There are better eras like the Attitude Era but that was for older audiences.

We can always look back and remember great stories being told (especially because there were only a few big events each year), but there are countless times in the 80's and 90's where a face turn just happened simply by having a guy come out for no reason to save another face. Now he fights heels.

Or random heels and faces being teamed together for no other reason than them being faces and heels. For every slow build to HBK throwing Marty through the window there are dozens of random bad guy doing a good guy thing and us now cheering for him for no reason.