Lardlad
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Post by Lardlad on Jan 12, 2013 21:01:04 GMT -5
I was at a RAW in Toronto a couple of years ago and there was a spot where Randy Orton was going to be coming out from under the ring. The commercial break before his segment, some refs and a few stage hands formed a circle and walked out together, while the person in the middle of the circle (Orton) had a large sheet over them. They all walked out to ringside together, and then when they got to the ring, Orton dropped down and got under the ring. Arena lights had been dimmed as they were playing some ads on the titantron as well.
Not sure if this is always the case or not, but seemed pretty simple and avoided the talent needing to remain under the ring for an extended period of time.
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Post by devilfish on Jan 14, 2013 2:32:28 GMT -5
Not only that, but a lot of arenas have service tunnels at the floor level where arena staff can open a trap door and climb down to check on pipes and stuff. Some companies are able to put the ring on top of that trap door and have the worker make his way up when the time is right
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Post by marvelocity on Jan 14, 2013 16:17:43 GMT -5
Not only that, but a lot of arenas have service tunnels at the floor level where arena staff can open a trap door and climb down to check on pipes and stuff. Some companies are able to put the ring on top of that trap door and have the worker make his way up when the time is right How great would this have been during the old WCW/NWO fights, having like literally 50 people come from under the ring, by way of the trap door ;D ;D ;D
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