I'm not a fan of the ropes!

[Chuck Conry]

This might sound dumb but I've noticed both shows are back to using white ropes. I was more a fan of Raw using red and Smackdown using blue. I didn't mind the white ones on combo shows but it makes it all look the same to use the white ropes all the time.

[Chiral]

I agree completely, white ropes rarely look good in WWE's set up and are a massive step down from the shows having red and blue.

Really the only time I can think of that I thought the white ropes looked good in WWE is WM23, the lighting made them stand out more instead of how they blah-ly blend in with the HD sets. Plus, it was at a time where they were rarely using white ropes so it felt more special. Then white ropes became the default for all the shows for like 5 years. (looking into it a bit more, the last Wrestlemania to have rope color other than white was 25.)


#GiveMeMoreRingRopeColors

[Eunös ✈]

Rope Colour has never really been a big deal to me personally.

[Deleted]

It's one of those small things that bug the shit out of me way more than it probably should. RED ROPES ON RAW, BLUE ROPES ON SD DAMMIT!

[Cranjis McBasketball]

It you want to discuss the ropes, get ahold of Jon Lovitz!

In one of Jericho’s books he tells the story of John Morrison was gonna go meet Lovitz, Jericho warned him he’d met him before and Lovitz wouldn’t stop asking questions about the ring ropes. Morrison kind of waved him off, sure he was exaggerating. He came back later and “You were right! He cornered me for 45 minutes and wouldn’t stop asking questions about the ring ropes!”

[Starshine]

I think the current setup would look better if WWE somehow wrapped LED screens around the ropes along with everything else they own. I like it when my eyes start bleeding even faster.

[Wieners=$$$]

No disrespect, but bright pink ropes are hard to stare at for hours.

Has there ever been a match were the ring ropes were wrapped with strobe lights? For instance, the lighting was regular for 2 minute intervals, and then for 15 seconds the lights would go out and the strobe ropes light.

The match wouldn't need to be long, but I wonder how terrible it would look🤔

[Alice Syndrome]

I don't think it helps that NXT has them as well, as part of the "male it look like it was filmed on the surface of the sun" vibe.

[Perd]

And after Labor Day, no less.

[Totorob101]

Finn Balor sure isn't either after the ropes cost him his title match

[Lizuka #BLM]

I almost never notice rope colors honestly. Only really when they're not uniform like the Bragging Rights half-and-half ropes or whatever.

[Mozenrath]

I am indifferent to white ones. I think the only time I really hear that much about them is that black ring ropes can be difficult for wrestlers with impaired vision, be it from wearing a mask or if they just do not see well. Stu Grayson used to hate them since he could sometimes barely even see them in dark arenas, though he has terrible eyesight. I do think he eventually found contacts he could wear in-ring, though, making it less of an issue.

[mattyy]

it used to bother me a lot, but i think they are going back to making every show look the exact same all the time with a difference in on screen graphics only.

for a while, at least raw, smackdown, and pay per views looked different(albeit the ppvs had the same stage), but the pandemic happened and they had to obviously change that(although once they moved to the thunderdome, I'd say you could at least do something to differentiate the shows.). But now, all white ropes.. just a giant screen. it's boring. I'm not as hard on AEW because they at least have the PPV set, and I think it's gonna start showing up more again but even then on themed shows there are set pieces to make it stand out that its not the same as usual.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

They should go back to the red, white and blue, dammit!

[welshpenguin]

Nov 29, 2021 19:25:10 GMT -5 @dax said:

It's one of those small things that bug the shit out of me way more than it probably should. RED ROPES ON RAW, BLUE ROPES ON SD DAMMIT!

& paint splatter ropes on nxt 😊

[Instant Classic]

I’m fine with them for ppvs but I can’t stand them in the main shows. The first one lasted from 2010 until 2016, so I guess we’ll see now and red again in 2027.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

yeah I hate ropes too, get rid of all of them entirely

[Bo Rida]

Nov 29, 2021 23:55:47 GMT -5 DrBackflipsHoffman said:

yeah I hate ropes too, get rid of all of them entirely

Don't give Nick Khan ideas!

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Bill Watts trying to work out how to register and hit that like button

[Deleted]

I always hated the white ropes.

I like the shows to have identity. That's why I loved when NXT was Black and Gold.

White is plain. There's no personality in it.