Wrestlers of the 1990s: The 1990s were a golden era for professional wrestling. The WCW and WWF both had deep stables of great wrestlers pushing the sport to new heights. This competition eventually created a ratings war between the two promotions that spanned nearly the entire decade. Every Mondaynight the WWF’s Monday Night Raw went head to head with the WCW’s Monday Nitro.
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Given that there was no DVR, wrestling fans were obligated to pledge their allegiance and dedicate their time to one or the other.
During this period, the personalities drove increasingly intricate, character-based story lines that created great anticipation for the matches. Some of the greatest wrestlers of all time thrived during this period. As the cable war between the WWF and WCW raged on, both promotions continued to push the sport’s limits with more hardcore matches and more entertaining athletes. The attitude era subverted a lot of wrestling’s former cheesiness by being crass, current and extreme.
This, in effect, attracted a demographic of ravenous, young men (myself included) who followed the sport with great zeal and attention. Great rivalries, like Stone Cold vs. Vince McMahon, positioned anti-heroes as the most successful and popular wrestlers of the era. Although the action was great, it was the detailed storytelling that really kept fans interested. Never before had the storylines been so personal and bizarre as both promotions battled to command the attention of wrestling fans.
Ultimately, the WWF became the WWE and absorbed WCW after the promotion’s ratings began to suffer. Nonetheless, this was one of the great eras in the history of professional wrestling.
Here are some of the most electrifying wrestlers that grappled during the 90s.
10. Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam spent the better part of the 1990s in Extreme Championship Wrestling. RVD is considered to be one of the most innovative pro wrestlers of his era. In fact, the WWE recently named Van Dam the greatest wrestler in ECW history. A natural high-flyer, RVD always seemed to push the limits with his amazing five-star “Frog Splash” finisher. After a successful career with ECW, Van Dam moved on to the WWF and later to TNA Wrestling. He is the only wrestler to have held all three (ECW, WWE, TNA) heavyweight championships. Watch Van Dam win the ECW tag team championship alongside Sabu.
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