Yea it definitely doesn't have the same showmanship anymore. I mean it was still extremely cheesy even back then but at least it knew how to laugh at itself. I used to go to the live events with my dad all the time. Saw Ric Flair wrestle and on his way out my dad and I were reaching across the rail trying to get a high five and he chucked the athletic tape he had yanked from his fists and hit my dad right in the face, haha.