That's when I used to watch, but the only reason the name changed was that the WWF was already being used for something else. So when that cam eout and many of the WWF greats decided to retire or go on to other things, it became the WWE and they brought in crap from the other wrestling shows...down the tubes it went.
I am not sure if the show really got worse or I just got older and stopped watching/liking it. I was a kid, and A LOT of kids go through a wrestling phase. But I think it did get worse when they started mixing all the other shows.