No matter how shit WWE and AEW are, shit will never be as bad as it was in 1995.
>b-but muh based New Gen matches
You watch the snippets of highlights highlights the WWE Vault releases. ACTUALLY follow the WWF between Survivor Series 1994 and Survivor Series 1995. The company was pure unadulterated dogshit.

Things were grim. Hulkamania was dead. Bret and Shawn were dimeless manlets. But nobody had any idea how close they were to turning things around and having the biggest boom period in the biz.

Who is the king of me.

>>18291445
The moment bret and shawn left, The industry had its biggest boom thanks to Austin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnvSs3HEz2o

>>18291445
>>18291511
>mfw Austin's rise to the World Title was inevitable by September '97
>mfw Bret and Shawn had a shoot feud over who would be the goober that would job to Austin at WrestleMania 13

>>18291525
Shawn was so high on drugs and his own demons that he even began hallucinating hard, and Bret was acting as the biggest mark in the industry, bigger even than Hogan at a time NWO happened til the reality check happened at WCW and he met the bishop and friends.

>>18291428 (OP)
I'd have more fun watching that shit if it weren't for Vince's godawful commentary. At least the length of the shows was merciful enough compared to the worst of the PG era.

>>18291538
Also people have no idea of how big stone cold was to a point Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV was literally his own TV show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXy6dbymoEc
You would never see Michaels get that, or even Bret since his cameo at the Simpsons is pretty much forgettable due to the Mr. Burns losing his fortune being one of the lows of that simpsons season.

I'd argue that 94-95 WCW was worse, albeit spectacularly so

>>18291428 (OP)
>>18291511
>>18291525
so what's the AEW equivalent? Who is holding AEW back?

>>18292425
AEW follwed all of WCW steps and is now on their late 2000/Early 2001 state
Warner doesn't want AEW as part of the package once disney buys it because disney interested only on WB and DC comics, Warner is even trying to find a buyer for Netherrealm

Only marginally related but I was watching some WCW from the mid/late 90s and it sounded like everyone's theme was just a copy of a real song. Fake 2pac song for Konnan, fake pearl jam for Jericho

OP is such a retarded zoomer faggot. WWF 1995 was 10000x better than the shit WWE and AEW are currently putting out
>herr derr you are only looking at the highlights!
Nothing made today will be ending up on any highlight reels in the future. Back in 1995, while the overall product was bad, you had legit stars that put on great matches and had great feuds and characters. Today it's just a flippy shit spotfest with guys feuding over things like "I don't like you!" or "I should be champion because I earned it!".
That's not even counting the presentation. I can barely watch as it's nothing but ads all over the stage, 500 edits in a 30 second moveset, LEDs fucking everywhere, and absolute garbage theme music for the wrestlers.
It's no comparison. Stuff from the past 5 years (with the exception of Cody at WM40) will make it into the WWE Vault.

New Gen was more soulful than Ruthless Aggression. NG had that corny 90s charm while RA was emblematic of the wigger bling 9/11 2000s.

>>18291428 (OP)
Everything stood out in 1995 because each wrestler was portrayed as an actual star with a unique style and look. Build up were slower on TV so everything sunk in more. Sid turning on Shawn, Bret's year long feud with Diesel, Kid turning on Razor. The only thing holding everything back was Lupton's terrible creative and refusal to move away from the campy, kid-friendly trappings.

>>18293936
There was 1hr of tv a week nigga they could stretch things out for a year.

>>18294094
two if you count Superstars

>>18292841
You are coping so hard. WWE isn't even good right now but I'll take some shit like cena vs cody over bret vs jean pierre lefeet

>>18294223
>cena vs cody over bret vs jean pierre lefeet
And I'd take Bret vs Shawn, or Bret vs Owen, or Shawn vs Razor over Cody vs Cena.
Fucking retard.

>>18294288
all terrible

>>18294324
>all terrible
Tell me you're a zoomer retard without telling me you're a zoomer retard.

>>18294094
>There was 1hr of tv a week nigga they could stretch things out for a year.
No fans were pleading with WWE to have endless hours of shows every week.

>>18294341
tell me the hart family are dead kwabs without telling me they are dead kwabs

>>18294438
>tell me the hart family are dead kwabs without telling me they are dead kwabs
Those dead kwabs are still more interesting than anything WWE has done in the past 10 years.

>>18294396
Yeah an hour of that crap was enough

>>18294459
>Yeah an hour of that crap was enough
I would take an hour of 1995 over the 6 hours a week they do now.

>>18292390
1995 WCW was just as bad, even worse. Just doing stupid shit while trying to redo Hulkamania when even WWF fans in 1992 were done with that Hogan. There's a reason why 1995 is known as the nadir of pro wrestling.

>>18294490
Sounds like you don't have long left so yeah

>>18291445

I guarantee Both Shawn and Bret are taller than you.

Source: Bret towers over every midget wrestler of the modern era.

>>18294502
>Sounds like you don't have long left so yeah
Anyone who prefers nuWWE to WWF is so retarded they will walk into a spinning blade at some point.

>>18294525
Im not bret I dont walk into danger and injure myself

>>18294554
>Im not bret I dont walk into danger and injure myself
But you do have shit taste in wrestling.

>>18291428 (OP)
Any wrestling pre 2010-12ish will always be better simply because the show actually tried to present itself as pro wrestling instead of the weird stupid post meta "we know you know it's an act, so now we're just self aware shitty athletic theater" bullshit that has been the norm since