WWE - The Rise and Fall...And Rise Again

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Video Description: Despite being the biggest promotion in professional wrestling, the WWE has had some trouble over the years. This highlights the different eras of the organization while detailing the corresponding rises and falls.
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@JK-gm6kk Год назад

WWF attitude Era is one of the only things I ever bonded over with my dad. We never missed an episode, and he took me to a local raw, and it was indescribable. Especially when the glass broke. Just thinking about it is giving me chills, as i type this. Will always hold a special place in my heart.

@dragonrana88 Год назад

That was me and my brothers, we watched Raw and Nitro, and would argue about when to flip back and forth. We went to a Raw show and Wrestlemania X-Seven. They were amazing memories.

@eatmuffinsallday Год назад

@@dragonrana88 wow how was Wrestlemania X Seven? I remember my mom bought it for my on PPV when I was a kid

@dragonrana88 Год назад

@@eatmuffinsallday It was the best!

@TriforceElder08 Год назад

Stone Cold! Stone Cold!

@gokusondbz Год назад

Saw Raw Live back in 2001 Great Show in Lexington KY When the Right To Censor was around.

@jonahwhitney5455 Год назад

Company Man and wrestling?! I love when two unrelated things that I like collide like this.

@Xavster Год назад

He's made quite a lot of wrestling references over the years, including a couple of videos on WWF's name change and WCW

@runrafarunthebestintheworld Год назад

@@Xavster and that Stone Cold mention. LoL 😅

@jonahwhitney5455 Год назад

@@Xavster Oh yeah, I catch a lot of them. Just saying it makes me happy when it happens.

@314jrock Год назад

What do you mean by “unrelated”? The WWE is a company and Company Man makes videos about companies.

@DrinkYourNailPolish Год назад

Same

@LunaticFringeReviews Год назад

The Golden Age & The Attitude Era were lightning in a bottle. The most significant and most memorable eras of wrestling were ripe with some of the most incredible talent ever. A big reason why WWF was so good and maintained a high level of quality programming was because they had viable competition. Once WCW shut down, it was over, people tuned out in droves (even more so in the late 2000's/early 10s). The ratings have gotten lower every year, yet WWE is as profitable as it's ever been. It's pretty impressive.

@Angel-qu9wo Год назад

Financially wwe is killing it no doubt in terms of booking new stars creativity and storytelling they're lacking it big time

@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 Год назад

Yea man i always looked at WCW as the Rc cola to WWFs Pepsi and Coke but for a min there in the late 90s they were starting to overtake the WWF as far which one i loved more but yea man every great company needs another company to compete with to keep things from getting stale and once WWF bought WCW it wasn't the same anymore...91-2001 will always be my favorite era and it'll always be the WWF to me

@miguelvazquez2239 Год назад

@@Angel-qu9wo the product is changing since HHH took over the creative side of the business

@Angel-qu9wo Год назад

@@miguelvazquez2239 but how is the company getting any better tho tell me that but without saying he brought back johnny gargano the O.C being TV-14 again have long drawout boring matches every week is making wrestling great again.

@miguelvazquez2239 Год назад

@@Angel-qu9wo Bro, these are small changes that needed to be done. There is better wrestling in the ring and the storylines are coming together. You can’t change everything a thousand miles an hour, this has to be slow so it makes impact. You don’t want to have just a flash in the pan.

@joshuaford9714 Год назад

The smartest thing WWE ever did was add their old episodes as an archive in WWE network. Well worth the subscription cost. I loved the attitude era and even through to the early 2000s. I just like being able to watch that era.

@chriskay1449 Год назад

They were actually ahead of all the other pro sports leagues on that. While they had their deals with cable satellite services to broadcast their content, they didn't have their own streaming service.

@100Stratusfiedx Год назад

@@chriskay1449yeah people bitched about the 9.99 skits, but it’s the subscription I get the most use out of. Not to mention the integration with peacock just makes it better.

@pete123 Год назад

I"m 34 years old. Who else grew up on the Attitude Era? Give me a hell yeah! 🍻 🔥

@JustJulyo Год назад

Hell yeah! 🍻

@TrainerJamesMTG Год назад

Hell yeah!

@raybaca7387 Год назад

I spit in the face of people who dont want to be cool 03 to 08 was a good time for me

@marcusjones9160 Год назад

Hell yeah

@ThatOneDude219 Год назад

Hell yeah! I'm 35. Right there with ya

@JSmithRecords Год назад

That revenue chart was shocking. The whole time me (and everybody online) was saying how much the show sucked, they kept raking in the dough all the way to a billion. Vince knew what he was doing the whole time.

@MsAlexisPiazza Год назад

He was the higher power! It was him Austin! It was him the whole time!

@stevonwhite8933 Год назад

Destroying the business, but making his money.

@FamousDave2186 Год назад

@@stevonwhite8933 a business is suppose to make money so really he didn't destroy his business and generally the same fans like vince's son in law running things

@stevonwhite8933 Год назад

@@FamousDave2186 He destroyed the industry, the same way Disney destroyed the entertainment industry by buying everything. It’s criminal.

@redred222 Год назад

@@stevonwhite8933 pro wrestling would not have very many fans now if it would have been the way it was before vinces ideas, many of those companies where struggling, the 80s where not a good time for most smaller businesses because of how bad the economy was, in fact he was able to buy some of those for pennies on the dollar, and his idea made pro wrestling bigger then ever, now hes gone, and i think thats good he lost he touch now hunter is in charge and the wrestling, stories, the image of the company are all on the up swing, go watch raw or smackdown they are really good now once again, i had left watching wwe for aew, this company had the chance to be bigger then the wwe but blew it, this last year has not be so good for them

@jhilumdas5228 Год назад

'97 - '07 was the best decade to me. '16-'19 was also very good, I think the pandemic killed alot of that momentum tho

@GrumpyWolfTech Год назад

16-19 was trash, that Rollins vs Wyatt cage match, all I need to say.

@TJMorrison. Год назад

2016/2017 was really good

@reesecat1823 Год назад

@@GrumpyWolfTech smackdown live in 2016/ early 17

@redred222 Год назад

but since hunter has taken over both shows are doing way better, and he brought back wrestlers that vince wasted and the wrestlers actually seem to like working for him, thats a big change from vince yelling and threatening them all the time

@skoaldipper125 Год назад

@@GrumpyWolfTech we won’t touch on that match. It killed the Hell in a Cell stipulation for me.

@rrahuerta07 Год назад

The Company Man putting out “Banger,after banger,after banger…” 👏🏼

@jonahwhitney5455 Год назад

Sheamus is a Company Man fan.

@El_Gallo_De_Oro Год назад

I understood that reference

@johnaustin209 Год назад

Sounding gayer every time....

@mycodingchannel9690 3 месяца назад

He also makes a lot of burger company videos. Burger after burger after burger after burger...

@dansanfrisco Год назад

The Attitude Era was born out of competition against WCW. I remember my dad laughing constantly during RAW at the craziness of it all. WCW hit gold by turning Hogan heel for the first time that most of his fans at the time could remember (his first face to heel turn technically). Both companies caught lightning in a bottle. I doubt we will see anything like it again.

@cgasucks Год назад

Man I miss those days.

@Pauldjreadman Год назад

Interesting choice of subject. The best in my opinion is the Attitude Era. They be making more money by going PG but that doesn't mean it's good.

@jeremiahmorin1867 Год назад

Anyone whose watched the AE Recently can tell you that TV 14 has never meant quality. There was some real dogshit in the undercard at times. And Raw in 2002 and 2003 were both TV 14 and both sucked ass

@BGLEE001 Год назад

As epic as the AE was, there was a lot of crap you had to filter through lol

@Pauldjreadman Год назад

@@jeremiahmorin1867 It was a nice balance of many characters over some dodgy ideas. You had at least 6 characters on top unlike no where they only have one Barbie doll and going into panic mode when people get injured.. It's still their best time.

@stevonwhite8933 Год назад

@@jeremiahmorin1867 Smackdown was GOATED

@onesaucynougat7471 Год назад

@@jeremiahmorin1867 2002 was only good after the first half of the year, 2003 was ok.

@Markimark151 Год назад

As much I’m not a big fan of WWE like I was in the attitude era. But I’m glad seeing WWE making a resurgence with Smackdown on Fox. The storylines have gotten better with new wrestlers!

@gokusondbz Год назад

And Hunter is in Charge now over Talent and Creative 👊.

@Markimark151 Год назад

@@gokusondbz I just don’t want to see WWE being a Hollywood breeding ground for lame actors like the Rock and Bautista, who are mostly terrible actors in action movies!

@gokusondbz Год назад

@@Markimark151 personally I enjoy Batista in Guardians of the Galaxy and 007 specter.

@jdoggivjc Год назад

@@gokusondbz agree. The Rock is fine when he stays in his lane (not great, mind you, but entertaining in the right circumstances), so to speak, but Dave Bautista is surprisingly actually a really good actor.

@Markimark151 Год назад

@@gokusondbz the characters Bautista plays are just mediocre at best. He’s a C-list actor in those movies.

@RoseCityRebel Год назад

As a wrestling fan and supporter of your channel, I appreciate it when you let those two worlds collide.

@edalder2000 Год назад

If you want to learn more, there are two great books that I would recommend. The first is "Death of The Territories." It examines how Vince McMahon took The WWF nationally. For example, The WWF was so highly leveraged, if the first WrestleMania had flopped, The WWF would have been history. The second book is "Nitro." An oral history of WCW from 1995 to its end in 2001. "Nitro" really digs into the business end of WCW. Fantastic all around.

@theitaIianstallion Год назад

Wouldn't be going to see The Rock in Black Adam this weekend or in this existence if this dire fate had occured to the WWF... Or maybe even close to ever seeing a Fast&Furious 10. Wild to think.

@uploadvidz4490 Год назад

I personally enjoy Controversy Creates Cash

@ToM2CoOL Год назад

Read these books this year, both highly entertaining, interesting and worth people's time.

@AeneasGemini Год назад

Whatever else you think of Vince Mcmahon, you cannot deny his unique and overwhelming contribution to the art, not to mention give him props for being even more evil than his ringside persona

@kryzethx Год назад

So sad that the Ruthless Aggression era was considered a "fall" in this WWE timeline; that was my childhood, and some of my favorite wrestlers rose to prominence during that time, like Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Edge, Batista, Booker T... wasn't until the PG era that things began to "fall", at least in my opinion. Glad that it's at least the second most popular time in the polls lol

@xkeante1 Год назад

even though the ratings were falling the shows were still close to the same caliber as it was in the attitude era and me personally it was still rising to become the PG era

@duckmercy11 Год назад

Most of those guys were already stars before the RA era. I grew up watching Eddie, Rey, Edge and Booker in the mid-late 90s.

@Edgehead991 Год назад

@@duckmercy11 yea but they arguably hit their peaks during the ruthless aggression era, especially Edge.

@marcoparada6652 Год назад

RUTHLESS AGRESSION Era was just awful.

@marcoparada6652 Год назад

@@Edgehead991 , except they really hadn't. You can say they made their big financial gains in the Ruthless Aggression Era, but it never is memorably everlasting as ATTITUDE ERA.

@JustJulyo Год назад

Anytime this channel mentions wrestling brings a smile to my face More wrestling promotions please like ECW, TNA, AEW or even the WWEECW/ other television programs

@mrlaidback83 Год назад

I'm addition to those, I would like to see Company Man cover Japanese and Mexican promotions like NJPW, Stardom, CMLL and AAA respectively.

@cepho8349 Год назад

@@mrlaidback83 NJPW and Stardom for sure.

@JustJulyo Год назад

@@mrlaidback83 fingers crossed!

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

All petite.

@williefaulker Год назад

He did WCW

@platinumpagoda3079 Год назад

As a longtime wrestling fan, I have to say you executed this video perfectly, hitting every necessary topic! Should be interesting to see the post-Vince era.

@j.thompson9345 Год назад

As a kid, I can remember watching the WWF with acts such as Stone Cold, The Rock, Undertaker, Kane, etc. Good times. The Attitude Era was definitely 🔥🔥🔥

@qkomodo9098 Год назад

Safe to say that this video is going to be a Slobberknocker

@Breanna_monique Год назад

It's going to be a Pier Six Brawl of a video

@Gazpacho834 Год назад

BAH GAWD ALL MIGHTY! THE VIEWER SUBSCRIBED TO COMPANY MAN!

@adam-yk6yd Год назад

The other thing about their newer and more family friendly content is that it is allowing them to market the product to global family audiences whose tastes may be safer and more conservative than the US young male adult market. They are growing massively and are getting bigger in Asia and India, and still have headroom for further growth

@Breanna_monique Год назад

It's so refreshing to finally hear WWE be referred to as "Wrestling" again and not "sports entertainment"

@colewrld901 Год назад

Can be attributed to Vince's old ass having to step down and triple h finally getting his chance to be in charge

@Angel-qu9wo Год назад

@@colewrld901 I miss vince

@colewrld901 Год назад

@@Angel-qu9wo why

@Angel-qu9wo Год назад

@@colewrld901 it's just the not same without the man who made wrestling a world wide phenomenal yes sure in his old age he was not great at booking anymore and made bad decisions but back in the day (Golden era/Attitude Era/early ruthless aggression era (2002/2005) he was king of the wrestling world and made many people lot's money and gave them fame not to mention most people wouldn't even care about wrestle had it not been for vince mcmahon and his captivating mind.

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

Wwekids was always sports entertainment.

@ianfeuerhake1859 Год назад

Thank you for making this. Didn’t learn a whole lot since I’ve been a fan since Hulkamania, and a wrestling fan before the expansion as well. Only thing I’d say was you didn’t cover the history, like you do with most videos. Would’ve been nice to at least hear a little about Vince’s father and grandfather, when it was Capitol Wrestling and WWWF, and how they split from NWA.

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

He left out The history of JCP and WCW's early years as well.

@ianfeuerhake1859 Год назад

@@NintendoPsycho true. Maybe he's not a wrestling fan

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

@@ianfeuerhake1859 Most people who watch modern wrestling aren't wrestling fans either.

@ianfeuerhake1859 Год назад

@@NintendoPsycho which is why the history should be covered on here if he's going to do it. And there are plenty of die hard wrestling fans who know almost everything, and will just pick whatever he says apart, so it's probably just not even worth discussing

@duckmercy11 Год назад

No reason to cover every minute detail, he covered the jist which are the parts that matter.

@Shad0wPh0enixXx Год назад

Just want to let you know man. Your channel has really helped me with learning so much about different companies etc. Thanks for that. I recommend you to lots of people IRL cause you really know how to find your stuff and I commend you for that

@danieldowney7621 Год назад

I've never been a wrestling fan, haven't even sat down to watch a whole show, and as such I learned a lot from this video!

@PAPITOFLOW6969 Год назад

watch wwe raw & smackdown mondays and fridays you'll be hooked

@jgv6323 Год назад

Stop being lazy and watch it

@willissudweeks1050 Год назад

If you view it the right way it’s awesome haha I’ve never been a fan either but it is kind of awesome.

@duckmercy11 Год назад

Watch Supereyepatch Wolf's wrestling documentaries on RU-vid. He breaks it down for non-fans.

@valrandazzo103 Год назад

This video is strangely timely, as a WWE fan from 2011-2014 I recently "got back into it" with my 11 year old brother these past few weeks, myself because I missed the excitement, and my brother because of Logan Paul. Looking forward to experiencing this new era with him.

@christahphur Год назад

Same happen with my siblings and me this year. Right before Wrestlemania I was interested in seeing Cody come back since I had remembered him in the 2010s, and my younger sisters tagged along to watch and experience it for the first time. Now we are full blown back in it and loving it, even went to Summerslam!!

@PAPITOFLOW6969 Год назад

@@christahphur awesome

@PAPITOFLOW6969 Год назад

awesome

@BadrAlrawi Год назад

I got into wrestling with my younger brother again too! Mind you I'm 16, so I was primarily a fan in the PG era, but now that its the HHH era, I've gotten really into it and brought my younger brother with me.

@Acedegenerate07 Год назад

Tuff 2011-14 was so bad💀 well 2014 wasn’t but 11-13 was so trash

@obscure_alternatives Год назад

80s and 90s wrestling was the absolute best.The characters,storylines,fighting,all of it was amazing

@Jim90117 Год назад

The attitude era for me and so many others IS the golden era. For everyone who was around 10 during that time like me, we are so so lucky. So much drama, so much personality and brutality. For a kid during that time it was amazing and I’m sad we’ve gone back to the sort of tame, PC type wrestling entertainment we see today.

@clashwithkeen Год назад

I'm in my 30's and I got into wrestling during the attitude era. (1998 - 2001) I remember having a lot of fun pretending to be wrestlers with my friends on trampoline matches back then. I was only into it for a few years but had a great time. I used to work in entertainment lighting and when I got to work the shows it made me feel like a kid again. The Undertaker, Kane, Mick Foley, and Stone Cold were my favorites with Sting probably being my #1.

@ThatOneDude219 Год назад

I miss being in backyard wrestling with my friends. My cousin and I held the tag titles for over a year. We were the CIA. Stood for The Cool Italian Assassins

@mattyian1208 Год назад

The WWE’s Pg era was more of a fall in my opinion, but the Attitude Era was the best time for the WWF back then personally.

@PeterKoebel Год назад

Great video. I've been a WWE fan for over 30 years. Also with the PG era, I believe it allowed them to get better deals on toy licensing. Plus switching away from edgy TV made sense at the time. Because most edgy elements of the attitude era, violence, sex, swearing, etc could be found on HBO with the rise of the Sopranos, with edgier content.

@chriskay1449 Год назад

It got them better advertisers on the whole, not just toys. Yes, Mattel was a big one, but look at who was advertising them during the attitude era and now. The advertisers now are far more mainstream than the ones they had in the Attitude Era.

@Acedegenerate07 Год назад

Business side yes quality side hell no

@chriskay1449 Год назад

@@Acedegenerate07 Quality is purely subjective. People like some things and hate others. VIce versa as well. Financial is not subjective. That is quantifiable.

@KoolioJosh Год назад

great video, I just got back into WWE with some friends again after 10 years when HHH started taking over

@geezburgers Год назад

The era I remember the most growing up was the PG era, and I do agree that it made me more susceptible to advertising. I had several John Cena shirts and hats and ate a lot of Slim Jims.

@AnthonySkatz Год назад

WWE's 10-year deal to run shows in Saudi Arabia should be noted, which stated in 2018. They make approximately $50m per show there and they usually run two shows a year. They're now, by far, the most profitable shows WWE does every year.

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

A dirty deal with a dirty country.

@danielsass4134 Год назад

I am not a fan of the "PG Era," but I also don't think it's the biggest problem with WWE. You can do a lot these days and still get away with PG. Some of the "Tribal Chief" storylines with Roman and Paul have been great. AEW is TV-14 and isn't always more entertaining than the WWE (sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't). I think one of the largest issues with wrestling today is that the internet takes away any surprise. One example is when the Hardyz returned to WWE from Impact Wrestling in 2017. It could have been surprising if everyone didn't know it was happening. Just imagine a couple of the major Attitude Era events in 2022. Diesel and Razor left WWE to go to WCW. They showed up on Nitro like they were still WWE wrestlers. In 2022, that would probably go like, "Diesel and Razor Ramon contracts with WWE due to end soon." Later, "Diesel and Razor Ramon contracts have not been renewed." Later, "D & RR seen talking with Eric Bischoff." Later, "D & RR allegedly sign deal with WCW." Day of the show, "D & RR spotted in [whatever city Nitro was in that night], expected to appear on show." Similarily, when Shane McMahon "bought" Nitro it would have been the same thing. There really isn't much surprise anymore since everything is leaked. The Attitude Era was so chaotic and shocking that it was must watch TV. (Another issue with today is that there is also more competiting content)

@DrinkYourNailPolish Год назад

I'll never foeget seeing Rick Rude on RAW and Nitro the same night. My bro had his TV tuned to WWF while my TV was WCW (I was a wcw gal!) And simce our bedrooms were right next to eachother we would often pop out to check what was going on on the other channel. Well we were both confused how Rick Rude could be at both companies on the same night. If Twitter was a thing back then we would've been like "oh this is taped, whatver blah" plus back then there was no 90 day no compete clause so ppl could show up seemingly randomly.

@danielsass4134 Год назад

@@DrinkYourNailPolish Yeah, I don't see how WWE can make a show exciting anymore with social media spoiling everything. They're in a tough spot. Nothing seems organic anymore and so that kind of thing like we saw in the 90s probably will not happen again. Sadly. To me, the PG rating didn't kill wrestling (albeit I did prefer the TV-14). Social media did.

@JoeyJoJoJuniorShabadoo Год назад

I'm a big wrestling fan so I thought this was just another wrestling video from one of my regular channels. Awesome to see a channel that doesn't do wrestling content talk about it.

@adomingo2 Год назад

Great video. There is just one small error the huge wrestling fan in me can't help but point out. Hulk Hogan didn't win the title from Andre the Giant at WrestleMania 3. He retained it against Andre.

@MrTim2031 Год назад

I think that the company eras and the actual wrestling eras are distinct. As stated you tried to focus in on the company; it’s the focus of your channel. I do think a couple of details fell through the crack or weren’t covered completely. The WWE network and now peacock also shows the near entire library of WWE shows. So the popularity and the revenue generated today, is in part due to the older shows, to include the attitude era and peak WCW. This makes it a bit hard to compare todays era to the attitude era, when the attitude era is still making the company money today.

@badjokecoke Год назад

Prepare for its second fall. I hear Vince is wanting to come back 🙄

@universallove7741 Год назад

Thank you for this !! I’m a die hard life long fan and a huge fan of your channel. So the two worlds colliding I’m loving it !!

@KingShade1 11 дней назад

I have been watching wrestling religiously since the 90's and Company Man, you've really nailed this down. Typing this comment in mid 2024 and it's odd seeing just how much things have changed in just under a year. WWE got bought by Endevour, Vince got ousted from the company (something that most people thought would never, ever happen) and now the WWE has entered their 'newest era' under Triple H, the 'Paul Levesque Era'. I think this latest era is definitely a 'rise again' for the company. There is a lot more positive feedback for the product, which includes me, a long time fan for the last 30+ years. Nothing will ever beat the shock and excitement of the Attitude Era though, that was lightning in a bottle... but well, as people say in wrestling "never say never!"

@YoshMaster Год назад

I have absolutely zero interest and knowledge on wrestling but I watch everything you do. You managed to make this interesting to me anyway so, good job haha!

@lonewolf6884 Год назад

I coudldnt said it better myself because 100% agree I also have zero interest and knowledge on wrestling

@Txur_Itan Год назад

I really liked wrestling when I was younger! I was raise by my grand-parents and it helped me bond with my grand-father. I'm not nearly as much into it as I once where but I'll still watch some classic fight from time to time

@jgv6323 Год назад

Stop being lazy and watch it again

@clazy8 Год назад

I love your use of stock footage, something subtle going on there in all your videos

@alexanderazzi Год назад

Oh this one will be fun!

@RoachOverlord Год назад

New Generation is underrated. I mean, yeah, there were times when they clearly didn't know what direction they wanted to go in, but there were a ton of great wrestlers in the company from 1990-1997. Bret vs Davey Boy at Summerslam 92 is an all time classic.

@brennanmason1973 Год назад

All Im going to say is Bastion Booger

@promisnwekenta9703 Год назад

@@brennanmason1973 I remember his main event on WrestleMania, against Shawn Michaels....it was a amazing 60 minutes iron man match, and the Sebastian deserved the win

@duckmercy11 Год назад

@@brennanmason1973 lmao.

@j.r.765 Год назад

Monday Night Raw in 96 felt different

@mizrahiwithattitude2733 5 месяцев назад

mid 90s wwe was trashhhhh

@gollaviswanathkrishna399 Год назад

The roster of attitude era is peak. The rock, Austin, Original Kane, Undertake, HHH, Bighosw, Edge, Y2J, Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, Shawn, eddie etc. Later, Goldberg, Brock, Cena, Orton, Batista, 619. these kind of personalities are hard to get.

@ashleyr6809 Год назад

Now all the new wrestlers are just crap.

@barabusband Год назад

Great work! I’ve been a fan since the mid 80s.

@Crenga Год назад

fantastic, concise video. would love to see you cover ECW, memphis, or any other territories or promotions. thanks!

@SNARC15 Год назад

When Vince Sr was in charge, it was actually called the WWWF, and formerly the Capital Wrestling Federation.

@hishamdahud Год назад

Company man... you're a fellow mark. I love it. :)

@pirajacinto4 Год назад

Now THIS is a video I never expected you to do! Being a huge wrestling fan, I really wonder what you got to say about it.

@moltenriches Год назад

Really? He already did a wcw one

@28kingofkings Год назад

Vince stepping down and Triple H taking over creative was a saving grace. Had Vince remained, a lot of talent would be trying to get released or outright rejecting offers

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

It is still shit.

@Shawn6751 Год назад

WWE is dying faster underneath Triple Dunce.

@flyingjew2994 Год назад

Vince and Triple H are literally the same. Once the honeymoon phase is over with Triple H you'll see it

@syndicategrim3452 Год назад

@@flyingjew2994 we'll see in 3 years

@flyingjew2994 Год назад

@@syndicategrim3452 It'll take less than 3 years

@vampman87 Год назад

I think the PG era ended when Vince McMahon retired. With HHH in charge of creative now, the general consensus is that the WWE became good again, given that HHH brought back a lot of wrestlers Vince MacMahon released such as Bray Wyatt and Karrion Kross and is giving pushes to wrestlers Vince dismissed as having no talent, such as Finn Balor, who is currently the head of Raw's #1 heel stable, The Judgement Day. HHH's main challenge story-wise is The Bloodline, a heel stable led by Roman Reigns, who unified the twi big belts of both brands and is basically the Final Boss of WWE. Roman's been Universal Champion for over two years and Undisputed Champion for 6 months, and WWE in general don't seem to have any plans for who could dethrone the guy. USA network, which airs Raw, has shown displeasure that Roman is rarely on Raw (The Bloodline is a Smackdown stable) and has asked that one of the belts be removed off of him, but Vince said "no way" and HHH, though he TEASED Roman getting beat by Drew McEntyre a couple months ago, seems to share Vince's sentiment. Another thing to mention is that WWE now has real competition in AEW. During the last few years of Vince's tenure, AEW looked like a wrestler's paradise because wrestlers were given a lot more freedom (and that they could actually call themselves WRESTLERS, though heel wrestler Chris Jericho has been poking fun at his previous employer by referring to himself as a "sports entertainer") and the acquisition of CM Punk, who was hyper critical of WWE during his employment and was fired at the most inopportune time (his WEDDING DAY) gave AEW a lot of credibility. When Vince was doing mass releases, AEW owner Tony Khan was quick to snatch free wrestlers up, but then Vince retired and CM Punk gave a horrendous media scrum interview where he bashed his new co-workers, leading to a giant fight and the illusion that AEW was a wrestling paradise was dispelled. AEW seems to be course correcting, but it still has a giant problem of having way too many talents and not enough screentime, made worse since Tony bought Ring of Honor, an independent wrestling company that filed for bankruptcy last year. That almost DOUBLED the AEW roster. HHH has gotten a lot of ex-WWE wrestlers back into the fold, but at least he has multiple shows to put his talent onto, whereas Tony has only three hours in between two TV shows. Right now, I believe the HHH era is at a "Rise" again.

@skyatollah2skyharder276 Год назад

What's with people thinking "PG" is anything more than a TV rating?

@chriskay1449 Год назад

WWe is still PG. It has not changed in that regard.

@flyingjew2994 Год назад

Aew isn't major competition to Wwe and all the wrestlers are talented, but not all can draw in money.

@austinhernandez2716 Год назад

You failed to mention WHY the PG era started and its a significant part of the history of the WWE. It was due to lawsuits and possibly Mr McMahon's wife's policial campaign Edit: Also Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, along with claims of sexual assault. So many scandals

@bilalc4415 Год назад

@@TimezOfInfamy I think the jump the shark moment was Triple H fucking a corpse as well. Lol

@jamiemason2003 Год назад

He explained at the end of the video that he only wanted to focus on the company.

@chriskay1449 Год назад

Wrong. That had nothing to do with going PG. They went PG long before she decided to run for office. They went PG because it was more profitable.

@Odreazy Год назад

@@chriskay1449 im pretty sure the Choice to go PG came after Linda was DESTROYED by her opponent in that congress run with her past on WWE. there was a huge difference in the show from Before she ran for that seat and then after that first eye opening attempt. she tried again iirc and lost again After the PG switch.

@chriskay1449 Год назад

@@Odreazy No it wasn't. They changed their rating from TV-14 to PG well before that. It came around the time they became WWE. Just because they went closer to the G end of the PG spectrum then where they were does not change the fact that the switch to TV-PG from TV-14 came years before her campaign.

@TwistedRing Год назад

I would love to see a rise and fall of ECW! I never expected you to ever cover wrestling topics when you started with the WCW video.

@HoustonH Год назад

As a WWE fan and subscriber for YEARS, this video is gold⭐️

@Kevinofrepublic Год назад

I actively watched wrestling with my brother in highschool and college during 2006 to 2010 and then with some friends from 2012 to about 2014. I enjoyed it. I have no real love for the attitude era or the other great eras because I didn't watch during those times. But I liked the stuff I saw and have feel good emotions about those times watching with my brother.

@TopFix Год назад

I was never a fan of wrestling, but it's one of those things that people bond over and I can always get behind that aspect of it. Also, this is the only time I ever believed a RU-vidr in regards to endorsing a sponsorship.

@jgv6323 Год назад

No one asked if you're a fan of wrestling or not

@uhsaywhatnow Год назад

Already looking forward to the Impact and AEW installments on this channel. Company Man is the best!

@Landmaster2911 Год назад

RU-vid knows I love Company Man. RU-vid knows I love wrestling. Company Man makes a wrestling video? RU-vid shoots it to the top of my recommendations.

@billbadson7598 Год назад

I think the concerns about things "becoming repetitive" are more to do with there really not being that many things you can do with wrestling to begin with, and long-time fans just having sort of seen it all. It makes sense to me to take kind of a cyclical route, where you make it family-friendly to pull in a new generation of kids, then get more extreme again as the years go on to keep their interest as they become teenagers and young adults, before going back to family-friendly to get THEIR kids involved as they start to get a little bored with it.

@griffon129 Год назад

If that’s even the plan.

@JuanRodriguez-sb1ml Год назад

No, wrestling died the day of the Benoit murders. Kinda disappointed to not hear a mention about that

@chriskay1449 Год назад

Utterly wrong.

@JuanRodriguez-sb1ml Год назад

@@chriskay1449 how?

@chriskay1449 Год назад

@@JuanRodriguez-sb1ml Because wrestling still exists in the form of AEW, Impact and yes, even WWE. The only thing that happened with Benoit is that the business finally cleaned up it's act for good.

@JuanRodriguez-sb1ml Год назад

@@chriskay1449 obviously missed my point but ok

@chris_is_here_oh_no Год назад

Awesome video, very thorough.

@thecoldcallerguy Год назад

This video is life! Thank you for covering this!!!

@bruceflashback3877 Год назад

There aren`t many like me left , but I go back to 1965 as a wrestling fan. The wrestling I got into was the Dick The Bruiser/Wilber Snider WWA territory in Indianapolis . So my fandom goes back before Vince Jr even was an announcer for his dad . It bugs me when people act like wrestling began with the WWF AND WCW , but that is a side thing. I got into the WWF in its golden Age like many others and watched it out of habit till around 2017 . I also watched as much other wrestling promotions on cable shows that popped up as well. What I didn`t like was Vince Jr killing the territories . I think wrestling would have been better if the territory system was still strong , In that sense Vince Jr did a disservice to wrestling. A side effect is his near monopolization of wrestling led to watered down product once you got into the PG era and Vince Jrs refusal to call it wrestling , to call his wrestlers wrestlers , the writers writing every word the wrestlers ........I`m sorry , * start sarcastic voice * superstars * end sarcastic voice * and too much time getting away from the wrestling element and being more concerned with the entertanment element. Its like Vince Jr hates wrestling .The business his father and grandfather worked so hard for . All that wouldn`t be so bad if there was decent competition to go to. I don`t have cable so the AEW may be thsat good wrestling ,but I have no way of seeing it. Ok , rant over .

@OhSoNasty Год назад

Always that one dude

@jonerikson5925 Год назад

Wrestling promoters had a term for what the attitude Era was, it's called hot shotting, where you throw a bunch of crazy stuff at the audience in order to get their attention, Memphis was really well known for it back in the day, the problem becomes if you keep it going, eventually the fans will get tired of it and you kill your drawing power(ticket sales) because the fans have seen pretty much everything already and you have no way to get the interest back.

@diontaedaughtry974 10 месяцев назад

I used to gladly go to school tired just to stay up and watch all of RAW. I refused to miss a single thing. Great video 👍👍

@motherlove202 Год назад

I was an avid watcher of the WWE during the Attitude and the Ruthless Aggression Eras and an off and on watcher during the PG Era so from 1999 to around 2012. I believe that this timeframe was the peak of the company's popularity. Now I watch every now and then, but I do keep up with related news through other wrestling RU-vid channels. I catch a show whenever I'm off from work, but have become more interested in the product since it's under new leadership

@xJC2x Год назад

You did a rise & fall of WCW now WWE you have to do a video on ECW now or the world bodybuilding federation. The attitude Era was definitely the greatest era in wrestling I remember when the game WWE 13 came out at that point the WWE games were not what they used to be but once the WWE 13 promo said it would focus on the attitude Era I know tons of people who haven't played a WWE game in years go out & buy that game just because of that mode

@ronin7997 Год назад

I wasn't a fan of the wrestling creative after the Ruthless Aggression Era, but it's hard to knock the success looking at the revenue brought in through the PG Era partnerships and sponsors. I'm hoping that Paul Levesque (aka Triple H) can bring back some of the edgier content now that he's in charge of WWE creative.

@redred222 Год назад

already has watch raw or smackdown, you can also tell the wrestlers are having way more fun with not being yelled at or there job threatened if they didnt do what the old man said

@flyingjew2994 Год назад

Not really. They have sponsors so there's a limit to what they can do

@feynstein1004 Год назад

I've never watched or cared for wrestling. I'm just here for Company Man 😂

@nfugitt89 Год назад

This reminds me of how people say vinyl is back, but when you look at a chart of vinyl sales today vs. the 70s, it's a small fraction

@dougvanminnen7537 Год назад

I was a wrestling fan from the days of Hulkamania, but I stopped watching it several years ago because the storylines were getting stupid, and they weren't building very many superstars. I would tune in periodically but that was about it. Now that Triple H and Stephanie took over, I heard that things improved a little bit, but I still have no desire to get back into watching the WWE like I used to. My favorite era was actually the Ruthless Aggression era, and I didn't mind the PG era because I understood why the WWE was doing it. But at the reality era I was not watching as much, because in reality it wasn't looking very good. and the new era just made things worse, than I stopped watching all together. Now they need to usher in a new era soon and maybe I'll start watching again.

@prettypic444 Год назад

I think they missed a major opportunity by not partnering with the WWF- imagine if each wrestler got an endangered animal mascot, and they more they win, the more money would be donated to conservation for that animal (heck, that'd make me watch wrestling!)

@SirJoelsuf1 Год назад

Well that was in 2002 when WWE still wanted to win over estranged WCW and ECW fans. If the World Wildlife Fund thing happened a decade later in 2012, something like what you described might have happened. Because for the last decade or so WWE has been doing nothing BUT partnering with what I call "charity sponsors" and to me it's killing the business. Fortunately we're nearly on the cusp of having everything go back to the territory days, when wrestling WAS wrestling. It was pretty much like that during 2020-2021 when WWE and AEW couldn't travel cuz of c19 restrictions. Kinda wish that didn't stop tbh.

@d.m.conroy6717 Год назад

thanks Company Man! this video was a Stone Cold Stunner!

@R0H1TPATHAK Год назад

Probably 1998-2012 were the best wrestling era. We saw some big stars during that period rock, jhon cena, Austin, brock, triple h, big show many more

@forgottensailor2006 Год назад

Triple H running the WWE now ensures they will continue to thrive and be successful for many years to come. He knows the company better than Vince himself almost (I'd say) and all of his current choices reflect it in the results.

@mukundvats4434 Год назад

You are right I will say vince lost his interest in wrestling and made it a business and forgot that the business will not thrive but entertainment and fun will triple H is a wonderful person and he is doing amazing I hope for the best in wwe A fan of wrestling not sports entertainment

@chriskay1449 Год назад

THey grossed over a billion last year and are getting ready to signe even more lucrative TV deals soon and that was in motion before HHH took over. So, they were already doing that before he took over.

@KCDWolf Год назад

Nothing will ever be as big as The ATTITUDE ERA !!!

@EinhanderPilotSantos Год назад

I should of realized the hint when Company Man was talking about Stone Cold in the Cold Stone video lol

@codex0451 Год назад

Hey yo. Being able to experience the Monday Night WCW vs WWF War live every week as a teenager is something I will never forget.

@osamabagdadi5789 Год назад

I grew up on ruthless aggression era. It was fantastic.

@ryanvannice7878 Год назад

I haven't watched a full show in a long time. Once in a while I'll flip and catch 5 or 10 minutes and remember why I don't watch it anymore. Networks need original programming and WWE can supply several hours a week, 52 weeks a year. It seems that quantity is faovered over quality.

@omardawkins3178 Год назад

Best comment I've seen so far, I have the same experience with WWE currently as I'm a long time fan as well for over 25 years

@CEOofBerserk Год назад

Never thought Company Man would talk about WWE but here we are

@marioanddj Год назад

literally gotta write a essay on things that lost popularity or gained, thanks for this lol

@JoseFlores-xh5cj Год назад

I believe the criticism with the PG Era was from the old fans, company was losing revenue and the PG Era was meant to draw younger fans, once those kids became teens, WWE started getting away from the PG and went more PG-14 with some cursing and violence.

@ramiromarquez5501 Год назад

HHH has improved the company since taking on this new role

@colewrld901 Год назад

If only it happened in like 2014, before millions of us gave up on watching

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

Lol it still sucks.

@NintendoPsycho Год назад

@@colewrld901 millions gave up before 14. Lol

@colewrld901 Год назад

@@NintendoPsycho true lol but 2014 could've been a great turning point

@joshblack4291 Год назад

Agreed

@Ziggy7800Pro Год назад

I am big fan of professional wrestling and I like your video you did here. If you want some more ideas on wrestling stuff you could do a video on AEW another wrestling show that is on TBS/TNT. I watch it with my kids now and still love it. Even though I don't like every thing about it.

@MinusMOD98 Год назад

I haven't watched WWE since the mid-2000s when it was on some TV channel that was included in the channel package of the cable provider my parents were subscribed to at the time. Don't remember which channel it was...

@ashleyr6809 Год назад

I have Dish network and Raw used to come on the USA network and Smackdown use to come on Sci-Fi along with ECW. But now they got rid of ECW.

@Nazrat84 Год назад

People aren't going to be upset with you for saying anything positive about the PG-Era, it's the WILD inaccuracy in attributing ALL of those accolades and profits to the PG-Era when they all happened *after* it was already fully complete.

@chriskay1449 Год назад

But it isn't inaccurate. They got their largest TV deals ever because of the PG era. They are on a major broadcast network because of the PG Era.

@Nazrat84 Год назад

@@chriskay1449 Because of, not during or saw the benefits of. Big difference. They set the foundations to take advantage of it in the next era after the PG Era, which would be more accurate than saying the PG era itself is the direct cause of it.

@chriskay1449 Год назад

@@Nazrat84 The PG era is the direct ccause because that is what brought the main stream advertisers in which made them more attractive on Wall Street.

@christianhunt7382 Год назад

Vince McMahon is a legend in his own, for what he put into his company and spawned through such eccentric story driven sports entertainment. How does one fill shoes like that

@chrishmiller4534 Год назад

I grew up in CT in the 80’s, close to WWF hq in Stamford. I remember the rubbery action figures, ads for PPV wrestlemanias on cable, and renting VHS’s at the pre-blockbuster video store I worked at. I got turned off by the edgier era, felt like the color, liveliness and bonkers clashes of style got replaced my menacing violent creeps all wearing black. Now though, I watch with my 10 year old, and we both understand it’s a spectacle, tough but also hilarious and fun.

@MisterAnemeros Год назад

Of course like many I was a kid during the attitude era and that's what hooked me on wrestling. However, I think the past 10 years has been the best decade of pro wrestling to me (aside from the pandemic period without fans which was hard to watch at times). And now with Vince no longer involved with the company, the future is very bright and the quality of the show has already elevated in his absence.

@ecmproductions11 Год назад

The Rock doesn't care what you think! Haha love this channel bro.

@wckt450 Год назад

I grew up on the ruthless aggression era so that one will forever hold a special place in my heart

@robroy6374 Год назад

agreed. ruthless aggression era better than attitude era.

@MarcWard Год назад

About time!! After the WCW video, this was next step.

@maruku4445 Год назад

I gave this video a thumbs up before I even watched it. I love wrestling so I just have to watch this video.

@DrinkYourNailPolish Год назад

Same!!

@Badar2310 Год назад

Even though they’re making the most money they’ve ever made, fewer people are watching than ever.

@lofi5951 Год назад

What a coincidence, I've slowly been getting back into WWE and since Triple H took over it has been pretty good!

@valrandazzo103 Год назад

Literally same! Been watching with my little brother, I started watching it when I was his age and wanted to introduce it to him…it’s been surprisingly good!

@SaulAguilar. Год назад

@@valrandazzo103 August 2022 is where everyone should start watching. Lots of good stuff for everyone

@camuni4u Год назад

I've been thinking, i think a video on the Rise & fall of the City of Detroit Michigan would be so interesting to see

@sblack53 Год назад

I have held shares of WWE since the start of the PG Era, and they have paid a dividend every single quarter without fail. That tells me they’ve been stable the entire time.