If you are like me who got hooked into watching WWE at a young age (which was then WWF), then you know there is a difference to what was wrestling then in WWF as compared to what is wrestling today in WWE. If you know what I am talking about then you probably are a kid who grew up matured side-by-side with the famous Attitude Era of the WWE. As an avid fan of the said era, I couldn’t help but feel nostalgic of what was once the greatest era for wrestling, I long to watch WWE in TV and wait for the goose bumps and intoxicating excitement to kick in, but I end up feeling as if I was left hanging, disappointed, when I watch today’s WWE. I am not saying that today’s WWE is a total misfit or failure, I’m just saying that it just isn’t the same, and isn’t as good as it was before.  I guess everything changed when WWE decided to cater to children’s wrestling needs, (as if they had wrestling needs at all). In 2008, The World Wrestling federation settled to achieve a TV-PG rating, which means their show’s quality, has to be in a way that the younger viewers can watch without their youthful innocence being corrupted. since then, WWE went on a totally different path; there were no more blood baths or bloody fights nor there were any REAL fight going on. Everything shifted into t a more family-friendly show, so there weren’t any points wherein my Dad would cover my eyes, which was just lame.

Before WWE decided to be a sister company of Disney, it wasn’t bore to watch. The wrestlers were more established and prominent, which was great because it made me feel like I was growing older with them. In today’s WWE, I see new wrestlers every single time I watch, which makes me feel like “What the hell am I watching? America’s got Talent?!” I mean really, there was always someone new, and most of the time, the new guy or gal plays a villain, trying mighty hard to establish a name and a reputation that would stick into the viewers’ core.

Today’s WWE is defined by an element which is still unknown or anonymous to myself, unlike the Attitude Era that was defined by so many things, but highlighted by the never ending battle between Stone Cold Steve Austin and his boss Steve McMahon, as Stone Cold continuously disobeyed McMahon’s rules. Another highlight of the entire era is the army of DX (D’Generation X), adorned and loved by a multitude of devotees. And last but not the least, The Rock, who until now is a god of the ring. Watching WWE today, I can’t help but compare it to what was once wrestling, but as I watch wasted talents and more family-friendly shows, as well as reality TV stars on the ring, that is when I realize the Attitude Era will never again return. Such a sad sad truth.