25 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE Ruthless Aggression PPV

This will be a familiar moan to anyone of a certain vintage, but WWE’s PLE sets have sucked for far too long. WrestleMania is the obvious exception in the modern era. Sure, people understand the stripped down feel to sell more tickets behind the entrance, but some creativity with the actual look of shows wouldn’t go amiss.

Thankfully, the 'Ruthless Aggression' era still had plenty of that, which made these shows fun to revisit visually even if they weren’t always flawless top to bottom. Check out the old Backlash ‘swinging hooks’ set during 'Attitude' for some inventive goodness, or even some from Armageddon over the years. Those are the kinds of things fans want to see.

Overall, things got a little less impressive generally as time marched on through RA towards the PG days, but most PPVs still had a bespoke feel that’s missing today. Sorry, but screens and CGI elements don’t top physical props. They never will (although it's a good thing WWE finally got rid of those floating CGI graphics from the final few years of Vince - they were awful at times).

Walking into the arena/stadium and feeling breath leave your body once you clapped eyes on the set design has become an alien sensation to fans, but it used to be a given. Now, squeezing as many people into buildings and minimalist set piece work has become the law. Boo to that.

We want carefully crafted sets that are totally unique to the show using them. There's no excuse for laziness here. People in WWE 2K25's creation suite have come up with better.