10 Best Years To Be A WWE Fan
7. 1989
Gathering both critical and commercial acclaim the company couldn't truly attain again that century, 1989 paid off a year long storyline between the Mega Powers and followed it up with countless quality angles and shows that revelled in a majesty the rest of the half-decade had worked towards.
Go back and watch any show from the period and it's impossible not to have your jaw detached by something. Everybody was huge, every character was as brilliant as it was broad, every colour was f*cking neon - it's a celebration both gross and glorious of 1980s capitalist excess, as told through the most garish version of professional wrestling.
The angles are tightly held together because they always were, and there's good work to be found too. Randy Savage could go against anybody on the roster, Hulk Hogan was still Hulk Hogan, the tag team devision was overstuffed with bangers thanks to The Hart Foundation, The Rockers and The Brainbusters, and the likes of the Ultimate Warrior, Mr Perfect, Rick Rude and Dusty Rhodes contributed to the company's most diverse midcard that decade.