1. The rise of edge 2. The signs of trouble after Eddie and Benoit died 3. The signature pharmacy scandal which ruined SummerSlam 2007 4. Carlito raw and sd debuts ( there's a reason he's a part of the judgement day now) 5. The greatest heel of all time ( JBL) 6. King booker ( he was comedy gold) it rejuvenated his career 7. The bad booking angle stalking sharmel, dx feud with the McMahon's, Lita's miscarriage, Cenas winning every match, and Vince McMahon vs God and as ecw champion omg 8. World's greatest tag team deserved more 9. John Morrisons rise/ MNM 10. King regal ( he messed up his own career smh 11. Jericho becoming whc 12. CM punks popularity rising 13. Age of Orton 14. The best and worst of the cruiserweights 15. Sterotype gimmicks
@@mrcool1519 yes they did when he cashed in mitb he received a great pop it was Vince and wwe that fumbled him bad and didn't want him to get buried in that multi man match and they saved him literally
Rodney Mack was my dad’s best friend in college (no seriously). After he left WWE he started running indie shows all over the South then opened wrestling school in Texas that’s still running.
Personally, I miss single-brand Pay-Per-Views. They were a great opportunity for lesser-used stars to get a spotlight. And some of the shows rocked. Vengeance (2003) in particular. With the high calibre of talent on display in WWE at this point in time, single-brand Pay-Per-Views could knock it out of the park.
In the early period of this (2002 to 2005), we had the best WRESTLING roster of all time. I'm talking about for the in-ring performances at or near the top of the card. We were transitioning from the end of greats Austin/Rock/Goldberg/Lesnar at the top to the beginning of new greats Orton/Cena/Batista/Edge at the top. During this transition period, we were blessed with some of the best in-ring work of Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Booker T, Christian, Eddie Guererro, Chris Jericho, Kane, Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam all in their prime. Shawn Michaels was back and as great as before, and the classic Undertaker character returned. It was the period of the original Evolution run on Raw. Many all-time classic matches took place at this time. There were definitely some total trash storylines as mentioned in this video, but the top tier in-ring action during this time frame may be the WWE all-time peak. Edit: I must add: Born from this period: THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER!
The RA is my favorite WWE period. Healthy balance of great in-ring action and entertainment, unlike the Attitude Era when it was mostly storylines and stuff.
I agree. They stopped having TV matches that get interrupted and don't even have an official winner. RA era brought back focus on actual competition in the ring, especially from 2002-2005. Incredible roster for it too at that time.
Ruthless aggression had the best midcard of all time. Nitro, Carltio, MVP, Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay, Umaga, Gregory, Helms, Paul London, Brian Kendrick William regal. These are the ones who never had a main event push. Likes of punk, Jeff hardy, Rey Mysterio RVD who got their push to add to that
On Smackdown I found everything Batista doing better than John. Like the storylines just seeemed better and I liked the matches and even his chemistry with opponents. John did stay the man longer but I think turning turning Dave heel and moving him to raw really slowed him down
I always assumed the reasons for zombies and vampires on ECW was because it was on Sci-Fi Channel, back when the cable network tried to stick somewhat to its genre, and before it changed its name to "SyFy." Simon is absolutely right about the wrestling quality on free TV, though. One good thing about one-brand PPVs was that the brand NOT having a PPV that month would put on at least one barn-burner of a main event around the same week the other show was having their PPV. In the U.S., the Lesnar/Angle Iron Man match aired on UPN, ffs.
Not to mention it gave us some good WWE games as well. HCTP,day of reckoning 1 an 2, Svr 2005-07. With 07 being the best one. But wait there's more: WrestleMania XIX.
Batista was never mid. He was terrible, then one day it all clicked for him and he became amazing. Mark Henry was the same way, and they should both get credit for it.
Perfect video as I recently have been playing Smackdown vs Raw 2007. Perfect timing! The biggest disrespect of that game is the besmirching of William Regal!! His popularity is stupid low!! And he was so over! And such an intricate part of SO many storylines!
Wait, if Heat and Velocity are C-shows, then what are B-shows? I thought that's what they were. Velocity was definitely appointment viewing back in the day. Heat, less so.
I think the brand split could be great and maybe feel real with the Netflix deal.. Netflix saying we want Roman on our show and he cannot unless it’s a brand vs brand situation show up anywhere else.. this could really give the brand split meaning.
Ruthless Agression era doesnt get enough credit. At the end of the day, it was still very entertaining, made huge stars and had some of the most amazing matches in the companies history. Yeah some of the story lines were a hit and miss but the sane could be said during the attitude era..not everything was perfect. The era that followed Ruthless agression was just terrible.
The mistake with WWECW was not keeping a separate identity. You can't keep the same guys there for ever, but you can keep the spirit. Put the cruiserweights/205 guys there. Put the indy darlings there. CM Punk and John Morrison? Yes. Big Show? Mark Henry? Kane? No no no.
YAAAS, SIMON CONTENT. I love days with 3 or more Simon videos. And, yea, one is on his personal channel, but still counts in my book. Thanks WhatCulture for giving us this man, cuz he is the best, and this channel would be so much worse without him, tho in all honesty, the entire IWC would be too. So, yea. Simon Miller is the best. We love our bald legend. ❤❤❤ One love ❤️
I pretty much stopped watching WWE after WrestleMania 18. It wasn't the same. Sure things were changing. And they brought in great wrestlers. And had some great feuds/storylines. But something was just missing. And while I missed the Attitude Era. The Ruthless Aggression Era was alittle worse with some of their storylines and wrestling gimmicks.
11. All the good moments from thar era came from Smackdown (the crap was on raw) 12. Old man Hulk Hogan 2002-2003 was more over than the Rock and Austin.
@@JLWprime10 It's certainly the one I'm the most fondness of and what I think if first when I hear "Pro Wrestling." Was a Kid up into Middle School when I ended over riding Summer of '08 and an Era I greatly appreciated having and go back at times to relive those moments and memories. Not surprised that WhatCulture basically spent 14 Straight minutes just trashing it since their style on Wrestling is great different from what I grew up on and what got people invested to watch the next week.
DX vs McMahon’s was Vince’s 2nd best rivalry, not far behind Stone Cold. Peak entertainment. Idk man, a lot of these takes, especially that one, really aren’t it.
Stupid smark video where suddenly the tiniest things are the worst things ever meanwhile the vast majority of wrestlers today cant cyt a promo to save their lives yet all these excuses are made and wrestling is supposedly cool again...give me a break
Yeah seriously. WWE hiring aspiring models and half-assed training them to wrestle, and making the established female stars, who had entered the business TO BE WRESTLERS because they loved pro wrestling, work with these new "diva search" bimbos, all the while making them also act like bimbo models.
Who tought that necrophilia was a good idead ?
Vince McMahon... It's always Vince McMahon
1. The rise of edge
2. The signs of trouble after Eddie and Benoit died
3. The signature pharmacy scandal which ruined SummerSlam 2007
4. Carlito raw and sd debuts ( there's a reason he's a part of the judgement day now)
5. The greatest heel of all time ( JBL)
6. King booker ( he was comedy gold) it rejuvenated his career
7. The bad booking angle stalking sharmel, dx feud with the McMahon's, Lita's miscarriage, Cenas winning every match, and Vince McMahon vs God and as ecw champion omg
8. World's greatest tag team deserved more
9. John Morrisons rise/ MNM
10. King regal ( he messed up his own career smh
11. Jericho becoming whc
12. CM punks popularity rising
13. Age of Orton
14. The best and worst of the cruiserweights
15. Sterotype gimmicks
Don't forget jeff hardy. During that time
Triple h is the greatest heel of all time
Nobody cared about cm skunk try again smark
@@mrcool1519 yes they did when he cashed in mitb he received a great pop it was Vince and wwe that fumbled him bad and didn't want him to get buried in that multi man match and they saved him literally
Whether you love it or hate the Ruthless Agression era was one hell of an era and it paved the way for so many new stars
So much evidence on Vince during this era
Velocity and Heat were goated!
This era gave us the best WWE games too.
SVR 2005-07
HCTP
Day of reckoning 1 an 2.
XIX
Shut your mouth.
WE NEED TO GIVE BATISTA HIS CREDIT!
Everybody credits Undertaker for holding down smackdown during this era but Batista was doing just as much
Rodney Mack was my dad’s best friend in college (no seriously). After he left WWE he started running indie shows all over the South then opened wrestling school in Texas that’s still running.
Personally, I miss single-brand Pay-Per-Views. They were a great opportunity for lesser-used stars to get a spotlight. And some of the shows rocked. Vengeance (2003) in particular.
With the high calibre of talent on display in WWE at this point in time, single-brand Pay-Per-Views could knock it out of the park.
Ruthless Aggression Era belongs to Brock Lesnar , John Cena , Batista & Randy Orton
Uhhh, Simon. Luther Reigns theme was Generic Rock track SEVEN, thank you
Velocity was actually underrated. So was Batista in the ruthless aggression era he deserved more respect and credit for the work he put on.
Booker T should've beaten H at Mania 19
Yep.
Nope didn't work for where they were going with evolution glad they waited till king booker to win the title
Who the hell is H I've heard of Triple H
@@thepsychoclub9258 that's who I was talking about
@@zanethind no fucking shit bro learn sarcasm
I am currently watching wwe in the 2000's
I like it a lot 😄...My finger of power gives it an UP
Johnny Nitro/John Morrison was NOT the worst thing of WWECW! He was one of the rare highlights...why show him for that example?
In the early period of this (2002 to 2005), we had the best WRESTLING roster of all time. I'm talking about for the in-ring performances at or near the top of the card. We were transitioning from the end of greats Austin/Rock/Goldberg/Lesnar at the top to the beginning of new greats Orton/Cena/Batista/Edge at the top. During this transition period, we were blessed with some of the best in-ring work of Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Booker T, Christian, Eddie Guererro, Chris Jericho, Kane, Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam all in their prime. Shawn Michaels was back and as great as before, and the classic Undertaker character returned. It was the period of the original Evolution run on Raw. Many all-time classic matches took place at this time. There were definitely some total trash storylines as mentioned in this video, but the top tier in-ring action during this time frame may be the WWE all-time peak.
Edit: I must add: Born from this period: THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER!
Yeah, luckily they had two shows back then because the talent was off the charts once absorbing WCW and ECW. Booking a show must have been tough.
The RA is my favorite WWE period. Healthy balance of great in-ring action and entertainment, unlike the Attitude Era when it was mostly storylines and stuff.
I agree. They stopped having TV matches that get interrupted and don't even have an official winner. RA era brought back focus on actual competition in the ring, especially from 2002-2005. Incredible roster for it too at that time.
John Cena looks like a Sergeant. Lol
@@rahulmcintyre2553 he did have that soldier look with camo jorts in 07
@@rongiefaustino8867in 2007 he actually wore cargos. The shit looked mad uncomfortable
Ruthless aggression had the best midcard of all time. Nitro, Carltio, MVP, Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay, Umaga, Gregory, Helms, Paul London, Brian Kendrick William regal. These are the ones who never had a main event push. Likes of punk, Jeff hardy, Rey Mysterio RVD who got their push to add to that
Hbk is goated in this era
On Smackdown I found everything Batista doing better than John. Like the storylines just seeemed better and I liked the matches and even his chemistry with opponents. John did stay the man longer but I think turning turning Dave heel and moving him to raw really slowed him down
I always assumed the reasons for zombies and vampires on ECW was because it was on Sci-Fi Channel, back when the cable network tried to stick somewhat to its genre, and before it changed its name to "SyFy."
Simon is absolutely right about the wrestling quality on free TV, though. One good thing about one-brand PPVs was that the brand NOT having a PPV that month would put on at least one barn-burner of a main event around the same week the other show was having their PPV. In the U.S., the Lesnar/Angle Iron Man match aired on UPN, ffs.
The Billy & Chuck Wedding was great
It was horribly homophobic…what is wrong with you??
@@Canruggerno it wasn’t.
Yes and no. The reveal of the preacher was dope, but WWE looked like jerks for working GLAAD.
At 8:55 McMahon looks like an evil mickey mouse
When was this actually recorded? The commentary feels very much like it’s a reupload from 2-3 years ago.
If only it was 5 years ago when Simon spoke like a real person
I want to binge the ruthless aggression era but don’t know where to start…
The 2002 draft
The ruthless aggression era was where it all began for me as a wrestling fan
The single brand PPV was the coolest thing when translated to the video game career modes. In real... it had PPVs with jabronis.
It wasnt the "Juice-less Aggression Era"
Man I wish I watched during the ruthless aggression era.
Velocity was awesome London, Kendrick, super crazy. Etc.
DURAG VINCE STILL RULES
Single Branded PPVS were better then putting both shows on one minor PPV. It helped prevent PPV cards from looking similar.
The 2000s really ended in 2008. 2009 is a 2010s year
Not to mention it gave us some good
WWE games as well.
HCTP,day of reckoning 1 an 2,
Svr 2005-07.
With 07 being the best one.
But wait there's more:
WrestleMania XIX.
Batista was never mid. He was terrible, then one day it all clicked for him and he became amazing. Mark Henry was the same way, and they should both get credit for it.
Perfect video as I recently have been playing Smackdown vs Raw 2007. Perfect timing! The biggest disrespect of that game is the besmirching of William Regal!! His popularity is stupid low!! And he was so over! And such an intricate part of SO many storylines!
Okay but the tag match that was from the picture on the thumbnail is honestly one of my favorite matches.
Wait, if Heat and Velocity are C-shows, then what are B-shows? I thought that's what they were.
Velocity was definitely appointment viewing back in the day. Heat, less so.
Raw was the A show, Smackdown was the B show.
RA was not as good as AA, but it was still leagues better than the PG era and the current Triple H era.
I like the RA more
But then again I started watching it then, it’s just the nostalgia
But I love both eras, they’re pretty similar eras in many ways
Just came here to point out how hard that thumbnail is 😂
Ppl forget vince was ecw champion 07 suprised u didnt bring that up but also understand why u didnt lmao
My favorite era 2002 was my favorite year and love 2002 - 2005 just hated we lost Guerrero
2007? Those examples are from 2003-4...
I think the brand split could be great and maybe feel real with the Netflix deal..
Netflix saying we want Roman on our show and he cannot unless it’s a brand vs brand situation show up anywhere else.. this could really give the brand split meaning.
Ruthless Agression era doesnt get enough credit. At the end of the day, it was still very entertaining, made huge stars and had some of the most amazing matches in the companies history. Yeah some of the story lines were a hit and miss but the sane could be said during the attitude era..not everything was perfect. The era that followed Ruthless agression was just terrible.
The mistake with WWECW was not keeping a separate identity. You can't keep the same guys there for ever, but you can keep the spirit. Put the cruiserweights/205 guys there. Put the indy darlings there.
CM Punk and John Morrison? Yes.
Big Show? Mark Henry? Kane? No no no.
The Ruthless Aggression era was the best overall era of WWE.
YAAAS, SIMON CONTENT. I love days with 3 or more Simon videos. And, yea, one is on his personal channel, but still counts in my book. Thanks WhatCulture for giving us this man, cuz he is the best, and this channel would be so much worse without him, tho in all honesty, the entire IWC would be too. So, yea. Simon Miller is the best. We love our bald legend. ❤❤❤
One love ❤️
I pretty much stopped watching WWE after WrestleMania 18. It wasn't the same. Sure things were changing. And they brought in great wrestlers. And had some great feuds/storylines. But something was just missing. And while I missed the Attitude Era. The Ruthless Aggression Era was alittle worse with some of their storylines and wrestling gimmicks.
I happen to have been doing this for a couple months now
Binging the ruthless aggression era*
(I started over a year ago at the beginning of 1997)
The music was not the same- why would you lie? Everyone had distinctive themes
What cultura is wrong on #2. Thats what makes wrestlers believable that they are "superhéroes or Big people that you know he could kick butt
Glorious
the single brand ppv's were fine between 2002-2004. aftyer 2004 it fell apart cuz from 2005-2008 the rosters werent the strongest
Ruthless aggression era just might be better than the attitude era IMO..
Bro I’ve been saying this for years! The attitude era is overrated
11. All the good moments from thar era came from Smackdown (the crap was on raw)
12. Old man Hulk Hogan 2002-2003 was more over than the Rock and Austin.
The Roster split & Cena made me fall out of love with wrestling until AEW & the Bloodline storyline.
The best era
No one cried and was offended back in the day
🔥
Well you seem like a hateful bigot
I can tell you didn’t live through this time. A bunch of 20/20 talk. Had to be there
This is the Era it seems like AEW is trying to recreate
Wow, this was basically 14 minutes just trashing the Era overall haha. Not that surprised honestly.
The ruthless aggression era is my favorite era of all time
@@JLWprime10 It's certainly the one I'm the most fondness of and what I think if first when I hear "Pro Wrestling." Was a Kid up into Middle School when I ended over riding Summer of '08 and an Era I greatly appreciated having and go back at times to relive those moments and memories.
Not surprised that WhatCulture basically spent 14 Straight minutes just trashing it since their style on Wrestling is great different from what I grew up on and what got people invested to watch the next week.
King bookahhh!!!!!
But AEW were using hla for their women's title scene?
Luther Reigns has had peas before
DX vs McMahon’s was Vince’s 2nd best rivalry, not far behind Stone Cold. Peak entertainment.
Idk man, a lot of these takes, especially that one, really aren’t it.
It depends what you think of DX's stype of humor.
To balls Mahoneys right and under big show
Is that Kid Kash or Chris Chetty
It has always confused me why that dude was out there
Isn’t Batista class of 2020
I mean y'all bring up the Katie Vick storyline every video sooooo
The rebranded version of Ecw sucked 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Where's my Ruthless people at? 👊
The only era where *female* WWE stars actually got bound and gagged during angles, so I love it for that...
You have problems…seek help
This was the era that got me to stop watching for a long long time
Only wrestling marks will complain about hot women kissing on TV
You learn that this era sucked
I’m sorry but hot lesbian action was never stupid !! 😂 I mean let’s be foreal! Who doesn’t want that 😩
You are a fucking child…grow up
It was worth it for Howard Finkel's legendary announcement of...
"THHHEEE....LLLLLLLLLLLLESSSSBBBIAAAANNSSSS!!!"
Stupid smark video where suddenly the tiniest things are the worst things ever meanwhile the vast majority of wrestlers today cant cyt a promo to save their lives yet all these excuses are made and wrestling is supposedly cool again...give me a break
That it sucked
Wrong it was the best
Shitty content as usual by Simon. RA was goat alongside The attitude era
You are an idiot
I feel bad for the women working during this era.
Yeah seriously. WWE hiring aspiring models and half-assed training them to wrestle, and making the established female stars, who had entered the business TO BE WRESTLERS because they loved pro wrestling, work with these new "diva search" bimbos, all the while making them also act like bimbo models.
HLA is better than all wrestling of today combined 😂
2:10 it's only not offensive if it's two dudes. Two chicks or a natural breeding couple is offensive