10 Things You Learn Binge Watching WWE's Ruthless Aggression Era

10. WWE Had Trouble Readjusting

Being honest, WWE failed to make it clear what "Ruthless Aggression" actually meant at first. "Attitude", which had ruled for years, was apparently old news, but nobody told creative that. Vince's Raw speech on the 24 June 2002 episode was supposed to user in a new dawn for everybody. Here's something amazing.

It didn't.

Later that year, WWE deployed miserable shock tactics for the Katie Vick angle and a faux-gay wedding between Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo. As if that wasn't enough, "Hot Lesbian Action" was dangled like a carrot in front of horny young fans. If anything, this "new era" tried to up the raunch for a while.

That made reliving some episodes of Raw and SmackDown jarring to watch. There were noticeable changes to the roster and even the ring style (especially on the midcard) during RA, but WWE's writers didn't fully understand what they were trying to implement. The earlier days between late-2002 into early-2003 come across as awkward and clunky as a result.