It is believed that the world of professional wrestling is having the best time period ever right now. Majority of top wrestlers including Matt Hardy believe in this fact as well. It is widely considered that the time of the Monday Night Wars when WWE and WCW went into a head to head battle was the best time period for wrestling.
But the theories are finally changing. Now wrestling fans and even most of the major wrestlers are believing in the theory that the current time period in the world of professional wrestling is even better than the late 90s. Wrestling Legend Matt Hardy also believed that the current time is the best time period of this industry. Speaking on his Extreme Life podcast, Hardy explained;
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“I don’t think wrestling is hotter now than it was in the late 90s, but I do think wrestling has a much more sprawling impact around the globe, and I think it has the chance and ability to become hotter now than it was back then. I think that’s where we’re at right now. I think many more people consume pro wrestling in this day and age, in so many different ways, and you can’t keep those numbers.
“But back then, it was just a little bit hotter at that time because it was truly a part of pop culture. That is something is really hard to do. Now it’s much more of a niche industry, as most everything is. There’s so many things out there. There’s so much entertainment to choose from.
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“Everything is almost niche and has a very certain audience. That’s why I am a huge advocate of saying, ‘We have to appeal to more casual fans.’ I think casual fans are the way to grow pro wrestling in the big scheme of things. I mean, the people that are wrestling fans, they’re gonna tune in and they’re gonna watch wrestling because they love it.
“They can complain and they can bitch, they can moan, but they’re gonna tune in and they’re gonna watch it because they love pro wrestling and they have to get their fix. But I think we need to continue to try and build people that are crossover stars that appeal to the casual audience, especially speaking about AEW.
“WWE, obviously they’re taking some great steps in the way they’re doing the thing with Logan Paul, the way they’re doing stuff with Bad Bunny because that does cross over and they get casual fans to tune in. I think they have a really successful formula going on.” Concluded the former WWE United States Champion.
It might be considered a better time period than the late 90s era of professional wrestling but there is no denying of the fact that the time during the Attitude Era revolutionised and changed professional wrestling forever. This is the biggest reason why it is still considered the best time period in professional wrestling history.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)