Actually Ruthless Agression was amazing so technically that was not the worst era in wrestling since that was followed up after Vince bought WCW. The worst era probably is the PG era or most definitely 2018/2019 WWE
He's right. Like it or not, If AEW did not show up we'd continue dealing with the absolutely crappy product that WWE was putting out. AEW simply existing has forced WWE and other wrestling promotions to step their game up.
It kills me when people say the Booker T./Bagwell match might have been the catalyst to Vince dumping WCW. It ain't like the WWF were putting out quality bangers week after week. Their in-ring product sucked pretty bad in late 2000 early 2001, with the exception of like 3 people.
I am with 2018/2019 being the worst. The only thing we had was Bray and the firefly funhouse...that was it. The pandemic era had the weirdness to it that made it worth watching. 2022-Now has been pretty decent.
If it wasn't for AEW just existing WWE would have no reason to step up their game. We need it to continue to exist and get better so wrestling in general can raise the bar.
Trump was better in the ring than he was in handling American healthcare. Even if a bunch of brain damaged marks lick up every corn filled nugget of his kayfabe.
I been watching wrestling for a while know and have seen lots of bad moments but 2018-2019 wwe was slowly making me lose my passion of being a wrestling fan I’m so happy Aew was created in 2019 because I would probably not be watching wrestling right now.
I started watching wrestling when I was a kid around 93-95 and stopped watching when the Pg era properly kicked in, I did dip my toe in to nxt 1.0 here and there but I was travelling a lot and didn't have an opportunity to really give it a go. I only got back into it a few years ago thanks to aew and thanks to that I started giving wwe a watch again and dammit I'm all in again with wwe. I loved are but recently I am not enjoying it, they put bangers on with their ppv, but their stories just aren't their at the moment. Nowadays I'm back in love with wrestling and thanks to the internet I can go back and watch all the good stuff I missed and you Simon miller really helped my get into the fun side of it, and now I've been to progress shows and try and hit any indie shows in my area that I can, cheers dude. Goofy wrestling for life
I am legally obligated to defend the WWECW Zombie every time that gets brought up. One, it was fucking hilarious. Two, the original ECW would do the same thing in 94-95 when it would have 911 come out and choke slam, eg, Santa Claus, a bad guitarist, Doink the Clown, or whomever. It was the most authentically ECW thing on the show.
Actually 2016 to 2019 was the last good wrestling independent but it was not PWG but WCPW - their talent was head of their time - Joe Coffey, Joe Henry, Bea Priestley, Nixon Newell, and Viper. Knows you never heard of it Simon but THAT was the BEST ERA of wrestling. Serious you need to understand WCPW/Defiant is for life. Check them out.
People don’t talk enough about how wild it is Vince fried Heyman because smackdown was beating raw in the ratings. Why would you not just move heyman to Raw and let him pick his replacement on smackdown. It baffles me on a professional level that someone who did an amazing job got fired. If Raw was a priority over smackdown then a move should be used as a promotion and you can take a gamble to just have 2 good shows. Vince is probably the most nonsensical person in the world of wrestling.
simon is right it has to be said some fans don't remember or weren't there for the 2010 that was brutal but we stuck by it and get to enjoy good wrestling nowadays sometimes too much good wrestling
Agreed despite what people feel about the promotion now without AEW existing then WWE wouldn't be having the resurgence they're having now and this current boom period in wrestling wouldn't be happening either.
Oh the Tribalism of the WCW vs. WWE days. I had a friend's Mom tell me how fake and terrible the WWE was and how real and amazing WCW was. She wasn't a very nice person in general.
WWF shoulda made Velocity and Sunday Night Heat wcw shows. then when Sting, goldberg, NWO were free from their Turner contracts they can debut on Raw or SmackDown
This was a bit of a nothing video. 47 minutes of jumping around from invasion to CM punk to ruthless aggression to PWG to Jinder Mahal all without saying anything. What was the point in all of this?
WWE in the monopoly era was so boring. Very little to no effort in telling interesting stories and the actual wrestling was last in priority. Pro wrestling is in a much better place now.
I guess this reminded me why it’s so amazing how Roman’s story turned out the way it did. Because all those critics who were downright racist awful to him and now eating their words because the man is a star, no two ways about it.
The worst era is the last 3 eras whatever they're called. Wrestling hasn't been culturally relevant since the beginning of the ruthless aggression era.
Hey ovw also polished Shelton Benjamin, Mark Henry, cm punk, dinsmore, the machine and Danny basham.... OVW with corny was great .... now I will say they didn't give the Mike to batista or allowed more complex builds just the old comeuppance but to say OVW is just they way you did just look at it like this The whole world knows JOHN CENA. RANDY ORTON. BROCK LESNAR AND BATISTA Something was done to To do that
I never encountered tribalism during the Monday Night War. Not saying it didn't happen, but my best friend and I just loved wrestling. It was how we initially became friends, and our other friends didn't actually pay as much attention as we did. If forced to pick a side, I'd probably have sided with WWF, but mostly because (Like Bobby "the Brain" Heenan) I was VERY anti-Hulk Hogan at the time. Which would astonish 8 year old me if he could talk to 16 year old me 😂.
Worst era new generation I grew up watching ruthless aggression to me thts the best era but I’ve also watched the attitude era on the network and I can also see y it’s plp fav o and the 2019 era was horrible as well
Fucking hell, this guy is wrong on all levels here. The worst Era in wrestling hasn’t even ended, it started in July 2008 and it’s still fucking going on.
Wow way to outdo yourselves WhatCulture, a 45 minute video just to say WWE sucked because there was no competition and everything has gotten better bc AEW came around and how we just need to be nice to them. Go give Dustin a hug and get real. It’s gotten better bc old man Vince finally got out, yes it is that simple.
@@victorianohuntington6481why would ratings matter to anyone other than tv execs? Not to mention that we live in the streaming era. Tv ratings don't mean shit anymore.
Actually Ruthless Agression was amazing so technically that was not the worst era in wrestling since that was followed up after Vince bought WCW. The worst era probably is the PG era or most definitely 2018/2019 WWE
2019 WWE in particular was *putrid*.
@Tank207 yeah 2018 was semi alright
2014 was the worst year for it. They made that h0b0 win at WM. I mean anyone who isn't into weird stuff cannot take that seriously
He's right. Like it or not, If AEW did not show up we'd continue dealing with the absolutely crappy product that WWE was putting out. AEW simply existing has forced WWE and other wrestling promotions to step their game up.
Doesnt matter if AEW came or didnt. Only change was Vinces removal.
Yep. People literally got pay raises to stay home because of AEW. Before they even had a single episode of Dynamite
While the competition did help it was ultimately Vince being out of the company that changed the WWE for better
He’s not right, he’s 100% wrong.
And WWE are still putting on shit TV.
Nah. It’s because Vince left.
WHY DOES NO ONE MENTION SHELTON BENJAMIN WITH THAT OVW CLASS?!?!? I know he never reached the level of the others but he wasnt a jobber!!!
And he's having great performances today in AEW, particularly during the Continental Classic
It kills me when people say the Booker T./Bagwell match might have been the catalyst to Vince dumping WCW. It ain't like the WWF were putting out quality bangers week after week. Their in-ring product sucked pretty bad in late 2000 early 2001, with the exception of like 3 people.
I am with 2018/2019 being the worst. The only thing we had was Bray and the firefly funhouse...that was it. The pandemic era had the weirdness to it that made it worth watching. 2022-Now has been pretty decent.
If it wasn't for AEW just existing WWE would have no reason to step up their game. We need it to continue to exist and get better so wrestling in general can raise the bar.
I forget how young everyone else is, if you think anything that happened in the last 25-30 years was "wrestling's worst era".
We get it, ur old 😅🤷🏽♂️✅
@@melmcallister6293 Older than dirt. :)
I get it I'm older too but def was worst because trump was in a match lol. Automatically makes it worst
Trump was better in the ring than he was in handling American healthcare.
Even if a bunch of brain damaged marks lick up every corn filled nugget of his kayfabe.
I been watching wrestling for a while know and have seen lots of bad moments but 2018-2019 wwe was slowly making me lose my passion of being a wrestling fan I’m so happy Aew was created in 2019 because I would probably not be watching wrestling right now.
I started watching wrestling when I was a kid around 93-95 and stopped watching when the Pg era properly kicked in, I did dip my toe in to nxt 1.0 here and there but I was travelling a lot and didn't have an opportunity to really give it a go. I only got back into it a few years ago thanks to aew and thanks to that I started giving wwe a watch again and dammit I'm all in again with wwe.
I loved are but recently I am not enjoying it, they put bangers on with their ppv, but their stories just aren't their at the moment.
Nowadays I'm back in love with wrestling and thanks to the internet I can go back and watch all the good stuff I missed and you Simon miller really helped my get into the fun side of it, and now I've been to progress shows and try and hit any indie shows in my area that I can, cheers dude.
Goofy wrestling for life
I am legally obligated to defend the WWECW Zombie every time that gets brought up. One, it was fucking hilarious. Two, the original ECW would do the same thing in 94-95 when it would have 911 come out and choke slam, eg, Santa Claus, a bad guitarist, Doink the Clown, or whomever. It was the most authentically ECW thing on the show.
A reverse battle royal? Do wrestlers try to bring other wrestlers into the ring instead of try to throw them out? 😂
Man the 2010s were such an awful time for wrestling, especially for WWE. Thank god AEW came along, WWE had to reajust and now they're hotter than ever
Actually 2016 to 2019 was the last good wrestling independent but it was not PWG but WCPW - their talent was head of their time - Joe Coffey, Joe Henry, Bea Priestley, Nixon Newell, and Viper. Knows you never heard of it Simon but THAT was the BEST ERA of wrestling. Serious you need to understand WCPW/Defiant is for life. Check them out.
People don’t talk enough about how wild it is Vince fried Heyman because smackdown was beating raw in the ratings.
Why would you not just move heyman to Raw and let him pick his replacement on smackdown. It baffles me on a professional level that someone who did an amazing job got fired. If Raw was a priority over smackdown then a move should be used as a promotion and you can take a gamble to just have 2 good shows.
Vince is probably the most nonsensical person in the world of wrestling.
🎶He’s just a sexy Kurt… he’ll make your ankle hurt.🎶
simon is right it has to be said some fans don't remember or weren't there for the 2010 that was brutal but we stuck by it and get to enjoy good wrestling nowadays sometimes too much good wrestling
Agreed despite what people feel about the promotion now without AEW existing then WWE wouldn't be having the resurgence they're having now and this current boom period in wrestling wouldn't be happening either.
Simon millers new entrance theme playin in the back? 👀🪩
I'm a sexy Kurt
I'll make your ankle hurt.
I’ll make your ankle hurt. (Ankle huuuuuurt)
Oh the Tribalism of the WCW vs. WWE days. I had a friend's Mom tell me how fake and terrible the WWE was and how real and amazing WCW was. She wasn't a very nice person in general.
Simon looks like he's in "bulking" season aka extra dessert season lol
WWF shoulda made Velocity and Sunday Night Heat wcw shows. then when Sting, goldberg, NWO were free from their Turner contracts they can debut on Raw or SmackDown
This was a bit of a nothing video. 47 minutes of jumping around from invasion to CM punk to ruthless aggression to PWG to Jinder Mahal all without saying anything. What was the point in all of this?
WWE in the monopoly era was so boring. Very little to no effort in telling interesting stories and the actual wrestling was last in priority. Pro wrestling is in a much better place now.
I guess this reminded me why it’s so amazing how Roman’s story turned out the way it did. Because all those critics who were downright racist awful to him and now eating their words because the man is a star, no two ways about it.
Racist?
Are they going to flush my WCW career down the pan. Errrrm, yes, definitely
Well done mini documentary ☝️
The worst era is the last 3 eras whatever they're called. Wrestling hasn't been culturally relevant since the beginning of the ruthless aggression era.
Simon, I'm not kidding when I tell you I'll watch whatever you give me.
He said to go check out the cinematic classic, "Dos Chicas, Una Taza."
Worst era had to be 2011 wrestling from Hardy vs Sting at Victory Road to everything about WM27
Jeff could have been off the charts. Unfortunately his demons got best of him.
Might have to get that top bro
Great video
We are in the worst era
Was Booker/Buff the main event of that night? Seems like a terirble spot for a trst match.
I never knew the biggest wrestling fans were Scottish. Damn, it's hard to listen to you. The rest of the world is so disturbing.
Hey ovw also polished Shelton Benjamin, Mark Henry, cm punk, dinsmore, the machine and Danny basham.... OVW with corny was great .... now I will say they didn't give the Mike to batista or allowed more complex builds just the old comeuppance but to say OVW is just they way you did just look at it like this
The whole world knows JOHN CENA. RANDY ORTON. BROCK LESNAR AND BATISTA
Something was done to
To do that
I liked the brand split
It's been a while...what happened to Simon??
Worst era had to be after the GFW TNA/IMPACT thing until AEW., corgi owning NWA really hasn’t been a good thing
I never encountered tribalism during the Monday Night War. Not saying it didn't happen, but my best friend and I just loved wrestling. It was how we initially became friends, and our other friends didn't actually pay as much attention as we did. If forced to pick a side, I'd probably have sided with WWF, but mostly because (Like Bobby "the Brain" Heenan) I was VERY anti-Hulk Hogan at the time. Which would astonish 8 year old me if he could talk to 16 year old me 😂.
Worst era new generation I grew up watching ruthless aggression to me thts the best era but I’ve also watched the attitude era on the network and I can also see y it’s plp fav o and the 2019 era was horrible as well
Worse huh fuckin awesome
Wow im older then you and look better then you
🤡🤡🤡
Fucking hell, this guy is wrong on all levels here.
The worst Era in wrestling hasn’t even ended, it started in July 2008 and it’s still fucking going on.
🤔🤔🤔
Simon you okay bud?
nice
Wow way to outdo yourselves WhatCulture, a 45 minute video just to say WWE sucked because there was no competition and everything has gotten better bc AEW came around and how we just need to be nice to them. Go give Dustin a hug and get real. It’s gotten better bc old man Vince finally got out, yes it is that simple.
The worst era is now though
Based on? Hahahah
@nadiahassan5307 ratings obviously
@@victorianohuntington6481why would ratings matter to anyone other than tv execs? Not to mention that we live in the streaming era. Tv ratings don't mean shit anymore.
@@victorianohuntington6481 is that the only criteria? no ticket sales, ppv buys, or merch