8 Ways We Didn't Realise WWE Has Been Re-Living The New Generation

2. Waiting For A Rival

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Regardless of how much you enjoyed World Championship Wrestling in the early ‘90s, the promotion was never a real competitor to the then-WWF until it reached out and signed up a load of WWF talent in 1994 and beyond.

What did WWF do as a result of this? Well, after taking its time to really address the problems, Vince McMahon’s WWF eventually fought back and went head-to-head with this rival. Ultimately, they prevailed.

Currently, there’s a huge similarity between the time period of now and the time period of, say, 1992. Back then, the WWF was soon to embark on its New Generation revolution, yet it was only with the rise of WCW that the WWF truly upped its game as it was forced to compete with this (relatively) new kid on the block. And that’s potentially what we’re in the midst of right now.

After years of mediocrity, WWE could well be forced to up its game at the prospect of All Elite Wrestling emerging in the fray.

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