WWF New Generation Vs WWE In 2020: Which Was Worse?
4. Top Stars
Nobody drew, in the traditional sense, in 1995. Nobody drew, because they literally couldn't, in 2020. So how can the Diesels, Shawn Michaels' and Bret Harts be accurately separated from the Drew McIntyres, Roman Reigns' and Sasha Banks' 25 years apart?
They can't, but we can make assumptions about reach that will see the modern crop leaving the old guard in the dust. It matters not that you'll have a better time cherry-picking the best bits of In Your House 2 from July 1995 than you would going back and revisiting the majority of everything WWE offered in 2020. The Network's biggest ticket item is still what happens one Sunday a month, and the YouTube numbers for retro content tends to skew towards the newer end of the ledger unless the thumbnail and title carries a fair amount of Attitude Era-adjacent clout.
When fans could buy tickets to see the pushed prospects of the New Generation, they chose not to, and in big f*cking number. Even without that as a gauge currently, Fox was content to keep its billion dollar wrestling show in 2020, and WrestleMania would have filled Raymond James Stadium had Vince McMahon stood down a pandemic. WWE's the star rather than one performer, but it's a bigger one that 1995's holy (and awesome) trinity.
Which Was Worse?: 1995