maintain and do what only Vince has been able to do. Soon Vince will be appreciated because its dying by the day
Samantha Irvin announcing Cody as the new champ at mania brings tears to my eyes
I stopped watching wrestling after 2014, it was becoming worse and worse but in the last 2 years especially after vince's permanent exit wrestling is as cool as it was in the attitude era and this is coming from someone that started with it!
Everybody who was a fan back in the day needs to give wrestling a chance again today it is so good, triple H is a mastermind!
I tried watching WWE again, it just ain’t good tbh yall force yourselfs to watch WWE and follow along like most people these days
@ashen_BA-Pillman bro forget that people have opinions also the wwe is good rn but ok
@@lennythegumpsummers8889 yeah I gave you my honest opinion on how I feel about WWE , but most WWE fans today don’t like criticism thrown at them that’s why we barely hear it anymore
Rea and liv's rivalry will go down as one of the best women's feuds of all time
Seeing M.Cole happy makes me very happy!!!
That Michael Cole section damn near brought a tear to my eyes
I grew up in the ruthless aggression era and stopped watching when i hit high school in 2009. Ive been locked in every week since the royal rumble. Can't wait for summer slam! WWE IS ON FIRE!
17:51 Pat’s got that 😂
This is a great video man
All of these things made a big difference
dude those camera cuts were AWFUL! I remember barely getting back into the WWE and wondering "why are they cutting so much?" Then I would keep watching for months and realize "this is a thing now". I'm so glad those stopped
1 year without Bray😢❤❤❤ RIP Bray
i love how as soon as cole got free he became great im so happy for him
This vid earned you a subscription. Well done my friend well done. 🤝🏾
You can see Lee Fittings influences at 22:20 because its just like NBA highlights on espn (idk if he did NBA for sure) even the pre shows walks to the arena, just like in Basketball we like to see it
Michael Coles 👏
The cut to wrestle mania 25 when triple h is talking about horrible shows killed me lmao
Triple h has defo brung the excitement back to the product not been perfect but it feels different than Vince’s last years in the company I cannae wait till it’s on Netflix🔥
Omg Omg Cenas here
Pat-Where 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I really enjoyed this video man, hats off ✨💪
Great video. I started watching again this year after 20 years. Vince really was the problem.
The only mistake WWE made really up to this point was going TV-PG. Everything up to now, with who is and isn't in control anymore and the such, is amazing. The WWE as a whole nowadays is so much better and more freedom to creation based, but the TV-PG thing was a complete downfall. I understand the move and why they did it which did help the company somewhat progress, but I think going full on TV-PG was a bit overkill. If they remained TV-14 like they were for years and years before the PG Era, the WWE still could have made the same changes without changing TV-Rating. For example: different more safer and lesser overall chair shots, or the no more getting color (bloodied) rule, just to name a couple. They could have still been TV-14 and still maintained this change. But what TV-PG does, it creates a form of censoring of certain aspects. Like, I can't be the only one who noticed more camera cuts or glitch edits to prevent certain strikes or impacts with objects from being seen. When the Audience chants "holy sh*t" for example, it is intermittently muted, and these examples overall just create an awful viewing experience. TV-PG was an awful mistake and I really hope the move to Netflix gets rid of these awful TV-PG Restrictions.
What I like about the current era is that WWE doesn't easily hand over the main show to top wrestlers alone, unlike in the pg era when the storyline didn't go well the storyline would be piled up or even replaced with a storyline from a top wrestler in WWE, for me when you don't give other wrestlers a chance to try to liven up the story it's clear the audience will easily get bored especially if the story revolves around the same wrestlers, right now we have so many conflicts and that was so good because as a audience i can choose what i wanna see
It's a Renaissance era.