>>10922748pretty sure the idea was to capture the rebellious attitudes of Americans and bottle it into a product.
part of it was the glorification of thugs and gangsters, criminal like behavior being standard fare for the babyfaces. steve austin attacks his boss, disrespects all authority, and stands against anyone and everyone.
NWO are quite literally an allegory to the Jewish cartel that runs the world, does what they want, and is rewarded endlessly for criminal gang like behavior.
I'm not so sure I believe it but what I do know is that everything on TV happens for a reason. Wrestling being so popular during the era of garbage crash TV that glorified evil, it certainly does line up.