WWF. Especially during the attitude era. It was like 1998 through 2000 that nearly everyone was into wrestling, especially with what the WWF was doing and some of what WCW was doing with NWO. But, as the years piled on, it seemed like the flaws became more apparent. I look back at that period now and was like "...why did we like this again? and what from it did people want?". Because some people want swearing back, they want buckets of blood back, they want sex appeal back .etc
That was just car-crash television and I learned later that what both promotions were doing back then, were doing whats called hot-shotting. It's a wrestling term where you're booking things in a seemingly appealing matter that audiences want to see. That's what they were doing and it did honestly work for a long time.
If there was anything I'd want out of wrestling anymore these days, is competent booking and for matches to feel like and be big-fight moments. The cat is out of the bag for what wrestling really is, it's just about characters, smoke and mirrors and highly choreographed moves that when they look routine, stand out.
At least some of the video games were still fun.
20 Jun 2026 00:23
Isn't wrestling the Days Of Our Lives for guys?
I never understand why people like it, watch any other combat sport and actual fighting takes place.
20 Jun 2026 00:28
This was a very confusing read about the world wildlife fund, I must say!
20 Jun 2026 00:36
I used to think that with enough public support we’d be able to avoid a world wide collapse within my lifetime.
I no longer believe that will happen.
20 Jun 2026 00:39
Yes it is. The fighting is just connecting tissue.
I'd love to read about all those wacky and preposterous story arcs they had over the years.
Edit: I don't know what Days of our lives is but I understand it's a soap opera.
20 Jun 2026 00:39
I think they’re talking about WWE. Buckets of blood? I don’t think so.
20 Jun 2026 00:55
That people would become more intelligent with computers. Woof.
Also some early fps. I mean, I don't like fps on controller in general, but some with single analog sticks are torture ! Still fun sometimes though.
20 Jun 2026 01:01
But you kinda pegged it. Some of the outlandish and crazy shit was entertaining. You could actually watch the heel get taken down or the face triumph over insurmountable odds. In actual fighting sometimes the asshole just wins.
20 Jun 2026 01:12
I was a big WWF fan during the early 90s through to the early 2000s.
In hindsight, i'm less enthusiastic about the attitude era. Yeah, the swearing, the extreme matches. It was all cool as a kid, but doesnt really hold up as an adult when you consider the harms from the drugs and traumatic brain injury
The early 90s still hold up for me. Hulk hogan vs. Warrior, old-school undertaker, sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron sheik... the over the top characters are what really make it "sports entertainment" for me
and yes, i'm aware a lot of guys from that era turned out to be huge shitheads. I was devastated when i found out warrior went off the deep end.
I really avoid looking up the latest news about my childhood heroes these days... (please god, dont let undertaker or stone cold turn out bad....)
20 Jun 2026 01:13
That's pretty close. But people don't watch it for the fighting...or rather, they don't watch it to see one person put their combat skill against another to see who is better.
It's more like a mostly-improv stage play with some pretty impressive stunts and acrobatics. When the show is on, every performer treats the situation as deadly serious and "yes ands" as hard as they can.
My favorite thing is when someone has to pretend that their opponent has real magic powers.
20 Jun 2026 01:17
Yeah, because watching people ACTUALLY beat each other into a bloody pulp is REAL entertainment for REAL men!!
Soap operas are stupid and not entertaining at all!
20 Jun 2026 01:20
Human society in general and modern society in particular.
20 Jun 2026 01:38
I think if you want people to engage with your question, you need to post your self-answer separately, as a comment.
20 Jun 2026 01:56
Um, no. It's in the body of the title. Go back to Reddit for that.
20 Jun 2026 02:04
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