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In the Eighties they still tried to maintain a degree of kayfabe, some viewers still thought it was real, and the talent were able to perform with far less limitations that is currently placed upon them, and if they had problems they could leave and work elsewhere because there was lots of competition in the NWA/WCW, AWA, etc.

You cannot compare the Eighties circus era to the current PG era. It's an apples and oranges situation.
Regardless of how it came about, by developing the Attitude Era the WWE showed us all what is possible within the pro wrestling industry. As the saying goes, they let the genie out of the bottle. Once that genie's out it can't be put back in.

Long term fans cannot be made to forget what came before, no matter how badly Vince might want to make us forget, and we long term fans are so passionate about it that we'll make sure Vince knows we won't forget. We know what the WWE is capable of, and we know the WWE isn't living up to its potential.
It's like this… during the Attitude Era the dial was at 9 or 10, occasionally at 11. These days it's at about a 4, a 6 at best.

Look at it another way instead. If you had a child in school you knew was capable of scoring 90% to 100% in their exams would you be satisfied if he started half-assing it and settling for 40%? No, you wouldn't. No one in their right mind would, but that's what the WWE are asking us to do at the moment.

We weren't spoiled, we were enlightened, and now the WWE is expecting us to fall back into ignorance, and we're not accepting that.

Just my humble opinion of course.