For many fans, WWE moving more toward TV-PG programming was the worst thing in the history of sports entertainment. Most of these fans either began watching WWE during the Attitude Era or got back into it after a long hiatus from wrestling, forgetting that everything pre-1997 was as PG as it gets. Nostalgia is a tricky thing, and it can make even the most objectively terrible things seem like they were good based on emotional attachment. But the fact of the matter is that popularity doesnt equal quality. Just watch Two and a Half Men and try to disagree with me. Yes the Attitude Era was popular, but it wasnt solely because of the TV-14 rating. It was because they had some of the hottest talent in the world working together to keep their company from going under. Not everything was violent and raunchy. The highest rated segment in Raw history was Mankind throwing The Rock a birthday party. Sure Rock got a little risqué when it came to talking about pie, but for the most part it was a tame, character driven segment built around the relationship of two kinda-sorta friends taking a trip down memory lane. The problem with WWE has never been what television rating shows up in the corner of the screen; its the quality of the product being presented. Being edgy for edginesss sake doesn't equal good TV; just ask TNA.
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