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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 17, 2017 14:20:57 GMT -5
I was in the arena for the 2014 Royal Rumble when Bryan was left out of the rumble match. The boos for Rey Mysterio at #30 were deafening, as were the boos when Batista won.. Frankly, when I watch it now on the Network, I feel like they mute out the boos and chants. That arena was HOT. Leaving that night, it felt more like one of the AFC title games the Steelers lost, with the crowd leaving pissed off and hating life. It was legit NUCLEAR heat against WWE that night. I feel the same thing about 2015. I was there and you can hear it somewhat, but it was crazy loud in the arena and I don't think that necessarily translates. If I recall correctly, from what people were saying the live feed was much more true to life but the audio levels after the fact seem to have been tinkered with. I haven't watched it since (because I don't hate myself enough) but the crowd reaction pretty much translated as much as it could, especially at the moment when Rock raised Roman's arm and you could see the 'What the hell am I doing here?' glared all over his face.
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Post by nm on Apr 17, 2017 14:27:50 GMT -5
The Batista/Big Show match at the Hammerstein deserves a mention. "Change the channel?! But we love it here on Sci-Fi!"
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Post by King Boo on Apr 17, 2017 14:30:20 GMT -5
I feel the same thing about 2015. I was there and you can hear it somewhat, but it was crazy loud in the arena and I don't think that necessarily translates. If I recall correctly, from what people were saying the live feed was much more true to life but the audio levels after the fact seem to have been tinkered with. I haven't watched it since (because I don't hate myself enough) but the crowd reaction pretty much translated as much as it could, especially at the moment when Rock raised Roman's arm and you could see the 'What the hell am I doing here?' glared all over his face. Yeah, I think live it totally did (since it was all anyone was talking about) but if you were to go to the network now and put it on (DON'T), it's not as loud. I imagine them furiously fiddling away immediately after the show was done to try and "fix" it.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Apr 17, 2017 14:42:48 GMT -5
This is a weird list. 9 (Rude), 5 (Hollywood Rock) and 2 (Montreal Shawn) surely don't count since they were intended to get heat. To me that's not a hostile crowd. That's a crowd reacting as it's meant to react.
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Post by hossfan on Apr 17, 2017 15:45:28 GMT -5
This is a weird list. 9 (Rude), 5 (Hollywood Rock) and 2 (Montreal Shawn) surely don't count since they were intended to get heat. To me that's not a hostile crowd. That's a crowd reacting as it's meant to react. Why shouldn't they count? I don't think it's a meant to be a list for "Contrarian Hostile Crowds".
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