Think about it... they are effectively the same. In fact, RA era had even more shocking angles (Katie Vick, Ref Suicide, Custody of Dom, etc...)I think that it is a distinction without a difference
who the top guys were
>*to the tune of "Get Low" by Lil' Jon*bumpbumpbumpbadadadaBUMP*WOOOOOOOO!*3-6-9, bump this timeboomshakalakalaka BUMP ONE TIME
The main difference was Hornswaggle.
>>19712449Ruthless Aggression had better theme songs for Raw and Smackdown as well as better wrestling.
>>19712540>>19712449Ruthless Aggression > Attitude EraFACT.
>>19712449It felt very different.
>>19712599In what way? Elaborate.
The difference between every era, who's employed and who's on top. But there are a couple more differences:>Brand split>Raw is explicitly the sports entertainent show and Smackdown the wrestling one>Aesthetics switched back too. Wrestlers switched from grungy looking wresters, wrestling in ripped jeans, back to roided up wrestlers in trunks>The shocking angles you mention were all leftovers from the attitude era, a lot happened in 2002 - 2004 before they realized that doesnt work>Same with the focus on Hardcore matches that the attitude era had, that got phased out over the years>Matches became longerI see the Ruthless Aggression era as a transitional period between Attitude and PG and you see them become PG in real time. They panic because they lose a lot of viewers in 2001 and 2002 and then reajust around 2006 to PG.
>>19712625Wrong. smElly little oinkiEs are so wrestling-illiterate lmfao
>>19712608Dunno. Just did.
>>19712449Stone Cold and the Rock fucking off
New stars (Lesnar, Angle, Eddie, etc), a bit more wrestling focused while still retaining a lot of promo and character stuff In my opinion it was the perfect balance for an entertaining show
>>19712732No, you didn't. Fucking retard
RA had better matches.
>>19712551>>19712540What is this faggotry90s>2000s music
>>19712958>you didn't>youNah, you're the retard.
>>19712449I don't have a good memory for the timeline, but I consider Katie Vick the tail end of Attitude. In the couple of years following the vibe changed completely, even if there was still some edgy shit sprinkled in here and there (mostly women being whores)
Hey! new person to /pw/ here, one observation I would say is that The Mods tend to be ban-happy for things that are not against the rules whatsoever. I think you mods should be ease up a little about that, but also strike with a firm hand when people are truly being board spamming. There really is no excuse for how bad the state of the board is. Ban both sides of the boogeyman shit. Yall get shit on a lot, many times undeserved, but you need to fucking do something about this shit.But what do I know? I'm just a new person haha>>19713153Music isnt really a factor in this conversation
>>19712449no DOA tag match eating up 10 minutes every show
>>19712449It's not called the Ruthless Aggression Era, it's called the Brand Split Era, just like it's NOT called the New Generation Era, it's called the Occupation Era. Fuck WWE branding.
>>19712719>guy gives articulate and well thought out answer on the subject at hand>fat AEW troon shows up and farts everywhere out its axewound without adding anything of substanceFuck off back to your pig sty.
>>19712719Man this thread is full of good posts and you had to do this console war bullshit. Fuck you. Seriously
>>19712599this desu
Attitude era was very much late 90s edginess and just doing random shit RA feels much cleaner and more focused on wrestling, its where modern WWE was created but it still had some of the edgy parts like bleeding and chairshots
john cena saying 'ruthless aggression' was the difference
>>19712449One was culturally relevent and the other wasn't.Also you can easily view both eras under a pre/post 9/11 world
>>19712449Things like Sngroli Oat made it feel different
>>19714322Death to the west won afterall
Smackdown:>based>wrestling oriented>big fist at the entrance>silver, white and blue motiff>Undertaker >Teddy Long holla holla tag team match/one on one wit da Undatakah, playa>Angle as GM and wrestling machine>Eddie showing up with a new low-rider every week>actual wrestling>JBL being an absolute bastard>Brock Lesnar destroying everyone>WWE Undisputed Championship felt like a natural evolution of the WWE title design>New US title >Stephanie McMahon GM>Torrie WilsonRAW>live>Triple H and Friends starts off with 20 minute Triple H promo to start the show>RVD spinning his tires there when he could be putting on clinics every week on SmackDown, gets fed to the pedigree>Booker T who ended up having a great run on SmackDown! gets fed to the pedigree in humiliating fashion>Kane gets humiliated at his peak physique>Stone Cold comes back but is only farting around on his ATV and shitting on Bischoff>Goldberg returned and peaced out>Steiner returned with a groin injury and he peaced out>Triple H is the center of the show and has a stranglehold on the main event scene and the world title and the sole purpose of RAW is to get Orton and Batista over so that they can become megastars in their own right which he accomplished within a three year period at the detriment of practically everything else, including viewership and ratings.
>>19712449Ruthless Aggression is like when you make a sequel to a hit summer movie and you can't get half of the cast to return so you call it something else or give it a subtitle.
>>19712449Attitude era actually drew dimes.
>>19712449Ruthless Aggression is post-brand split. SmackDown became Paul Heyman's vision of wrestling (which was more about being good at wrestling or being large) while Raw keeps going after Attitude Era vibes with Hot Lesbian Action and the Katie Vick angle. Raw was still doing shit like Live Sex Celebration 4 years into RE which showed Raw was never fully onboard with the concept.
ruthless aggression was like a watered down parody of the attitude era. ra never had any huge storylines like the corporation or the ministry, the show became formulaic and just about in ring promos. there was no hardcore division and the cell matches were ass because nobody ever left the cell. it all felt much slower, less action-packed and gayer with more and more badly acted invisible camera backstage segments
SmackDown!Home.
The Attitude era was basically the Howard Stern show.The Ruthless Aggression era was basically just rap/gangsta culture brought into wrestling.
>>19713302Permaban this dork.
>>19715014Shitstain didnt create shit other than the shit in his diaper Cocksucker
>>19713302Shut the fuck up, you cum burping faggot.
>>19712449>top stars all changed, only Gaitch remained>dropped the RAW is WAR tagline>attitude era was anti-authority themed while ruthless aggression was super pro-government due to 9/11
>>19712449Ruthless aggression was gay and cringe with dime less faggots like edge, Eddie Guerrero, gay mysqueerio, rvd, Shawn dick-in-bottom etc etc being pushed as ““““stars””””Attitude era was based with stars like Steve Austin, the rock, triple h, Kane, Jericho, Steve the Blackman, and Shane o Mac.Basically after 2002 it was gay and cringe and it’s continued to spiral gay and cringe since then
>>19718447Because whenever someone got red hot over HHH would ruin it and get them off TV and refuse to put them in story lines while in the 90s if someone was red hot over they would be doing backstage stuff like Rick Rood. Look at when CM punk allied with DX and got over HHH and how much he was buried in 2006.
>>19714280Console wars are killing /pw/Or have killed it.
Attitude era matches were acually very short, with the exception of PPV main events and then from 2000 onwards what they considered the "technical" match on a PPV, like Benoit, Malenko, Angle.Matches in the attitude era were very story focused, with a lot of shenanigans and interference. When Ruthless aggression hit, the matches became longer and more wrestling focused, especially on Smackdown.
>>19712449RA is just forcefully and unsuccessfully chasing the AE dragon.
>>19713357Underrated comment. Outside of a few amusing novelty acts like The Godfather, everything in the AE outside of the main eventers is fucking dire
>>19712449AE had the perfect balance of edge, RA tried to be edgier and more raunchy but just came off as cringe for much of the era
>>19712449>What was the actual difference between Ruthless Aggression and Attitude Era?Tell me you're a zoomer retard without telling me you're a zoomer retard. Ruthless Aggression was Vince trying to figure out what the absolute fuck to do next after he could no longer depend on Austin, Rock, and Foley, all the storylines he banked on were over, WCW guys were running around, and pop culture moved on from the late 90's while 9/11 fucked everything up. He took whatever scraps he could salvage from the AE, tried to make new stars, and presented WWE in a new way for the 2000's with an even deeper focus on male soap opera storytelling. The only thing they have in common is that they were both fucking good.
>>19719262Im a zillenial(?) ... 1996
>>19713153Across the Nation is a certified hood classic and the GOAT Raw theme. That weak ass AE Raw is War theme doesn't carry nearly as much hype as Across the Nation.
>>19712449One of the biggest differences I can think of between the AE and RAE is that the Ruthless Aggression Era had some of the best tag team wrestling we have ever seen. Also, the Smackdown 6
>>19712625Great post
>>19714280>>19714245I just wanted to bump the thread desu
>>19712625>Smackdown the wrestling onehow can we get this back
>>19712449the stuff they tried seemed more shocking and groundbreaking during the attitude era. things seemed more unpredictable, especially with wcw and ecw still around.the ruthless aggression era seemed like it came from a company that was becoming culturally irrelevant.
>>19712719there's no way you have a job and can support yourself. just shut the fuck up because you have zero effect on these companies succeeding or failing, yet their success or failutre defines you. an entire life lived 50 rows back behind the sidelines, bragging and boasting about something you watch. you're pathetic and a faggot.
