Why WWE Has Finally Fixed THIS Historic Flaw

The loftiest comparison one can make when it comes to critically evaluating WWE is the World Wrestling Federation product of the year 2000. Specifically, the period between January and September of that year.

There are periods in the company remembered more fondly for any number of reasons, but the company's output at the very start of the new millennium was subjectively and objectively received as the peak of the form. Business had been booming from 1998, but in early-2000, WWE was toasting mainstream acclaim not seen since the height of Hulkamania. The top-line crew all appeared on a Saturday Night Live hosted by The Rock all while 'The Great One' was breaking out into music and cinema, the pay-per-views and television shows were drawing astronomical numbers, WWF New York was a centrepiece of Times Square, and Vince McMahon was moving to float his company on the New York Stock Exchange and launch a football league while booking a Road To WrestleMania featuring a member of his family in every corner.

Wrestling was fundamentally forced to be better when quality of product and money made were directly related. All of the above was happening because the shows ruled. The aforementioned 'Show Of Shows' was a rare pay-per-view dud and it still broke records at the time, as did the following month's Backlash when the company controversially decided to delay The Rock's Championship win over Triple H by one month.

There are so many classic moments, matches and memories from the time that any number of narratives can be spun about why one was the best, or the most profound, or the most significant. But a particularly incredible Raw main event was so popular and so indicative of the magic of the time that it's got its own succinct title.

The April 17th 2023 Monday Night Raw main event, for a split second, resembled the legendary "Dallas 10-Man Tag".

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