10 Early Internet Wrestling Outrages
1. Everything SUCKS
If you think wrestling fans are an implacable bunch of moaning sh*ts, you are right. We can officially confirm this now, for we have read the WrestlingClassics.com message board thread 'Have to voice my opinion here'.
That title, incidentally, is gold. There is a sense of rage loaded within it. You can feel the muggy discomfort of the incoming Hot Take.
Many wear rose-tinted glasses now, when looking back at the Attitude Era. In the actual midst of the Attitude Era, many wore shades, because they were far too f*cking cool for it. Nowadays, we mourn this period of history because the heat and vitality and chaos of it all is badly missed. Back then, some people wished for the return of - oh my God, oh my God - "Lou Thesz and Stu Hart". This, from 'TheszRules', is like wishing 1987 Hulk Hogan worked like Milo of Croton.
This, incredibly, isn't the singular insight of a lonely keyboard warrior; read through any archived social platform, and there you will discover a tirade of criticism levelled at virtually everything. The Rock was overrated; he wasn't enough of a technician. Steve Austin had declined since at least February 1999; when was he going to put D-Lo Brown over? The WWF TV product of 2000 was as incredible as it was resourceful...but when was Rikishi going over Triple H?
If we have learned anything over the course of researching and writing this article, it is perspective.
One day, we will mourn this golden era in which Rowdy Ronda Russo spat pure fire on Twitter - so best live in the present.