Last night my wife and I went back and started watching the early attitude era from King of the ring 96 onward (she started watching back in like late 98 early 99 when all that stuff was already established) and we were both taken aback by just how fucking dire the wwf product was. The goon is everywhere. Some tall jobber in dark green tights is on every week. Like 3 jobber matches on this low budget in your house fatal 4 way ppv. One of its biggest angles is Jeff jarret being exposed as a lip syncing fraud.
Then on a whim we switched to a wcw nitro of the same week. High energy intro with explosions everywhere, a theme song that didn't sind like it was created on a Casio keyboard. and it was the back lot nwo assault rey lawn dart episode. Now imagine my surprise when she looks at me and says "is this a work?" as randy savage dangles off the roof of a speeding car.
Dear God if stone cold didn't come along the wwf was so fucked