What ERA or GENERATION would you call this...

[The Naitch]

I'd say the Attitude Era to WrestleMania X7 (1997-2001) was it's own era.

Now from Backlash 01- WrestleMania XX (2001-2004), what would you call this time frame? Would you call this the "transition era"? That sounds dumb. This was the time WCW got was ushered in, they trimmed the fat, and eventually a new roster arose. The "Ruthless Agression Era" wasn't mentioned enough for it to be called that. What

I think from WrestleMania XX to now (2004-Present) can be called "The Future", The Rock had his last match to date at XX and we saw the rise of John Cena. Pretty much

How would you name these different eras?

[Xero]

2002-2006 : Ruthless Agression
2006-2008 : The Cena Era - Akin to the Hulkamania era
2008-Present : "The Future"/New Generation 2.0

[The Naitch]

just wondering, what grants it the name "Ruthless Agression"? Was it because the technical wrestling + talent was good at the time (mainly SD! in 2003. Lesnar, Angle, Guerrero, Rey, Hass, Benjamin etc etc)?

[Eklipse]

PG-Era...
yeah...what Xero said.

[Volare]

just wondering, what grants it the name "Ruthless Agression"? Was it because the technical wrestling + talent was good at the time (mainly SD! in 2003. Lesnar, Angle, Guerrero, Rey, Hass, Benjamin etc etc)?

Cena also said it in a promo with Angle, so since Cena said it it must be gold!

[Schlomey]

def. the PG/PC era

[Eklipse]

just wondering, what grants it the name "Ruthless Agression"? Was it because the technical wrestling + talent was good at the time (mainly SD! in 2003. Lesnar, Angle, Guerrero, Rey, Hass, Benjamin etc etc)?

McMahon buying WCW and ruthlessly wasting former WCW talent imo.

[itsmeJD]

I thought we were still in the transition era...Era of Cena?

[Eklipse]

I thought we were still in the transition era...Era of Cena?

Cena didnt hold the title long enough for it to be considered a "Cena-Era"

[RawRocks]

The Chicken-shit.. dumbed down politically correct hope we don't offend a certain demographic to keep the TV-PG rating era.

[Gerard]

The "Wake me when its over" era.

[MoFo]

Cena wins

[Savio]

WWE Universe Era

[Savio]

2002-2005 HHH Era

[MoFo]

Michael Colera

[Londoner]

Michael Colera

Vintage era?

[Eklipse]

Vintage era?

And I quote

Werd

[Next Big Thing]

I think this is the transitional era. 2001 to 2004 was certainly different, but we still had Rock, Austin, Angle, HHH, Flair, Taker and later Hogan, Nash, etc...

This might be the first era where there are only two true Superstars from multiple eras in HHH and Taker. So many new faces coming in and getting pushed while older guys like Hogan, Flair, and Shawn either got pushed out or retired.

[Papa Schlongo]

The SGS Era - Shit's gone Stale

[Papa Schlongo]

That ought'll do it.

[jskinnyg]

The SGS Era - Shit's gone Stale

Funny... From 2008 to present is def the PG/PC Era...

[Lock Jaw]

Era 404

[erickman]

late 80's redux this reminds me of that time. pretty much what zero said old guys forced to pass the torch to the young guys.

[TannerLittleton]

What Xero said,the new Generation 2.0 era. This era also isn't much different than 1995 (which was almost as bad) in terms of quaility.

[Londoner]

fucking hate how wwe has to go through "era's". such aload of bollocks.

[Aguakate]

I'm not all for classifying everything into "eras", however, right now WWE is in a period of transition.

[The Naitch]

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Machida era!"

that shit lasted 2 fights. Good job Seth Rogan

[Londoner]

I'm not all for classifying everything into "eras", however, right now WWE is in a period of transition.

Yeah, but it doesn't have to be called anything. This is where Vince has "lost it" imo.

[Aguakate]

Yeah, but it doesn't have to be called anything.

And it's not being called anything, just people want to label everything as something, so...

I only remember the WWE officially labeling anything as "an era" twice, with the "New Generation" and "Attitude".

Everything else is just...opinions.

[DaVe]

yeah, you're right, aguakate. vince isn't doing a thing with regard to this.

[The Naitch]

I only remember the WWE officially labeling anything as "an era" twice, with the "New Generation" and "Attitude".

Good point. Ruthless Aggression doesn't count. It was more of a tag and/or concept, not a real specific "era"

[AJHayes]

The Age of Apathy?

[BollywoodSingh]

Cena also said it in a promo with Angle, so since Cena said it it must be gold!

I think Vince McMahon was the first one to use the term. He used it about a week before Cena said it in his WWE debut vs. Angle. It was right after Austin walked out of WWE, and McMahon said something like everyone in WWE needs to show ruthless aggression now.

Can't really call this the "transitional" or "the future" era as transitionary periods and periods of building to the future will happen throughout wrestling history, so calling this era that hardly makes it unique.

Here's how I see the eras in WWE history since the 80s.

1985-1993 - Hulkamania Era/Golden Era
1993-1997 - The New Generation
1997-2001/2002 - Attitude Era
2002 onwards = Roster split Era.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Coleborg Collective Vintage and I quote Era.

[Y2Ant]

fucking hate how wwe has to go through "era's". such aload of bollocks.

the "Load of Bollocks" era?

[The Pope]

Generation Me

[BizarroKing]

1996-2001/2002: Attitude Era
2002-2007: Up and coming era
2008-now: PG-era aka WCW 2 era...

[Eklipse]

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Machida era!"

that shit lasted 2 fights. Good job Seth Rogan

You mean Joe Rogan?