People are always asking me,

What about the attitude era?

But I always ask, what about the era that came after that, the time of ruthless aggression?

The era that saw the in-ring comeback of Sean Michaels, the return of the supernatural dead man who'd retire him

for good, well, until Saudi Arabia comes along, Olympic legend Kurt Angle becoming a wrestling

machine and mid-card hard man Bradshaw becoming a wrestling guard. Oh, and Edge became

rated R. Good times. Anyway, I'm Adam Wilborn from What Culture,

and these are 10 awesome things you don't remember

about WWE's ruthless aggression era.

Number 10, Straight Edge means I'm more popular than you.

At Survivor Series 2006,

CM Punk teamed with Sean Michaels,

Triple H, and Matt and Jeff Hardy to take on Edge,

Randy Orton, Johnny Nitro, Gregory Helms and Mike Knox in a traditional five-on-five elimination

match. They won, but you could tell the game wasn't pleased. Simon, do the honours mate.

Why? It's why. Well, he was standing in

the ring with a man that he and Michaels had supposedly buried the year before while watching a tryout

from the gorilla position. This was an exercise in nostalgia, the pro wrestling equivalent of getting

the old band back together for a one-off

gig.

But the Philadelphia crowd had other ideas.

They knew the future when they saw it.

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