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Of all the hype & praise that the "Attitude Era" gets, I can honestly say, I hated it. From a wrestling stand point, it really doesn't measure up to periods before it and after it. HOWEVER, the one thing the "Attitude Era' has that just isn't alive any more is very simple, memorable moments.
The number of top notch matches that took place from 1998-2001 can probably be counted on one hand. Not all wrestling was bad, but the wrestling wasn't the priority. It was the who-can-top-this which led to all of those memorable moments. It is much easier for me to recall the DX/Nation skit versus any top match HHH or The Rock had during that time. I can very easily give you a number of HHH matches that I thought were very good several years later.
One of the biggest issues with the lack of memorable moments is all of this political correctness crap that has been making the rounds these last several years. We are talking about fictitiously scripted programming with planned and choreographed violence and we have to make sure "this person doesn't get their feelings hurt and that person doesn't get offended." When both companies start to throw caution to the wind, use some originality, have talent make something of their characters and feuds and get people talking about memorable moments again, the audience will return. They lost the audience because there is nothing out there worth remembering.
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