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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 25, 2019 18:59:00 GMT -5
reminder that Vince literally came out at a smackdown shown and demanded the crowd to have fun In England, too, who were usually one of the more boisterous crowds on the WWE TV loop.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 19:05:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm on the side of this being absolutely disgusting. The crowd gave WWE their money, they don't owe them anything beyond that.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Feb 25, 2019 19:09:20 GMT -5
WWE posting a video in 2024 after their newest The Guy gets booed in front of the crowd: "What's wrong with these morons in Des Moines? Booing SLEDGE(TM) as he wins his 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Universal Championships all in the same night!? These fans got a Money in the Bank cash in, a rematch, another rematch, another rematch, another rematch, AND another rematch in a 30 minute Iron Man match and they're STILL not satisfied?!" I for one would mark out for a show built around SLEDGE(TM). Sucks we have to wait five years for his moment. Push SLEDGE(TM) now, WWE!!!
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 25, 2019 19:12:06 GMT -5
WWE posting a video in 2024 after their newest The Guy gets booed in front of the crowd: "What's wrong with these morons in Des Moines? Booing SLEDGE(TM) as he wins his 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Universal Championships all in the same night!? These fans got a Money in the Bank cash in, a rematch, another rematch, another rematch, another rematch, AND another rematch in a 30 minute Iron Man match and they're STILL not satisfied?!" I for one would mark out for a show built around SLEDGE(TM). Sucks we have to wait five years for his moment. Push SLEDGE(TM) now, WWE!!! We didn't make him yet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 19:12:08 GMT -5
Yeah itâs gonna be a big ol yikes from me dog. Why not acknowledge crowds that are hot and react to things instead of doing what ever the hell this is? For real, why not make an appreciation video for last Tuesday's New Orleans crowd instead or something? Just weird. It'd legit take the same amount of effort and would probably encourage future crowds to be engaged with the show in hopes of being spotlighted. But alas WWE chooses to do the petty, negative alternative.
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Post by cabbageboy on Feb 25, 2019 19:13:19 GMT -5
On Cornette's recent podcast he discussed Raw and noted that various stuff the guys did in the Ricochet/Balor match had no chance of resonating with a Louisiana crowd. So is it the crowd or did WWE not do a good job of engaging them? In the case of the DIY/Revival match how was the crowd supposed to react? Many likely didn't know DIY, but those that did would have been terribly confused as to why these guys were suddenly teaming again.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 25, 2019 19:15:59 GMT -5
reminder that Vince literally came out at a smackdown shown and demanded the crowd to have fun Remember when he fired us all. My wrongful termination suit is still in litigation
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 25, 2019 19:17:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm on the side of this being absolutely disgusting. The crowd gave WWE their money, they don't owe them anything beyond that. The crowd can just whoop annoyingly all Raw and its their right. The paying audience is not a cast member you demand things from
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Feb 25, 2019 19:17:59 GMT -5
I've only seen about 10 minutes of this guy between this and that NXT pre-show, but that was plenty.
Anyway, crowd was awful, but it's a bad look for the company itself to make a video about it.
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Post by MrElijah on Feb 25, 2019 19:23:09 GMT -5
Hey, let's shit on the town! That'll fix 'em?
Holy shit, the NFL doesn't have this much hate for it's fanbase.
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Post by bmfjules on Feb 25, 2019 19:24:46 GMT -5
Book a tone-deaf show that draws crickets. Throw a tantrum. Repeat.
This is almost as bad a look as when Dixie Carter scolded the Impact fans for not being good "extras" for their TV show.
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Post by Perd on Feb 25, 2019 19:27:46 GMT -5
Itâs not like that hey weâre trying to hijack the show or throwing trash in the ring. The were only guilty of lacking energy. Itâs not the first time a crowdâs been lethargic and it wonât be the last. This reeks of WWE seeing an opportunity to say âSee, itâs not are fault.â
And itâs kist not smart to take a public dump on paying owtumers. Unless you were GG Allin.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 25, 2019 19:55:30 GMT -5
Is it me or is this rather similar to TNA's disastrous "you're all cast members" assertion? Yes, the crowd sucked, but calling them out for it is just a passive-aggressive way of putting future crowds under pressure to be loud.
Just be professional and say nothing, but quietly agree not to go there again. Like a real company would.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Feb 25, 2019 19:56:41 GMT -5
Hahahahaha
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Post by Doctor No on Feb 25, 2019 19:58:02 GMT -5
F*** WWE for this. It wasnât a great crowd, but that crowd also bought tickets to a post-Elimination Chamber/âRoad to Wrestlemaniaâ Raw and were given a filler episode of meaninglessness.
NXT star call ups that were awkward due to how meaninglessly random they were handled. Even when the call up matches were happening people didnât even understand if these were actual call ups or if they were a one night thing. Do we even know now? Lol Otherwise last week WWE gave the audience nothing and they got nothing in return from the audience.I look at it as you canât rate a crowd as bad when WWE never even tried to win them over and WWE has really lost the goodwill to deserve the crowd to be automatically hyped âjust cuzâ.
One good thing about this video is itâs proof WWE makes sure to read tons of the negative feedback and social media posts of people. The proof is people posted a lot about how bad that crowd was last week and WWE seized on that to cover up the fact that they swindled that audience last week out of their money.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Feb 25, 2019 19:59:33 GMT -5
Maybe they don't react because your show is boring. Just be thankful that the Lafayette crowd are still turning up and not tuning out of your shows like the millions of others have in recent years.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Feb 25, 2019 20:01:49 GMT -5
reminder that Vince literally came out at a smackdown shown and demanded the crowd to have fun Lmao yeah I was in attendance for that. He made fun of Liverpool and then said "have some fun dammit!" To be fair it was a dead crowd and I was happy to see Vince live so it didn't bother me.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 25, 2019 20:03:14 GMT -5
NXT star call ups that were awkward due to how meaninglessly random they were handled. Even when the call up matches were happening people didnât even understand if these were actual call ups or if they were a one night thing. Do we even know now? Lol Otherwise last week WWE gave the audience nothing and they got nothing in return from the audience.I look at it as you canât rate a crowd as bad when WWE never even tried to win them over and WWE has really lost the goodwill to deserve the crowd to be automatically hyped âjust cuzâ. Calling NXT stars up in f***ing Lafayette instead of Atlanta or Pittsburgh or Chicago was imbecilic, whichever way you slice it. That initial burst of excitement a smarky crowd would give in response to someone like Ricochet or Black would go a long way in telling more casual crowds that these guys were big deals. I don't know how the WWE manages to get such simple things so wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 20:14:04 GMT -5
Yes the crowd sucked ass.
However WWE arenât totally blameless here. The shows suck. They donât push half of the guys the crowd actually give a shit about. Itâs hard to get invested in such a formulaic static show that continually goes through the motions week after week.
Give them something to cheer for. And stop doing tapings in these dead cities! I keep saying it. Chicago, NY, Philly, Orlando, London... these are the best wrestling cities with the best crowds.
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Post by Texas Tornado on Feb 25, 2019 20:46:15 GMT -5
So, WWE hates when crowds have TOO MUCH fun and are too active during the show.
But they hate when crowds aren't having fun and DON'T get rowdy and chant a lot of stuff, or boo & cheer who they want.
The way this company hates its fans is special. Truly remarkable. Can't see why they keep losing viewers.
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