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

5. The WWE Network

Breakdown 1998 was the first pay-per-view I had a hand in buying (insert Mae Young joke here). As I was in my early teens, and I didn’t have the money to pay for it myself. But together with a few friends, we put together $30 to watch one three hour show. I mean, with D’Lo Brown vs. Gangrel on the card you’d have been crazy not to!

Now $30 is a lot of money for one show, and with inflation, that price is closer to $44. That’s basically four months of the WWE Network with tax included.

Cable companies are upset that they’ve lost out on millions of dollars since WWE essentially slashed the price to 1/5th of what it used to be to buy pay-per-views through them, but for the fans, that’s pretty awesome. Of course, the shows aren’t always the best, but there have been a lot of great matches during the Network era, and you don’t have to go broke to see them all.

Now, the WWE Network's original content is largely a miss (you'd have to pay me at least four figures to watch all of Holy Foley), but the thing is, you don't have to watch it. They don't have any baring on storylines, so you're not missing out. But if you are in the mood for watching three wrestlers drive a car, well...go for it!

Plus, with the network, it’s like I can watch Breakdown 98 all over again basically for free! Now who wants to watch D’Lo vs. Gangrel with me again?