10 Reasons WWE Raw Will Never Be The Same Again

8. The REAL New Generation

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Not to be confused with WWE's desperate attempt to make the company feel young again as swathes of stars left for WCW in the mid-1990s, the real new generation that will soon fill WWE shows are those that weren't even born for that seminal paradigm shift.

Vince McMahon infamously railed on millennials during his 2014 podcast interview with Stone Cold Steve Austin, presumably because they were one of the last generations to know that wrestling didn't just have to be whatever his monopoly dictated. It's ironic - he mumbled and grumbled about these no good pesky kids just being happy to be there orthingsofthatnature, but he should have been more grateful.

Many of those wrestlers may see AEW as far more attractive working environment all these years later, compared to Gen-Y'ers and beyond that aspire to wear a "Property Of The Performance Center" t-shirt because it jives with their nostalgic longings.

Ben Carter electrified the world in just three matches for All Elite Wrestling, but choosing to chase his dream has disappeared him from view on NXT UK. It's one thing for some fans to still think WWE is the best at this. It's quite another if hoards of wrestlers agree.

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