UNDERRATED ERA'S | Wrestling's Underestimated Times!

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

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[@stormshadowproductions1660]

Please do further hall of famers like the Miz Chris Jericho Daniel Bryan and HHH. Also do a video on superstars who were great at playing the face and heel like Kane, the undertaker, Daniel Bryan, edge, HBK, the rock and HHH

[@eddiejoewalt7746]

SATURDAY NIGHT MAIN EVENT UNDERRATED? THE SHOWS was watch by 10- 20 millions viewers with The Main Event (1988) was watched by The live broadcast drew a 15.2 Nielsen rating and 33 million viewers

[@tyreepowell8367]

Happy Holidays Wrestle With Andy

[@blitzofchaosgaming6737]

There is a difference between plurals and possessives. Fire your illiterate editor.

[@kadharefinley224]

SmackDown in 2008 - 2009 was loaded : Triple H, Edge, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, MVP etc. l just loved this time period

[@fc775]

Really that was trash

[@chrisbelit1599]

boring

[@MsBlakeButler]

Shelton Benjamin 😂

[@marcohavokkhaos]

F U ​@@chrisbelit1599

[@marcohavokkhaos]

The best year after 2002. 2008 is all about Jeff Hardy's rise.

[@zanethind]

2016 was a highly underrated year for WWE. It deserved to be on this list. That year was a jam packed year full of amazing matches and Styles' debut and amazing storylines too

[@slojo404]

It’s not really underrated everyone talks about 2016

[@MarilynsMansion]

2.0 getting acknowledged makes me happy. Sure it wasn’t what we had, but what we got was still great. So many talented individuals popped up from NXT 2.0

[@budal15]

Not really. We are still waiting for anyone other than LA Knight to make transition to main roster, while I believe Bronn will strive, the most I can see for Melo and Trick are tag titles, Maybe a US title run few years down the line but it's hard for me to see them drawing big time

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Ruthless aggression era too damn underrated and underappreciated 😢🎉

[@budal15]

Underrated? What? Everyone loves it

[@thegregbooyah]

As soon as 1995 WCW was mentioned, the jerk in me immediately went to The Yeti/Giant/Hogan bearhug at Halloween Havoc 🤣 The Cruiserweight work around then was impeccable though. Smackdown in 2006 was cooking too.

[@budal15]

1995 WCW had more really bad moments. Srg. Pittman was a Nitro regular, there was waaaay more Dungeon of Doom than just Halloween Havoc and it was all awful. Basically any undercard matches that didn't feature Steven Regal or the cruiserweigths was a down. It had some good moments but overall it was bad.

[@LeviSouljourner]

NXT Black and Gold era from 17-21 was so underrated! Definitely the closest to attitude era level of excitement for me

[@EthanEthanEthanEthanEthan]

It wasnt underrated at all, everyone knew/knows how good it was. People have to stop using the word underrated as a synonym of great/good

[@ZQPPS]

17-19 people were saying it was the best show in E wtf you talking about

[@christophernear6990]

​@@ZQPPS people just be saying anything is "underrated" 😂

[@ilikedazshak]

Everyone says 2018 is PEAK NXT bro😭🤦🏽‍♂️

[@joelcalzado9785]

7:06 classic "Rated R suuÛÜÚûüúperstar".

[@michaelthomson2504]

Smackdown in 2008 was on Friday nights not Thursday nights

[@jamalvargas6146]

Too Bad I Tuned Out Of WWE In 2008 To continue my TNA run also a year later In 2009 I started my MMA run with the UFC on Spike TV the defunct network running both shows

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

Good ole JR and the King made WWE real.

[@LucasAlves-jr9wq]

2008 SmackDown was gold 👌👌👌

[@nathandermond5137]

2008 in general for WWE was gold. Hell TNA was just just as awesome in 08 to

[@javarianbrewster2777]

😮bruhh that running knee Daniel Bryan did to Triple H had everyobody head pop up 😂

[@TurntUpTurtles]

small error: SmackDown in '08 was on Friday, not Thursday. I watched it every week and was excited all school week waiting for Friday to come so I could watch it lol

[@ilikedazshak]

THANK YOU for actually having eras not a lot of people talk about! Wrestling fans seem to forget what the word “underrated” means these days. Great video 🙌🏽

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

2004 SmackDown was really good to me. But there's no era in wrestling that can truly match the GOAT era of wrestling: the Attitude Era!

[@christophernear6990]

80s nwa 2014 - 2017 new japan

[@danickakinzy2468]

I remember watching Saturday Night's Main Event with my mom, brother and my grandmother...this era was so much fun!❤

[@BestFriendToCats]

I'm really happy Saturday night main event got a mention. I was in probably 4-6th grade during my most hardcore wrestling fandom. The main event where macho man turned on Hogan and got him with the belt in the locker room is the best thing I ever saw. I never knew when Saturday nights main event would be on. I would go to the grocery store with my mom, just so I could run to the magazine section and grab the new TV guide and frantically flip to late night Saturday listings to see if my Sunday morning would be awesome or not. It was on late and my parents wouldn't let me stay up so I'd tape it on a VCR and watch first thing Sunday morning.

[@Clubber-Slang]

Pretty much in the same spot as you. I started watching wrestling when we got cable in my tiny town in Maine when I was like 4 or 5, which was the Rock n Wrestling crossover leading into the 1st WrestleMaina. I was 0-10 in the 80s, but would do the same thing, check the TV guide for the sort of frequent SNME to record with the VCR, Prime Time on USA after MacGuyver and would buy a PWI (or anything wrestling magazine available) at a Mr. Paperback when we'd go out of town. I got an AWA ring from an Ames visiting my grandparents that had the Road Warriors and Fabulous Ones (didn't know who they were at the time), just to further age myself.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

SME got 33 MILLION viewers ! Now RAW or Smackdown are lucky to get 2 million and AEW cant reach that . Yes I know it was different times , trust me I grew up then . But still 33 mil is a staggering mega massive number even for back then !!!!

[@DUDEWithDODGES]

Kane so deserved that world heavy weight championship run. I'm glad WWE gave it to him.

[@rooneykwami4820]

I became a wwe fan at 2014 best year ever ❤

[@codster9]

TNA 2006-2009

[@Beefsneeze9]

2002-2003 my personal favourite era

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I actually enjoyed some of EC3’s Derrick Bateman stuff 😂

[@seanmcclure]

2010’s had a bunch of Vince generic characters. One trait. A specific hand signal to the crowd. Point to the Mania sign. See Natalya farting.

[@bigheadedm]

One of the best mini eras was the pre Attidude era… From 96 survivor series to 97 Survivor Series .. where Bret hart returned and turned heel due to frustration… and also when Stone cold starting become a big star .. best period although still pissed off of the screw job!

[@Georgia_Outlaw_Vinyl]

My favorite era was WCW from October’91-May ‘94 My least favorite was The period when Johnny Ace was Raw GM.

[@LeviSouljourner]

Back when you could buy a full course meal for a nickel?

[@Georgia_Outlaw_Vinyl]

@@horacehamilton2191 The Dangerous Alliance, The Hollywood Blondes, Williams & Gordy Vs. The Steiner Bros., Steamboat vs. Austin, Rude vs. Sting, Ron Simmons World Title run.

[@f7or1n]

Raw 2002 -2003 era of masked kane was really fun

[@RomaroBrandon]

205 Live is not an era, it was barely it's own brand

[@extestential6638]

It was an era

[@camm2xx]

​@extestential6638 205 Live and NXT during that time period were honestly better then the main roster.

[@ChewyNuggetZ]

@@camm2xxit was better

[@Dr_1212]

Cool 👍

[@DarkMarwin]

I stopped watchin in around 2012 then came back 2014 as the former Shield were rising stars. There were times when storylines booked made me scratch my head and I'd say man I miss 2007, 2008 or 2009 WWE. 2016 was good but come 2017 it was like every year it got me saying, man I miss WWE 2014, 2015, 2016. 2014-2016 was actually good guess I just didn't appreciate that much at the time.

[@LEWfromdaHOU]

Sorry, I know these were probably some decent eras but I left after the attitude era and it was the Tribal Chief that brought me back......of course.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

2010 rivalry between Taker and Kane, was terrible.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Vegetive state

[@tyreepowell8367]

Cool 😎 Video 📸 Wrestle With Andy

[@RyanRumbles434]

The New Generation era wasn't that bad except for all the lousy gimmicks.

[@maroon9273]

Best of that era is the debut of mankind and the ring master turned into stone cold Steve Austin.

[@NateTheGnat]

Bret Hart vs Austin in 1996

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Von Wagner has improved so much

[@Kdonaldson213]

Joe you're an awesome narrator in all these vids keep it up happy 2024

[@budal15]

WCW in 1995? It had singular moments like Macho Man's time with the Big gold against Ric Flair but it was mostly Dungeon of Doom wants to kill hulkamania crap. It is not underrated, it is rightfully despised. And NXT 2.0? It almost killed NXT. Having 3 talented guys is not enough to call it underrated, it was bad, really, really bad.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I like 2.0 better then black and gold NXT

[@zanethind]

I disagree. 2010 main roster WWE was terrible sure Yeah it did have some great things but the majority was horrible. I would say things picked up for WWE when it 2013 that was when Bryan was red hot which lead to his 2014 WM 30 win

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

Gotta love vince ruining literally everything

[@Teddy42O]

Bra & Panties era > Women's Evolution

[@KARMANBIRUMAL]

Bruh 💀💀💀

[@paulcowlishaw]

Shit mate. Not even wrestling just a sick vince Mcmahon with a perverted mind.

[@shutup2751]

vince is a feminist@@paulcowlishaw

[@LeviSouljourner]

No argument here. Good ol days 👙🤼‍♀️

[@zlinedavid]

PUPPIES!!!!

[@keanegian905]

ntx

[@christopherjackson1267]

It gets extremely annoying how you say ",hell" and"why else/. I avoid your vids just for those reasons

[@bhumibolrushing7830]

Ecw wasn't a true alternative..to ecw fans it was great but to everyone else it was trashy. If ecw wasn't so trashy and had actual production value it could've been a true alternative.

[@gu3liooo159]

I fn hated the yes movement

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Whole lot of current TNA erasure, eh? The X Division ain't exclusively for cruiserweights, but it's an elite division. And TNA is a great third brand and alternative to the big 2. Also, Wes Lee, Gigi Dolin and Roxanne Perez weren't total rookies. They were experienced in the indies.

[@shutup2751]

smackdown 2005 - 2008 with batista, taker, jbl, benoit, eddie, rey, edge etc was ridiculously good

[@briancallaway1690]

Eddie? He died in 2005.

[@shutup2751]

yeah but his feud with rey and batista in 2005 were great@@briancallaway1690

[@kencaen]

⁠@@briancallaway1690 eddie passed on November 13th 2005. he was still wrestling at the top of his game for pretty much the entire year.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

2002 was their best.

[@ko-rp7ge]

​@@marcohavokkhaos Didn't Stone Cold leave because he had no competition anymore? He also didn't want to put Brock over if I remember correctly.

[@pepito2847]

Yeah, 2014 definitely had a lot of great and historic things happening My biggest complaint with said year was that I feel that’s when The Authority storyline was overstaying its welcome and getting repetitive and should’ve had its conclusion after Survivor Series instead of being brought back

[@NAFIULKAARIMSAMUDRA]

AGREDDD

[@acceptable1609]

The Authority was a poor man’s corporation. Except it overstayed its welcome and wasn’t nearly as good.

[@LosHitman]

Also it went full on PG and it was more like watching a kids show than watching a wrestling show

[@Bigtmac2200]

You have to include TNA 2004-2009. They were on fire and had the best in-ring preformers in the American wrestling scene paired with legends of the past & future like Sting, Scott Steiner, Kurt Angle, Xavier Woods, AJ Styles, Okada, the Young Bucks, Samoa Joe, Team 3D, and an insane amount of others.

[@mohamedsaghour2585]

Finally someone acknowledged 205 live, man I miss those days

[@Imperialspy]

2016 in general I was looking forward every week for Raw SD Live and NXT it was just perfectly balanced

[@lister5150]

Smackdown live era 2016-2018 was 🔥

[@_alexdez8053]

Main event Jinder wasn't fire

[@NateTheGnat]

1996 WWF is overly hated. Nobody was watching but there were some great matches.

[@Jah_Nzola]

NXT during Undisputed Era was really good

[@PurpleCinnamon-Land-Of-Misfits]

Black and Gold NXT will always be my favorite NXT era❕❗

[@LeviSouljourner]

Undisputed Era, Fina Balor, Keith Lee, Samoa Joe, Io Sharai, Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley, Velveteen Dream, Karrion Cross, Aliester Black, Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunn, The Street Profits, The Viking Raiders, Isaiah Swerve Scott, Tomasso Ciampa, The Forgotten Sons, Shayna Baszler…🔥🔥🔥

[@s4xtt]

I believe that post 2008 till 2014 or the low point happened as wwe was trying to restructure the booking and storytelling to the PG era. Years of relying on sex and violence for rating is not easily adjusted to cater a more kiddy environment

[@budal15]

Highlight of this was 2012. Cm Punk, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry's Hall of Pain, it was awesome.

[@dylanbryant3547]

Rip nxt 2.0 2021-2022

[@Jah_Nzola]

Nxt 2.0 was hot garbage compared to NXT black and gold

[@DanielGarcia-us7tf]

Sting's run in WWE was awful

[@wavyboy1523]

WWE in 08-09 was actually real good but you can tell when the show was winding down.

[@biggreenmantis5639]

great to see 2008 smackdown getting love bc that's when i started watching wrestling and when i fell in love with it.

[@MonsieurMar]

I mention that in France 2005 to 2012 (roughly I'm not sure of the date) is known as the "Catch Attack Generation" because it was the first time WWE was available for nearly every kid and thus this was the most hyped era for wrestling in France (for kids mostly) so many french fans around 20-30 will tell you this is the best era and will likely be an big fan of cm punk or Jeff Hardy while not knowing Ho steve Austin is or that the rock wrestled Also this was hyped because of the two french commentators Agius and Chéreau who really showed a fun diverting way of commenting sport

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

In Italy it was from 2004 to 2007. Unfortunately, after Benoit's death, Wrestling stopped being on free tv. Almost everyone around 30 years old remembers Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle and all the Smackdown superstars.

[@mjdf122]

I’ve seen all the eras from 1980-Now what a life of wrestling

[@PurpleCinnamon-Land-Of-Misfits]

You started in the Golden era that was the 80's

[@sixmo6800]

⁠True og

[@Extinguisher10]

Sunday night Heat? YES!!!! The Rock burried Billy Gunn on Heat. Once Smackdown cane out, Heat turned into a clip show. It was sad :(

[@carlintaylor3229]

2008 through 2013 deserve more love early middle school all the way through high school grew up with that era i respect what triple h is doing with talent now let's keep it going please 😊😊❤

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I liked Gentleman Jack Gallagher on 205 Live because he was so different from everyone else in WWE

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I used to watch Sunday Night Heat all the time! I miss those days!

[@PurpleCinnamon-Land-Of-Misfits]

I'll be honest the ruthless agression era, attitude era, golden era and any era before that will always be the best❕❗

[@calebmaybin6896]

At the same time before and around CM Punk's Pipebomb TNA was having their 'Wrestling Matters Era' where the X Division was getting good with their X Division Contract Tournament (with returns and debuts and the finals being nominated for Match of the Year) and that year's Destination X was considered one of their best PPVs.

[@acceptable1609]

But then they had all the other bullshit that happened that year and then the cherry on top of the shit sundae was Victory Road 2011.

[@calebmaybin6896]

@@acceptable1609 Still it was a few good months. I recall the Summer of Punk ending with HHH ruining things like he usually does.

[@Zxlxya]

Andy went from shitting NXT 2.0 to all of a sudden praising it. What a hypocrite

[@jdiegoskinny]

hear me out... the divas era was lowkey underrated. yeah, they had 5 minute matches, but they did stuff way better than today's roster: - gears - promos (most heel divas ate) - segments - mixed matches/feuds - theme songs

[@blacksupersayain6006]

The thunderdome was a fun era. It’s just overshadowed with the other era with fans

[@nathansilva8141]

Cmon, 205 Live sucked. Nobody cared

[@zemox2534]

Underrated eras in wrestling.... Immediately shows every wwe related era. Seriously I understand that WWE is "popular " but it would not bloody kill Andy to talk about other promotions that weren't bought by wwe. Yes I know they brought up wcw in 1995 but most of the choices are still WWE related! What about the era of Impact in 2021 (Kenny as Impact champion and the rise of Josh Alexander)or the era of njpw in 2012 (The great IWGP championship reign of Horishi Tanahashi and the slow rise of Okada and the rise of Devitt which wouldlead to the birth of OG BC).? If you are going to talk about underrated wrestling era, maybe not fill your lists if eras that related to 1 bloody wrestling company! The more accurate title would be "underrated wwe eras (and wcw).

[@briancallaway1690]

I can think of a good reason they didn't include the companies you mentioned. It's because no one cares about those companies.

[@23jrza]

His content is WWE, his subscribers are WWE fans. And other than die hard wrestling fans nobody even knows other companies exist. Maybe AEW but it’s still so new this wouldn’t really qualify for this video IMO

[@stephendeane7509]

The era where I wrestled my dog and cat every other weekend was probably the best era in all wrestling history (in my opinion). Why didn't he include this era either!?

[@briancallaway1690]

Me and my neighbors had some epic matches

[@rooneykwami4820]

Wwe 205 live was awesome

[@vindimusicofficial]

Kane beating Taker then didn't matter can't agree 😢

[@artirony410]

AJPW during the era that Keiji Mutoh ran it actually had some great matches, it just never reached the heights of when the Four Pillars were there

[@theanimegodx2]

banger vid

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Dangerous Alliance Era and some Bill Watts Era WCW was pretty good too ! Those Japan Supershows were killer in 91-92 as well as Austin , Dustin , Sting , Rude , Vader , Steamboat etc...

[@allencollins5666]

WCW Early 90’s Very Praised. It Even Had Top War Games Match.

[@Extinguisher10]

All this is fine and dandy, but i can't watch a 3 hour show that consists of 2 hours of promos, and matches that are cutoff by commercials. Gawd i miss 98-01 WWF!

[@2128jrandall]

Used to love watching Dean Malenko and Jushin "Thunder" Liger. Just amazing wrestling!

[@FlypSyde1111]

Smackdown 2003-2005 with Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, John Cena, Undertaker, Big Show, Eddie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan (Mr. America) JBL, Edge, Booker T, Hardcore Holly, Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio, Rikishi, Team Angle, Ultimo Dragon, MNM, Carlito, Christian, Muhammad Hassan, Randy Orton (late 2005), Bobby Lashley (late 2005)

[@allencollins5666]

The InvasionAngle. 2001 Isn’t Underrated. It’s Better Than Today’s WWE. And That’s Not An Accomplishment. The Invasion Sucked. It Was Far Inferior To The Monday Night War. It Was One-Sided. It Was Retarded. The WWE Had More Wrestlers Than WCW & ECW Combined. McMahon Brought Over 24 WCW Wrestlers And There Were 10 ECW. WWE Had Near 50 Wrestlers. The Bigger Names From WCW Were Missing. Vince Was Scared. He Was Afraid That WCW Roster Was Superior. When ECW & WCW Jumped WWE Wrestlers, Why Didn’t Vince Bring Out The Cavalry? Because With Fans Seeing All 50 WWE Wrestlers, They Would’ve Asked Where Are The Rest Of WCW Roster & The Big Stars(Beside DDP/BookerT). WWE Had 9 BuiltMuscukar Heavyweight’s Most Of 2000 & For Most Of 2091-In Invasiion Angle 2001 They Had Steve Austin, The Rock(Starting July 30), Kane, Kurt Angke, Faarooq, Billy Gunn, Bull Buchanan, Hardcore Holly & Test. WCW Had Hulk Hollywood Hogan, Sting, Goldberg, Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sid Vicious, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Mike Awesome, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O’Haire, Shawn Stasiak, Mark Jindrak, Bryan Adams, Bryan Clarke, Road Warrior Animal, Kiss Demon, Curt Hennig, Vincent, Kanyon, Jerry Flynn, Stevie Ray, Konnan, Van Hammer, Norman Smiley, Horace Hogan, Johnny The Bull Stambolii & Reno. The WWE Replaced Hogan, Hall, Nash, Goldberg, Luger, Piper Sting, Sid, Steiner With Tommy Dreamer, Justin Credible & Rob Van Dam. At Invasion Instead Of Hogan, Hall & Nash They Had Rhyno & The Dudley Boyz. Vince Buying WCW & Mistreating WCW WrestlersWere The Beginning Of The End Of The WWE. No WWE Era Since 2008 Is Underrated. The WWE Made Invasion Storyline A Joje. The Invasion Could’ve Worked If The WWE Worked With What They Had Because WCW Roster Superior. They Would’ve Had To Bring Rest Of WCW Midcarders And Add ECW 10 Guys. And Push DDP, Booker T, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Mark Jindrak, Sean O’Haire & Mike Awesome. And Allow Kronik To Destroy All The WWE Tag Teams. With WCW Being A Threat, Fans Then Would’ve Said WCW Are Powerful. No Choice Except For WCW Midcarders To Mostly Tear Up The WWE’s. And Fans Would’ve Said Imagine What WCW Are Gonna Do When WCW Top Stars Get Here. And Their Midcard Inevitably Dominate Continues

[@jbbrolic]

NWA etc 70s WWF 80s Attitude Era Ruthless Aggression. Nitro. Original ECW. TNA until around 2011. These post Ruthless Aggression is long LONG matches and terrible acting and stilted written promos.

[@tudorandrei1998]

Smackdown 2016-early 2017 was great

[@geno9919]

Nah y’all sleeping on 2015 wwe nobody ever talks about it ever

[@lewismaclean8849]

The one point here I personally would heavily disagree with was the aforementioned trilogy between the Undertaker and Kane. Bragging Rights is rightly considered one of the worst WWE shows ever, and the overall rivalry between those two was always heavily reliant on the aura and larger than life goth backstory behind it, rather the performance level of each men. Other than that, a enjoyable video all around.

[@Teirusu155]

Extra apostrophe.

[@АлехСтоыанофф]

2014 was hands down the worst year for wwe right up until the split again.

[@TopFlight_Jeezy]

Love your shit bruv greetings from #BXNY

[@randymarsh2330]

No Mention of the prime X division is crazy

[@marcohavokkhaos]

2010 was the worst year in wwe history

[@shivvaghela723]

age of orton was great 08-09 ❤️❤️🔥

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Paul E Dangerously

[@LetsGetACrisisGoing]

underrated means crap?

[@Editnamehere]

Hey nerds and virgins

[@nikhilSharma-te6jm]

Undisputed era

[@NAFIULKAARIMSAMUDRA]

2014 was goood!

[@justinking3127]

2008-2009 Smackdown is one of my favorite times. Edge vs the undertaker is my all time favorite rivalry

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Smackdown 2008 was not on Thursday. It was already a Friday show.

[@albertoespino1527]

we hit 300k i just subscribe 🔥🔥🔥 fuck yeah bro love your videos 👍👍