There’s been a lot of talk on TV lately about eras ending. Chris Jericho, for example, is one of the last of an era where wrestlers valued overseas experience and came to places like the WWE ready to go from day one, which is one hell of a specific era. The Hell in a Cell match between Triple H and the Undertaker was billed as an End of an Era match, specifically referring to the Attitude Era that both men were cornerstones of. Right now, John Cena has admitted that the reemergence of Brock Lesnar could lead to the end of his era. For the most part, however, eras are a tough thing to define in wrestling. Even when given names, like the WWF New Generation or the Attitude Era, there are enough holdovers from previous eras that the only real change is in the marketing, the amount of blood, the guys with the top titles. (more…)
