WWE Needs a New Attitude Era. And It Should Star CM Punk

[IndystarX]

The suspension of disbelief is malleable, especially since it was a Muppets themed episode. Also what was so different about that episode than say any Satino match? The only thing weird was he was handed a beaker from Beaker to drink. He didn't suddenly Hulk up, destroy Jack Swagger and eat his liver, he basically poison misted the guy. If it was a guy in a Mad Scientist gimmick, would it have been better?

And don't scoff at the Mad Scientist gimmick idea. We've had a matador, a clown, a thawed out viking, a nuclear meltdown survivor, a undead zombie, Batman (ref) and Spider-Man wrestle. The suspension of disbelief for pro wrestling is infinite

[pockybot]

IndystarX

The suspension of disbelief is malleable, especially since it was a Muppets themed episode. Also what was so different about that episode than say any Satino match? The only thing weird was he was handed a beaker from Beaker to drink. He didn't suddenly Hulk up, destroy Jack Swagger and eat his liver, he basically poison misted the guy. If it was a guy in a Mad Scientist gimmick, would it have been better?

And don't scoff at the Mad Scientist gimmick idea. We've had a matador, a clown, a thawed out viking, a nuclear meltdown survivor, a undead zombie, Batman (ref) and Spider-Man wrestle. The suspension of disbelief for pro wrestling is infinite

Not to mention wrestlers with supernatural powers at times(papa shango, undertaker, kane)
We've had "deaths" oh and a bizarre miscarriage with Mark Henry and Mae Young. Essentially, a lot of sloppy bad writing.

I just kind of miss the days where you'd tune in, and you got into the excitement of anything can happen. Dx showing up on nitro...brett doing a real shoot promo on michaels? sure...holy crap its stone cold driving a zambone to the ring. That believable disbelief is gone.

[Dion Necurat]

pockybot

IndystarX

The suspension of disbelief is malleable, especially since it was a Muppets themed episode. Also what was so different about that episode than say any Satino match? The only thing weird was he was handed a beaker from Beaker to drink. He didn't suddenly Hulk up, destroy Jack Swagger and eat his liver, he basically poison misted the guy. If it was a guy in a Mad Scientist gimmick, would it have been better?

And don't scoff at the Mad Scientist gimmick idea. We've had a matador, a clown, a thawed out viking, a nuclear meltdown survivor, a undead zombie, Batman (ref) and Spider-Man wrestle. The suspension of disbelief for pro wrestling is infinite

Not to mention wrestlers with supernatural powers at times(papa shango, undertaker, kane)
We've had "deaths" oh and a bizarre miscarriage with Mark Henry and Mae Young. Essentially, a lot of sloppy bad writing.

I just kind of miss the days where you'd tune in, and you got into the excitement of anything can happen. Dx showing up on nitro...brett doing a real shoot promo on michaels? sure...holy crap its stone cold driving a zambone to the ring. That believable disbelief is gone.

How's the view through those rose-tinted glasses?

[pockybot]

Dion Necurat

pockybot

IndystarX

The suspension of disbelief is malleable, especially since it was a Muppets themed episode. Also what was so different about that episode than say any Satino match? The only thing weird was he was handed a beaker from Beaker to drink. He didn't suddenly Hulk up, destroy Jack Swagger and eat his liver, he basically poison misted the guy. If it was a guy in a Mad Scientist gimmick, would it have been better?

And don't scoff at the Mad Scientist gimmick idea. We've had a matador, a clown, a thawed out viking, a nuclear meltdown survivor, a undead zombie, Batman (ref) and Spider-Man wrestle. The suspension of disbelief for pro wrestling is infinite

Not to mention wrestlers with supernatural powers at times(papa shango, undertaker, kane)
We've had "deaths" oh and a bizarre miscarriage with Mark Henry and Mae Young. Essentially, a lot of sloppy bad writing.

I just kind of miss the days where you'd tune in, and you got into the excitement of anything can happen. Dx showing up on nitro...brett doing a real shoot promo on michaels? sure...holy crap its stone cold driving a zambone to the ring. That believable disbelief is gone.

How's the view through those rose-tinted glasses?

There was a LOT of s**t back then(when Goldust's schtick got old by 1997, Val Venis, Nation of Domination, the Oddities in 1998, etc)

[G-Fan1985]

IndystarX

And don't scoff at the Mad Scientist gimmick idea. We've had a matador, a clown, a thawed out viking, a nuclear meltdown survivor, a undead zombie, Batman (ref) and Spider-Man wrestle. The suspension of disbelief for pro wrestling is infinite

Don't forget Robocop, Lord Humungus and Freddy Krueger.

[Dion Necurat]

pockybot

Dion Necurat

pockybot

IndystarX

The suspension of disbelief is malleable, especially since it was a Muppets themed episode. Also what was so different about that episode than say any Satino match? The only thing weird was he was handed a beaker from Beaker to drink. He didn't suddenly Hulk up, destroy Jack Swagger and eat his liver, he basically poison misted the guy. If it was a guy in a Mad Scientist gimmick, would it have been better?

And don't scoff at the Mad Scientist gimmick idea. We've had a matador, a clown, a thawed out viking, a nuclear meltdown survivor, a undead zombie, Batman (ref) and Spider-Man wrestle. The suspension of disbelief for pro wrestling is infinite

Not to mention wrestlers with supernatural powers at times(papa shango, undertaker, kane)
We've had "deaths" oh and a bizarre miscarriage with Mark Henry and Mae Young. Essentially, a lot of sloppy bad writing.

I just kind of miss the days where you'd tune in, and you got into the excitement of anything can happen. Dx showing up on nitro...brett doing a real shoot promo on michaels? sure...holy crap its stone cold driving a zambone to the ring. That believable disbelief is gone.

How's the view through those rose-tinted glasses?

There was a LOT of s**t back then(when Goldust's schtick got old by 1997, Val Venis, Nation of Domination, the Oddities in 1998, etc)

Precisely. Just because this isn't the attitude era doesn't mean its utter s**t.

[Thats Him Officer]

Yes for Characters like Punk and ant-heroes alike
No cause thats shitting even more on the divas

[Dion Necurat]

Thats Him Officer

Yes for Characters like Punk and ant-heroes alike
No cause thats shitting even more on the divas

I don't blame them as much as I blame the management for the utter butchering of the division.

[Thats Him Officer]

Dion Necurat

Thats Him Officer

Yes for Characters like Punk and ant-heroes alike
No cause thats shitting even more on the divas

I don't blame them as much as I blame the management for the utter butchering of the division.

Trish and Lita leaving was an omen, Lay-Cool I think made the time they had entertaining and pulled out decent PPV Matches, then another omen they job to Snooki, break up, Kharma goe son Maternity leave and we get crap like Nattie's farting, Kelly's annoying title reign

[Porn and Beans]

I'm glad you said new, but no this isn't what they need. The WWE needs to hire new writers, get some people with backbones and really hire 'NEW' talent and develop them. They are not going to do anything but PG because that's where the money is for them, however they can do a lot better than what they're doing now.

There are countless indy products out there that are family friendly, but since WWE claims to be a serious wrestling program they can't use the same gimmick as them. They can, however, invest in new talents and re-awaken the womans division along with making a story line actually BELIEVABLE and get all those jobbers a chance!

The best thing going for them at the moment is Bryan Danielson and Punk vs Jericho; and they're starting to mess up BD's character. Ziggler and Rhodes would be up there, but they keep building them in mid-card and not selling them. In Zigglers case I think its cause he's not ready yet, but Cody is ready for a title like WWE champion.

They currently have a lot of talent hired but aren't making the effort to put them in the ring. Its these hits and misses that are breaking the show.

[Straight Edge Saint]

"We" Don't need another Attitude Era I'm okay with the PG Era or Reality Era right now.

[TheKillShot]

The WWE does not need a new "Attitude Era", plain and simple.
As some of the "Superstars" have said on interviews they have to work harder these days to be entertaining.
The subtext is that back in the Attitude era, it was easy to be entertaining. Take a few chair shots to the head, take a crazy bump, say a few swear words, a sexual innuendo here and there, bleed buckets, you get the deal, granted that it was more dangerous back then.

Right now there are guys in the WWE who can work great matches without the bells and whistles, smoke and mirrors, and what not, well provided that "management" allows them to.

As is being witnessed now, the WWE can be entertaining, they can work around the PG era, all they need right now is consistency. They need the all magical long term booking. Intertwining story lines perhaps, genuinely surprising uh.....surprises.