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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 2, 2013 10:17:05 GMT -5
St. Louis is sorta half-and-half. We'll cheer a heel here and there if they're entertaining enough (Fandango, Bryan during his heel run), but for the most part we tend to play along with the show.
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Post by jwarr on Aug 2, 2013 13:11:24 GMT -5
My town of Biloxi, MS would be a pretty good start. Cena and Randy Orton are beloved by many here (it's not unusual to see adults wearing Cena t-shirts in public at non-wrestling events), and alot of people just don't really "get" guys like CM Punk. It's also where Jack Swagger got arrested (technically Gulfport, which is just outside of Biloxi)... It's the same way up here in Tupelo. Although we only get house shows.
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Post by DIIV on Aug 2, 2013 13:16:26 GMT -5
Pretty much anywhere in the US outside of the Midwest or Northeast Sums it up quite nicely.
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Post by Snaptastic on Aug 2, 2013 13:23:14 GMT -5
Not a city, but I'd say most of the UK. Yeah, we get rowdy and like to chant random stuff, but for the most part we cheer who we're "supposed" to. I disagree but there we go.
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Post by kamero00 on Aug 2, 2013 13:34:42 GMT -5
LA is a big city, and has had "smarky" crowds in the past. Just depends who comes out.
Also in these "mark" cities, it's generally a crowd filled with kids. Carolina and the Atlanta areas used to be kinda smarky, but now it's just kids there.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 2, 2013 13:52:40 GMT -5
Not so much "mark" cities, but southern audiences tend to pop for the simpler elements of the product, like Cena's jokes, Sheamus's antics, and Hornswoggle's routine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 15:03:40 GMT -5
Context? Edmonton is alright. We tend to cheer for all the faces sans Cena and boo the heels unless they are doing something cool like putting Kofi Kingston threw the table three times in a row Edit: Or the only other heels they cheer if its a respected Canadian wrestler like Edge or Jericho
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Aug 2, 2013 15:05:54 GMT -5
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Aug 2, 2013 16:37:02 GMT -5
Not so much "mark" cities, but southern audiences tend to pop for the simpler elements of the product, like Cena's jokes, Sheamus's antics, and Hornswoggle's routine. But often not for the things that I personally find entertaining. That's always been my issue with them. It's like something awesome happens, like Punk's pipebomb, Lesnar returning, Bryan's yes-a-mania, Fandangoing, etc. and its received so genuinely and passionately by a great crowd, then I cringe when I realize they'll be in the deep south the next week, and it'll all end. Not that they don't have a right to not care as much. But it's kind of disheartening when you want to see something organically continue. The south is like a big lead balloon for WWE momentum. They've taken the steam out of a lot of great WWE moments.
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Post by thegame415 on Aug 2, 2013 16:50:27 GMT -5
LA is a big city, and has had "smarky" crowds in the past. Just depends who comes out. Also in these "mark" cities, it's generally a crowd filled with kids. Carolina and the Atlanta areas used to be kinda smarky, but now it's just kids there. You're right. In the mid 90's, WCW crowds in the south used to boo Hogan and cheer Flair.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Aug 2, 2013 17:13:15 GMT -5
Just found out there's a show in Hunstville next month.
A house show in mark territory? Excitement.
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Post by beatlefreak909 on Aug 2, 2013 21:18:13 GMT -5
Knoxville, TN.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Aug 2, 2013 23:23:06 GMT -5
Surely all crowds are "Marks" unless they directly oppose the intended reaction and thus become smarks? If the difference has shifted so much that we now need to point out cities that go WITH the status quo, surely going against the status quo is now the new status quo? Much of the western US isn't too hot on wrestling. These cities will cheer and have a great time at a WWE show, but they don't really mark in the way some places in Appalachia and the South will. It's just like Batista said, for a lot of people it's still real to them.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Aug 3, 2013 6:33:27 GMT -5
Upon further thought, I think calling certain crowds marks as a derogatory term isn't fair to them. A mark after all is someone who loves wrestling and buys into it. I think that's great. What I don't like I guess are "casuals". The people who only come to see one act, and don't give a shit about anything else. Their lack of reaction derails a lot of things that better crowds would fuel and foster.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2013 7:02:57 GMT -5
Find the cities that seem to draw the most kids to live events. I'm not saying all kids follow the template of "cheer the good guys, boo the bad guys", but a lot of them are raised to cheer good over evil.
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