How's it hanging gary??? How about tag team champions ranked. Or how about PPVs from each era. Could do golden era, then new gen, then attitude, then ruthless etc
@@William_Millar Exactly my point not saying randy shouldn't be there his rise to where he is now was the best and wouldnt make sense saying he was in that category for that time.
Oh can’t forgot DX as well. Of course there are so many others. Shawn and Brett started it but after in the main event scene those were the people you always see. DX helping Triple H get away with that wins. The Rock, Stone Cold, Kane, The Undertaker, Mandkind , and Big show mixing it up in the main event. Then later on Chris Jericho, Benoit, and Kurt Angel caught on fire 🔥 .
"It was creative who split Edge and Christian up" "Attitude era ended in Wrestlemania X7" You mean the one with TLC2? Edge and Christian were together from '98 till the end of the era. How can Matt and Jeff be top tier over Edge?
@@calumshennan5230 Considering "Gary" x2 (Adam Pacitti & Ross Twedell) dared to put the New Age Outlaws separate and then place them below E&C, the Hardy Boyz & the Dudley Boyz when, as a duo as part of the DX Army, they sold THIRD in terms of merchandise revenue above everyone but Austin & Rock, that SHOULD'VE put them ahead of the TLC triad because the invention of the TLC match was late Attitude Era just before the InVasion PPV to cap off the Ruthless Aggression Era.
Dudleyz and Hardyz just felt like purer tag teams at that time. Edge and Christian by contrast seemed like two singles stars tthe WWF for whatever reason didn't want in the singles divisions. Not saying they weren't class because they were, but I would probably rank them this way too.
@@rootyrootyson2175 I completely disagree. Sure, Edge had a brief singles career before The Brood. But he and Christian were as solid as a tag team as Dudleyz and Hardyz were throughout the Attitude Era. It's nonsensical to treat them as overall singles wrestlers in the Attitude Era.
Linda McMahon was the only voice of reason in the McMahon family. She couldn’t talk as well as the others, but her whole shtick was timing. Just when the other McMahons were getting out of control, we could rely on Linda to shift the balance back to an even playing field. Linda does NOT belong in the bin!
I don't think she was half as good as she was written to be. The bookers' words coming out of her mouth is what always got the pop. Her delivery was crap, especially compared with her husband and daughter.
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Masked Kane gave me literal nightmares as a kid. I would have regular nightmares where he was chasing me through my elementary school, trying to kill me.
@@gfear24 I concur on the Own worst enemy... but, allegedly he was also high maintenance and from my guess.... Micheals having the ear of Vince at the time, and the bad match the two had I think that killed it for him (push wise). I wish they would of paired up Mankind with Vader to go against Kane and Undertaker.
Austin started the Attitude Era and his best years were 97-98 and some of early 99 with Rock for the title. Rock was already a top heel with the Nation in 97 and his popularity just grew to superstardom year after year, even after the attitude era ended! It can also be said that Rock kept the company afloat singlehandedly in 2000 while Austin was away, making him the more important superstar in the attitude era.
Edge and Christian really should be in as a team. They didn't split up until the Invasion, which is debatably the very end of the Attitude Era. And as a team, they're The Best.
I say keep separate they had plenty of single matches like the hardys had and they were judged by themselves I just think the whole team extreme thing was over way more than edge and christain and also you knew that one half of the team was stronger and wanting to be pushed more than the other with wwf at the time trying to create a future star in edge
You can make a case that Vince McMahon was the biggest star or just below Stone Cold in the Attitude Era. He was arguably, the best heel ever in professional wrestling.
That’s a solid not bias list I feel! As a big fan growing up in the attitude era I understand how important Vince is but in an honest ranking I would rank everyone you did above him, also including the big 3 tag teams. Me ranking Vince higher is like ranking Eric B. Higher in a wcw ranking and I’m not doing that too. My favorite two is Kane and Chris Jericho and their spots on the list are pretty accurate.
If you're saying that the Attitude Era ended at Wrestlemania X7 then Edge and Christian should have gone in as a tag team. They were still a tag team at that point. They won the TLC match at X7, it's kind of hard to forget...
Outstanding call. Front and center for Montreal, plus several other moments: drinking beer with Austin, trying to get the title off of HHH and onto Jericho….
@@zlinedavid that match when jericho beat hhh for the title was so epic lol..I remember watching that episode and being so upset when they took it back.
@@Oscar22185 Agreed Bossman played a sizeable role during the attitude era in some of the most infamously so bad they are hilarious angles and matches too
Ahmed Johnson was amazing. From his promo battle against Farook, where he's wearing a bum bag and screaming and you have zero clue what he's saying, but you believe him. To the giant plank he used to carry to thing ring... I mean, this wasn't a Hacksaw Jim Duggan 2x4, this was an unnecessarily enormous plank. To all the times where he'd launch himself screaming through the air, with absolutely no idea what he was going to do when he landed. To the time he Pearl River Plunged D'Lo onto the roof of a car. To the time he body slammed Yokozuna. He was truly amazing. Some wrestlers overcome their short stature to make it big in the industry, he overcame his complete lack of competence, and entertained the masses.
I fully agree that Edge and Christian both did their best work post-attitude Era, but... why separate them? They didn't break up until after the Attitude Era ended at X7.... remember, TLC 2 was on that card. Also, I really can't believe you managed to talk the Mean Street Posse out of the Bin.
I think Linda got pops because people, as weird as this will sound in the Attitude Era, were genuinely being appreciative. I was born in 97 so I didn’t experience the era, only gone back and watched. But after a few appearances, every time she came on my screen, it would pop me a little. I saw an old woman who looked very unsure and clearly out of her comfort zone and all I could think was “GO ON LINDA!” And having binged the era back to back, I actually feel like she noticeably had gotten more comfortable with being an on screen character as time passed. But I also think her being a politician who obviously couldn’t endorse all of WWF’s antics back then definitely hampered any chance she had at actually doing anything of note as a character
Feel like there were some omissions that should've been included. Tazz, Raven, Molly Holly, Mideon, Headbangers. If you did JR & King, have to do Cole too. Jonathan Coachman, Kevin Kelly as backstage interviewers, they were key to a lot of wrestlers backstage promos. Cracking list and watch as always though!
Jericho deserves higher for the debut. Listening to Adam talking about him sliding down the card, Jericho came over from Mid-Card WCW and cut a great promo against the best in the biz. Mid-Card WCW, Mid-Card WWE, still always the best part of both shows. Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero, WCW really blew it.
I really loved this and I only have one issue with this list. If your going to keep the hardy's together to save Matt from a fate worse than death then edge and christian and the new age outlaws should have been put together as a team also. Which would have gotten them in the best category as well. Beyond that I think this was pretty fare and fun to watch.
Could have made an argument for Michael Cole as well. I know obviously JR and King were the commentary team known but he stepped in when JR was ill and also made that call for when mick foley won the title. Also he was a backstage announcer too I beleive
Lilian Garcia, Bart Gunn, Droz, Michael Cole, Kevin Kelly, Headbangers, 8 Ball and Skull, Michael Hayes, British Bulldog, Chainsaw Charlie, Dan Severn, Blue Meanie and William Regal.
Wasn't a big fan of Jericho in WCW but as soon as he debut in WWF/E he was over with me in 10 seconds!! Loved theme music, entrance, character and especially his early promos!!!
Very enjoyable and good list! Only things I’d change 1) Should have put Edge and Christian together as they were still together at WrestleMania X7, so should go into The Best 2) Unfair on Rikishi, reason he got that main event push was due to how over he was with Too Cool 3) Chyna should be in Lovely, Lovely, Lovely not the best. She almost got Chris Jericho fired according to his book and couldn’t work. Looked back more fondly than perhaps deserved
Great list. However, I do disagree on Jericho. As you mentioned, he had the feud with Benoit, and that was great, but he also had a feud for the title with Triple H where he won it for a night on Raw and the crowd went absolutely ballistic. I think he should have been bottom of the Best
Great video guys! I'd have put Big Boss Man higher but I loved him growing up. It's good to see Ross say his favourite commentary duo are JR and Heyman, they're mine too and I don't find many people who think of them when it comes to commentary teams.
I've just discovered this video and your channel...I love it! This is the exact kind if topic I am looking for in a youtube video.. thank you!!! And again with Jericho..if Angle goes in the best Jericho needs to go there too!
IMO the Attitude era started with the "Raw is War" logo which debuted like 1 or 2 weeks before Wrestlemania 13 in 1997. But as a way to forego that technicality, I personally just say that the Attitude era truly started with the Stone Cold vs. Bret Hart match at Wrestlemania 13. As for when the era ends, I'd say it was with the brand split in 2002. And to forego that technicality, I say that it ended with The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 18 in 2002.
Thank you. I honestly have no clue why so many think the attitude era ends at WM X7. As for the start of the attitude era though? I'd say it was Bret's expletive laden tirade before WM 13, which is around the same time they started with "Raw is War".
Thing about these teir lists is that it always surprises me how it looks from top to bottom, is exactly how a card should be built from maineventers to the mid card and under card. The ratio on the list is how a company's card should be built!!
I need a part 2. Just off hand, you left off some integral people. Sable (I know you verbally placed her, but I implore you to remember how big she was), Miss Kitty/The Kat, Crash Holly, Molly Holly, Mae Young, The Fabulous Moolah, Marc Mero, Michael Cole, Lilian Garcia, Jazz, Sunny, Mr. Fuji, Nicole Bass, Ryan Shamrock, Meat, Beaver Cleavage and his mom, and Barbara Bush (BB).
I disagree with Jericho's placement. You guys were talking about his debut..do you remember the pop from the crowd when the screen said Jericho? It was huge! Plus the Intercontinental Championship and a ton of his matches are amazing...he was really up there.. extremely popular. He's gotta be in the Best! I respectfully request a recount!
Austin, Undertaker, Kane, and Mankind ruled the main event picture of the attitude era. They should be the top 4. The four of them exclusively were the only ppv main eventers for a solid year.
I think Rikishi was lovely lovely lovely, he received the pops, great in the 2000 Royal Rumble, should be in line with Two Cool. ALSO A BIG DIVE OFF THE CAGE!
Oddities: Bin Meat: Bin Headbangers: Barely Tolerable Droz: Alright Boricuas: N/A. They were on a few Shotgun/Metal matches I think, but I can’t really remember them in the Attitude era proper. DOA: Alright or Barely Tolerable, take your pick. Gillberg: Actually….I’m putting him as alright. The gimmick was hilarious.
edge and christian were together until after wrestlemania x7 and when you combine both in-ring ability and backstage antics were (for me) better than the hardyz and certainly the dudleyz. definitely your worst placing :p
Hardy’s and Dudley’s were better in ring. And Christian is overrated... Edge carried him! out of the three teams hardy Boyz and the dudley’s are the people we associate with ladders and tables... no one cared about edge and Christian using chairs because everyone used them consistently it was more rare to see someone pull out a table or ladder than a chair that’s why they’re top tier
1:03:30 in regards to that segment, Austin explained on his podcast how they did that. They had some of the crew and a crash pad down there to catch Paul and break his fall after Austin and Kane put him in there head first
@Si V aww can the incel who's insulting women not spell properly? Piss off until you can talk like a man. And women wouldn't "simp" over a woman at all.
It's obvious why Linda got cheered the way she did if you pay attention at all to the role she played. It doesn't matter that she wasn't a good performer, she was the one "good" authority figure with the power to oppose the other "evil" McMahons. Of course the crowds were going to pop when she came out, because it nearly always meant that something beneficial for a babyface was going to happen.
Survivor Series is the start of the Attitude Era. It is the first time we ever see the WWF scratch logo, the first time we get a WWF Attitude commercial (which ironically included Bret Hart), and the first time we ever hear the D-Generation X music (which was used to promote the December PPV). It’s also the last time we see Bret Hart, the man who is the most synonymous with the New Generation Era, and he gets screwed for real on his way out the door. That’s as Attitude as it gets.
Would be cool to see a combined list of WCW and WWF during the monday night wars. Have to say that I strongly disagree with putting HHH above Undertaker in the Attitude era. HHH only became top heel while Undertaker was out with a long-term injury. The fact is that Taker and Austin drew the highest tv rating ever for the WWF in 1999 together. I also feel that Hart and Michaels should be interchangeable/on the same level. Both played enormous roles in the beginnings of the era.
This is how I’d do a tier list of the attitude era Tier 1: SCSA and The Rock Tier 2: Triple H, The Undertaker and Kurt Angle Tier 3: Chris Jericho, Kane, Chyna and Mick Foley Tier 4: Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian, Dudley’s, Lita, Trish, Chris Benoit and Ivory Tier 5: Test, APA, Big Show, Rikishi, Ken Shamrock, Steve Blackman, Sable, Debra and Eddie Guerrero Tier 6: Al Snow, Dlo Brown, The Godfather, Xpac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn Tier 7: Val Venis, Molly Holly, Scotty 2 Hotty and Ron Killings
I think Linda only got the pop she did because she was going opposite Vince who was such a detestable heel that you just wanted to see him get his comeuppance no matter who that came from.
Man seeing this list was so awesome, until I was reminded of how underrated Test was up until he passed away. For some reason one of my favourites to watch back then, all his themes were actually good too. Guy was actually very decent in-ring for someone his size and weight. Good talker too. What a major loss we had.
I think you guys was selling Blackman a little short there, He had a great feud with Shamrock, Always got a good pop, had a top tier theme, had one of if not the best hardcore match with Shane o Mac, was the best hardcore champion of all time(with his bag of tricks), had such bad promo's that it was funny to watch(ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!!), and was in fun tag teams with Al Snow and 2 Cool. He was not a top tier, but as a mid card he was way better then most and always got a nice pop. Love the video guys keep it up!!!!
While I liked the Rock more than Stone Cold, I can, without hesitation" say he was The Catalyst that started the Attitude Era. His Promo on Jake was Brutal and like nothing ever before. Then the Feud with Vince. You could name off so many great moments. The Hospital with Stone cold as the Doctor comes to mind LOL. While The Rock and Stone Cold were no doubt the biggest stars of that Era, that Era doesn't happen without Stone cold.
Adam: *clarifies that they are only discussing Bret Hart's performance during the Attitude Era* also Adam: *immediately begins talking about Bret Hart before the Attitude Era*
It's already been pointed out but separating Edge and Christian and not having them as a tag duo AT LEAST equal to the Hardyz and Dudleys is a huge mistake. If you're going to rank them separate, rank Jeff, Matt, Bubba and D-Von separate as well. Jericho not being at the bottom of the Best is also a mistake IMO, he's better than 3ish in the Best tier during the Attitude Era. RAW is Jericho after all.
My top 10: 1. Austin 2. Vince 3. Rock 4. Shawn (mostly bc of the influence) 5. Foley 6. HHH 7. Sable 8. Taker 9. Team Extreme w/ Lita 10. Chyna or the Outlaws HMs: Trish and Kurt came in too late, Show and Kane are close, so are E&C/Dudleys. Bret is a hard "nope" for me. Shawn was pushing the company into the Attitude Era, at times by himself, and Bret was the one pushing against it. Also honorable mention for Crash bc the Hardcore Title is so gloriously Attitude Era lol.
My personal opinion....top 5 guys during Attitude Era would be Austin, Rock, Undertaker, Mick Foley, Kane. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, as great as they were, were not i the WWF that long during the Attitude Era. Those 5 dominated the main event scene during the Attitude Era.
Way too many in “the best” kind of loses its meaning. IMO the best were mankind,stonecold,Rock,Undertaker,Jr, and Jerry king (best commentator duo of all time really uplifted the entire era)
My only criticism of this series is that the lowest tier is in green, while the highest is in red. Years of seeing it the other way around have allowed me to develop just enough OCD that this bugs me every time. All that aside: keep up the great work. So much effort put into these, even in the smallest details (even the images alone).
A reminder 2001- mid 2002 is the last real year of the Attitude era. So that includes the Invasion guys like RVD and Booker T, the nWo... I mean leading up to Wrestlemania 18 it was Stone Cold & The Rock vs the nWo, it doesn't get anymore Attitude era than that.
The Mean Street Posse weren't even wrestlers. They were just Shane's fucking high school friends that got roles on national fucking television because they were buddies with the boss's son. They had no business being anywhere near a wrestling ring.
The only thing i thought was that Taker belonged above Mankind. Mick reached massive hights and was great but Taker with the Kane fued, the change into the Ministry Taker made him a truly scary heel of the time.
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How's it hanging gary??? How about tag team champions ranked. Or how about PPVs from each era. Could do golden era, then new gen, then attitude, then ruthless etc
Or women's champions
Nwa world champions .
New japan roster
ROH roster
PWG roster
TNA roster
Vince Russo swerves, bro
Ross: I forgot about Benoit
Vince: I told you it would work dammit!
Tbf, this WAS recorded before the Vice documentary that came out recently.
@@IamErik31 still
Lol
Do the Ruthless Aggression Era next!
Pointless. We all know John Cena will be number one.
@@sheepdavis Cena,Batista,hhh,Brock would be in the best
@@William_Millar He was good but he was just getting better as it ended kind of like Shelton Benjamin after 2008 Randy Became the best heel ever imo
@@William_Millar Exactly my point not saying randy shouldn't be there his rise to where he is now was the best and wouldnt make sense saying he was in that category for that time.
Dix Winger well we all knew that Austin was the cream of the crop in the late 90s
Rock, Austin, Vince McMahon, Taker, Triple H and Mankind literally were the attitude era!
Also Shawn Michaels, Kurt angle, and Chris Jericho
@@andysalem3955 disagree with HBK. He was injured through most of it.
Wooooahhhh the disrespect don’t forgot the big red Machine Kane! Smh 🤦♂️
Oh can’t forgot DX as well. Of course there are so many others. Shawn and Brett started it but after in the main event scene those were the people you always see. DX helping Triple H get away with that wins. The Rock, Stone Cold, Kane, The Undertaker, Mandkind , and Big show mixing it up in the main event. Then later on Chris Jericho, Benoit, and Kurt Angel caught on fire 🔥 .
@@midsectionmark8956 seriously that was the 1st thing I thought reading that comment.. no KANE?!?!?
How could you forget the Beast that was Gillberg.
and billy gunn
@@kefkarothsephka7708 he's in there
Not WWF during this period
@@nobrakes425 yea he was
@@nobrakes425 Ass Man Billy Gunn
"It was creative who split Edge and Christian up" "Attitude era ended in Wrestlemania X7" You mean the one with TLC2? Edge and Christian were together from '98 till the end of the era. How can Matt and Jeff be top tier over Edge?
It made no sense to me why Edge and Christian were treated as separate entities...
@trojansfan87 True, the guy is a liability...
The Hardy's are trash, they should have got the bin
Edge and Christian were definitely the best tag team of the Attitude Era
@@calumshennan5230 Considering "Gary" x2 (Adam Pacitti & Ross Twedell) dared to put the New Age Outlaws separate and then place them below E&C, the Hardy Boyz & the Dudley Boyz when, as a duo as part of the DX Army, they sold THIRD in terms of merchandise revenue above everyone but Austin & Rock, that SHOULD'VE put them ahead of the TLC triad because the invention of the TLC match was late Attitude Era just before the InVasion PPV to cap off the Ruthless Aggression Era.
Rock and Austin needs their own tier.
Triple h is like 1 step behind both of them tho so I wouldn’t say all that
@@keenan2x19 bad take. Shawn Michaels is tho
@@revrsevisxn Shawn was barely in the Attitude Era
@@Hester-l6k he was the commissioner
@@revrsevisxn not in attitude era
The list is mostly fine, but how the hell are Dudleyz and Hardyz in The Best tier, but not Edge and Christian?! That's ludicrous...
By being way way better than them.
Luke Warm Mankind is the best baby face champ
A face and a babyface aren´t the same thing imo.
Dudleyz and Hardyz just felt like purer tag teams at that time. Edge and Christian by contrast seemed like two singles stars tthe WWF for whatever reason didn't want in the singles divisions. Not saying they weren't class because they were, but I would probably rank them this way too.
@@rootyrootyson2175 I completely disagree. Sure, Edge had a brief singles career before The Brood. But he and Christian were as solid as a tag team as Dudleyz and Hardyz were throughout the Attitude Era. It's nonsensical to treat them as overall singles wrestlers in the Attitude Era.
Linda McMahon was the only voice of reason in the McMahon family. She couldn’t talk as well as the others, but her whole shtick was timing. Just when the other McMahons were getting out of control, we could rely on Linda to shift the balance back to an even playing field. Linda does NOT belong in the bin!
I don't think she was half as good as she was written to be. The bookers' words coming out of her mouth is what always got the pop. Her delivery was crap, especially compared with her husband and daughter.
She couldn't talk, she had no charisma she was flat awful
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Cultaholic, once again, bringing me to tiers.
Finally something to watch during my isolation
Yeah it sucks
Jaw Ji it was you bastard who started it
Jaw Ji why can’t you guys eat normal food like not cats and dogs
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Do one for the ECW roster, those guys were so far ahead of their time, yet also somehow in the perfect time for them to exist
They will fill the last category... In the Bin... Hopefully Bill Alfonso is on the bottom so no one can hear that f'kn whistle.
king gold so many legends came out of ECW
@Repo man dreamer is definitely one of the best
@Repo man amazing in his early days he did exactly what he was suspost to
@@BrockSamsonVB funk and Foley are talked about all the time.
Masked Kane gave me literal nightmares as a kid. I would have regular nightmares where he was chasing me through my elementary school, trying to kill me.
That's terrifying, but also awesome.
I felt the same way about Lita and the Hardy Boyz, Adam. That whole culture was hard to define but it was undeniably cool.
WWE has squandered a lot of amazing wrestlers in their time. But none more so than Vader.
@@gfear24 I concur on the Own worst enemy... but, allegedly he was also high maintenance and from my guess.... Micheals having the ear of Vince at the time, and the bad match the two had I think that killed it for him (push wise).
I wish they would of paired up Mankind with Vader to go against Kane and Undertaker.
@@wrayday7149 or the could have taken Mankind an had A feud like they did in WCW
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Austin started the Attitude Era and his best years were 97-98 and some of early 99 with Rock for the title. Rock was already a top heel with the Nation in 97 and his popularity just grew to superstardom year after year, even after the attitude era ended! It can also be said that Rock kept the company afloat singlehandedly in 2000 while Austin was away, making him the more important superstar in the attitude era.
News just in! Steve Blackman is doing a tier list for wrestling TH-cam channels and has decided to put Cultaholic in 'just about binnable'
Steve Blackman 4 life!
Cool. Blackman still did fuck all in WWE mate.
@@ChristopherJames1993 I don't like your tone young man
Always felt like Blackman wasn't given enough in terms of storyline. Didn't have much mic skills but he looked like and wrestled like a beast
Edge and Christian really should be in as a team. They didn't split up until the Invasion, which is debatably the very end of the Attitude Era. And as a team, they're The Best.
Yeah, of they Dudleys and Hardys are together, you have to put E&C together as well, because they all split up around the same time.
I say keep separate they had plenty of single matches like the hardys had and they were judged by themselves I just think the whole team extreme thing was over way more than edge and christain and also you knew that one half of the team was stronger and wanting to be pushed more than the other with wwf at the time trying to create a future star in edge
The Linda Mchmahon pop was because you knew something was going to happen where the faces and fans would get their way.
You can make a case that Vince McMahon was the biggest star or just below Stone Cold in the Attitude Era. He was arguably, the best heel ever in professional wrestling.
Reality: Austin, Rock, Mankind
WWE Revisionist History: Austin, HHH, Rock
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Nah you must be crazy hunter was top heel after dx days hell and during, undertaker the only heel in that era better
Asad Fahiem goes both ways without him those two don’t get past intercontinental champ along with him and a hand full of others
The Rock, Austin, and Mr. McMahon should be in a God Tier above all else in this list
Triple H was the top heel not named Vince McMahon for majority of the Attitude Era.
10 Shawn Michaels
9 Vince Mcmahon
8 Chris Jericho
7 Kurt Angle
6 Mankind
5 Kane
4 Undertaker
3 Triple H
2 The Rock
1 Stone Cold Steve Austin
Good list but I'd honestly put Vince McMahon higher. So many feuds and story-lines revolved around his character.
That’s a solid not bias list I feel! As a big fan growing up in the attitude era I understand how important Vince is but in an honest ranking I would rank everyone you did above him, also including the big 3 tag teams. Me ranking Vince higher is like ranking Eric B. Higher in a wcw ranking and I’m not doing that too. My favorite two is Kane and Chris Jericho and their spots on the list are pretty accurate.
If you're saying that the Attitude Era ended at Wrestlemania X7 then Edge and Christian should have gone in as a tag team. They were still a tag team at that point. They won the TLC match at X7, it's kind of hard to forget...
One person missing from this list, and they absolutely must go in the best category is Earl Hebner.
Honestly yeah
Outstanding call. Front and center for Montreal, plus several other moments: drinking beer with Austin, trying to get the title off of HHH and onto Jericho….
@@zlinedavid that match when jericho beat hhh for the title was so epic lol..I remember watching that episode and being so upset when they took it back.
@@user-gg5nq9xs8i And he never held it again, but Jericho looked damn good holding the Big Eagle belt.
Counted the fall at Backlash 2000...
I'm not having Val Venis, one of the most memorable characters, ranked below Essa Rios and Terri Runnels.
Jordan Fiore he’s the only real wrestler of today, honest about his opinions and doesn’t give fucks about sjws
Essa Rios introduced us to Lita 🔥
He and Big Boss Man should be above Gangrel imo
@@Oscar22185 Agreed Bossman played a sizeable role during the attitude era in some of the most infamously so bad they are hilarious angles and matches too
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Ahmed Johnson was amazing. From his promo battle against Farook, where he's wearing a bum bag and screaming and you have zero clue what he's saying, but you believe him.
To the giant plank he used to carry to thing ring... I mean, this wasn't a Hacksaw Jim Duggan 2x4, this was an unnecessarily enormous plank.
To all the times where he'd launch himself screaming through the air, with absolutely no idea what he was going to do when he landed.
To the time he Pearl River Plunged D'Lo onto the roof of a car.
To the time he body slammed Yokozuna.
He was truly amazing. Some wrestlers overcome their short stature to make it big in the industry, he overcame his complete lack of competence, and entertained the masses.
1. Austin
2. Rock
3. Vince
That's the Holy Trinity of the Attitude Era.
Foley, HHH, Taker, Kane, Angle, JR and the King were the next level.
Kane and Taker are 2/3 for me.
Albert's boot was the Bicycle Kick
I'm happy you gave Right To Censor some love. RTC Steven Richards is one of the most underrated heels ever.
I fully agree that Edge and Christian both did their best work post-attitude Era, but... why separate them? They didn't break up until after the Attitude Era ended at X7.... remember, TLC 2 was on that card. Also, I really can't believe you managed to talk the Mean Street Posse out of the Bin.
I think Linda got pops because people, as weird as this will sound in the Attitude Era, were genuinely being appreciative. I was born in 97 so I didn’t experience the era, only gone back and watched. But after a few appearances, every time she came on my screen, it would pop me a little. I saw an old woman who looked very unsure and clearly out of her comfort zone and all I could think was “GO ON LINDA!” And having binged the era back to back, I actually feel like she noticeably had gotten more comfortable with being an on screen character as time passed. But I also think her being a politician who obviously couldn’t endorse all of WWF’s antics back then definitely hampered any chance she had at actually doing anything of note as a character
It's my favorite time of the week, when Gary TH-cam and Gary TH-cam team up to provide us some Gary TH-cam content
Feel like there were some omissions that should've been included. Tazz, Raven, Molly Holly, Mideon, Headbangers. If you did JR & King, have to do Cole too. Jonathan Coachman, Kevin Kelly as backstage interviewers, they were key to a lot of wrestlers backstage promos. Cracking list and watch as always though!
Shut up nerd
Jericho deserves higher for the debut. Listening to Adam talking about him sliding down the card, Jericho came over from Mid-Card WCW and cut a great promo against the best in the biz. Mid-Card WCW, Mid-Card WWE, still always the best part of both shows. Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero, WCW really blew it.
I really loved this and I only have one issue with this list. If your going to keep the hardy's together to save Matt from a fate worse than death then edge and christian and the new age outlaws should have been put together as a team also. Which would have gotten them in the best category as well. Beyond that I think this was pretty fare and fun to watch.
Missed on some people, off top of my head.. Tazz, Raven, Oddities, Mideon, Jeff Jarrett probably a few more but good list nevertheless
Could have made an argument for Michael Cole as well. I know obviously JR and King were the commentary team known but he stepped in when JR was ill and also made that call for when mick foley won the title. Also he was a backstage announcer too I beleive
Marc Mero and Droz too. Probably a couple more.
Lilian Garcia, Bart Gunn, Droz, Michael Cole, Kevin Kelly, Headbangers, 8 Ball and Skull, Michael Hayes, British Bulldog, Chainsaw Charlie, Dan Severn, Blue Meanie and William Regal.
I was waiting for Mideon
@@cjwhits9813 Cole filled in when Vince FIRED JR
Wasn't a big fan of Jericho in WCW but as soon as he debut in WWF/E he was over with me in 10 seconds!! Loved theme music, entrance, character and especially his early promos!!!
Very enjoyable and good list! Only things I’d change
1) Should have put Edge and Christian together as they were still together at WrestleMania X7, so should go into The Best
2) Unfair on Rikishi, reason he got that main event push was due to how over he was with Too Cool
3) Chyna should be in Lovely, Lovely, Lovely not the best. She almost got Chris Jericho fired according to his book and couldn’t work. Looked back more fondly than perhaps deserved
Great list. However, I do disagree on Jericho. As you mentioned, he had the feud with Benoit, and that was great, but he also had a feud for the title with Triple H where he won it for a night on Raw and the crowd went absolutely ballistic. I think he should have been bottom of the Best
Great video guys! I'd have put Big Boss Man higher but I loved him growing up. It's good to see Ross say his favourite commentary duo are JR and Heyman, they're mine too and I don't find many people who think of them when it comes to commentary teams.
I've just discovered this video and your channel...I love it! This is the exact kind if topic I am looking for in a youtube video.. thank you!!! And again with Jericho..if Angle goes in the best Jericho needs to go there too!
The final member of that trio was Ryan Shamrock. Great vid boys. I dig the intro!
IMO the Attitude era started with the "Raw is War" logo which debuted like 1 or 2 weeks before Wrestlemania 13 in 1997. But as a way to forego that technicality, I personally just say that the Attitude era truly started with the Stone Cold vs. Bret Hart match at Wrestlemania 13. As for when the era ends, I'd say it was with the brand split in 2002. And to forego that technicality, I say that it ended with The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 18 in 2002.
Thank you. I honestly have no clue why so many think the attitude era ends at WM X7. As for the start of the attitude era though? I'd say it was Bret's expletive laden tirade before WM 13, which is around the same time they started with "Raw is War".
Thing about these teir lists is that it always surprises me how it looks from top to bottom, is exactly how a card should be built from maineventers to the mid card and under card. The ratio on the list is how a company's card should be built!!
I need a part 2. Just off hand, you left off some integral people. Sable (I know you verbally placed her, but I implore you to remember how big she was), Miss Kitty/The Kat, Crash Holly, Molly Holly, Mae Young, The Fabulous Moolah, Marc Mero, Michael Cole, Lilian Garcia, Jazz, Sunny, Mr. Fuji, Nicole Bass, Ryan Shamrock, Meat, Beaver Cleavage and his mom, and Barbara Bush (BB).
I disagree with Jericho's placement. You guys were talking about his debut..do you remember the pop from the crowd when the screen said Jericho? It was huge! Plus the Intercontinental Championship and a ton of his matches are amazing...he was really up there.. extremely popular. He's gotta be in the Best! I respectfully request a recount!
Austin, Undertaker, Kane, and Mankind ruled the main event picture of the attitude era. They should be the top 4. The four of them exclusively were the only ppv main eventers for a solid year.
I think Rikishi was lovely lovely lovely, he received the pops, great in the 2000 Royal Rumble, should be in line with Two Cool. ALSO A BIG DIVE OFF THE CAGE!
No Oddities, Meat, Mideon, Headbangers, Droz, Los Baricuas, DOA, Gillberg?
Oddities: Bin
Meat: Bin
Headbangers: Barely Tolerable
Droz: Alright
Boricuas: N/A. They were on a few Shotgun/Metal matches I think, but I can’t really remember them in the Attitude era proper.
DOA: Alright or Barely Tolerable, take your pick.
Gillberg: Actually….I’m putting him as alright. The gimmick was hilarious.
I think my favorite episodes of Gary TH-cam’s tier lists are when he has Gary TH-cam on with him
Could you please explain where does this Gary youtube shtick come from?
edge and christian were together until after wrestlemania x7 and when you combine both in-ring ability and backstage antics were (for me) better than the hardyz and certainly the dudleyz. definitely your worst placing :p
Absolutely !
Hardy’s and Dudley’s were better in ring. And Christian is overrated... Edge carried him! out of the three teams hardy Boyz and the dudley’s are the people we associate with ladders and tables... no one cared about edge and Christian using chairs because everyone used them consistently it was more rare to see someone pull out a table or ladder than a chair that’s why they’re top tier
@@DaRealOFGDEAN You proved you had no idea about what you were talking of right away "Christian is overrated, Edge carried him" hahahahahahahahahahaha
@@DaRealOFGDEAN also, they're not top tier because they used chairs instead of ladders or tables? That's your reasoning?
What a fucking idiot!
Well, I was doing my dissertation BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT then I see the upload
Too Cool should have their own SS+ GX2 Electric Boogaloo, tier.
Seeing Ross in the thumbnail instantly brought a smile to my face. Ya look great mate keep at it 😁
1:03:30 in regards to that segment, Austin explained on his podcast how they did that. They had some of the crew and a crash pad down there to catch Paul and break his fall after Austin and Kane put him in there head first
Died laughing at ‘it’s his knob’. I absolutely love Chyna though, she was a queen.
yes, as a woman, I am a total simp...
@Si V aww can the incel who's insulting women not spell properly? Piss off until you can talk like a man. And women wouldn't "simp" over a woman at all.
I think Adam gets possessed by Jake Hager at 1:36:42
The regular version of the Brogue Kick is called Pump Kick btw :P
Love all these tier lists you put out!
Yeah pump kick, bicycle kick is an overhead football/soccer kick
It's obvious why Linda got cheered the way she did if you pay attention at all to the role she played. It doesn't matter that she wasn't a good performer, she was the one "good" authority figure with the power to oppose the other "evil" McMahons. Of course the crowds were going to pop when she came out, because it nearly always meant that something beneficial for a babyface was going to happen.
Survivor Series is the start of the Attitude Era. It is the first time we ever see the WWF scratch logo, the first time we get a WWF Attitude commercial (which ironically included Bret Hart), and the first time we ever hear the D-Generation X music (which was used to promote the December PPV). It’s also the last time we see Bret Hart, the man who is the most synonymous with the New Generation Era, and he gets screwed for real on his way out the door. That’s as Attitude as it gets.
Would be cool to see a combined list of WCW and WWF during the monday night wars.
Have to say that I strongly disagree with putting HHH above Undertaker in the Attitude era. HHH only became top heel while Undertaker was out with a long-term injury. The fact is that Taker and Austin drew the highest tv rating ever for the WWF in 1999 together. I also feel that Hart and Michaels should be interchangeable/on the same level. Both played enormous roles in the beginnings of the era.
@16:07 "He could have been one of the most compelling heels on TV, Roman Reigns" - Always a joy watching these back over a year later!
Not sure how X-pac is so far down. Technically one of the best wrestlers in the attitude era. Putting the godfather ahead of him is criminal!
This is how I’d do a tier list of the attitude era
Tier 1: SCSA and The Rock
Tier 2: Triple H, The Undertaker and Kurt Angle
Tier 3: Chris Jericho, Kane, Chyna and Mick Foley
Tier 4: Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian, Dudley’s, Lita, Trish, Chris Benoit and Ivory
Tier 5: Test, APA, Big Show, Rikishi, Ken Shamrock, Steve Blackman, Sable, Debra and Eddie Guerrero
Tier 6: Al Snow, Dlo Brown, The Godfather, Xpac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn
Tier 7: Val Venis, Molly Holly, Scotty 2 Hotty and Ron Killings
I think Linda only got the pop she did because she was going opposite Vince who was such a detestable heel that you just wanted to see him get his comeuppance no matter who that came from.
Linda was the only FACE of the family once Stephanie turned heel.
@@TherealRNOwwfpooh and when she showed up, shit got real.
Jericho that low is mental.
Great vid!
Man seeing this list was so awesome, until I was reminded of how underrated Test was up until he passed away.
For some reason one of my favourites to watch back then, all his themes were actually good too. Guy was actually very decent in-ring for someone his size and weight. Good talker too. What a major loss we had.
His Testicles live on.
I hated him bc he tried to burn our FLAG
I think you guys was selling Blackman a little short there, He had a great feud with Shamrock, Always got a good pop, had a top tier theme, had one of if not the best hardcore match with Shane o Mac, was the best hardcore champion of all time(with his bag of tricks), had such bad promo's that it was funny to watch(ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!!), and was in fun tag teams with Al Snow and 2 Cool. He was not a top tier, but as a mid card he was way better then most and always got a nice pop.
Love the video guys keep it up!!!!
While I liked the Rock more than Stone Cold, I can, without hesitation" say he was The Catalyst that started the Attitude Era. His Promo on Jake was Brutal and like nothing ever before. Then the Feud with Vince. You could name off so many great moments. The Hospital with Stone cold as the Doctor comes to mind LOL. While The Rock and Stone Cold were no doubt the biggest stars of that Era, that Era doesn't happen without Stone cold.
I believe that tori deserved to be in the bearable section because of her feud with ivory.. that hardcore match was pretty good
Adam: *clarifies that they are only discussing Bret Hart's performance during the Attitude Era*
also Adam: *immediately begins talking about Bret Hart before the Attitude Era*
It's already been pointed out but separating Edge and Christian and not having them as a tag duo AT LEAST equal to the Hardyz and Dudleys is a huge mistake. If you're going to rank them separate, rank Jeff, Matt, Bubba and D-Von separate as well.
Jericho not being at the bottom of the Best is also a mistake IMO, he's better than 3ish in the Best tier during the Attitude Era. RAW is Jericho after all.
The power you guys have is crazy. Was having a shit day, and this just picked me up. Thank you
Ruthless Aggression Tier list next
15:32 actually, they were chanting “die Roman die” at one point
But they were chanting in German! They meant "The Roman, The!"
He just nailed my childhood lol Jeff hardy, korn, limp bizkit lol all of it was great
My top 10:
1. Austin
2. Vince
3. Rock
4. Shawn (mostly bc of the influence)
5. Foley
6. HHH
7. Sable
8. Taker
9. Team Extreme w/ Lita
10. Chyna or the Outlaws
HMs: Trish and Kurt came in too late, Show and Kane are close, so are E&C/Dudleys. Bret is a hard "nope" for me. Shawn was pushing the company into the Attitude Era, at times by himself, and Bret was the one pushing against it.
Also honorable mention for Crash bc the Hardcore Title is so gloriously Attitude Era lol.
Just as note on Tori. The Women's belt was generally seen as "let everyone have a go at holding it" title. Tori never came close to that. So yeah.
JohnBoyAdvance Thats how bad she was. Her, BB, Nicole Bass(RIP) they were the worst of the worst when it came to womens wrestling back then
My personal opinion....top 5 guys during Attitude Era would be Austin, Rock, Undertaker, Mick Foley, Kane. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, as great as they were, were not i the WWF that long during the Attitude Era. Those 5 dominated the main event scene during the Attitude Era.
Way too many in “the best” kind of loses its meaning.
IMO the best were mankind,stonecold,Rock,Undertaker,Jr, and Jerry king (best commentator duo of all time really uplifted the entire era)
100% agree
Great list lads
Also tho, where would you have put Tazz?
Shane McMahon has to be in the top tier for his Attitude Era work! It was brilliant.
My only criticism of this series is that the lowest tier is in green, while the highest is in red. Years of seeing it the other way around have allowed me to develop just enough OCD that this bugs me every time.
All that aside: keep up the great work. So much effort put into these, even in the smallest details (even the images alone).
Owen was alright. Had he not died, he’d universally be placed as such.
A reminder 2001- mid 2002 is the last real year of the Attitude era. So that includes the Invasion guys like RVD and Booker T, the nWo... I mean leading up to Wrestlemania 18 it was Stone Cold & The Rock vs the nWo, it doesn't get anymore Attitude era than that.
Have you honestly left off Sable? Did you watch RAW 97-99? I’m very confused.
I am re-watching attitude era right now. Third member of PMS was Ryan shamrock.
The Mean Street Posse weren't even wrestlers. They were just Shane's fucking high school friends that got roles on national fucking television because they were buddies with the boss's son. They had no business being anywhere near a wrestling ring.
The only thing i thought was that Taker belonged above Mankind. Mick reached massive hights and was great but Taker with the Kane fued, the change into the Ministry Taker made him a truly scary heel of the time.
one of these for all of the NWO members would be really fun
The Best: Hogan, Hall and Nash
Get In The Bin: Everyone Else
@@DoctorLazers no. The first four others that joined made sense cause three of them were ex-WWE.
Love these. Shamrock was my fav as a kid. Delighted to see him up there.
This was amazing y'all gotta do one on the ruthless aggression area
When Kane was unmasked i was recording it on a vcr as a kid, went back right after rewinding and pausing to view his face better.
thank you guys for being some of the only people i've seen say good things about Al Snow. i love that man.
wish this featured every single person but you hit most of them on the nail
Undertaker had arguably the biggest storylines vs HBK, then Kane. Held 2 wwf titles and reinvented himself as the ABA.
When I was younger I always asked myself why does A-Train the same shirt to the ring? Come to find out it was his chest and back hair lmao
Joey Abs was the worker of the Mean Street Posse and was enhancement talent in the mid-90's before coming back as part of the Mean Street Posse.