{"id":20380,"date":"2018-06-22T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=20380"},"modified":"2018-06-14T17:13:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T22:13:58","slug":"the-unpopular-opinion-the-attitude-era-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2018\/06\/22\/the-unpopular-opinion-the-attitude-era-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unpopular Opinion: The Attitude Era: Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0The Attitude Era was an era of promise but missed opportunities tarnished what could have made the era the greatest in history.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Bringing realism into storylines during the \u201cAttitude Era,\u201d skyrocketed popularity in professional wrestling. However notice, during this column there was no talk of women\u2019s wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Women during the \u201cAttitude Era\u201d were mistreated during this period in time. Wrestling during this time was more masculine and glorified women as valets and beauty pieces. It took almost 20 years to view all women on the same level as the men.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0WWF during this time was also shadowing another division. A backbone of what has built this company was their tag team division.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"WWE_-_Newcastle_Arena_030499_(2)\"\u00a0 \u00a0Some of the most memorable matches during the \u201cAttitude Era\u201d involved the tag teams: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von), Edge & Christian and The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff). These men led the new era of tag team wrestling in the late 90\u2019s and early 2000\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0At WrestleManias 16 and 17, these men changed the game with the ladder match and the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWF Tag Team Championships. However, none of these stars were able to branch off from the tag team division until multiple years after the era ended.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0While the Tag Team Championships gained importance, one championship lost a lot of its prestige. The WWF\/E Intercontinental Championship is one of the most important championships in professional wrestling because of the dynamic it brings to holders and futures it could bring to champions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0When the \u201cAttitude Era\u201d began, the championship showed promise with some of the champions: Triple H, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. However, the championship changed hands at random week to week. In 1999, the Intercontinental Championship changed hands 11 times. Only 2 people within that year would go on to be future world champions in WWF\/E. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Steve_Austin_soaks_in_cheers\"\u00a0 \u00a0While the Intercontinental Championship became an underthought, the mass amount of championships collided with each other. Making it hard for the importance of the championships to be noticed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0In the \u201cAttitude Era\u201d the championships were: The WWF Hardcore, The WWF European, The WWF Light-Heavyweight, The WWF Women\u2019s, The WWF Tag Team, The WWF Intercontinental and the WWF Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0With too many championships it became hard to focus on each champion\u2019s dynamic. Also, the high number of championships take away the struggle for those to get to a certain championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The dynamic of championships were mostly tarnished due to a large problem with the \u201cAttitude Era.\u201d The McMahon feuds that played a role all throughout the era.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Stephanie\u00a0 \u00a0Whether the feud with Stone Cold, Triple H, The Rock, or the feud within the family, overshadowed the wrestlers trying to grow and get airtime to become bigger stars. \u00a0The part time wrestlers of Vince, Shane and Steph all held championships. But, they rarely defended them. Vince was even the WWF Champion. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Importance was on the main stars during the \u201cAttitude Era.\u201d Only stars that were focused since the beginning of the era grew to become the big stars. Others had to wait years to come to show their full potential as main event stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0If the \u201cAttitude Era\u201d had realized the potential of those stars sooner, the effects would still be seen today.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There is not arguing that the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) would not be in existence without the \u201cAttitude Era.\u201d However with the buying of WCW, there will never be a wrestling organization that will be able to compete with the stranglehold WWE has on the wrestling world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0When reflecting on the \u201cAttitude Era,\u201d the argument can be made that the era could be the worst era in professional wrestling history.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Jacobus<\/strong>
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