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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 25, 2016 4:26:22 GMT -5
I reckon it should be considered a new era. I mean it differs from a few years ago when we had movements greatly limited, lots of moves banned, Indy guys been given generic name, the clone factory, no references to outside feds etc, WWE pushing models rather than female wrestlers, a focus on big guys, generic attire etc.
Now we have smaller guys at the top. Less restriction on movesets (a few years ago we never saw stuff like German Supkexes or 450 splashes), more diverse ring attire, actual women wrestlers, references to Indy feds, Indy guys keeping their names or having similar.
Reckon the current WWE era should be considered separate from a couple of years ago.
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Dec 25, 2016 4:44:17 GMT -5
Vanilla flavor?
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Dec 25, 2016 4:56:52 GMT -5
I reckon it should be considered a new era. I mean it differs from a few years ago when we had movements greatly limited, lots of moves banned, Indy guys been given generic name, the clone factory, no references to outside feds etc, WWE pushing models rather than female wrestlers, a focus on big guys, generic attire etc. Now we have smaller guys at the top. Less restriction on movesets (a few years ago we never saw stuff like German Supkexes or 450 splashes), more diverse ring attire, actual women wrestlers, references to Indy feds, Indy guys keeping their names or having similar. Reckon the current WWE era should be considered separate from a couple of years ago. They did try to push the term "The New Era" from right after WM32 and even at the start of the current brand split.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 25, 2016 5:13:30 GMT -5
I reckon it should be considered a new era. I mean it differs from a few years ago when we had movements greatly limited, lots of moves banned, Indy guys been given generic name, the clone factory, no references to outside feds etc, WWE pushing models rather than female wrestlers, a focus on big guys, generic attire etc. Now we have smaller guys at the top. Less restriction on movesets (a few years ago we never saw stuff like German Supkexes or 450 splashes), more diverse ring attire, actual women wrestlers, references to Indy feds, Indy guys keeping their names or having similar. Reckon the current WWE era should be considered separate from a couple of years ago. They did try to push the term "The New Era" from right after WM32 and even at the start of the current brand split. They did? Can't remember that at all. New Era, eh I don't like the name. The name should kinda reflect the style of the show.
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Post by Sparvid on Dec 25, 2016 5:37:39 GMT -5
Don't they try to come up with a new name all the time? I feel like every other year Vince or HHH or someone namedrops the Attitude Era and then says that "Now is the so-and-so Era!" and then a month later no one ever uses that term again.
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Post by 4real on Dec 25, 2016 5:39:43 GMT -5
Roman Empire of course!
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 25, 2016 5:41:11 GMT -5
The Network Era.
It has had a pretty big impact on the way the company is structured, what sorts of people they've been hiring, and the upcoming UK expansion.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Dec 25, 2016 5:50:22 GMT -5
The double trouble crap on a stick era?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2016 5:54:20 GMT -5
Honestly I'd say we're still pretty much in the post-Attitude Era, "We don't know what we want to be," period. The onscreen product, while nowhere near as raunchy in 2002, still a lot of the time feels like it's fumbling blindly trying to find a direction and the overall look and feel of things really hasn't changed in years. There's more difference looking at Raw in 1996 and 1997 than there is 2002 and 2016.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 25, 2016 6:31:08 GMT -5
The Network Era. It has had a pretty big impact on the way the company is structured, what sorts of people they've been hiring, and the upcoming UK expansion. I like that one for it.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 25, 2016 6:58:18 GMT -5
They did try to push the term "The New Era" from right after WM32 and even at the start of the current brand split. They did? Can't remember that at all. New Era, eh I don't like the name. The name should kinda reflect the style of the show. You don't remember it? You can't have been watching at that time because they had everyone regurgitate it about four times a week.
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Post by WinOwensWin on Dec 25, 2016 7:01:27 GMT -5
The Network Era. It has had a pretty big impact on the way the company is structured, what sorts of people they've been hiring, and the upcoming UK expansion. This is it.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 25, 2016 7:05:33 GMT -5
They did? Can't remember that at all. New Era, eh I don't like the name. The name should kinda reflect the style of the show. You don't remember it? You can't have been watching at that time because they had everyone regurgitate it about four times a week. I was pretty much an occasional watcher of WWE up until about a few weeks after the brand split. Only watched the occasional episode of Raw and Smackdown and the PPVs.
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Post by Gecko on Dec 25, 2016 7:18:14 GMT -5
The Historic Era
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2016 8:59:55 GMT -5
The Apathy Era.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 25, 2016 10:02:29 GMT -5
There really hasn't been a cut-and-dried "era" in this company since the Ruthless Aggression era ended.
Though I'm not opposed to the concept of the "Network Era" and its inception date being the night of NXT Arrival.
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 25, 2016 11:11:01 GMT -5
Honestly I'd say we're still pretty much in the post-Attitude Era, "We don't know what we want to be," period. The onscreen product, while nowhere near as raunchy in 2002, still a lot of the time feels like it's fumbling blindly trying to find a direction and the overall look and feel of things really hasn't changed in years. There's more difference looking at Raw in 1996 and 1997 than there is 2002 and 2016. If you're going to say that, then it's more fair to argue it's still the Reality Era than just some post-Attitude Era. For better or worse, even before the WWE Network really changed things to what it is now, most of the changes were stuff that kicked into play in 2011 once the Pipebomb promo happened- and if you assume that one, even most of the Network changes can pretty much be seen as an extension of Reality Era claims for what the fans started to value: Top indy/international standouts get to the WWE, either directly under the name that they were a star under in the indies (and if they have to be renamed, the announcers usually tend to make it clear 'no, this IS still that guy/girl you loved in [indy promotion] just under this name now",) and are basically allowed to wrestle as themselves instead of having their style changed. Women's wrestlers are actually valued as a premium, and even the models hired are kept in developmental until they are good enough to wrestle with the top stars instead of getting fast-tracked due to their looks or needing to make up numbers. Moving past "the IWC is just a tiny but incredibly vocal minority" and moving into "the IWC is a valuable niche fanbase of the WWE Universe and at least deserves SOME part of the mix", with at least one show (NXT)- and arguably 2-3 more (205 Live and whatever comes from the women's tournament/UK tournament) all being directly sold as "this is the smarks' show". Likewise to that, there is that firm belief that "yeah, if the smarks are THAT willing to outright riot for the person they like, then maybe we'll start scaling them back a bit"- you can't get Roman Reigns fired and forced to never work in even a shindy again, but you can get them to say "okay, we WON'T make him the end-all, be-all of the company and move him back to the midcard". On the other side- the smarks can't get EVERYONE and EVERYTHING they want, EVERY TIME, the exact second they want it- but if they really press and really refuse to give up on something and keep working, they CAN get the WWE to give them get what they TRULY want.
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 25, 2016 11:12:04 GMT -5
The BiPolar years
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Post by fw91 on Dec 25, 2016 11:15:04 GMT -5
"The Network Era" or "The Monopoly Era"- It's starting that when it comes to Pro Wrestling, all roads have a path to WWE. (NXT, 205 live, UK) They'll probably be even more soon.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2016 14:32:37 GMT -5
Braun era
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