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**redoneja** · 03-18-2010, 06:09 PM

Wrestlemanias today aren't the same as Wrestlemanias long ago. Up until about 1997-1998 (Wrestlemania 13-14), the show was pretty much just about building up the biggest main event possible and then filling out the card with matches between mid card and main event guys that rarely wrestled each other (on TV) because the television programming was filled with squash matches.

Once 97-98 hit, Raw stopped being about squash matches and mid card and main event guys started to wrestle each other on a weekly basis. Thus, the Manias began to feature bigger and, more important, matches throughout the entire card.

Could be a reason why many of 'newer' fans, on and off this board, think the first 12-15 Wrestlemanias don't stand up to the ones from the Attitude Era through today.

03-18-2010, 06:09 PM	#13
redoneja Posts: 5,629	Wrestlemanias today aren't the same as Wrestlemanias long ago. Up until about 1997-1998 (Wrestlemania 13-14), the show was pretty much just about building up the biggest main event possible and then filling out the card with matches between mid card and main event guys that rarely wrestled each other (on TV) because the television programming was filled with squash matches. Once 97-98 hit, Raw stopped being about squash matches and mid card and main event guys started to wrestle each other on a weekly basis. Thus, the Manias began to feature bigger and, more important, matches throughout the entire card. Could be a reason why many of 'newer' fans, on and off this board, think the first 12-15 Wrestlemanias don't stand up to the ones from the Attitude Era through today. Last edited by redoneja; 03-18-2010 at 06:17 PM.