Triple H is going to be eaten alive...

[The Nature Girl]

Apparently the New Year's Eve RAW is going to be taking place in Greensboro, North Carolina which is right into Flair Country.

Will the crowd be as anti-Triple H there as the Hammerstein crowd was anti-Cena back at ONS 2006?

[Hiroshi Hase]

Not really, they had a match in the Carolinas a few years back on Raw and while the crowd was pro-Flair, there weren't exactly as rabid as the Hammerstein fans were.

[nerdinitupagain]

natchou2 said:

Apparently the New Year's Eve RAW is going to be taking place in Greensboro, North Carolina which is right into Flair Country.

Will the crowd be as anti-Triple H there as the Hammerstein crowd was anti-Cena back at ONS 2006?

A lot of Raws in the Carolinas recently... heh

It wno't be as bad as Cena's ONS.. but the crowd will be 100% pro-Flair.

[Dolph Zalgo]

No, they won't. Triple H is Flair's friend. They will cheer Flair, but HHH won't get THAT much heat.

[Moonwalkin' Capt. Crow]

Yea there would be some heat but not as much as ONS 06... I would think that at least 90-99% of the fans at ONS 06 were Rabid, oldschool ECW fans.

[SassovsHart]

Even if Trips does get heat, I doubt he'll mind. I'm assuming he would try to work the match in a manner so Naitch comes off as the big babyface in it anyways. It seemed to me like he was trying to work the match against Hardy in a manner to get the crowd, and I'd assume he'll do the same during this match. Not that Naitch needs help getting fan support down there of course, but I think Trips is smart enough and respects Naitch enough where he isn't going to try and steal his face heat while the match is going on.

[Libertine]

billiondollarman86 said:

Yea there would be some heat but not as much as ONS 06... I would think that at least 90-99% of the fans at ONS 06 were Rabid, oldschool ECW fans.

...or just leading each other on.

[Andrew is Good]

They'll be really pro-Flair, but they'll be respectful towards Triple H because of his history with Ric Flair. It should be a great atmosphere for the match though.

[D2: Sweet & Sour Edition]

I don't think we'll EVER see a crowd like ONS 06 again.

[royboy8]

I don't hope he turns, but it would be awesome for Trip's to get "caught up in the match" and start acting all heelish towards Flair. Man, can you imagine how pissed the Carolina fans would be at him??

[krzykraka]

This would be the perfect oppurtunity for HHH to turn heel but since Flair isnt going out until WM, HHH will probley just lay down and get a huge pop from the NC crowd.

[Joekishi]

hmm I hope they do this a lot like they did that same match on the Ric Flair collection dvd

[Mozenrath]

sassoscrewedbret said:

Even if Trips does get heat, I doubt he'll mind. I'm assuming he would try to work the match in a manner so Naitch comes off as the big babyface in it anyways. It seemed to me like he was trying to work the match against Hardy in a manner to get the crowd, and I'd assume he'll do the same during this match. Not that Naitch needs help getting fan support down there of course, but I think Trips is smart enough and respects Naitch enough where he isn't going to try and steal his face heat while the match is going on.

Very true. Trips is talented in that regard.

[Joekishi]

it's not like Triple H is some rookie who doesn't know how to react accordingly to the crowd. He is the game.

[Turd Ferguson]

Nobody's as volatile as new yorkers crammed into the Hammerstein/Manhattan Center.

[DeuceDominoMark]

I seriously doubt it, but that would be AWESOME!

"Ju-lie Hart's bitch!" *clap*clap*clap*clap*clap*
"Julie Hart's bitch!" *clap*clap*clap*clap*clap*

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Nah, I doubt it. They've booked this so that Triple H is being forced to fight Flair, so while I'm sure Flair will get a huge reaction, Triple H will NOT be booed out of the building.

Remember, they pretty much WANTED Cena to get booed at ONS, hence why they mentioned that he would likely be booed during every Raw leading up to the show.

Trips is being booked as not having a choice, that's the difference.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

basicboogeynomix said:

it's not like Triple H is some rookie who doesn't know how to react accordingly to the crowd. He is the game.

Yeah, it's not like he's Batista.

There's one way we'll see a crowd as hostile as the one at ONS 06, and that's Batista back at Hammerstein. Cena wouldn't even come close to the reaction he got in 06. Cena took everything from the fans, and it didn't phase him. He kept going with the match, and wasn't knocked off his game. But Batista was phased by the crowd and completely knocked off his game. With the fans knowing they got to Batista before, it would only be much, much, much worse for Batista.

[Joekishi]

See i think this time Batista would be prepared for it, and be booked accordingly. You know taunting the crowd, flipping them off, and all that.

OF course with that crowd, they'd probably boo HBK vs. Undertaker, just to be rebellious

[SassovsHart]

jediel said:

basicboogeynomix said:

it's not like Triple H is some rookie who doesn't know how to react accordingly to the crowd. He is the game.

Yeah, it's not like he's Batista.

There's one way we'll see a crowd as hostile as the one at ONS 06, and that's Batista back at Hammerstein. Cena wouldn't even come close to the reaction he got in 06. Cena took everything from the fans, and it didn't phase him. He kept going with the match, and wasn't knocked off his game. But Batista was phased by the crowd and completely knocked off his game. With the fans knowing they got to Batista before, it would only be much, much, much worse for Batista.

I'd say that Cena didn't just stick to his game, he raised it as an antagonist during that match. It seemed to me he took an extra amount of time doing his taunt, and really exaggerated the way he did his moves, just to come off as more of a heel to the Hammerstein crowd. He seemed liked he was having fun being the bad guy for that night.