NEW GEN TO ATTITUDE | Wrestlers that Succeeded in Both Eras!

NEW GEN TO ATTITUDE | Wrestlers that Succeeded in Both Eras!
In a previous video we looked at superstars who successfully crossed over from WWF’s Attitude Era all the way to Ruthless Aggression Era. But what about those performers that succeed in two other eras’ by crossing over from the New Generation and then continuing to evolve their characters on into the Attitude era, well that’s exactly what we’re going to be looking at today.
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[@KelseyDonaldson399]

WWE in 2012

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

You forgot about Kane

[@KelseyDonaldson399]

@@criminalmindsgirl2936 Kane was dominant in all three Eras

[@theharoldsshow]

Undertaker held world titles in the Golden, New Generation, Attitude, Ruthless Agression, and PG Eras. As well as having iconic matches in the Reality Era, New Era, and COVID Era.

[@eddiejoewalt7746]

so Right

[@danielhess1082]

Depends when you consider the Attitude era beginning.....officially November 9 1997 is what WWE calls the beginning, but I would say the Attitude era starts earlier. The 3:16 Promo could be argued as the beginning, but the double turn at Wrestlemania 13 feels more like the beginning because that's when Stone Cold really "got over" and the beginning of creating Kane

[@kennywilkinson913]

​@danielhess1082 No it doesn't because his longevity both precedes and exceeds the attitude era anyway

[@Work_husband_energy]

⁠@@danielhess1082it’s tough to say. 3:16 promo was in 96. Kane debuted in October 97. Triple H and The Rock were still being called Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Rocky Maivia until November 97

[@ravinraven6913]

he is one of the best

[@Kennoey.]

It really sucks how Shawn Michaels never got to fully be in the attitude era. He could have done so much.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

I know. His injury came at the WORST time. I just asked ChatGPT to give me a percentage of how much time that HBK missed in-ring action during the attitude era and it said he missed 85% of it. Man that sucks.

[@Kennoey.]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 So true. Michaels was at his peak at the worst time of wrestling but then ended up leaving at the best time.

[@paulcowlishaw]

He lost his smile

[@stevenb427]

​​@@chiarosuburekeni9325😂😂😂 The simple fact that you needed chatgpt says all I need to know 😂😂😂

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@stevenb427 what’s so funny? I’m 43. I watched every raw and nitro and most pay per views. Just used it for a bit of clarity. I remember him wrestling in the very beginning of the era so I just wanted to know exactly how much of it he missed.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

"TNA, a company that, inexplicably, still exists today" is the best description I've ever heard of the company.

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

I mean, it's the third biggest company in the States and in spite of the usual groupthink from idiots, it's better than it was when Scott D'Amore was running it.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

I think to successfully go from new gen to ae was crazy hard. Two wildly different approaches to the craft. One is like cartoony, larger than life, gimmick driven wrestlers. The other strips most of that down, makes things super edgy and then you have to be taken seriously as a credible badass (for the most part). Kudos to the dudes featured here who did it

[@RyanRumbles434]

Sean Waltman certainly managed to be a part of both and the nWo. Nash and Hall completely missed out and HBK's was cut short for a lot of the Attitude Era. So much happened between the years of 96-97. Makes your head spin.😊

[@dukes1993724]

‘97 is the most important year of WWE’s existence.

[@kadharefinley224]

I loved Mick Foley during the New Generation and Attitude Era. Multiple amazing characters and iconic matches 🐐

[@BC2023NYC]

Honorable mention but think Sean waltman should’ve been on the list. 123 kid is a terrible name but fit the times of new generation. He was part of the biggest group in wwe during attitude era and had success during that time. I’m sure I’m forgetting someone lol but otherwise great job as usual Andy I enjoy these vids

[@ComaAlpha]

What i love is that Kish wasn't even under contract with the WWF during that year's Survivor Series so him being the driver was downright stupid.

[@dukes1993724]

Exactly. HHH was the only one who made sense from the get go. He had been feuding with Austin for 3.5 months prior at the point. At least they fixed that storyline (eventually)

[@RevanLockheart-]

Stories are only as good as the writers.

[@pepito2847]

Superstars more successful in The Attitude Era than The New Generation Era: Stone Cold, The Rock, Triple H, Mick Foley, New Age Outlaws, Rikishi Superstars more successful in New Generation Era IMO than The Attitude Era: Shawn Michaels , Mabel, Farooq(Farooq was more often portrayed as a potential main eventer thanks to The Nation Of Domination) And guys I feel did EQUALLY well in both eras are… The Undertaker, Jeff Jarrett and Sean Waltmen aka 123 Kid aka X-Pac

[@brandocalrissian3294]

You could argue that shawn michaels started the attitude era.

[@omarvazquez3355]

Wrestling with Andy is the goat 🐐

[@enigmatictrash]

Crazy to think hunter was active in 4 different generations

[@studentNEET319]

That's how great Hunter was in switching up

[@enigmatictrash]

​@@studentNEET319 seriously. And he's still active today. Not as a wrestler of course but he's still there. Never wavered after all these years

[@Kennoey.]

shawn was in 5

[@V-95K]

@@enigmatictrash well it’s actually not surprising, he is married to the boss’s daughter 😂 keeping family business going is a good and smart thing to do 🤷🏼‍♂️ his position is truly a once in a lifetime moment

[@dukes1993724]

New Gen, AE, RA, PG, and even a little bit of the Reality Era

[@Dr_1212]

New Andy 👍 Happy Cinco All 😎

[@NeroPiroman]

Great that this is becoming a series, waiting for wwwf era and Golden era

[@danickakinzy2468]

HHH, who would of thunk it he would become the head booker of WWE!

[@V-95K]

As soon as he married Stephanie, it was clear that he will be involved at the office later on in his career. It’s actually very surprising that he wrestled full time until 2016 or something.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

What's really impressive is big boss man going from the golden era to the attitude era.

[@servomst3k]

Ah the good old days, I had the WWF Magazine New Generation issue in the heyday of In Your House ppvs. Here’s to living and learning 👍

[@BigLee1901]

12:27 I was there that night in that footage clip of Marilyn Mansondust, February 3rd 1998 (aired on February 9th) in my hometown of Evansville Indiana when Dust took on Headbanger Thrasher in that Raw's episode main event

[@elleni-41]

Great video joe..always a variety..👍👌👏

[@djpegao]

06:00 _On the best Hawk Hogan voice possible_ *A WILD SLAPNUTS APPEARS!*

[@DennisTheZZZ]

It‘s still astonishing how Goldust/Dustin Rhodes is not in the WWE Hall of Fame at this point. Massively underrated, was a preview of the Attitude Era, and him paired with Booker T was hilarious. Let our golden boy in already!

[@adamsayer11]

Probably because he hasn't retired yet.

[@paulcowlishaw]

Because he's with AEW.

[@DennisTheZZZ]

​@@adamsayer11 Fair point, though there are cases where HOF inductees (who do decide to come out of retirement) still put up many shows, Edge and Goldberg come into mind. But yeah, once Dustin Rhodes calls it a day, he'll be up there and his brother Cody will induct him. Edit: Also, Rey Mysterio was inducted last year (2023) and he's still going strong.

[@DennisTheZZZ]

@@paulcowlishaw Maybe that's the reason. Though, I wish he would go this route: - Go back to WWE in either late 2024 or early 2025 - Have his last few matches there (either Royal Rumble 2025 or Wrestlemania XLI) - Induction into HOF. He'd be like the Undertaker, as in having been his most defining gimmick for thirty years and constantly reinventing himself.

[@adamsayer11]

@@DennisTheZZZ Rey is constantly flirting with retirement, plus I think it was more to just fill out a pretty weak class

[@GimmeAHullYeah]

Wonderful work, as always!

[@BigLee1901]

15:16 The entire Ministry in fact (except The Brood wing, but considering they were the latest additions and were the only ones kicked out of the group/or left the group, the rest remained until Corporate-Ministry disbanded, which is why I discount them most of the time) as we have Purple Gloves Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer, Faarooq Asaad, Justin Hawk Bradshaw, King Mabel and Phineas I. Godwinn from New Gen to Attitude Era as they continue their careers with Ghostbusters 2 Vigo ripoff, I mean Ministry Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer, Acolytes (Faarooq & Bradshaw) Viscera and Mideon

[@KelseyDonaldson399]

Honestly since Steve Austin turned heel following the Invasion would Triple h be heel too

[@sayethvexus8332]

6:00 A wild Slapnuts appears!

[@MrMizz007]

Missing Owen Bret Shawn on this list

[@JackQSmith]

Baffling that they'd be omitted. Probably 3 of the top 4 MVPs of the New Gen era. Sure they weren't there for the entirety of the Attitude era but they all achieved some success during the early years of the Attitude era.

[@dukes1993724]

Both largely irrelevant in the AE. Sad but true. Owen was completely wasted after ‘97

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@JackQSmithShawn didn’t participate in 85 percent of the attitude era

[@JackQSmith]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 Correct. And even less so for Bret Hart. But I'm not sure why that would matter. They both had success during the Attitude era during their brief time participating in it.

[@tyreepowell8367]

Your KZbin Channel Is My Favorite Wrestle With Andy

[@rahulmcintyre2553]

Thank god. Samoans made Wrestling what it is today.

[@tyreepowell8367]

Great Job Wrestle With Andy

[@RaulieAbreu-xs4kb]

The jacket in the title picture on the left looks mega cool. I collect fancy jackets.

[@KelseyDonaldson399]

If he hadn't tore his quad Triple h would.ve been a boost in the invasion angle

[@palindrome1023]

Honestly if he hadn’t torn his quad, they could’ve waited to start the Invasion the next year instead of rushing it like they did

[@KelseyDonaldson399]

@@palindrome1023 if he wanted to McMahon would've bought everyone's Time Warner contract so we could've gotten to see the dream matches we never got

[@dukes1993724]

He should have led the Invasion squad. People hated (in a good way) HHH in ‘01

[@KelseyDonaldson399]

@@dukes1993724 at least The Rock got to lead team WWE but that was nothing different from the Monday Night Wars which WCW had been winning cause Nitro was beating Raw every Monday Night

[@dukes1993724]

@@KelseyDonaldson399 Yea, until 1998. Than WWF smoked WCW in the last 3 years of their existence in ratings and PPV buys.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Stop using that same excuse by saying Billy Gunn's singles career was ruined by The Rock's promo. What ruined it was WWE themselves.

[@JayBelAir420]

Oh Really ? 🧐

[@johngeorge05110]

9:07

[@roderickscott929]

WWE usually has a Generational Big 3 1. Bruno Samartino - Superstar Billy Graham - Pedro Morales 2. Hulk Hogan - Andre the Giant - Iron shiek 3. Hulk Hogan - Macho man - Ultimate warrior 4. Shawn Michaels - Brett Hart - Undertaker 5. Stone Cold - the Rock - HHH 6. John Cena - Randy Orton - Edge 7. Bautista - CM punk - john Cena 8. Brock Lesnar - Roman reigns - The Fiend 9. Daniel Bryan - Seth Rollins - Aj Styles 10. Roman reigns - Cody Rhodes - Drew McIntyre ?? - La Knight - Braun Breaker - Carmelo Hayes ?? It's just my opinion nothing against others who help contribute to wrestling in those eras but those Big 3 always seemed to stand out compared to their peers

[@ShadowAngel606]

Iron Sheik instead of Backlund 🤦‍♀

[@roderickscott929]

@@ShadowAngel606 I mean I wouldn't disagree with your assessment you're right about Bob backlund . Chris Jericho , Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero should be on the list as well .

[@jwfoure]

The D.O.J “Department of Justice”, but it’s really Debra, Owen, Jeff.

[@rickynelson8185]

Could you do a video on both Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa

[@mjdf122]

New Generation to Attitude 1990s good times

[@trinity-hopetricia3241]

One of my favorite video so far an All Time Classic for real Legendary video and Thank you and Keep it up please 🏆🐐🎯🙏❤️

[@brianstancato3945]

Wait, how the hell is Shawn not included??? Are you saying he was not part of the attitude ERA???? I mean, idk I would think 1997 would def be attitude ERA and he was peak at that point. even into the first quarter of 98... hes passed over for Fatu and Goldust and viscera... thats pretty wild

[@ladanddadplayz3591]

They did ok though, if anything it opened the door for other's to rise to the top.

[@Lej10031987]

Where's Charles Wright? Papa Shango - Kama - The Godfather - The Goodfather

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

As far as Jarrett's entry goes, there's a lot wrong with dates and gimmicks there. And TNA hasn't been on death's door since 2016. Dunno why "TNA is fucked" is still a thing.

[@num1shinfan]

I'm gonna need you to define success

[@demetriuse.stroud4016]

TRIPLE H LOL ON ANY LIST IS SOOOO FUNNY 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 ! Triple h and double j is a high mid-carder on any listed

[@robertgibbs65]

Mick Foley actually had 4 gimmicks.....Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love and Mick Foley.

[@mrselection7814]

I would have loved to see a Billy and Bart reunion later in their careers

[@wadekilian3139]

Jeff jarrett is the harbinger of death in the wrestling world... was with wwf when they were struggling then when they got good he went to wcw and help kill that and i didnt watch tna or anything else but none seemed to thrive

[@cosminadrian8484]

you can add British Bulldog,Owen Hart

[@HimadriG01]

Why does the young Billy Gunn remind me of Grason Waller

[@JasonPeck-pf6rn]

What about mark henery

[@aceitaliano88]

The Rock should have been on this list.

[@slanderman3296]

Stone cold.....stone sour.....stone roses......stoned

[@nickdebella5071]

Keep that AEW forbidden closed tight!! 🤣

[@KelseyDonaldson399]

you're like a historian making these videos and narrating them did you make them

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

What about Kane? He was a dentist before he became Kane

[@J1flores]

Goldust needs more respect dammit

[@mikequinones3069]

3rd

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Man, Sunny used to be so hot.

[@Rob-rx3jw]

Mabel/Viscera succeeded? I don't think so.

[@darrenrrawlings]

How many titles does Trips win if he doesnt bang Steph?

[@brianstancato3945]

Your really making it hard to see your definition of "succeeding" by including viscera here.. Even Goldust is a stretch as idk really consider his attitude era character a success.. ironically enough his new gen character worked well and would have been better suited for the attitude era.

[@donkarnage6032]

People need to stop spreading the myth that the famous Rock promo is what derailed Billy Gunns singles run. He was having substance abuse issues at the time.

[@V-95K]

And he was also getting into problems with stars like Steve Austin

[@ravinraven6913]

Didn't HHH really start getting pushed after he got with the boss' daughter? Then any one who is close to that guy is gonna make it too. X pac is over 6 ft tall but watching him in the ring, its amazing he was ever a real wrestler. But he was with HHH. JJ sucked, I hated him, his wife was the reason he was there.

[@paulcowlishaw]

Where's the Blue Blazer? Why isn't he in the video

[@ComaAlpha]

You disqualified your first pick right off the rip. Austin wasn't successful in the New Generation era. Shawn and Hunter were already running a muck as "The Kliq" (pre Bret Hart degenerates promo) before Austin got momentum.

[@ComaAlpha]

Big big big BIG no no. Never mention THAT pay per view

[@soulessshadow5356]

At this point I think the only one holding the forbidden door between WWE and AEW shut is Tony Khan lol. Dude's got some kinda petty addiction to running his mouth and ruining any chance of seeing something between WWE and AEW. Especially with how WWE's been willing to work with other companies in the last few years. ICW, TNA, Progress, Blood Sport, ect have all benefited from a working relationship with WWE.

[@bendy8767]

First

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

☝🏻

[@tyreepowell8367]

​@@WRESTLEWITHANDYMy Favorite Video 📸

[@EarthdogGFX]

thank god for RUSSO .. New gen sucked 💥✨🎉🎉❇ #EOMREACTS ☪🎉🎉✨💥

[@christianhafer9819]

Another example, the third video I've seen, where you've left HBK off a list. There wouldn't be an Attitude Era without HBK. Very anti-HBK this channel.