Do some cities have deader crowds than others?

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Sept 27, 2010 12:58:59 GMT -5 percymania said:

I blame Smackdown's booking for the dead crowds. The last Smackdown taping I went to featured way too much filler and on-screen promos/vigenettes that just lull the crowd to sleep. You know all those crappy commercials you watch every week during WWE programming? Well, you watch them at the arena too. Everything about the WWE live experience seems fells sterile these days. There are lots of delays in the action, especially during taped shows. Also, it seems like most fans are there to cheer for one guy - either Punk, Mysterio, or Undertaker - depending on what kind of fan you are. They wait for hours through boring matches and promos they don't care about to mark out for their one guy in their match - that is, if they are still awake by the time the main event rolls around.

That about sums up my Smackdown experience. Those TV tapings, whether it's Raw or Smackdown don't seem like a lot of fun, hence why I'm not going to Smackdown this year. House shows or PPVs seem like where it's at.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Sept 27, 2010 17:34:11 GMT -5 FunkerCM said:

I've always thought Fort Lauderdale is a really silent crowd. Not even silent heat, they just seem bored.

Going against the thread a bit but Philly since the Attitude era has been pretty poor too.

Fort Lauderdale was the crowd that was relatively silent for Jericho's return, although the way they structured the return did not help. Still, I can see other crowds giving much more energy than they did for Y2J's big return.

[A/C Carcass]

When I was at Smackdown/NXT in Baltimore, the crowd was deader than John Ritter during NXT. The only exception was when Naomi won the dance off, which for some reason got a larger pop than Gallows tapping to Big Show and Taker pinning CM Punk combined.

But maybe that's because I was surrounded by black women in their 20's.