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Ruthless Aggression Relived
by L. T. Fletcher
From 2002 to 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment produced the Ruthless Aggression Era. This celebration of one of sports-entertainment’s greatest periods looks at the challenges WWE faced in trying to recapture former successes while creating a raft of new stars to build a new era around.
Episodes
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Episode 026 - SummerSlam 2002
Sunday, 25 August 2002. For something new to truly stand on its own feet, it has to cast off the shackles of that which came before. WWE Champion The Rock was one of the company's greatest stars of the Attitude Era. But with Rock's Hollywood career beckoning, perhaps on this night Brock Lesnar...
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Episode 025 - Global Warning
Saturday, 10 August 2002. As part of an effort to expand the WWE's reach, the company decided to return to a region starved for wrestling, hoping to cultivate a new market they could make profitable. The resulting tour led to this stop in Melbourne, Australia, which began a relationship which…
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Episode 024 - SmackDown!, July 25 2002
Thursday, 25 July 2002. With Stephanie McMahon assigned to play the role of SmackDown!'s on-screen General Manager, the show would now need a new identity. To achieve that, the writers had to decide who they would place their faith in for the future. To that end, they chose a home grown star, an...
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Episode 023 - Monday Night Raw, July 22 2002
Monday, 22 July 2002. With the introduction of Eric Bischoff as Raw's General Manager, steps were to about to be made to help ensure both brands of WWE had their own identity. In addition to some new faces about to make a stir in their debut, there would begin a trimming of the fat over the…
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Episode 022 - Vengeance 2002
Sunday, 21 July 2002. With the General Managers now in place, WWE set about setting them- and their respective shows- against one another. The first shot in the war between Raw and SmackDown would be fired here tonight, before a legendary main event between three of the all-time great performers....
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Episode 021 - SmackDown!, July 18 2002
Thursday, 18 July 2002. Now that Raw had a General Manager assigned to the position of authority, SmackDown! would be needing a counterpart. A change was soon to come to the WWE landscape as this episode would kick off a long-standing war between the two brands- but first, the fans had to meet...
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Episode 020 - Monday Night Raw, July 15 2002
Monday, 15 July 2002. With Kevin Nash injured and the nWo dead in the water, it was full panic stations for WWE. Raw was in need of a quick shake-up. Luckily, the company had just the thing. In order to freshen things up, a new General Manager would be appointed to both Raw and SmackDown, given...
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Episode 019 - Monday Night Raw, July 8 2002
Monday, 8 July 2002. Not every moment in wrestling history is remembered for the most favourable reasons. On this particular evening, the WWE would be struck by two calamities. The fallout from one of these events would require a company-wide pivot to counteract. As for the other? It would go…
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Episode 018 - Sunday Night Heat July 7 2002
Sunday, 7 July 2002. As Trish Stratus' star continued to rise, the sudden derailment of her feud with Jazz due to the latter's unforseeable injury meant the WWE Women's Division needed a new foe to occupy the top babyface in addition to Molly Holly. With this in mind, it was time to call up yet...
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Bonus Episode 002 - 2-for-1: How an episode is made PLUS WWF Forceable Entry!
In this episode, L. T. takes you through the process of how he makes an episode of Ruthless Aggression Relived! PLUS, an entire former paid-exclusive episode co-hosted by Lewis Clark of SegaDrive.com in which he joins L. T. to review the WWF Forceable Entry music album!
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Episode 017 - Monday Night Raw, July 1 2002
Monday, 1 July 2002. Amid the sea of rising talent, the new tide of the Ruthless Aggression Era would see plenty of established WWE talent elevated. One such individual was Jeff Hardy, who on this night would face his greatest challenge yet... and prove all his doubters wrong. L. T. is joined by...
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Episode 016 - Divas Undressed
Saturday, 29 June 2002. In a changing television landscape, though the "edgy" content of the Attitude Era wouldn't fly, there was still titillation to be found if viewers wanted it. WWE tried their hand at Girls Gone World as they presented what they called the New York City Thong-a-thon... L. T....
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Episode 015 - SmackDown!, June 27 2002
Thursday 27 June 2002. With the company now committed to a new direction, the drive to create new stars would become all the more important. Deciding to go all-in on one rookie's debut, WWE had no idea they would be introducing the world to a man they would one day call the greatest of all…
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Episode 014 - Monday Night Raw, June 24 2002
Monday 24 June 2002. By now there was no point in pretending otherwise: the lightning had escaped the bottle. The Attitude Era was over. And the top stars of the era were all either gone or going. The WWE had been forging a new identity and this was the perfect opportunity to declare a new…
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Episode 013 - King of the Ring 2002
June 23 2002. It had been a tumultuous few weeks for WWE. Stone Cold Steve Austin, the biggest star in the history of the professional wrestling industry, had sensationally walked out on the company- and, seemingly, WWE had turned its back on him in response. With no choice but to press onward…
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Episode 012 - SmackDown!, June 6 2002
Thursday 6 June 2002. WWE continued to debut new stars but also new approaches to writing their weekly television shows. Paul Heyman's SmackDown! would make use of his strengths in building up multiple characters at once, including two performers making their SmackDown! debut here tonight with a...
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Episode 011 - Monday Night Raw, June 3 2002
Monday 3 June 2002. As the WWE looked to create a wave of new stars for their new era, they also turned to the past as one of their greatest world champions of yesteryear prepared to make a triumphant return to the company. His timing couldn't have been better, as the WWE was about to lose an…
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Bonus Episode 001 - Clash at the Castle 2022
Saturday 3 September 2022. The WWE prepared to promote their first UK pay-per-view since 2003 and their first UK stadium show since SummerSlam 1992! How was the "premium live event" experience? And what emotional response did the matches draw out? Host L. T. Fletcher was in attendance at the show...
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Episode 010 - Velocity & Confidential, May 25 2002
Saturday 25 May 2002. As the WWE entered its new era, it would bring with it two brand new broadcasts. The first would be Velocity, a show highlighting SmackDown and spotlighting some of the lower-card talent from that brand. The second would be Confidential, a magazine show which promised to…
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Episode 009 - Judgment Day 2002
Sunday 19 May 2002. At last our timeline brings us to the first pay-per-view under the WWE name. But all that's old is new again as The Undertaker challenges Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship in a rematch from 1991! L. T. is joined by Slip of newLegacy Inc. for a look back at a...
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Episode 008 - Jakked/Metal, May 18 2002
As the WWE entered a new era, that meant adding a little polish and glamour to their production, improving the overall feel of the company's televisual output. This meant, of course, any productions lagging behind in appearance would have to be revamped- or go entirely. Join host L. T. Fletcher…
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Episode 007 - SmackDown!, May 9 2002
Thursday 9 May 2002. As a string of new faces emerged in the recently renamed WWE, one future Superstar of great renown would make his first televised appearance for the company here tonight. A far cry from how the world would later know him, strange serendipity for a long-running career suggests...
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Episode 006 - Monday Night Raw, May 6 2002
Having become a household name the world over in the course of the previous two decades, the World Wrestling Federation now faced an unprecedented challenge. Forced to rebrand under a new name, the company had to make a tough call. They had to Get The F Out. L. T. is joined by podcaster and games...
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Episode 005 - Insurrextion 2002
Saturday 4 May 2002. As a new era began, a different kind of era had to be ended as the World Wrestling Federation as the world knew it was to be rebranded under a new name. The final event produced under the name the company had held for almost twenty years would be this pay-per-view, exclusive…
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Episode 004 - SmackDown!, April 25 2002
Thursday 25 April 2002. As the brand split began to take hold, the winds of change were blowing across the World Wrestling Federation. A new period in the company would require fresh new faces. Enter one Randy Orton, who first appeared on television for the company this night some twenty years...
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Episode 003 - Backlash 2002
Sunday 21 April 2002. With the brand split now in effect, it was time for the World Wrestling Federation to promote its first pay-per-view event of this brave new world. How would the Superstars of the company's two brands ensure they stood out? And how far could nostalgia take fan favourite Hulk...
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Episode 002 - Monday Night Raw, March 25 2002
Monday 25 March 2002. The World Wrestling Federation was about to be turned on its head. To divide up the huge talent roster the company now employed, the first ever WWF Draft was presented to the world, with half the wrestlers to be exclusive to Monday Night Raw and half to be exclusive to...
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Episode 001 - Monday Night Raw, March 18 2002
Monday 18 March 2002. Hot off the heels of WrestleMania X8 the night before, the World Wrestling Federation found itself in a dilemma as its weekly Monday Night Raw broadcast drew closer. In addition to the night after WrestleMania traditionally being a blank slate for new storylines, meaning…
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Episode 000 - Introduction
From 2002 to 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment produced the Ruthless Aggression Era. But what is a wrestling era? How did we get to the beginning of this one? What did the wrestling landscape look like at the time? And what exactly were the challenges that lay ahead? Join host L. T. Fletcher…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
From 2002 to 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment produced the Ruthless Aggression Era. This celebration of one of sports-entertainment’s greatest periods looks at the challenges WWE faced in trying to recapture former successes while creating a raft of new stars to build a new era around.
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L. T. Fletcher
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From 2002 to 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment produced the Ruthless Aggression Era. This celebration of one of sports-entertainment’s greatest periods looks at the challenges WWE faced in trying to recapture former successes while creating a raft of new stars to build a new era around.
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