Yeah everyone was over, but that was more due to an overall fervor for pro wrestling as a whole. Rock, Austin, NWO, and DX pretty much drove this fervor and a lot of others reaped the benefits but a lot of the attitude era stuff aged horribly.

Hell, acts like Too Cool were MASSIVELY over and were fucking awful. That shit aged about the worst.

Val Venis was over like crazy, but why? There was nothing particularly creative in his character or the writing of his character. It played on tastes for more risque material and nothing more. Ditto the Godfather. They were over more as a reactionary product of the time than anything else because there was absolutely nothing special about them.

Granted there were other bright spots such as the Hardyz and Edge and Christian and Mick Foley, but there's a lot of things that are romanticized about the era as a whole. The Ministry was a particularly hokie faction, as was it's corporate hybrid.

Crucifying Austin was shock TV capitalizing on the Springer effect, but that shit didn't age well at all.