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Saturday, October 13, 2018

The Era's of WWE

Okay so before I answer let me preface this with this is nothing official or set in stone this is just my opinion on it:
  • 1963 - 1984 is the "Territorial Era" to me purely because there's still territories and Vince Sr is mainly running the company in New York with either Bruno Sammartino or Bob Buckland as the main star
  • 1984 - 1986 is the "Rock N Wrestling Era" due to the uprise of MTV and WWFs popularity since working together and having crossovers with Wrestlers (Hulk Hogan being the big star) & Celebrities.
  • 1987 - late-1992 is the "The Golden Era" because you have the big boom period of wrestling with Hulk Hogan, a rising Ultimate warrior and so many legends in that time frame.
  • Late-1992 - late-1997 is the "The New Generation Era" because that's when you have plenty of already made stars leaving for WCW and there's a huge influx of new younger stars ie. Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Diesel, etc
  • Late-1997 - April 1 2001 (Wrestlemania 17) is the "Attitude Era" this one doesn't need a full explanation because if you're a WWE fan you'll know why - I believe Steve Austin & The Rock were the faces of WWE at this point. For this list I have also included the Invasion Era.
  • April 2 2001 - May 2002 is what I like to call the "Invasion Era" now yes the Invasion storyline didn't go for this long but after Mania 17 WWF had bought WCW and ECW so we were seeing a huge influx of stars come in such as RVD, DDP, returning stars like Hogan, Nash & Hall, etc.
  • May 2002 - July 2008 - is the "Ruthless Aggression Era" basically WWE trying to build all younger talent because of a lot of their top stars leaving (Rock/Austin) the faces of this era were Lesnar, Cena, Orton & Batista
  • July 2008 - June 2011 - is without a doubt the "PG Era" and basically the Randy Orton/John Cena show for a couple of years. It was in a more cartoony world than ever, these were some of the dark ages IMO.
  • June 26 2011 - February 2014 - is the "Reality Era" CM Punk kicked down the fourth wall and ushered in this era when he cut his infamous pipebomb promo blurring the lines of reality, but Daniel Bryan kept it alive with his underdog story to become WWE Champion and take down the Authority.
  • February 2014 - April 2016 - is the "WWE Network Era" now this and the next one could be debated as one long era but it's my opinion so I chose it as two separate ones. The faces of this era are The Shield & Brock Lesnar.
  • April 2016 - Current Date - is what WWE likes to call the "New Era" no flashy name just the truth a there's an influx of so many independent stars, there's multiple brands and all around it feels new & fresh and it's really a great time to be a WWE Fan. The faces of this era is a bit hard to point out but I'd argue it's AJ Styles & Roman Reigns, but you could fit in others.

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