Pretty much what DAMN iNATOR said. WWE 2002 wasn't overly bad, but it was the cooling-off period from the Attitude Era. WWE early 2001 was HOT, Wrestlemania 17 was HOT. WWE was pretty much taking over the world. Then the Invasion storyline cooled things off a little, and finally with that over-and-done, and with no competition, the "boom period" of 1999-2001 was over.
Granted, WWE has had it's ups and downs since. This year so far has been horrendous, and 2008 was pretty forgettable, but generally, I think by January 2002, it wasn't that WWE were doing anything wrong, people were just going off the wrestling. A cycle which continues more and more each year.
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