thehottag
Don Corleone
We're here for one reason only: fame, fortune, & the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions!
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Post by thehottag on May 13, 2020 7:16:22 GMT -5
I remember going to a show where Del Rio was definitely his US title in a triple threat. Of course, in this match you can lose your title without being involved in the decision. Well, in this match Jack Swagger pinned Barrett, with Del Rio on the outside. But because he wasn't due to break up the pin, & because he wasn't on screen, he just stood outside staring at the ring until it was his time to get in. It really soured me on the man, as I thought he should've had more pride in his work.
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PKO
King Koopa
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Post by PKO on May 13, 2020 7:39:54 GMT -5
Any time there was a wrestler who’s gimmick was to come out from underneath the ring (ie Hornswoggle, The Bellas early on) they’d have a huddle of people come down to ringside and then one would be suspiciously absent once they left...
This was at UK House Shows though, I’ve heard before that for TV they would be under the ring from the start.
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Post by Raw is Doodie101 on May 13, 2020 8:06:46 GMT -5
I don’t notice. When I’m watching at home, I’m a 33 year old slightly jaded smark. When I’m at a live show, I’m a 10 year old superfan. Yeah that’s me pretty much. I remember watching Wrestlemania 30 in person and just totally buying in lol. I really thought Daniel was hurt after that table spot. Something about being in person makes you just give it your all.
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Post by themagnificentmoo on May 13, 2020 8:16:00 GMT -5
It's really weird to see wrestlers make an entrance and then stand around in the dark for three minutes while they go to a commercial break. I feel like they should at least have them interact with the crowd and cut a promo or something. Many years ago I saw RAW with a friend in Memphis, TN. Jillian Hall came out and started singing to us. You could tell when the commercial break occurred as she suddenly said, "Enjoy the rest of the show" and ran to the back. A few moments later she came out again and started singing as if she never left off. It was one of the more jarring experiences.
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4real
Wade Wilson
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Post by 4real on May 13, 2020 9:13:24 GMT -5
Saw Raw in London in 2008 I think and they had to redo the finish to a CM Punk v Kane match due to a f*** up. It just looked so weird seeing something like that in person can’t imagine what younger fans were thinking watching it live.
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thecrusherwi
El Dandy
the Financially Responsible Man
Brawl For All
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Post by thecrusherwi on May 13, 2020 10:04:57 GMT -5
Every time I go to a live show, there are two things that are jarring:
1. How small the ring looks in person 2. How loud it is when someone takes a bump. I think TV deludes bumps. On TV, it looks easy. Live it looks ridiculously unpleasant.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on May 13, 2020 10:09:52 GMT -5
Commercial break spots during matches being somehow both obvious and not noticeable.
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Post by xCompackx on May 13, 2020 10:58:50 GMT -5
I love seeing the production elements behind a show so none of it has ever killed my suspension of disbelief.
We've got Twitter for that.
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Post by Supercheese on May 13, 2020 11:48:09 GMT -5
That they always taunted to the "hard cam"
Also, they all got up the same way.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on May 13, 2020 12:06:53 GMT -5
I remember being at a house show when one of Bayley's tube men didn't work, a guy from the production team came out after to look at it while looking pissed off. It was pretty funny to be honest.
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Post by Aceorton on May 13, 2020 12:25:09 GMT -5
Don't know if they still do this, but after live RAWs ended in the '90s, there'd often be a dark "main event" for the live crowd -- often a six-man tag with top guys that would be the type of thing to headline a PPV under normal circumstances. However, these matches were usually blatantly rushed through, with someone taking a half-assed finish after 2-3 minutes and getting pinned, as if everybody just wanted to wrap up the show ASAP. I was at several shows like this and always felt gypped.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on May 13, 2020 12:31:19 GMT -5
Was at a ECW and Smackdown tapping. A lot of funny stuff happened. Kane had a match, the lights went down after it to show a backstage segment I think it was something about Taker in a match next week or whatever. Lights come back on, Kane was legit sitting in the ring watching it. Then just walks to the back like no big deal. Also to change from Smackdown set to the ECW set was funny.
Another funny, just because the live crowd reaction was. It was the dark match ME that had happened post Raw. Which was Cena vs. Taker. It was clear most people didn't know about it. So after Raw went off the air, a lot of the fans started leaving. Cena was still at ring side. Edge and HHH left who Cena faced. It was setting up that triple threat match after WM. Each week had the one face the other two or some combo. Anyway. Taker gong hits, I never seen so many people turn around so fast. When Taker music played and he came out.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on May 13, 2020 13:22:19 GMT -5
Don't know if they still do this, but after live RAWs ended in the '90s, there'd often be a dark "main event" for the live crowd -- often a six-man tag with top guys that would be the type of thing to headline a PPV under normal circumstances. However, these matches were usually blatantly rushed through, with someone taking a half-assed finish after 2-3 minutes and getting pinned, as if everybody just wanted to wrap up the show ASAP. I was at several shows like this and always felt gypped. They are usually super half asssed but it's even worse when they don't even do one after the TV show they've finished taping is also half assed. I remember going to a really crappy Smackdown in 2013 where the whole show was comprised of an opening promo with Miz and Randy Orton, Real Americans beating Prime Time Players in a short match, Bray Wyatt squashing Zack Ryder, the Shield beating Kofi/RVD/Ziggler in an admittedly good match but really no better then any of the Shield six mans that were being done to death on TV every week during that period, and then the main event which was Orton completely destroying Miz and pinning him very easily. This was also when Miz was a face too so it wasn't even a satisfying squash like it would be if it was a badass face destroying some annoying loud mouth heel you want to see get beat up. Then afterwards thinking we'd at least get a quick dark match with a face going over to send everyone home on a good note only to instead get the ring announce saying "Ladies and Gentlemen thank you for attending Smackdown, have a good night". Now that's really a feeling of being gypped.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on May 13, 2020 13:43:20 GMT -5
Don't know if they still do this, but after live RAWs ended in the '90s, there'd often be a dark "main event" for the live crowd -- often a six-man tag with top guys that would be the type of thing to headline a PPV under normal circumstances. However, these matches were usually blatantly rushed through, with someone taking a half-assed finish after 2-3 minutes and getting pinned, as if everybody just wanted to wrap up the show ASAP. I was at several shows like this and always felt gypped. They are usually super half asssed but it's even worse when they don't even do one after the TV show they've finished taping is also half assed. I remember going to a really crappy Smackdown in 2013 where the whole show was comprised of an opening promo with Miz and Randy Orton, Real Americans beating Prime Time Players in a short match, Bray Wyatt squashing Zack Ryder, the Shield beating Kofi/RVD/Ziggler in an admittedly good match but really no better then any of the Shield six mans that were being done to death on TV every week during that period, and then the main event which was Orton completely destroying Miz and pinning him very easily. This was also when Miz was a face too so it wasn't even a satisfying squash like it would be if it was a badass face destroying some annoying loud mouth heel you want to see get beat up. Then afterwards thinking we'd at least get a quick dark match with a face going over to send everyone home on a good note only to instead get the ring announce saying "Ladies and Gentlemen thank you for attending Smackdown, have a good night". Now that's really a feeling of being gypped. When I went to Smackdown a few years back, we had a dark match of AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin and Kevin Owens in a tables match. Styles and Nakamura won, then spent like a few minutes posing with the ringside fans and having some fun.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on May 13, 2020 14:00:32 GMT -5
They are usually super half asssed but it's even worse when they don't even do one after the TV show they've finished taping is also half assed. I remember going to a really crappy Smackdown in 2013 where the whole show was comprised of an opening promo with Miz and Randy Orton, Real Americans beating Prime Time Players in a short match, Bray Wyatt squashing Zack Ryder, the Shield beating Kofi/RVD/Ziggler in an admittedly good match but really no better then any of the Shield six mans that were being done to death on TV every week during that period, and then the main event which was Orton completely destroying Miz and pinning him very easily. This was also when Miz was a face too so it wasn't even a satisfying squash like it would be if it was a badass face destroying some annoying loud mouth heel you want to see get beat up. Then afterwards thinking we'd at least get a quick dark match with a face going over to send everyone home on a good note only to instead get the ring announce saying "Ladies and Gentlemen thank you for attending Smackdown, have a good night". Now that's really a feeling of being gypped. When I went to Smackdown a few years back, we had a dark match of AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin and Kevin Owens in a tables match. Styles and Nakamura won, then spent like a few minutes posing with the ringside fans and having some fun. Something like that is something they should always do especially if the show that was taped didn't have a lot of effort put into it and had all the heels going over. I was 24 at that point and going most of the heels during that period so that aspect of it didn't bother me but I could see a show like that sucking even more for the kids and younger fans that were there.being super let down. No Cena, babyface Miz being biggest good guy there, and all the faces losing. If I was a kid at that show I don't think I would be begging my parents to go back when they came back to town.
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Perfect Timing
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Perfect Timing on May 13, 2020 14:45:02 GMT -5
When they used to travel to UK in the 90's you would see them get on their bus home. I remember finding it quite funny that Paul Bearer and Undertaker were seated next to eachother despite Bearer turning heel on Taker about 3 months prior.
There is alot of things you find out production wise when you go but it doesn't make me any less of a fan I find it quite interesting if anything.
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Gummydavidson
Dennis Stamp
Johnny Davidson for Prime Minister!
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Post by Gummydavidson on May 15, 2020 19:45:30 GMT -5
Seen Triple H and Umaga in a Street Fight at a House show in 2007.
Then they had a Street Fight at Cyber Sunday 2007 just weeks later with other than 2 bigger spots was pretty much the exact same match I seen.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2020 8:52:26 GMT -5
The way I see it is this.
Wrestling is a TV show and when you go to a live show, you have the privilege of seeing how it's produced for TV.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2020 9:01:09 GMT -5
To me the only thing really is how much "cheaper" the sets look in person. Like on tv, the entrance set looks freaking gigantic and larger than life, but when you see it close up its much smaller, a lot of the set pieces look scratched up and stuff but you wouldn't notice on tv, etc.
On the plus side, the women are even more gorgeous in person, and the men look like bigger bad asses. Even the "smaller" guys look like they could kick the shit out of pretty much anyone in the crowd with one arm tied behind their back.
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Venti
Unicron
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Post by Venti on May 17, 2020 5:53:02 GMT -5
It's really weird to see wrestlers make an entrance and then stand around in the dark for three minutes while they go to a commercial break. I feel like they should at least have them interact with the crowd and cut a promo or something. I remember that happened with John Cena when I went to Raw years back. I think he spent the whole time running the ropes and doing the occasional pose to the crowd. It was pretty neat how he was able to maintain his energy up through when the show went back on.
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