Top 5 current WWE Superstars and their Attitude Era reflections

CaptionThe Attitude Era is a nostalgic time in wrestling, which changed the entire complexion of it. WWE had to go to extreme measures to try to match its dominant competition at the time, World Championship Wrestling, and what they did was something that blew away all that everyone thought about wrestling. Effectively starting with the infamous Montreal Screwjob, a blurred incident in which Vince McMahon became the villainous backbone of the late 90’s. He was despised all around for screwing Bret Hart out of the WWE Championship, and a new hero rose to attempt to take him down. He wasn’t anyone’s typical good guy, he was a beer-drinking, finger-raising, foul-mouthed rebel, who used to stun people for fun, even his boss. Stone Cold vs Vince McMahon was the base of what was the most wild time in all of sports entertainment history. Coming up is a slideshow of current Superstars compared to the legends that defined the Attitude Era. One condition to be noted is that all current comparisons need to be full-time wrestlers.

#1 The Rock - John Cena

This is an unpopular comparison, as there are quite a lot of people who loved the Attitude Era that hate John Cena. One of the Attitude Era’s most popular wrestlers was the People’s Champion, and who would ever forget the chills and excitement there was for his Once In A Lifetime (twice) match with John Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII (and 29), which was built up over a whole calender year. And this is where it is truly amplified that John Cena is a lot like a modern-day Rock, because when they were together in the ring, something just clicked every time. There are other comparisons that are noteworthy as well. In the ring, both of them are pretty much as versatile as the other, no matter what any “five moves of doom” critic says about Cena on the internet. They’re both great talkers on the microphone as well. Something about both of them simply made them destined to clash.