5 Things we don't miss about the Attitude Era

1: Abuse of Women

Bubba Ray Dudley was notorious back in the day for his love of powerbombing women, often through a table.

The single worst aspect about the Attitude Era is the physical abuse of women by wrestlers. Violence and sexuality aside, this was the worst of the influences on young minds during the Attitude Era. The physical abuse of women in the WWE began with Vince getting influenced by ECW angles like Tommy Dreamer piledriving Beulah McGillicutty.

Instances of man-on-woman during the Attitude Era were pretty common from Goodfather sending his ex-“ho” Victoria through a table to the Bubba Ray Dudley’s running gimmick of sending women through tables, including Mae Young from the top of the stage. Also, who can forget a heel Stone Cold beating the holy hell out of Lita inside the ring?

Honestly, man on women violence isn’t cool because it promotes abuse to a certain extent and can untowardly mould the young mind watching the programming, especially when you considered Debra’s allegations of domestic violence against Stone Cold in the early 2000’s which WWE brushed under the rug.

Note: Since Chyna competed against men, I have no idea how to classify her matches.

To check out our list of the things we miss from the Attitude Era, click here.