5 Things we don't miss about the Attitude Era

3: Over-sexualization of women

WWE over sexualized it’s women during the Attitude Era to get more eyes on the product

Although the Attitude Era gave us two bonafide Hall of Famers – Lita and Trish Stratus, the Attitude Era was still the worst time to be a woman on the WWE roster at that time. A majority of the women’s roster at this time were former models with little to no wrestling ability (Trish was the exception. Even though she was just a former model when she came in, she worked hard and learnt how to wrestle and is today considered one of the best women to ever enter a WWE ring) who were given the job based on their looks more than anything else.

Of course, this led to numerous bra and panties matches, mud pit matches, evening gown matches, bikini contests etc. Even top women like Sable were there because they were eye candy rather than for their wrestling ability. Add to this Jerry Lawler’s distasteful commentary which bordered on being perverted.

It’s amazing to see how far the women’s division of WWE has come from the dark days of the Attitude Era even though the same man-in-charge back then is basically still in charge now. The women today are legitimate competitors who have been putting on quality matches and go toe-to-toe with the boys. Thank you, Sasha, Bayley, Charlotte and Becky for the #DivasRevolution #WomensRevolution.