The Superstars of the WWF New Generation

[@maxxpower3d6]

Hakushi is a forgotten gem of this era. Imagine a late-90s WCW cruiserweight plopped right in the middle of 1995 WWF. He was years ahead of his time.

[@exquisitelemonade3039]

He was also that rarest of things, he looked cool.

[@Wabajck]

He's still going afaik

[@celebrity292]

He was the dude with the writing on his face?

[@linkvagar2336]

@@celebrity292 over his face and body, yes

[@Chuck_EL]

@@exquisitelemonade3039 the new generation era was extremely underrated some of the greatest matches in pro wrestling history happened during this era not counting all the hall of famers from this era

[@mc12358]

New Gen was almost certainly the peak of neon spandex, mullets, and colorful 3D graphics, for better or worse (The Blue and Gold block WWF logo used before changing to the "scratch" logo is probably my favorite). It doesn't stand by itself very well, but in context of building up to one of the hottest periods in WWF history, the New Generation is a significant part of the story. Plus, we got to see Purple Undertaker, one of the best incarnations of his character. Great episode, very well told story, thank you Wrestling Bios!

[@KnightBoat]

I'm a Bret Hart fan largely because he was the only thing keeping me from completely checking out on wrestling in the New Generation era. But I have to admit Shawn Michaels' first run as WWF champ stands the test of time. Especially his match with Foley. But by then, the NWO was THE thing in pro wrestling. So I can't blame anyone for overlooking it.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Blame the Monday Night Wars

[@Marc_Araujo]

In an alternate universe, a heel Matt Borne-Doink became WWF Champion by beating Bret Hart...and it was awesome.

[@gezeo750]

I was always bummed that I only started watching wrestling towards the tail end of the New Generation era right after Razor and Diesel left for WCW. I was still happy that I got a chance to see Shawn and Bret wrestle along with the rise of Stone Cold and The Rock!

[@BeeBumper]

Man you missed years of great Bret matches

[@itstheyok]

wwe network (peacock if you are stateside) has got you dude ;)

[@gezeo750]

@@BeeBumper I know!! So many matches from SO many of these guys!

[@gezeo750]

@@itstheyok Definitely! I know I can watch them whenever I can!

[@dr.loomis4221]

Hakushi is a forgotten gem of this era. Imagine a late-90s WCW cruiserweight plopped right in the middle of 1995 WWF. He was years ahead of his time.

[@attiepollard7847]

You should have paired Hakushi up with the one two three kid

[@backbackforward]

I was with you right up to the end. That king Vs doink stuff as a kid was awsome

[@gumdeo]

I laughed.

[@AV-bz2zv]

I absolutely loved it as a kid. Loved seeing Doink come out 😂

[@SCL8294]

One of things I liked about the New Generation era were those Octagon/Hexagon PPV entrance sets. My favorite was the one for WrestleMania XI (which they reused a couple more times with different logos attached).

[@solefoodbrand1699]

I loved that Martel and Razor match. I just knew he was going over.

[@danielolortegui1139]

I've been waiting for this one. The New Generation Era is like no man's land

[@40URTYK]

This the era i grew up on, its where bret hart became my favorite wrestler ever

[@TheSplittingHeadache]

Seeing all the terrible gimmicks of this era would be a tight video, but also seeing a similar video layout for other eras would be fun to watch.

[@jamaalmoses8821]

Razor /Owen in late 94 would have been a quality WWF Title program.

[@Sarah-ri2xg]

Really enjoyed this. This was during the period I started switching over as a kid becoming a teen. The new generation always reminds me of neon!

[@mechaman7818]

0:47 That guitar is badass.

[@TMC1982Part2]

You know how Paul Heyman when discussing the legacy of ECW that wrestling in the early '90s had become the equivalent to hair metal bands like Poison, Motley Crue, and Winger? The WWF's "New Generation" era is pretty much what he was referring to in contrast to ECW being the wrestling equivalent to Nirvana and the grunge movement.

[@joshll]

Scott Hall deserved more main title reigns in wcw and wwf. terrific worker, great on the stick, fantastic gimmics

[@LuisHGarcia]

Great stuff. Funny enough, I rewatched your vid on the White Castle of Fear and recalled Jim Herd era WCW with the stuff they were doing with Robocop and so forth. At the same time, however, the actual match between Sting and Vader was amazing stuff. So maybe could do a vid similar to this one on Jim Herd era WCW in the future highlighting the good standout matches and ect instead of the usual suspects to see the parallels.

[@ChalkInTheLand]

Todays era could be called the "Find a new job Era

[@forearmsmcgee]

Bam Bam should've won kotr 95 no two ways about it.

[@kylestoddart]

Great video... Imagine what WB's could be if not for copyright and youtube restriction. So much fun I remember Bastion Booger. lol

[@MrBallerbjoel]

This Era was when I first started watching wrestling, specifically late 1994 time frame so I have mostly great memories of it and I miss it. My first true wrestling memory, for whatever reason, is a steel cage match on Raw between luger and tatanka. Which was during their feud. Lol great times. I was like 6 at the time.

[@Flynn01979]

Back when Stone Cold was known as the Ringmaster.

[@paranoidewok6772]

123 Kid and Bret Hart is such a forgotten gem. Just watched it again thanks to this video. Also Bret vs Bulldog at IYH is a classic.

[@coreyschulz7779]

You should do a video on the superstars of the Attitude Era

[@Sambika_yt]

It might no be a popular era but it gave us the WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade game.

[@NoMercyFederation1]

if you haven't done it already, you should do a video about extremely good but random mid card matches that turned out way better than expected or thought.

[@fobner]

Razor and Model… good job brother. If you’re gonna stray from the script, make the deep cut legit. Razor was amazing, and he worked great with Martel.

[@ralphjb]

I started watching WWE back in 1993 and I was immediately captured by the colorful characters and larger than life action. It made me a wrestling fan for life and I've never looked back. As a kid, all the stupid gimmicks were fun and cartoony. It was like a live-action cartoon right before my eyes.

[@poopsock7493]

No you didn't

[@ralphjb]

@@poopsock7493 Not sure if you're trolling or not, dude, but I'd love to hear your reasoning.

[@poopsock7493]

@@ralphjb I was there, you didn't do any of that

[@BrooksDunn]

I was in 4h grade when Yokozuna fell off the ropes and Bret pinned him.. that was an amazing moment.

[@RobClooney]

I was at SummerSlam 93 and don't remember an Undertaker vs Gonzales match, hahaha.

[@cobraninja2968]

My favorite wwf is this one and attitude era

[@ryanmccann2539]

Duke The Dumpster Droese was fantastic. I enjoyed rooting for him.

[@snydesy]

How scary was that Steiner driver on Owen, christ

[@miller3930]

Better than the "Attitude Era"..."do you wanna watch wrestling or Jerry Springer...???"

[@chasesutley7277]

Shawn Michael's carried WWF through this era.

[@poopsock7493]

No he didn't

[@chasesutley7277]

@@poopsock7493 I'm currently watching this Era on Peacock. Trust me when I say that Shawn Michael's is the best thing about this time period. There are a lot of people that hate on Michaels but he's 10 times better than Hogan ever was or could be.

[@DarknessFlameMedia]

Biggest problem with this time period is they let to many people go at once. Hogan I think most people wanted gone. But Pipper, Randy, Warrior many guys disappeared basically all at once. So they were left with a bunch of nobodies. Luckily They still hate Shawn and Bret so I liked it

[@twizzum5]

Razor Ramon was my first favorite wrestler...the new generation was when I first started paying attention to wrestling

[@crushthecrusher7134]

I like razor ranom vs Rick martel on Raw

[@McDanieI]

Phantasio. I genuinely, genuinely was upset that this character didn't have more tv time. It was so different and unique at the time. To this day I wonder what could have been. I was a young smart mark at the time and I remember that gimmick entertaining me and being something different.

[@stefanotommassodisimone7241]

Brett was my favorite when I was a kid.

[@daweedking1]

Right in the Doink and don't even start with me about Dink!

[@RayNormanBateman]

every time I get reminded how badly Vader was booked I get really annoyed. That guy could have been such a great villain. He is someone that you could see holding the championship belt for months and months. What a waste

[@erikmuniz6031]

The leader of the new generation era was bastion booger, no doubt about it.

[@aliesterbadd4311]

Yeah repo man stands the test of time

[@CreationsVibration]

The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

[@Jiren261]

For Bret's worst I would've gone win Backlund at mania 11 for 2 reasons 1) Both good wrestlers and had a good match at SS 94 but this match was disappointing because it stunk 2) As much as I love him but Roddy Piper (RIP) was bloody annoying in the match. I always enjoyed the Sid/Bret match.

[@lproof8472]

I thought Vader deserved to be on this list. Tough to boot someone off though.

[@j.c.ca.o.l7035]

i have always felt like I was in the minority when I talk about the New Generation, because I really feel like it was an interesting time simply because Hogan was finally gone, and it was not only interesting, but exciting to see what direction the then WWF was heading.

[@blackbutterfly8136]

I like it too its is the time when I really got into it

[@ceeal2943]

Finally gone? Hulkster made WWF

[@kes9684]

@@ceeal2943 he almost destroyed it aswell and he actually did destroy wcw so what's your point

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

It was overshadowed by the Attitude Era. Simple enough.

[@mroctober3583]

The Machismo era

[@cedarvalleygaming]

The buildup to the Taker/Diesel match at Wrestlemania XII was so awesome. Each of them interfering with the other's matches, Taker pulling Diesel down under the ring and leaving that casket by the ring with "Diesel" in the casket. I was a huge Taker fan at the time, I thoroughly enjoyed this storyline their match at Wrestlemania XII was the match that excited me most on the card.

[@danross1038]

I loved the part where they have a sword fight on the moon. The one where Diesel pulls down his pants and gapes his asshole open to intimidate the Undertaker. Awesome match.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Same here.

[@oldironsides4107]

@Dan Ross that was wicked. And out comes what looks like an egg but as he purged it out it was a floppy 18 inch white ( with brown and red) floppy dildo.

[@xenaires]

Cedar Valley you are so right! I went hoarse many times during their feud. They beat the bloody hell out of each other. Great chemistry.

[@maxray7489]

I woulda loved to see one or two more from them but we all know what happened

[@diegoarmando5489]

Underrated. So many of the Attitude Era's supreme talents were forged here.

[@midniteryder_3-16]

Indeed…rocky maivia (the rock), hunter hearst helmsley (hhh), “ringmaster” (scsa), mankind & the list may go on!

[@kevinpayton2664]

Most definitely

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@midniteryder_3-16 stone cold

[@PaulMichaelLevesque69]

@@lexkanyima2195 He did mention him as "Ringmaster" (SCSA).

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@PaulMichaelLevesque69 Stone Cold was not in the WWF in 1992 or 1993

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

I always felt the New Generation era was very cartoony compared to the over the top nature of the attitude era that came after but this era still had some great stuff that made it very special, you had the iconic brother Vs brother feud with Bret Hart and Owen Hart, the first ever Wrestlemania ladder match with HBK and Razor Ramon and the two casket matches with Undertaker and Yokozuna, wrestling was so much fun to watch during this time because it really captured your imagination. Loved this era and lots of good memories for me watching this on Sky Sports.

[@karlitosway7474]

And let’s not forget that nice little transitional period between the New Generation and Attitude era (mid 96-late 97). That was a underrated little period in time.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

Oh yes, that was an awesome little period with Bret Hart snapping, the rise of Stone Cold, the formation of DX and the debuts of The Rock and Kane. Lots of great memories from that time growing up as a wrestling fan

[@Tad1945]

Diesel vs bulldog was another terrible match in 95.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But it started in 1992 after Bret won the WWF title, it was a risk after the steroids scandals

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

@@Tad1945 1995 was the worst year ever for the company but compared to the current state of wrestling, it makes that year almost look like the attitude era

[@louisvelez40]

Taker, Shawn, Hart and Razor man my childhood right there. Without question the biggest stars during the new generation. I'll give some love to Diesel too he had some good matches. My favorite match with him was Diesel vs Taker at WrestleMania 12

[@ta0paipai]

My childhood too. I remember hearing about Hogan, Sheik, Andre, etc. But I didn't actually start watching wrestling until this era. But since I really only watched Saturday Morning Superstars, 123 Kid, Doink and Crush were the guys I remember seeing in action most often. The Shawn v Razor ladder match and Hart v Shawn ironman match were my favs.

[@jenniferrenolds2226]

Liar

[@jeremypassmore7019]

Sorry to read that. I grew up with Double A, Wahoo, Slick Ric, Windham & Blanchard.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Mine to but I would say the Attitude era was really badass for sure.

[@juice6941]

Austin, Mankind, and Goldust are technically New Generation characters as well.

[@Jeowyn321]

I was a kid during the new generation, and a teenager during the attitude era. I’m glad I experienced it all that way. 97 is my favorite year of pro wrestling.

[@M._mkid]

My Uncle Too. He Loved Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels Fued. He always felt like they were brothers.

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

same. i loved ultimate warrior and tatanka. also wrestlemania 9 was good and anyone who says otherwise is wrong lol

[@nickk7425]

Same. I was a kid during the new generation teenager during the attitude era...

[@silasjamal1610]

The doink/Janetty and razor/Martell matches are definitely hidden gems, appreciate you bringing them both up! If anyone has doubts about checking them out, not that my word means anything, but I 2nd the fact that you should check them out

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

Bret, Kid, and Bob Holly vs Hakushi, Yoko, and Owen is as well

[@oldironsides4107]

Yep a ton of cornballs.

[@blackcomicnerd3657]

Although I started watching wrestling towards the end of Golden Age, the New Generation is when I really became a wrestling fan and will always have a soft spot for it.

[@midniteryder_3-16]

How do u compare new gen era 2 the pg era (‘08-present)? Is new gen still better?

[@blackcomicnerd3657]

@@midniteryder_3-16 The PG era is better IMO.

[@RL-lr8ji]

1990- 2000 best era. I was born in 84, so I barely remember the golden age of professional wrestling.

[@HipHop4lyfeallday]

I grew up in the new generation/attitude/ruthless aggression era good times to be a wrestling fan. I’ll never forget that time.

[@franciscolopez1816]

Same

[@IceySlush]

I am so glad, Doink vs. Marty Jannetty got praises sung on a wrestling channel! That match is underrated and I was blown away when I was doing a watch of RAW's first year a while back. Truly underrated TV match between two names you would normally find odd as a pairing with hindsight and the crowd was actually white hot during it!

[@therealcarlosv1521]

Vince don’t appreciate great workers just dollar signs but that was a great match I remember it as well as a wow didn’t expect that but they def delivered a good one

[@seankilduff7652]

I enjoyed the 2 out of 3 fall match, that they had

[@anthonyp6823]

Perfect/Doink matches were awesome too

[@Ken9284]

@@anthonyp6823 Was going to say that. So was Bret Hart vs. Doink

[@at3479]

Yeah, this generation got a lot of criticism but I enjoyed it from time to time growing up

[@DJDoubleCee]

I think Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and The Undertaker were the biggest stars of The New Generation.

[@calvinfolan1736]

I'd put Razor up there also.

[@Elfo_Scuro]

The first Doink was underrated and limits by his own gimmick.

[@Littlebigdan]

100% agree, was always a fan of Bret and Shawn and then the rock

[@TheShadow9380]

And Owen Hart

[@canuckj8382]

What about tl hopper, and the goon? Come on! Those guys were awesome 🙄

[@rauladdams5709]

Before I get too far into the video, I just want to say that his era of wrestling is my most beloved. I had seen some of the great late 80s wrestling with my pops but I wasn't super into it. I was only 4 or 5. By the time this generation hit, I ate it up. Mantuar, T.L. Hopper, The Goon, Doink, Bastion Booger, Duke Droese. Those off-beat fellas were my absolute favorites. This was such a unique era in WWF history. The great occupational gimmick era. Love it lol. Thanks for covering this era. You always surprise and impress. 👍

[@nathj4818]

Gotta love the Booger 💯

[@str.77]

So Mantaur, the Goon and TL Hopper were your favorites? Honestly, how many matches of them did you see? (Booger was, strictly speaking, not part of the New Generation.)

[@risboturbide9396]

It was a great idea for a video. Well done, man! Doink the Evil Clown is my favorite 🍻🍻

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

10:28 That facial expression Bret uses there is top quality storytelling. Man, he was good.

[@magsxx9735]

I remember HBK vs Jarrett at IYH 1995. Classic.

[@Ykwhat75]

The mid 90s of 1993 - early 1997 was an underrated era of wrestling may not be the all time best but needs to be appreciate it

[@faz1483]

How is it underrated? There are certainly some bright spots but considering it made a lot of fans stop watching wrestling I think it’s fairly rated.

[@rishdog100]

Doink has got to be top 5 underrated and misused opportunity's in WWE history. Watched some of his early stuff not so long ago when he was a heel and honestly it was as good as to any of today's top heel stuff , his early days I recommend watching too , great wrestler.

[@martynodonnell8467]

They ruined his character by turning him face, making him kid friendly and giving him his sidekick.

[@taffysaur]

Totally agree. Doink is seen as the poster child for the “silly” New Gen, but I will always maintain there is nothing inherently wrong with the gimmick, and in fact, as you guys say, it was dead cool at its inception. He was truly mean and threatening. Turning him face and giving him Dink is definitely most of what ruined him, and taking Matt Bourne out of the role didn’t help. He’s a very underrated worker and gave the Doink character all of its depth.

[@jameshill3403]

Oh man a heel psycho unhinged clown could've been a great gimmick honestly very much a joker/Krusty the clown vibe

[@rishdog100]

His ECW promos were brilliant too... Would of been a great story line in WWE going from his early heel clown gimmick to his even darker broken down persona he had in ECW..

[@pessf400]

💯 went down that rabbit hole myself, he’s my favourite wrestler ever, the way he’d look down the camera in ring mid fight, all his out ring promos where amazing as well. Amazing character 👌

[@chinoisbase]

1994 WWF will always have special place in my heart

[@Nick-ms5rj]

Should of been Bam Bam Bigelow in the final spot

[@martinzies2874]

The tag match made more sense than ya gave it credit for, Jannetty and the kid were tag champs at one point and Duke the dumpster drosse was actually alright, I thought he struck a good balance and could actually wrestle.

[@toptenguy1]

Practically everyone but 2 of my friends totally dropped Pro Wrestling once Hogan left... I kept rolling on. (It felt a bit like a "Smaller pond" in a way, but I was still 100% invested)

[@T-NUGGZ]

Keep talking about Bret Hart - there’s no one more deserving of your attention. Keep up the great work, Sir.

[@Venemofthe888]

Heel Doink was absolutely fantastic with the character and Sinister feeling you get from him like clowns are scary for me and i just felt intrigued and creeped out by heel Doink

[@martynodonnell8467]

Heel Doink was awesome. Pity they ruined him by making him kid friendly by turning him face and giving him his little sidekick in Dink.

[@oldironsides4107]

Clowns aren’t scary. It’s just some sad lone man degrading himself in a pg. way

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Heel Doink was so awesome. In his first appearance on Raw he came down a holding balloon animal and give it to a kid...only to immediately pop it. That is amazing heel work.

[@HelmerPiñuelos]

Imagine little evil Dink

[@pablocuneo4611]

This was my favorite era of WWE because brought stars like Bret, Shawn, Razor, and Owen who shined.

[@theyinkaquadri]

I’ll say the New Generation Era began at SummerSlam 1992. The first PPV not featuring Hogan, the the main event for the IC title Instead of the WWF title. Kind of like 1996 being the precursor to the Attitude Era: Diesel as a tweener ( the first wrestler on tv to imply that Vince is the owner of the company), the stuff with Austin in mid 96 to the end of 1997, DX etc. Although, it was not given a name officially until 1994, the new generation era began at SummerSlam 1992. Some will argue that it began at Survivor Series 1992, WrestleMania IX, or King Of The Ring 1993; and I’m fine with that. The Golden Era - to me - officially ended after WrestleMania 8.

[@IhateTC86]

King of the Ring ‘93 to me is the start last time you see Hogan. Bret winning the KOR.

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

SummerSlam 92 still had Savage, Warrior, and Flair in the title picture so I can't start that early. They were also billed as the main event of Survivor Series even though Bret/Michaels closed the show. Then Hogan came back and won the title, so I always look at KotR 93 as the end of the Hasbro Era and the New Gen begining

[@christopherbako]

Would've loved to see Shawn vs Ricky Steamboat.

[@SteelyBud]

THANK YOU! I've always thought Razor vs. Martel was one of the best Raw matches of the early era and it's great to see it highlighted!

[@Football__Junkie]

I want to go back in time to the early to mid 90s and ask Vince “Why can’t we just have some big, mean, and scary dudes without a stupid gimmick?” I think Psycho Sid was the best idea for a heel.

[@dr.loomis4221]

I'm sure that conversation would go GREAT...

[@michaelmorbid704]

@Football Junkie It's funny how you say you'd ask Vince "Why can't we have big, mean and scary dudes without a stupid gimmick" then go on the say Psycho Sid was the best idea for a heel. Psycho Sid had a standard psychotic attitude/gimmick hence "Psycho Sid". It was a play on his "Sid Justice" gimmick because he turned his back on Hogan and thus was born a "Psycho".

[@gypsymorning8558]

Waste of a time machine.

[@mikexxxmilly]

Evil doink was a good gimmick tho

[@Usernamehear]

FootballJunkie!! YOUR FFFFFIRD!!!!!

[@jamaalmoses8821]

Would be awesome to see this breakdown for WCW in the same time frame.

[@iBlackula]

This was awesome and very nostalgic. I hope you do an Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression era version of this.

[@Paranitis]

I have a feeling this channel is a *little* more focused on the pre-2000's. And we are already getting an Attitude Era version of this called "Reliving the War".

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

@@Paranitis it is but i think he’ll still do one for those two.

[@garynalley4277]

With the Shawn Michaels thing I can understand what Vince was thinking with everything dropping somewhat after the steroids allegations and Hogan departure(and others) the WWF was in a bind. If I had the choice of either Vader or Shawn I would definitely picked Shawn. Apparently looking back on it now it was a good choice.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Why ?

[@justjilly1966]

@@lexkanyima2195 Shawn was a better promo and had more charisma.

[@bls8959]

@@lexkanyima2195 Really??

[@LuckyDT]

I think it is fair to say that the New Gen had a certain charm to it. As an "era" it is an anomaly in of itself. It is the WWF trying to find out what to do with professional wrestling post Hulkamania era. Plus, many of us grew up in that point of time, so we have those rose tinted nostalgia glasses on. I love that OSW recently had their New Gen arc, while you are going through the era as well, comparing your two perspectives are fantastic. Keep up the great work! What a pittance!

[@lexkanyima2195]

It fit at the right time

[@HelenM1994]

My childhood wrestling exposure was the early 90s stuff on video, even though it should have been late 90s stuff had I watched the TV at the time. Big shout out to my mum for introducing me to great wrestling! Bret Hitman Hart is our favourite to this day. We have Slam Jam on CD!

[@0therun1t21]

I love seeing Waltman getting the credit he deserves, he's turned out to be one of my favorites but I didn't recognize it at the time. He's also a really cool, honest person.

[@momomiah23]

Shame Psycho Sid didn’t make it on the list. Did more during that era than some on the list like Lex and the kid IMO

[@tommyhallum2054]

What helped the attitude era out a lot was the fact that you had a surplus of rising young stars with a lot of talent and they were still fine tuning there talent during "the New Generation" all these young talents would hit there prime at one time. And lucky for us that just happened to be the late 90's So you wouldn't have The Attitude era without The New Generation era. They go hand in hand. That's why I loved all of it.

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

For real, you had the 1-2-3 Kid, Thurman Sparky Plug, Isaac Yankem, "Make a Difference" Fatu, The Roadie, Cowboy Billy Gunn, Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, The Ring Master, Rocky Miavia, ect...as well as jobbers like the Hardy Boys and Scott Taylor...who all went on to be extremely over in the AE

[@mikeabel7577]

I was 14 in 1995. Never missed an episode of Raw, watched most of the big 4 WWF PPV's. I can't believe Luger worked 3 Wrestlemanias. His time in the Fed seemed so brief and forgettable when I was a kid.

[@MidnightRider420]

Id rather watch wwf anything over wwe

[@VC11122]

Lol "sweet back of the head music" killed me man. Another great video!

[@marccaselle8108]

Loved that bit.

[@_The_Worst_]

The New Generation was the absolute frickin' best...🤘🏼❤💯✔️ That's where I got introduced to wrestling and all the amazing stuff that was happening in the WWF...👍🏼

[@sloppycabi]

Can't wait to hear about Man Mountain Rock. I don't remember any of his matches, I just remember that he played electric guitar during his intros.

[@martynodonnell8467]

A WWF logo shaped electric guitar at that. I’ve never watched any of his matches, that I can recall either.

[@McDanieI]

Did he ever wrestle? lol. I feel like he was a big deal at the time, but I was also a little kid then so I think I thought a lot of things were bigger and better at the time lol.

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

@@McDanieI I feel like he never actually wrestled lol

[@McDanieI]

@@lyricsanonymous9036 Yea, I just remember seeing promos of him but couldn't tell you if he ever wrestled on a ppv or who against ha.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

I mean I definitely don't understand how anybody can complain about this era compared to today/pg era...

[@toptenguy1]

One positive from these "lighter years"... They came to my province (New Brunswick, Canada) WAY more often from 1993 to 1995! Focusing more on smaller markets/smaller arenas. Worked for me! lol

[@TheFlamingPike]

Same over here in my hometown in the province of Québec! I got to see Razor Ramon, Lafitte, Doink, The Smoking Gunns and a few others at a house show. It was great. I got to see them all coming out of the same bus which pretty much was the end of kayfabe for me. When I think about this particular era I mostly think about Doink.

[@toptenguy1]

@@TheFlamingPike Which town/city, if you don't mind me asking?

[@TheFlamingPike]

@@toptenguy1 I don't mind: Shawinigan, with around 50k population. Must've been in 95 or 94.

[@toptenguy1]

@@TheFlamingPike Go Cataractes! :)

[@oldironsides4107]

Who’s your favorite Canadian wrestler? Bret hart the whiney baby. Owen hart for getting killed in the ring Or Benoit for killing his young son and wife. Who’s your favorite. I liked Owen. Because the crowd just would chant nugget and throw batteries at him. Pay no attention to anything he does in ring or promos just chanting nugget Even when he died which just showed what the fans thought of him.

[@andrewcombs8361]

You know something lol this era was actually the era I was into the most as a young kid. And I was ALL ABOUT Lex Luger lol

[@jonathonlyons4417]

Being a Rockers fan and Shawn being my favourite I was all in for the New Gen, and I was alone amongst my peers until Stone Cold. (I was fully behind Shawn at WM 14, again, alone). Thankyou again sir. Please keep up the great work.

[@stonehorn4641]

I was always a Shawn fan two. As well as Waltman and Hart.

[@nickk7425]

So was I! HBK was always my favorite but all my friends hated him

[@SilverWealth_Draper_Mint]

“Anything that goes woke, turns into shint” Truest Quote ever

[@JadenArchibald]

The New Generation Era (1993-1997) - Bret Hart - Shawn Michaels - Yokozuna - Diesel - The Undertaker - Razor Ramon - Owen Hart - Stone Cold (96/97)

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

@@dolandarkxgrandayy6953 No love for Sid, Vader, Mr Perfect, Ahmed Johnson, Bam Bam Bigelow, Tatanka, or Underfaker?

[@noooname2568]

I loved the new generation, it’s right below the attitude era for me

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

To me this is always gonna be the greatest eras in wrestling.

[@Littlebigdan]

This and the attitude era are defo the greatest

[@martynodonnell8467]

It was admittedly a very downtime for wrestling. With 1995 having some of the worst PPV buy rates ever. However I think that’s more to do with the over kiddy friendly program they were running with at the time. The New Generation is an awesome era, with many amazing shows and stellar matches. Mostly involving HBK and Bret Hart. Sure they had many gimmicks and wrestlers come and go during this period, however a few legends did get noticed during this time too. It was the era I started watching properly, therefore I may hold this era in higher regard than some. However some of The New Generation era has aged better than the attitude era.

[@gumdeo]

Any era with Bret in it is great.

[@lenn7272]

The Cartoon Era was a gem. It was fun and entertaining. I miss that time.

[@hardeepbasran8837]

My childhood right here watching and growing up with the new WWF Generation era good work 👏