10 Times WWE Was Categorically Worse Than It Is Right Now
9. The Lowest Ebbs Of The 1990s
It's really, really easy to bash some of the worst ideas to escape out of Vince McMahon's rather disengaged brain during his company's commercial nadir. So let's do it some more!
Or not. Well, not without a quick disclaimer. The early-1990s is not the horrific car crash of a product most mistaken cases of received wisdom would have you believe. Match quality was redefined and reborn under the careful considered technique of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, whilst a steroid trial-enforced reframing of the traditional WWE body size kicked open the door for the likes of Owen Hart, The 1-2-3 Kid and a returning Bob Backlund to shine alongside unconventional giants Diesel, Yokozuna and Mabel.
If only this were the whole story.
A cursory google image search 'WWF 1994' will pop older boys if it doesn't pop the LEDs in your monitor first. A sea of neon awaits, with tantruming babyface Doink The Clown stealing focus, Randy Savage being confined to condescending interview duties and Lex Luger shamelessly shilling IcoPro as if it had f*cking anything to do with his look. Brighter days were ahead, if thankfully not literally so.