WWE goes attitude era part 2?

Last couple of months watching WWE, reminds me more and more about the golden era 12-15 years ago, when both Raw and Smack-down lived their own lives.

Yes, it's still not as brutal, violent, passionate and extreme as it was back in the attitude era, but though the concept the writers are using now is much more like the concept they used back in the attitude era. By the way, for those who have been asking me, Attitude Era and The Golden Era are pretty much the same era, that's why I use both names. But over to the case, for those wandering what I meant about WWE using the same concept as back in the Attitude Era?

Back in the Attitude Era WWE used a concept that made their A-list superstars look like "working-class" men that fought their bosses. The concept also involved their superstars look like "humans" that also had to go trough hard times.  Yeah it may sounds crazy, but that was how the Attitude Era got it's successes.

Still don't believe me?

Here I give you an example
Dwayne Johnson's turn from a "mid-card" superstar over to an "a-list" superstar started when he began feuding with Vince McMahon. Vince did such a good job convincing the fans that the story-line between Rocky and himself was real, making fans go crazy each time Rocky and Vince confronted each other. Because 75 % of the WWE fans are working-classes people. Think about how many of those working-class fans that have had some issues with their "rich" bosses, and how much hate they might have to them sometimes?

Vince figured this out, and used it to the companies advantage. He put-himself and sometimes his family over for his a-list superstars, in this example Rocky. Vince portrayed himself as an "rich-ass" despicable boss, and he portrayed The Rock as a "working-class" man fighting for himself. This became a successes, because the fans lived out their "fuck up the boss" fantasies trough Rocky and other Wrestlers that had the balls tho fight their boss.

Today John Cena has never been as popular as he is at the moment, feuding with his boss John Laurinaitis. Just to state how popular Cena is at moment, in two out tree ppv-matches at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Cena has been hated by the crowd. Yes last year at Money In The Bank he fought Cm Punk who comes from Chicago, but at Mania 22 he was supposed to be the "baby-face" in his match against Triple H, but it ended up with Cena being hated by the crowd. But at Extreme Rules they loved him, and he really got the support from the fans that he deserves.

But over to the case, at the moment Cena is stated as an "mortal" human that fight his battles with the boss. First he fought Lesnar that Laurinaitis sent after him, now his going to fight Laurinaitis, Tenzai and Tenzai's manager in a handicap-match at Over The Limit.

Not only is the fans starting to support Cena again, he has also been portrayed as a human the last couple of months, and not as this "superman" that overcomes everyone. As WWE wanted, Cena's loss against Rock really made him as popular as they wanted him to be.



Conclusion
Over to the conclusion, WWE tries to bring back the concept from the Attitude Era, even though it's never going to be the same. But it might do good for the company, turning up the ratings even more and earning them more money. But as everyone else I agree to the fact that the "PG" has to end, so WWE can be more unpredictable and extreme again. Only then a "part two" of the attitude era can start.


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