AJ's Entrance from a Different Angle

[Stu]

Researching this over and over, seems like you can really tell which fans may have never heard of AJ. Either that, or they're just really chill and thinking "good, good. Excellent" like a Bond villain

[benstudd]

The camera was on Reigns' face the whole time, Vince must have been jerking off backstage and forgot to go back to AJ.

[sonofblaine]

Jan 25, 2016 18:39:12 GMT -5 jagilki said:

Who'd put the "B" production team on one of the big PPV's of the year?

[Gerard Gerard]

Reminded me of that Impact where Styles' face-reveal/joining the Main-Event Mafia was borked a little by the director not knowing what the f*** good timing was.

In other interesting news, 40% of the MeM vs A&8s 10-man match now work, or recently worked, in WWE.

[schma]

Yeah one of the main items on the splash page for WWE is this footage showing how AJ's entrance should have been.

[King Devitt: What Plants Crave]

Pretty much what I said it should've been.

Apparently I'm better than their B-team.

*applies to WWE Production crew*

["Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly]

Jan 25, 2016 20:03:33 GMT -5 @benji said:

I like the nod at the end of the video with AJ looking around going "so this is what a sold out crowd in an American arena feels like!"

FTFY due to NJPW and all.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Even that is kinda botched. Too many awkward cuts between the aisle and Roman, particularly at the moment where "Phenomenal" appears on-screen and the fans go apeshit. We don't need to see Roman's reaction.

[Gawk Rivers]

If a thread with this name popped up in this exact section just a few years ago, everything would be a lot more awkward.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jan 26, 2016 3:21:49 GMT -5 Gawk Rivers said:

If a thread with this name popped up in this exact section just a few years ago, everything would be a lot more awkward.

Not to be crass...

[thegame415]

Jan 25, 2016 20:03:33 GMT -5 @benji said:

I like the nod at the end of the video with AJ looking around going "so this is what a sold out crowd feels like!"

Dixie: If you add up all of our crowds from every Impact Zone, it beats the crowd at Royal Rumble.

[543Y2J]

Still even with the botched camera angles you can't deny how big that pop was

[JCBaggee]

Here's my theory, and it doesn't involve "the B team of the largest sports entertainment company in the world botched"

it's "WWE still thinks AJ Styles is a minor leaguer and didn't think the crowd would react" and now they're scrambling to save face

[sparklemotion]

Jan 26, 2016 3:15:10 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Even that is kinda botched. Too many awkward cuts between the aisle and Roman, particularly at the moment where "Phenomenal" appears on-screen and the fans go apeshit. We don't need to see Roman's reaction.

Disagree. Showing that the current champion knows who this guy is gives Styles immediate credibility.

[EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese]

For all the times we go "Nobody will react because nobody knows who he is"... we sure get it wrong a lot.

That said, it's probably because they're smart enough to debut these guys in "smarky" cities and/or at bigger PPVs (which often attracts the "smarky" crowd).

(Now watch as they debut Nakamura in Corpus Christi just to prove me wrong)

[Heinz Doofenschmirtz]

Jan 26, 2016 3:15:10 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Even that is kinda botched. Too many awkward cuts between the aisle and Roman, particularly at the moment where "Phenomenal" appears on-screen and the fans go apeshit. We don't need to see Roman's reaction.

Not sure why they didn't go picture in picture for the new entrants. Would've helped a lot.

[The Legend of Groose]

That debut was well Dunn. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I get that it's a live show and sometimes there's production botches with camera angles. However since WWE is scripted, there's no reason to be surprised and be caught off guard when something happens. If it happens every now and then, I would not be so pissed off. However, this happens all the freaking time to the point there's no excuse for it.

The only way I can think of production being this unprepared for a WWE like show is if the script is made on the fly a la on the fly booking, and that's an even bigger issue.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jan 26, 2016 13:30:48 GMT -5 Heinz Doofenschmirtz said:

Jan 26, 2016 3:15:10 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Even that is kinda botched. Too many awkward cuts between the aisle and Roman, particularly at the moment where "Phenomenal" appears on-screen and the fans go apeshit. We don't need to see Roman's reaction.

Not sure why they didn't go picture in picture for the new entrants. Would've helped a lot.

They used to do that in the early '90s didn't they? Or did I imagine that?

Jan 26, 2016 13:25:03 GMT -5 sparklemotion said:

Disagree. Showing that the current champion knows who this guy is gives Styles immediate credibility.

Which would've been fine of Roman could've emoted anything resembling recognition. He didn't, he just went from a "damn, I forgot to put my contacts in" expression that I presume was supposed to be confusion, to a blank stare. Austin reacting to Bret in '97 or HHH reacting to Cactus Jack in '99 it was not.

What gave AJ credibility in that moment was the crowd going absolutely insane in a way that rarely happens these days, and we had to look at Roman dying inside because he can't buy a reaction like that. Nice work, Kevin Dunn.

[EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese]

Jan 26, 2016 14:16:59 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Jan 26, 2016 13:30:48 GMT -5 Heinz Doofenschmirtz said:

Not sure why they didn't go picture in picture for the new entrants. Would've helped a lot.

They used to do that in the early '90s didn't they? Or did I imagine that?

They were doing that as late as 1996.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Whoever f***ed this shot up needs to be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.