10 Things We Don't Miss About WWE's Attitude Era

10. Woeful Undercards

Things started to look up towards the tail end of 1999; Chris Jericho and a nascent Kurt Angle were injecting the opening hour of RAW with a more technical flair than we'd been accustomed to. By early 2000, thanks to the arrival of the Radicalz (why were so many things purposefully misspelled back then?), the WWF had stolen the top-to-bottom match quality crown away from WCW - along with a sizeable portion of its audience.

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In the early dawn of the Attitude Era, however, the WWF's undercards were putrid - particularly in late 1998 and early 1999.

A perfect example of the dross saw Mideon take on the Big Boss Man at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Michael Cole optimistically promised us that it was 'going to be a good one'. He was wrong. Despite Boss Man's best attempts to heel it up - by stiffing Mideon and correctly pointing out that his Ministry stable 'sucks a**' - the match was a dull procession of punches and kicks.

Mideon, who was gassed after a minute, offered nothing save for some bites and the worst German suplex you're likely to see. At least, that's what it looked like he was going for. It might have been a back body drop. Even more likely, he probably just fell over backwards.

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