The Law
July 9th, 2013, 8:15 PM
This current crop of wrestlers is WWE's best roster in years. In my mind, it's their best roster in 2002, when they had the best group of talent ever assembled by a professional wrestling company. By 2002 they had bought out and absorbed WCW and ECW. They had all the top guys from the Attitude Era on top of that, creating a pretty incredible group. Check it out:
Main Event: Austin, Rock, Triple H, Hogan, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Scott Steiner, Brock Lesnar, Big Show, Kane, Jericho
Top Midcarders: Benoit, Guerrero, Booker T, Hall, Nash, Mysterio, Raven, Dudley Boyz, Hardy Boyz, Edge, Christian, Lance Storm, Tazz, RVD, Billy Gunn, Chuck Palumbo, Bradshaw, Faarooq, Mark Henry, Rikishi, Regal, Diamond Dallas Page, Mr. Perfect
New Guys: Randy Orton, John Cena, Batista
And those are just the top guys. Now, they didn't have them all at the same time, because guys got hurt, or left to make movies, or quit, or signed later in the year. But still, what an amazing collection of guys. Leading to my conclusion that 2002 was the worst booked year in wrestling history, because they didn't do nearly as well as they should have without all those guys.
WCW in 1997-1998 was also a pretty great group. Take a look:
Main Event: Hogan, Nash, Goldberg, Bret Hart, Flair, DDP, Piper, Giant, Lex Luger
Midcard: Mysterio, Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Jericho, Raven, Steiner Brothers, Jeff Jarrett, Syxx, Ultimo Dragon, Curt Hennig, Booker T, Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis, British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Konnan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Masa Chono, Great Muta
Too bad they didn't use those guys well.
WWF in 1992 was a really cool group, as it was at the intersection of the end of the Hogan era and the beginning of the New Generation. I feel like we've got something similar going on right now.
Main Event: Hogan, Savage, Flair, Warrior, Sid, Piper, Bret, Undertaker
Midcard: Shawn Michaels, British Bulldog, Bam Bam Bigelow, Road Warriors, Steiner Brothers, Owen Hart, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Sgt. Slaughter, Big Boss Man, Tatanka, Jim Duggan, Koko B. Ware, Nasty Boys, Ted DiBiase, IRS
Main Event: Austin, Rock, Triple H, Hogan, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Scott Steiner, Brock Lesnar, Big Show, Kane, Jericho
Top Midcarders: Benoit, Guerrero, Booker T, Hall, Nash, Mysterio, Raven, Dudley Boyz, Hardy Boyz, Edge, Christian, Lance Storm, Tazz, RVD, Billy Gunn, Chuck Palumbo, Bradshaw, Faarooq, Mark Henry, Rikishi, Regal, Diamond Dallas Page, Mr. Perfect
New Guys: Randy Orton, John Cena, Batista
And those are just the top guys. Now, they didn't have them all at the same time, because guys got hurt, or left to make movies, or quit, or signed later in the year. But still, what an amazing collection of guys. Leading to my conclusion that 2002 was the worst booked year in wrestling history, because they didn't do nearly as well as they should have without all those guys.
WCW in 1997-1998 was also a pretty great group. Take a look:
Main Event: Hogan, Nash, Goldberg, Bret Hart, Flair, DDP, Piper, Giant, Lex Luger
Midcard: Mysterio, Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Jericho, Raven, Steiner Brothers, Jeff Jarrett, Syxx, Ultimo Dragon, Curt Hennig, Booker T, Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis, British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Konnan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Masa Chono, Great Muta
Too bad they didn't use those guys well.
WWF in 1992 was a really cool group, as it was at the intersection of the end of the Hogan era and the beginning of the New Generation. I feel like we've got something similar going on right now.
Main Event: Hogan, Savage, Flair, Warrior, Sid, Piper, Bret, Undertaker
Midcard: Shawn Michaels, British Bulldog, Bam Bam Bigelow, Road Warriors, Steiner Brothers, Owen Hart, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Sgt. Slaughter, Big Boss Man, Tatanka, Jim Duggan, Koko B. Ware, Nasty Boys, Ted DiBiase, IRS