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My opinion…the Attitude Era ruined professional wrestling. It conditioned fans to not care about the matches and rely on shock value (debuts, turns, backstage hijinks) for reaction.
> the raunchy material and move from “insulting the intelligence of our fans” killed off the young fan base long term. The average fan is now 50 for AEW and up to 62 for WWE programming. It was 28 (!) for all wrestling in 1999-2001.
>Wrestling tried to recreate that formula for about a decade after it was done (shooting about the business or other promotions, revealing real names or relationships behind the scenes). This only further pushed away new, younger viewers, leading to the total deterioration of the 18-49 base. The writing was terrible and corny, insider shit.
>the other main issue…WCW/WWE were stacked with stars during the Attitude Era. Guys that came up in the territories, knew how to turn some of that shitty writing and shock value into great tv. At one point you had Flair, Michaels, Hogan, Austin, Savage and the Rock on TV. When those guys starting leaving, wrestling lost whatever cool factor it had and couldn’t replace it though the indies and developmental for the most part. The time had come and gone, and kids were ridiculed for liking this goofy shit with guest hosts from scooby doo.
As the average fan is now closer to retirement than high school, college or even their 30th birthday, when the Attitude Era shitheads die off, it’s over and will go the way of roller derby.
> the raunchy material and move from “insulting the intelligence of our fans” killed off the young fan base long term. The average fan is now 50 for AEW and up to 62 for WWE programming. It was 28 (!) for all wrestling in 1999-2001.
>Wrestling tried to recreate that formula for about a decade after it was done (shooting about the business or other promotions, revealing real names or relationships behind the scenes). This only further pushed away new, younger viewers, leading to the total deterioration of the 18-49 base. The writing was terrible and corny, insider shit.
>the other main issue…WCW/WWE were stacked with stars during the Attitude Era. Guys that came up in the territories, knew how to turn some of that shitty writing and shock value into great tv. At one point you had Flair, Michaels, Hogan, Austin, Savage and the Rock on TV. When those guys starting leaving, wrestling lost whatever cool factor it had and couldn’t replace it though the indies and developmental for the most part. The time had come and gone, and kids were ridiculed for liking this goofy shit with guest hosts from scooby doo.
As the average fan is now closer to retirement than high school, college or even their 30th birthday, when the Attitude Era shitheads die off, it’s over and will go the way of roller derby.
