I Was Pretty Spoiled during the Attitude Era

[Loose Cannon]

I was thinking today about being a fan of wrestling during the Attitude era and how wrestling was just everywhere. My friends suddenly talked about it, I saw people with wrestling shirts everywhere, I saw wrestling as the focal point of TV Guides, magazines, talk shows ect...., I saw wrestling merchandise being distributed as prizes at fairs and theme parks. Hell, even my teachers in school talked about wrestling. And the thing is, I didn't even question for a second that wrestling was popular again. It was like I just assumed it had always been.

I was about 14 at this time, so it was really just a case of blind ignorance. I didn't once say to myself, "well he never talked about wrestling before, so why is he now?" Maybe I just assumed everyone had always been a wrestling fan inside, but now it was ok to talk about it. I mean, I had friends here and there that talked about wrestling before that, but a very small portion. Suddenly, what happened on Raw or Nitro last night was the main topic of conversation Monday morning in homeroom. I even remember my homeroom teacher asking us, "who do you think is the higher power?" He said Jake Roberts and I agreed. To bad for us

Kids were ordering the PPV's all the time and we'd all watch it at somebody's house. It was like a dam party for a wrestling PPV. Today, I'll be lucky to find someone who taped it for me.

I guess it's that old saying that applies here. You don't know what you have until it's gone. And looking back, that's sort of how I feel about the Attitude Era. Today, I know maybe a handfull of people that still talk wrestling and I didn't even see it coming.

Anyone feel the same way?