10 Ways Today's WWE Is Better Than The Attitude Era

8. The Cruiserweights Have Come Back

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This is similar to the last slide, but it really can't be overstated how cool it is to have the Cruiserweight Division returning to WWE.

For starters, the Cruiserweight Title wasn't a Vince McMahon creation, which means it had a lot going against it in terms of ever returning under his watch. Also, the men in the great Cruiserweight Classic Series are actually even smaller than the vast majority of wrestlers who competed in the WWF's Light Heavyweight Division, as well as the company's later version of the Cruiserweight Division. A whole new set of guys are being given opportunities who wouldn't have a couple years ago.

While WCW was tearing it up with Rey Mysterio, Dean Malenko and Chris Jericho, the WWF gave us Duane Gill holding their version of the title for 453 days. For those of us who weren't big Gilberg marks, Eric Bischoff's creation was absolutely slaying what WWE was putting on, and it's coming back once again with some fantastic talent onboard.

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