10 Stupidest Things WWE Attitude Era Stars Had To Do

The Undertaker goes insane, Al Snow deals with a national scandal and MEAT has SEX. Get It?!

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There's nothing wrong with enjoying the Attitude Era.

It's the oddest thing - a quick wade in the murky waters of the YouTube comments on any clip from the period will trigger utter fury from those that defend it. Not only are they angry with WWE for no longer producing television just like it, but they're angry with fans even remotely critical of it in retrospect, and angry with society at large for shifting somewhat away from the norms of the time.

Almost as if the company behind the era realised they could monetise the angry energy of its core demographic with this style of action. Almost.

But crawling back out from below the line for a second, nobody has ever b*llocked anybody for watching or enjoying an Attitude Era show, regardless of how defensive those replies to "jericho calls stephanie a whore" or "Stone Cold Steve Austin Stalking Lita Like A Mad Man Saved By Undertaker And Kane" are.

Like what you like, and love what you once loved if all of it still holds up. Your writer holds the year 2000 particularly close to his heart, and half of the sh*t in this list comes from that specific period. Including, guiltily, the sacrificing of an ECW icon's cult status...

10. Raven - Murder Moppy

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This was far from as stupid as wrestling in general ever got with the Raven character, with WCW's rewriting of the gimmick's history leaving a bigger stain on Scott Levy's legacy than this charmingly stupid backstage skit.

But charmingly stupid is still stupid.

The former ECW Champion was embroiled in a feud with Perry Saturn when he fed a mop into a wood-chipper and laughed maniacally. Going as Johnny Polo as he possibly could to get it over, he even played ventriloquist just to voice Moppy's terror as it get itself into the chipper.

It's a ludicrous piece of sh*t as a segment, but it's a testament to how over just about everything still was during this time that an audible gasp could be heard as the head of the mop met its demise. Saturn sold it well too, perfecting his role as the hardest motherf*cker ever to be a bit of a daft lad.

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