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Post by turkeysandwich on May 2, 2014 21:13:33 GMT -5
When I started watching NXT tonight the crowd opened the show chanting N-X-T. Of course we've heard E-C-Dub for years and I've heard R-O-H or T-N-A get a chant by their crowd, but I don't recall WWE ever getting their own chant. I guess when you're on top there is no reason to chant.
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Post by Mayonnaise on May 2, 2014 21:16:04 GMT -5
Tommy Dreamer tried to do get people to do it before doing a dive but it was just too awkward.
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Post by Shark on May 2, 2014 21:17:30 GMT -5
No one ever chanted WWE or WCW. I personally hate that chant. I find it to be such a stupid chant.
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Post by ibdude on May 2, 2014 21:17:45 GMT -5
It doesn't really roll off the tongue when trying to chant it.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on May 2, 2014 21:18:01 GMT -5
Honestly, what would they chant it during? WWE didn't really pioneer anything wrestling wise. You don't see things on WWE programming that you can't see in any other promotion from an in-ring standpoint.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on May 2, 2014 21:19:44 GMT -5
It doesn't really roll off the tongue when trying to chant it. I was just about to say that. It's not as smooth a chant as "ECW" or "ROH" or even "TNA". |
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Post by Lancers on May 2, 2014 21:20:48 GMT -5
WWE is seven syllables to say. Impossible to chant.
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Post by superchamp on May 2, 2014 21:28:08 GMT -5
Honestly, what would they chant it during? WWE didn't really pioneer anything wrestling wise. You don't see things on WWE programming that you can't see in any other promotion from an in-ring standpoint.  "W-W-E! W-W-E! W-W-E!" |
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Post by ibdude on May 2, 2014 21:29:51 GMT -5
Honestly, what would they chant it during? WWE didn't really pioneer anything wrestling wise. You don't see things on WWE programming that you can't see in any other promotion from an in-ring standpoint. "W-W-E! W-W-E! W-W-E!" I was there for that. That is not something you want to see in person. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 21:32:55 GMT -5
DUB-DUB-E!!!
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Post by peter on May 2, 2014 21:38:58 GMT -5
WWE fans don't suffer from company inferiority complexes like ECW fans did and TNA fans currently do.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on May 2, 2014 21:39:33 GMT -5
It's way too long to chant.
Just chant EN-TER-TAIN-MENT instead.
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Post by thegame415 on May 3, 2014 3:39:39 GMT -5
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 3, 2014 3:56:21 GMT -5
I heard them do it once after they were chanting "Let's go Sheamus" that one time.
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Post by Ryushinku on May 3, 2014 4:32:37 GMT -5
WWF/E and WCW became so big that no-one needed to chant for them, just the individual wrestlers.
There was no need to try to hold up what they did well or promote that brand, unlike with the smaller companies trying to make their name. Those two companies became bigger than the level where that would happen.
I don't think it's anything to do with innovation or loyalty or whatever, those two just went way past where there was any point in doing so. They were out there, loud and clear, no fan promotion needed.
It's kinda fun that NXT gets chants, since it's part of the very secure WWE umbrella, but a nice little throwback I guess.
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Post by Tha Don on May 3, 2014 7:40:23 GMT -5
Tommy Dreamer tried to do get people to do it before doing a dive but it was just too awkward. Is there a vid to see that? |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 3, 2014 10:22:04 GMT -5
I chanted it during the Mr. America lie detector segment, for what it's worth. It deserved it.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 3, 2014 10:27:05 GMT -5
With all the syllables it takes to say 'Double-you' twice, it's just not natural and easy to chant 'WWE.' The syllables in the letter 'W' alone are as many as there is in 'TNA,' 'ROH,' or 'NXT.'
I could see fans chanting it in a sing-song way like Adian English's "Double-you, Double you, E!"
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Post by Gummydavidson on May 3, 2014 10:36:39 GMT -5
WWE is seven syllables to say. Impossible to chant. Vince still struggles to say it sometimes. |
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Post by Tha Don on May 3, 2014 14:16:33 GMT -5
WWE is seven syllables to say. Impossible to chant. Vince still struggles to say it sometimes. Even saying WWF in 2011, man they could of easily maintained the WWF name! WWF(Panda) could of changed their name to WWFN! |
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