12 Reasons WWE’s Ruthless Aggression Documentary Is An Absolute Mess

by Michael Hamflett

1. Was F For Federation, Or Fix...

HHH Survivor Series 2002
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...because despite Gary from Friends' best efforts on narration, business didn't magically pick up immediately after splitting the brands and getting Vince McMahon to scream in Booker T's face or whatever f*ck the first episode was daring to suggest.

Plenty of things worked to a point, some worked very well, but enough didn't to the point where ratings were never recovered to Attitude Era highs and buyrates were solely dependent on temporary spikes from the likes of Cena, Batista et al or the type of gimmick match that eventually became the overblown theme of the show. Even the established ones faced the axe - Survivor Series' numbers almost convinced McMahon to bin off the fan favourite event after years of under-performance during this supposedly fruitful period.

Fantasist bullsh*t, the lot of it. Watchable, fascinating fantastic bullsh*t. An absolute mess.

Here's to next week's episode!

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.