This day in Pro Wrestling history: December 16th

#2 Vince McMahon introduces the Attitude Era: 16^th December 1997

On this day 19 years ago, Vince McMahon changed the direction of the Monday Night Wars by announcing the birth of ‘Attitude’. Vince cut a promo on an episode of ‘Raw is War’ and outlined the future of WWE’s programming direction.

He went on to say that the simplistic ‘Good guys vs. Bag guys’ era, was over and that Raw would be more innovative and contemporary. It proved to be the best decision of his career, and the likes of StoneCold, The Rock and the rest of the Attitude era stalwarts helped raise the prestige of the WWE