GOLDEN TO ATTITUDE | Wrestlers that Competed in Both Eras! 

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Staying in both eras alone is an impressive achievement, But staying for multiple eras, Still performing at a high level, is other wordly. Undertaker perfectly defines that.

That wasn't Barry Windham's debut in the Fed: He was one half of the US Express in the early '80s.

Bossman was awesome in the Attitude Era, the angles he was involved in were mostly dumb but Bossman understood his assignment.

A biker that's the leader of a biker gang caller DeadMan Inc, called "The Undertaker" and is known for whooping ass, and is more an anti-hero than a face or heel is actually pretty cool. And I always thought Taker didn't get enough credit for how great it was.

Undertaker was part of the golden era, attitude era, ruthless aggression era, PG era, and the new generation era Just another reason why he's the 🐐

I would add the Late Great Owen Hart a/k/a "The Rocket" a/k/a "The Blue Blazer" to this list. R.I.P. to all the Legends we've lost mentioned in this video. Big Bossman🕊 Terry Funk🕊 Earthquake🕊 The Road Warrior L.O.D. Hawk & Animal🕊 Droz🕊 British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith🕊 Great video!

Charles Wright characters from Papa Shango to Godfather was huge. Scary guy that does voodoo and then to a lovable pimp

Big boss man was one of my favorites it just sucks that he died

Big Bossman is an interesting case. He was ahead of his time in the late 80's, I think. And in the early 90's, he should've held a major title. Period. To this day, I can't forgive WWE for not letting him beat Mr. Perfect cleanly at WrestleMania 7. Yes, Bret Hart won the title a few months later and I believe Bossman's feud with Mountie should've gone on a little longer (I understand the RCMP was angry at the Mountie's gimmick), but still. Bossman was immensely popular in the early 90's and his jump to WCW just killed his career. Bad cop, good cop, bad cop. He did pretty damn good regardless.

Charles Wright was in 3 eras In the WWE’s Golden Era: Papa Shango The New Generation Era: Kama Attitude Era: Godfather, GoodFather as a member of RTC

British Bulldog's Attitude Era run was after a WCW run where suffered a back injury after landing on a trap door that was put in the floor of the ring there for a surprise appearance of the Ultimate Warrior. The injury led to Bulldog becoming addicted to pain killers.

A lot of people forget that Dustin Rhodes actually got his start during that feud with Dusty and The Million Dollar Man. You saw it right away, he had "it". He did the right thing going to WCW, though. He would've been lost in the shuffle in the early-mid 90's pre-Goldust.

The Attitude Era Never Disappoints

Its sad how many of these great performers are no longer with us.

1. Attitude era 2. Ruthless Aggression era 3. Golden Era 4. Reality Era

Tenta was a badass. Only guy I've seen make Haku back up against his strength in a lockup.

Bulldog’s 1st attitude era run with the Hart Foundation was memorable. Weird that you made no mention of that. He was European Champion and tag team champions with Owen. He had a decent 1st run. The 2nd run was more embarrassing than anything. Agreed on that.

Small correction, but '89 was not Barry Windham's first tenure in the WWF. He first joined the WWF in late '84.

Now we know for sure at 4:50 that The Undertaker borrowed those pants from The Godfather for Survivor Series in 2000 🤣

Imagine if boss man never died and he wouldved returned with the shield in 2012 Just wondered always how that wouldved made events become different up until now

Probably because I missed the start of Boss Man's change, his change seemed like a failure to me. I never like the murican bad-ass or the godfather change.

3:32 FUN FACT: The police car Bossman used in that segment is the exact same police car used in the movie the Blues Brothers 😁

You forgot about Barry Windham' s tow tag team championship runs with Mike Rotunda in the early days of the golden era

From this video and scrolling down the comments, it seems like everyone has forgotten about Haku wrestling in both eras in the WWF. Good video though.

The list should have been gimmicks/characters that lasted through both. Like Bossman, Taker, Bulldog, Bret Hart, HBK, Hogan, Piper, Flair, Luger. Dustin Rhodes was in both but he wasn’t Dustin Rhodes in the Attitude Era- he was Goldust. Kevin Nash was in both but he was Diesel in the Golden Era- then Kevin Nash. Sean Waltman was in both but he was 123 Kid in the Golden then two others in the Attitude. Road Warriors weren’t prolific in the attitude era. I’m in and love the channel but this was a weird one.

You’re kidding about Boss Man right? The guy was a midcarder for most of the Attitude days and when he mixed it up with main eventers, it was clear he wasn’t on their level. Contrast that with the guy who worked a VERY lucrative and competitive programme with the biggest star in the business at the time and who also took the IC champ right to the limit after mowing through his stablemates. At one point in the early 90s, Boss Man was the number 4 babyface in the company after Hogan, Warrior and arguably Roberts. In the Attitude era, he was long past his prime as a worker and was a midcard comedy guy

I like how you’ve got a clip of The Godfather wearing Undertaker’s snake skin pants!! :P

I always had this fun thought that if Charles Wright had the chance that he would eventually amalgamate both his personas. Sure it's stupid but on the other hand... VooDoo Pimp.

Barry Windham had 3 runs in WWE! He & Mike Rotundo werre2 time tag team champs there in the early 80's & were in the first WM

I swear it feels like Undertaker was in every Era of wrestling you can name even the territory days

George "the Animal" Steele, and Bret Hart were also in both eras.

I've seen two videos talking about Barry Windham and his fist run in the WWF. It seems nobody remembers he was teamed with Mike Rotunda.

My hot take, i like Big boss man swat Gimmick, gives a darker take

Dream What If faction? Big Bossman and The Shield? 🔥 🔥

Barry Windham had 3 runs not 2. There was that whole tag team championship deal in the 80s.

While all of these coveted in both eras I would say that most of these wrestlers weren't succesful in both eras which I thought was whole point of the list

0:56 Many who grew up during the Attitude Era assume that it was when pro-wrestling peaked in popularity. But the highest Nielsen rating that the Monday Night Wars achieved for a single show was 8.1 when Raw went unopposed, while the highest for Nitro was 6.0, also unopposed. Even if you combine those numbers despite them happening on different dates, they still don't reach the 1st Main Event special's 15.2 in 1988 [33 million viewers] that remains an all-time record for the business to this day. Raw's most-watched segment on TV was Austin vs Taker on 06/28/99, which achieved a 9.5 rating [10.72 million viewers] after Nitro went off the air eight minutes early. Yet the entirety of the 2nd Main Event drew an 11.6, the 3rd w/ 12.8, the 4th w/ 8.6, & the 5th w/ 6.7 in '91. The original 31-episode run of Saturday Night's Main Event also drew bigger show ratings in general [reaching a zenith of 11.6] than either Raw or Smackdown [the latter maxing out at 5.8, merely two decimals above the NWA's 1st Clash of the Champions] during their respective heydays. Those are just some of the reasons why The Golden Era is officially referred to as such.

You need to do your research in the 80s Terry Funk was a World Wrestling Federation tag Team Champion

Im surprised you didn't mention Big Bossman getting hung by Undertaker and the Brood at WrestleMania

bossman was the man!! from beefing with hogan to the big show and al snow beefs lmaooo those are classics

Gotta give Boss Man credit. He worked that same lame ass gimmick for years.

Aside from Dustin and Shawn, every wrestlers golden era incarnation was vastly superior to their attitude era incarnation.

Honorable mentions: 1. Bret Hart 2. Owen Hart 3. Jim Neidhart 4. The Fabulous Moolah 5. Sgt. Slaughter

Hbk shawn michaels 91-00 02-2009

The Undertaker From The Lord Of Darkness To The American Badass

Imagine timothy thatcher in the attitude era and 90s ecw

I feel like Papa Shango would have worked in the attitude era.

Thank you vince russo..not enough credits given.

Damn, you skipped over a whole era… the new gen era (92-96)

Undertaker is by far the greatest multi era superstar in the history of wwe/f

You guys ever going to do a straight biography again? The last one you did was SamI Zayn 9 months ago....

Mabel to Viscera to Big daddy V is another one.

Aw RIP terry funk you will be missed

Missing Hogan who was the biggest star of the Golden Era & had one of the biggest Wrestlemania matches ever with the Rock at Wrestlemania 18.

They have a human character in Ultimate Muscle anime / manga based on Terry Funk

Hey Andy

Not many remain but what about wrestlers from the Attitude Era that still Competes to this day?

I almost said the Hitman, but the branding of the Attitude era kicked off after the Montreal Screwjob

Mr. Ray Washington Traylor, Jr. "Big Boss Man" "Boss Man" "Big Bubba" "Big Bubba Rogers" "The Boss" "The Guardian Angel" "Ray Traylor" "War Machine" May 2, 1963-September 22, 2004 #RESPECT #LEGENDARY #RAYWASHINGTONTRAYLORJR #BIGBOSSMAN #BIGBUBBA #BIGBUBBAROGERS #THEBOSS #THEGUARDIANANGEL #RAYTRAYLOR #WARMACHINE #RESTINPARADISEMRTRAYLOR #GONEBUTNEVERFORGOTTEN

Barry Windham wrestled on Wrestlmania in 1985.

There are more from the Golden Era that'd have been great. Notably Roddy Piper, Macho Man, Jake the Snake, Sensational Sherri.... just to name a few

Ah yes, that mid-card figure Big Show. Who totally wasn't WWF champion when Big Boss-man fueded with him.

Shawn Michaels 4 eras and 3 decades Golden Era in the late 80s A main event player as intercontinental champion in 93 & 94 and WWE champion at WMXII during the New Generation Era Original member of D-X in the WWE’s attitude era in 1997 & early ‘98 2000s: Ruthless Aggression Era

Papa Shango and The Undertaker? A duo could have started or even rivalry could have started as well. The possibilities would have been endless.

Attitude Era Is Overrated If I Watched During the late '90s I Would've enjoyed the Jerry Springer South Park style of storytelling but It's all wrong just plain raunchy

I think you mean golden to attitude

Billy Gunn... from the Smoking Gunns to Badd Ass Billy Gunn... also Mabel to Viscera...

Some wrestlers didn’t need to do much to fit into the Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars, like Vader (if we count WCW in the early 90’s) Psycho Sid Bam Bam Bigelow Ric Flair Bret Hart Curt Hennig the Road Warriors Cactus Jack (if we count early 90’s WCW) Terry Funk (if we count early 90’s WCW) Haku/Meng those guys just fit in already. But there were names that needed a change in look or demeanour, and they were Undertaker (needed to just be more darker) Hulk Hogan Big Bossman Sting (if we count WCW in the late 80’s and early 90’s) Ron Simmons (if we count early 90’s WCW) But for me some wrestlers just didn’t suit the Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars, no matter what they did or tried, and they are. The Ultimate Warrior (his 1998 WCW run was just so out of place) Randy Savage (even though he went heel and joined the nWo, it just didn’t suit Savage) Lex Luger (if we count early 90’s WCW, and again just looked out of place during the Monday Night Wars) Virgil (he was in the nWo B team and just looked out of place) Jim Duggan (just looked really out of place in the Monday Night Wars) Roddy Piper (looked really out of place during the Monday Night Wars) Barry Windham (again if we count late 80’s and early 90’s WCW, and again he just looked out of place).

Shawn Mihcaels

Mr. Terry Dee Funk "Black Baron" "Chainsaw Charlie" "Dr Knows-It-All" "Terry Funk" "The Texan" June 30, 1944-August 23, 2024 #RESPECT #LEGENDARY #TERRYDEEFUNK #BLACKBARON #CHAINSAWCHARLIE #DRKNOWSITALL #TERRYFUNK #THETEXAN #RESTINPARADISEMRFUNK #GONEBUTNEVERFORGOTTEN

The reason why Terry funk debuted as chainsaw Charlie. Kevin Dunn didn’t think attitude era fans wouldn’t know who was Terry funk. To the surprise of no one. Charlie comes out and the audience began chanting “TERRY, TERRY!”

ANDY! Can you please do best trash talkers?! I would love to know your tip 10

#SSU

Honorable Mentions: *Bret Hart *Jim "Anvil" Neidhart *Owen Hart *Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig *Sgt. Slaughter *Ric Flair *Paul Bearer *Bob Backlund *Fabulous Moolah *Mae Young *Ravishing Rick Rude

I hate that Yokozuna young died because I think he would've been dope as hell in the attitude playing an actual bad ass Samoan.

18:06 Don't forget the USA express with Mike Rotunda in 1985

Im 36 started off with the golden era and i loved it to

There are several wrestlers also from golden to attitude are mention here. They are Jake The Snake Robert, Ultimate Warrior, Sid Vicious, Shane Douglas, Tatanka, Rob Van Dam, Owen Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, Head Banger, Ric Flair, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Rey Mysterio, Edge, CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, etc.

They didn't 'compete'. They 'performed'. Now I am not saying Pro wrestling is fake. But it is not a competition. It is a performance..

Just a few other's for the list 1. Headhunter - the sultan - Rikishi 2. Crush - brian Adams - kronik 3. Mabel - viscera - big daddy V 4. Smokin guns - billy gun - mr ass - kip James - Daddy ass 5. The Roadie - road dogg Jessie James 6. 123 kid - x pac - syxx - sean waltman 7. Steiner Bros - big poppa pump 8. Mr perfect - Curt Henning 9. Justin hawk Bradshaw - blackjack Bradshaw - APA - JBL 10. Sparkplug Bob Holley - Hardcore Holley 11. Terror Ryzin - Hunter hearst Helmsley - HHH - executive 12. Johnny Polo - Raven 13. The Hardy boys - the Hardys Matt and Jeff - bro Nero/Broken /woken Matt - Willow 14. Mark Henry Olympic strongman - the NOD - sexual chocolate - WSM - Hall of pain - HOF 15. Jeff Jarrett country star - nwa invasion w/ponytail - buzz cut /guitar bashing women/Chyna - TNA owner Honorable mention : The Rocket - Owen Hart - Blue Blazer ( Rest in eternal Peace 🕊️🎉😢)

is the "New Generation" recognized as being between the "Golden" & "Attitude" eras?

Golden era was like comic book characters coming to life, Attitude era and beyond expensive Jerry Springer show

Just gonna walk right by Charles Wright in the Nation before the Godfather gimmick

If someone quit then came back. Released. Ir fired came back. It doesnt count. Never liked Godfather. Wrestler has to stsy from golden to attitude without leaving etc

That wasn't a good Shawn Michael example, I felt it should have been Shawn Michaels in the late nineties before he had his back injury. Going against the 2002 and up Shawn Michaels I thought that would have been a better example

It's almost impressive how wrong you are about everything.

Seems like they were missing a lot of people on this list. Hogan, Rick rude, bob backland, ric flair, I’m sure there’s more

You can say that when Earthquake became Golga in the Attitude Era was a downgrade. However, that character was still more "over" than many of the WWE stars of today are.

Sid Justice/Psycho Sid tail end of The Golden Era & start of The Attitude Era

You finally make a video I about Golden era to Attitude era

Barry Wyndom was also in the WWF in ‘85, where he was in a tag team with Mike Rotunda (Bray Wyatt’s dad).

What about Owen from rocket to black heart. Or bob spark plug holly to hardcore holly.

Dwayne Johnson too as Rocky Maivia early 90s all the way up until his heel turn join the Nation and the Corporation then he would turn face again and then Hollywood heel which was his last time before becoming an actor

The background guitar solo almost sounds like the kraken them in the goldust part lol

I would have never been okay with Earth Quakes knaz inches from my face

I remember thinking Earthquake was terrible when i was a kid. Now i realize for a man that size to be so gentle is actually amazing

Dude, correct Shawn's name. Michaels not Mihcaels

Yet Taker hated the dark version with the Steph on a cross thing and cooperation taker Dustin Rhodes should be in the HoF

Earthquake looks like Kevin from The Office