15 MORE Incredible WWE Attitude Era Moments Nobody Ever Talks About

The then-WWF could've stuck a wrestler in the ring called 'The Big Baldy Bum Booter' and still laughed all the way to the bank during the 'Attitude Era'. That was probably one of the working titles for the man who'd become 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin when he joined the federation, actually. Meh, The Ringmaster would've found a way to make it work in his favour.

Seriously though, what a time to be a wrestling fan 'Attitude' was. Between late-1997 and the advent of 'Ruthless Aggression' in 2002, Vince McMahon and his merry band of exciting stars demanded people tune into Raw and SmackDown weekly or they'd miss something huge.

So much happened that one couldn't possibly take in all of it and remember absolutely everything.

That's the goal here: Take a hazardous stroll (one littered with steel chair shots and being thrown off cages) down memory lane to look at 'Attitude' moments that are rarely brought up in conversation. Folks will smile as they recall Mick Foley being tossed off Hell In A Cell at King Of The Ring 1998, and they'll get giddy when remembering Austin's beer truck stunt the same year.

Spare a thought for some lesser known gems. Not all of them were "incredible" for wholly positive reasons, but they deserve your attention nonetheless - they were fascinating at the time, and they've remained so since despite flying right under the radar next to some of the game-changing angles, matches and characters on display.

WWE's 'Attitude Era' is legit the gift that just keeps on giving. Here's proof!

Quick! Name something that happened on the 11 October 1998 Sunday Night Heat! You'd have to jot down '1998 WWF' as your Mastermind subject to do that, but fear not. This article has your back. That show saw Edge, who was new to the promotion, defeat the once proud, hulking frame of Vader. The 'Mastodon' was on the way out at the time, but it’s still incredible that this even happened.

After all, Vader had been one of the biggest gets for the fed when he jumped from WCW in 1996. Just over 2 years later, he was on the outs and losing to newbies on lower tier programming. It was quite the fall from grace from a dude who'd once been pipped to dethrone Shawn Michaels and become the brand new WWF Champion.

So much for that, huh? By '98, Vader was a struggling behemoth who'd been sent to weight loss clinics and saw confidence levels nosedive from upper management. They put a red pen through his name, which would explain why Edge (someone Vince Russo had reportedly pitched to be a mute gimmick) scored a win over him on Heat.

This was pre-SmackDown, so the Sunday night show wasn't in 'C' tier territory yet, but it still stands out as an odd result given Edge's newcomer status and Vader's prior achievements nearer the top of the card. Thus, this is "incredible" in an eye-popping way rather than in a Miz-style 'awesome' fashion.

It counts, at least, because it isn't something many talk about when discussing either man's epic careers.