what was the best era in wrestling and why?

Answer 1

The easy answer would be the Attitude Era but I really like the 80's more, except for Hogan. In the WWF you had guys like Bobby Heenan on the MIC, who was funny as hell. In the NWA/WCW you had the Horsemen who had a love/hate relationship with the fans. Like them or not they were the best thing going at the time. In WCCW you had the Freebird/Von Erich feud which is one of the greatest in history.
All promotions had great tag team wrestling and also had real women wrestlers not barbie dolls posing as wrestlers.
I think easily the 80's was the best years for wrestling. There were more regional promotions that really made the fans feel like they were part of the show.

Answer 2

The answer all depends on the age of the fan on what style they watched wrestling in. For myself, I liked the 80s because that's when I first started watching. Back then they relied on using television as a means to promote for the house shows. WWF Wrestling Challenge had special interview segments which promoted the show that's coming to your town. Every match wasn't a main event. You would often see mainly squash matches, so when you did see that wrestler take on somebody who was their caliber, it was something you would want to pay a ticket to see. Wrestlemania 3 was the pinnacle between old school and new school.

The 30s through the 60s were from the purist era. A lot of the wrestlers in this era were legit tough guys who were trained and lived hard. There were no wrestling schools advertised. More times than not, they were stretched legit to see if they were tough enough to want it before they were accepted in the business. This was pre steroids, They were naturally strong. And woe to anyone who called what they did fake. The audience reactions were real. That was when "working" was perfected to a art form. Working is a lost art now thanks to TV producers, and writers who have the main input on how they should wrestle. They had different territories they could learn their craft in. Now you have a few indie promotions here and there and the WWE. Back then a wrestler could make a living just wrestling in the territories.

The 70s - 80s saw the development of hardcore. As well as use of television programming for wrestling was learned and perfected during this time frame.

90s on is when pro wrestling changed for the worse I believe.
Very few wrestlers can work a match anymore. Ring psychology is non existent. It's shock value that they focus on now. As well as soap operish. The wrestlers are no longer considered wrestlers. They are performers. Kayfaybe is dead as well. The fans reactions are bottled up and sold in a can. The fans know what is expected of them, and they boo, cheer, form sign language, buy their tshirts, belts et. but it's not a true reaction. They are just playing a role at a show.

So the true answer is in the eye of the beholder. Every era had it's pros and cons.

Answer 3

Definitely the 90's.

There were two companies(WWF & WCW) that competing & pushing each other, while a new upstart company (ECW) was creating a new innovated/copied style of wrestling. All 3 were producing great programing/matches/PPVs.

In the 80's the WWF dominated WCW, the WWF storylines, matches, wrestlers have become legendary, but much of the time WCW was unwatchable.
From 2000-now, the WWE has become boring and weak, since they bought the competiton (WCW & ECW)....... TNA are an up and coming company, but are not up to par yet, and definitely going into the wrong direction.

Answer 4

For me it was the late-60s. I was a kid (not even a teenager yet) and wrestling was completely kayfabe. Seeing monsters like Ox Baker terrorizing everybody with his deadly heart punch. Seeing the blood-crazed madman, the original Sheik, jabbing his opponents with sharp objects; Freddie Blassie "The Vampire" biting his opponents and drawing blood; the serial killer-looking Killer Kowalski clawing his opponents. Ah, the good ol' days when pro wrestling was REAL.

Answer 5

The attitude era was great.
Women were great and men were great.Now women are just sluts and there are only a few wrestlers that can wrestle

Answer 6

The nineties when WCW and WWE where going toe to toe was for me the greatest era.

While the matches where better in the 70's and 80's, the late nineties was must see TV.

Answer 7

the year 2000 was the year in WWE when it was the WWF the story lines look more real

Answer 8

the 80s, great matches, the best wrestlers, good storylines

Answer 9

the 80's better matches

Answer 10

THE 80S HAD GREAT TAG TEAMS REAL TAG TEAMS. WWE HAD COMPETITION THEN NWA AWA. THE TALENT WAS JUST SO MUCH BETTER BACK THEN. MORE GREAT TECHNICAL WRESTLERS BACK THEN.