So the Agenera was not so kind to every single wrestler that wrestled within it.

Some very talented people got run over my creative, like a truck, and some of the reasons

for this are absolutely ridiculous.

I know we all look back with rose-tinted glasses to that period, but sometimes the

WWF did some crazy things.

So let us try and give these individuals they're due today because they did deserve so much more. Sometimes you just need the office to get behind you. I am Simon Miller. I am a fool. Let's go. Number eight, Taz. Now, by all accounts, the reason Taz's awesome Raw Rumble debut soon faded away is because he wasn't a six-foot two-plus monster. That is really silly. One of Tires' biggest assets was his size because he knew how to use it. It's true he wasn't as massive as the Giants in the WWF, but Tars would inflate himself by how he acted or how he was in the ring. He wasn't intimidated by anybody. He wasn't going to back down, he just didn't care. Go and watch his run at ECW to see it firsthand and just how intense this dude was. Not like he was going to kill someone. And because he had that low central gravity, Taz could do stuff in the ring other dude couldn't. If you want to say he was the go ECW champion, I'm not sure many people are going to argue with you. I mean, it is why WWE hired him to begin with and let's not forget, he also kept his name. The promotion added an extra Z, but today he beat Teddy von Ted for something. The debut ruled as well, because he surprised Kurt Anglin choked him out, but a month later, he was losing to Crash Hot. Nothing against Crash. The man knew what he was doing, but you could see the office had decided to lower Taz's ranking on the cards.

February 2001, just over a year later, he was a commentator. Now, that's not ignore that either because Taz became great in that role, but if you had told somebody this was going to be his trajectory within a year, nobody would have believed it. His only title runs were three occasions with a hardcore belt, but due to the 24-7 rule, He held them for seconds at a time.

And while he did also become a tag team champion alongside Spike Dudley, well,

as above, that's not really where people saw him.

He absolutely could have been a major player during the attitude era, and my gosh, did he offer

something different, but nope, got railroaded by stupid reasons, such a waste.

Number seven, the British Bulldog. Always remember the reason the British Bulldog left the WWF in 1997. The Montreal screwdrop had gone down. And after seeing what happened to family member Brat Hart, I'm not sure Davey Boy Smith wanted to hang around. One, he was upset for his brother-in-law, and two, it did kind of feel like anybody in that heart foundation was in for a rough ride. He, of course, was once a major force, winning the Intercontinental title at SummerSlam 1992 against the hitmen, and the British Bulldogs tag team changed the game. They were doing things way ahead of their time. The problem was when in WCW, he fell foul to the ultimate warrior trapdoor, as the warrior would appear from nowhere, it had to be built into the ring, and while guys on the same show tried to avoid it, it was impossible. One day, Bulldog landed on it while he was in the squared circle, and truthfully, his back was never the same again. He soon got done with WCW so returned to WWE, but it just wasn't the same.

The try and fit in with whatever the attitude ever was, he wore jeans. It was not the best idea in hindsight. And even though he did win the European title twice, it felt very location-based. Well, he's from the UK, so we'll just do that. Eyes Grove Daily Boy just never captured the match he had the first time around. and yes, as above, a huge reason for this was the injury in him desperately trying to manage it. Almost feels like we should have taken better care of the man. I am happy he did get a second run, but you could kind of forget most things he did in the actual era, and not much would change. That's not right. The British Bulldog was a legend. We should treat him as such. Number six, Stephen Regal. And the real man's man. You should absolutely go and watch this entrance right now on YouTube, and it kind of saves the gimmick, so goofy in the best possible way, although I have no idea what the WW's plan was with him. They are lucky they gave it to William Regal, who was going by Steve at the time, because That mother flabber could make anything work. It was still bonkers, but once again, go and look at that entrance video, because he was a man's man, he would chop wood, I think he'd change attire, he would drink some beer, and yeah, what a man. Skier as well underlined this because he wore a workman's hard hat and was dressed like some sort of a lumberjack. It's amazing this was 1998 and not 1994. It was straight out of the new generation. The use of a forklift is just nonsense too, and I believe that this was quite clearly done to top one Vincent Kennedy McMahon, because I can't think of any other reason for it. At the same time outside of the ring, Regal was really struggling personally, but let's not pretend even with this madness he didn't have a great career. He did. And look, this was still fun as well, but yes, it had a very short shelf life. It was just crazy. I mean, I'm not sure anybody ever properly explained this either. But he is the real kicker. It could have ruined some people's careers, but not Regal. He just took it in his stride, he just figured out a way to make entertaining, because he was an underrated hero. Number five, Flashfunk. There is a lot to talk about when it comes to ECW and Too Cold Scorpio, because he was one of the first guys to jump to the WWF from that promotion. It's also ahead of the game in terms of what other Federation wrestlers were doing. When you saw FlashFunk for the first time, if you only watched the World Wrestling Federation, it was insane. How did he do this stuff? He was presented in this way in ECW, and the clue was in the name. He was cool. Paul Heyman wanted to make sure it matched the coach of the time too and yeah. Scorpio was that guy. He just knew how to get all this over.

It's why he held the ECW TV title on four occasions and go seek out his matches with

DiBelenco. Of course, they had two totally different styles. They went and made it work.

Because he did switch in 1996 though, I don't think WWE had totally decided on their new

directions. So yeah, he got thrown in as flash funk and basically was presented as a cartoon. When the act jada kicked him properly, the gimmick felt like a tribute act, and that is totally wrong. Scorpio should have been part of the new wave. The name sums it up too because who or what is a flash funk. You'll also recognise the theme and dancers if you do go and research this, because the W would do this idea time and time again. And each time they did, it felt redundant. Also at one point in commentary, Vince McMahon screamed he's getting jiggy with it. So bad, so offensive. Really not very good. Number four, Dan Severin. I kind of want to argue this one, because sure, Dan Severin wasn't the best fit for the

over-the-top attitude era, but good grief did I love this guy. His no-nonsense wearing grey shirt had me and my friends talking about it for decades. That's not a joke. It still gets brought up because he was so damn different, like he had seen how dumb this period was, and he refused to change. And I suppose what does happen is that when you do bring up Dan, Ken Shamrock isn't far behind, because it was the same idea, proper MMA dudes who just wanted to kick your ass. In retrospect, though, Ken would go on to get to the very top, whereas Severin kind of found his piece in the mid-card, and he just stayed there. The other huge difference is because Dan was actually doing W.W.E and UFC at the same time.

And he was the first guy to hold NWA and W.W.E. Gold simultaneously. That's very impressive. He was basically the OG belt collector. Man came to the ring like a Christmas train. Seven can also go in the ring too, but yes, he never really broke out of the pack, and Shamrock, of course, did take that intense loon gimmick and made it his own.

Still, I'm a big fan of Dan.

He did it his way, and I bet he's still smiling today, because he seems like a very nice man. He can't beat that, although he could beat you. I think people forget what a legit warrior he was. Number 3K Quick. So our truth is an absolute hall of famer who has brought me so much entertainment to my wrestling life.

Wonder, want to shake his hand and just say thank you, my friend, you made it a hell of a lot better than it could have been. Now, of course, he has been with the WW for years at this point, apart from that small obstacle where he did get fired before returning, but actually truth was first in WWTB at the end of the attitude era when he was called

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