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Post by Clint Bobski on May 13, 2017 16:40:35 GMT -5
I'm disappointed we never got the nickname "Ruthless Randy". Or indeed, "Randy Aggression" |
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Post by CeilingFan on May 13, 2017 16:43:14 GMT -5
Ruthless Agression? I see it as the period between Attitude Era and The conversion to PG.
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Post by eJm on May 13, 2017 16:43:18 GMT -5
I'm disappointed we never got the nickname "Ruthless Randy". Or indeed, "Randy Aggression" Wasn't Randy Aggression in Chyna's wrestling porn movie? |
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Post by cabbageboy on May 13, 2017 16:51:33 GMT -5
It was so blah. At the time it felt like an excuse to bury Rob Van Dam since he clearly was too laid back to have "Ruthless Aggression."
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 13, 2017 17:01:00 GMT -5
Really, in the circles I ran in at the time and a little bit later, it was always called the Brand Extension Era and/or Post-War Era.
I remember the first time I heard someone call it the Ruthless Aggression Era was actually the WWE themselves. It was in one of their timeline/history books and I distinctly remember it because one of the boards I occasionally visited at the time had a thread about it and a collective "What?" over it. Everyone then pretty much saying what everyone in here is saying.
That said, I do remember Vince and the announcers using it sparely during that time. So it was a thing. Just not something I really took as a rebranding of the era WWE was in, more an extension of the downward spiral Vince's character was mentally going through at the time.
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Post by Juice on May 13, 2017 18:22:27 GMT -5
I always thought it stemmed from the cd release. WWE had like 3 discs One for New Generation, one for attitude and the current 2002 era called Ruthless Aggression. It was released before the wwf name change. It was the first time even as a new smark that i saw the phrase.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on May 13, 2017 22:10:17 GMT -5
I remember Brock Lesnar mouthing those words after giving RVD the powerbomb through one of the Raw announce tables.
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Post by Manute Bol on May 14, 2017 0:06:21 GMT -5
27-29 Nostalgia Era 30-now Workrate Era Those names are really bad. |
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Post by DSR on May 14, 2017 0:44:19 GMT -5
27-29 Nostalgia Era 30-now Workrate Era Those names are really bad. I'd call 30-now the NXT Era, if anything. Maybe the Network Era. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 0:47:20 GMT -5
I call it the Ruthless Agression Era too. I think if they mentioned it more often, people would complain about them beating it to the ground. I always thought a good way to do eras was by WM. 1-6 Rock and Wrestling 7-8 New Rock and Wrestling Generation 9-13 New Generation 14-18 Attitude 19-23 Ruthless Agression 24-27 Universe Era 28-31 Reality Era 31-now Network/NXT/ NEW Era Fixed on what I think is more reflective. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 14, 2017 0:57:58 GMT -5
I call it the Ruthless Agression Era too. I think if they mentioned it more often, people would complain about them beating it to the ground. I always thought a good way to do eras was by WM. 1-6 Rock and Wrestling While I understand why it is always considered one era (the Hogan reign mostly), I've never personally felt the whole thing should be referred to as Rock 'N Wrestling - the "Rock" part was long gone by WM4. The cartoon was cancelled between WM2 and WM3, with reruns coming to an end shortly after 3. By that point, they'd had Alice Cooper (barely) involved in the WM3 show but beyond that, it was all pretty much over and done with after 2 and its billion celebs no one cared about. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 1:05:42 GMT -5
I can understand lumping 1985-1993 together as one era, but 1985-1989 and 1990-1993 definitely feel distictly different to me. The latter was definitely more polished, more over-the-top cartoonish, and pushed the envelope more with things like Iraqi Sgt. Slaughter, the snake bite, Quakeburgers, Warrior in the coffin, etc.
I think in my mind, they're the LJN era and the Hasbro era.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 14, 2017 1:08:42 GMT -5
I'm disappointed we never got the nickname "Ruthless Randy". Sounds like a movie the Cinema Snob would review |
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Post by Powerline on May 14, 2017 1:35:23 GMT -5
I always thought it was dumb to call that an era just because it seemed to go a couple years tops. Other "eras" in the company have gone for a good amount of time, even past when they used it for advertising. The "New Generation", "Attitude", all that was around a decent amount of time with remnants of it going into the next era. "Ruthless Agression" seemed like it just stopped cold one day (and not just because of Benoit, it seemed to freeze before that). I'll always look back on it as a time where it seemed like the in-ring product meant more than it has since then, but for me it goes right from "Attitude Era" (which for me goes into 2003) to the "PG era", which in my mind started before they officially went "PG", since the actual humor and storylines they were going for were about the same, just toned down a little (especially in the case of women), and then a couple years in there where they didn't know what the hell they were.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on May 14, 2017 1:59:58 GMT -5
I was never big on the term myself; always sounded like the trite phrase some douchebag manager at a real estate company would write on a white board to motivate his sellers. Ask and ye shall receive...  |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 14, 2017 2:18:25 GMT -5
Benoit had some pretty embarrassing nicknames during this time, but this was one of the worst. 4 Real was also just silly. It's hard to top the Crippler. Especially since he actually crippled someone. That kinda shit is hard to come by. Vince really loves his animal nicknames, so of course he preferred the Wolverine nickname for Benoit. Makes getting rid of those awesome claw slash tights even weirder though. |
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Post by MrElijah on May 14, 2017 10:09:40 GMT -5
1984-1993, Hulkamania Era
1994-Nov. 1997, The New Generation
Nov. 1997-2001, Attitude Era
2002-2008, Post-War
2008-2011, PG Era
2012-Now, Network or NXT Era: The New Expansion.
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Post by Manute Bol on May 14, 2017 11:05:59 GMT -5
1984-1993, Hulkamania Era 1994-Nov. 1997, The New Generation Nov. 1997-2001, Attitude Era 2002-2008, Ruthless Aggression/Cena Era 2008-2011, PG Era 2012-Now, Network or NXT Era: The New Expansion. Switch 2002-08 to Post-War Era and this would actually be one of the more tolerable era distinctions I've seen posted out of the thousands of times this topic comes up. |
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on May 14, 2017 13:15:20 GMT -5
I remember a WWE book rebranded the era as "The Post War Era" which sounds a lot better to me. Yep. That was about from when Lesnar debuted to when he left, so like 2002-2005. From 05 on, they called it the "Modern Era" and I'm not sure when that specifically ends or what right now's called. |
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Post by Renslayer on May 14, 2017 13:39:27 GMT -5
Ruthless Aggression sounded so corny. I'm glad they ditched that asap.
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