I like fun but I didn't like the NXT London crowd

[Big Bad Kahuna]

jumping the shark ("FU Corbin") or chanting for random crap or selfadoration ("we are awesome!) is annoying, but you can always watch on mute

[魔界5号]

Dec 18, 2015 4:08:11 GMT -5 Big Bad Kahuna said:

jumping the shark ("FU Corbin") or chanting for random crap or selfadoration ("we are awesome!) is annoying, but you can always watch on mute

Trust me, NOBODY chanted "we are awesome". In fact, one guy tried to start one, and almost everyone in my block responded with "no we're not".

[4real]

Dec 18, 2015 6:09:53 GMT -5 魔界5号 said:

Dec 18, 2015 4:08:11 GMT -5 Big Bad Kahuna said:

jumping the shark ("FU Corbin") or chanting for random crap or selfadoration ("we are awesome!) is annoying, but you can always watch on mute

Trust me, NOBODY chanted "we are awesome". In fact, one guy tried to start one, and almost everyone in my block responded with "no we're not".

Yeah I don't remember hearing one "We Are Awesome" chant thankfully. There were some guys back row singing random chants like "Heidenreich!' and 'Who Better than Kanyon?' and some guys desperately trying to get a Byron Saxton chant going but thst was about it.

[mrwood]

Dec 17, 2015 13:54:18 GMT -5 Raskovnik said:

I threw it on mute like I usually do. Dumb chants and songs are not my scene at all. I'll beat up whoever tells me to lighten up or that I hate fun or whatever, too. On mommas, we will catch fade in the parking lot. It has never made anyone look not stupid, I promise you. It's just not my idea of this nebulous concept of "fun" and does nothing for me. I'm not even mad about it or anything. I simply don't like it. It does not entertain me or add to the show for me at the best of times and at worst it takes me out of it. Pfft, singing a song while Bayley is getting MURDERED live on air. I love it when crowds are hot for a match even though a lot of humanoids on here think you can only have a obnoxious crowd or a dead silent one with absolutely no in between, and that obviously I'm clamoring for the latter since I hate the former.

The thing that MAKES professional wrestling so unique and special as performance art and as a medium is the crowd interaction. The heels getting resounding boos, the crowd cheering on a babyface as he makes his triumphant comeback, the wrestlers playing to the audience. So much of what we see means nothing in a vacuum. The issue is this specific brand of crowd as well as the one NXT crowds bring to the table does not jive with my viewing experience or what I want to see from a crowd. It's so cutesy and tongue in cheek. These wrestlers are supposed to be fighting and telling a story in the ring for real, in a very human drama, so breaking out into songs as was the case for this show, and ironic, goofy, self-aware chants is how the crowds react? It doesn't come across as if they're engaging in show they're seeing the way I'd ideally like to engage in wrestling myself. It's like watching a movie or TV show with your friend and all they can f***ing do is make stupid jokes about things that just happened or reference other things the actors have been in however unrelated that is to let you know how funny and aware they are of things. Some people like that, a lot of people do apparently, but it's not what I'm watching wrestling or anything else for.

This is also why I like Japanese crowds the most. Respectful, loud (anyone who says they're not loud has never even watched it) and they'll rally behind a wrestler by chanting his name to encourage him but you're not hearing any KORE WA RESURINGU! or WATASHITACHI WA SUBARASHII! chants breaking out. That's the mindset I approach watching a match with too. They're not putting themselves above the product, as if the only way they can invest themselves into the fight is by letting you know that they totally know how fake this and everything about it is, but they still think it's pretty cool. Because, despite what people claim, that IS how it comes across. When the f*** did cheering and booing become passe? At one point was it no longer sufficient to voice your pleasure or displeasure in that manner? I guess if you just do that then people wouldn't know how totally wise you are to the game.

Also, as an aside, I don't care if they paid to be there, like that somehow makes how I feel about it moot. I paid to watch it, jabronis. That means I'm entitled to an opinion too, especially because the crowd is part of the show I paid for. That's another dumb argument I see pop up all too often.

Hahahahahah.

You're a loser.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Let's NOT be doing any of that, please.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Yeah, I think we're done here. Sorry Magic knows Black Lives Matter, but this thread's gone too far off the rails with posters flaming each other.