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Post by ragecutter on Jan 3, 2024 16:28:44 GMT -5
The WWE's rings have a unique sound to them whenever someone takes a bump. No other rings have the same sound. How do they achieve that?
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jan 3, 2024 16:30:29 GMT -5
joe gacy under the ring screaming is how they achieve that sound you are looking for
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Post by Error on Jan 3, 2024 16:48:32 GMT -5
I'd imagine them being bigger and built slightly different helps.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 3, 2024 17:24:03 GMT -5
There's a whole world underneath there. Courtrooms and everything. So it echoes in a way other rings don't.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 3, 2024 19:28:12 GMT -5
I remember somebody saying once that they have a mic under the ring that feeds into the broadcast.
No clue if it's true or just a random asshole saying bullshit.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jan 3, 2024 19:45:32 GMT -5
The ring is custom built just for them by a hired crew (I remember when the wwe did the warehouse tours with Joey Styles talked about rings). So they don't use a mass produced ring. That as something to do with it and yes rings are miced up. ECW was known to have the mic really turned up, which is why when you watch you can just about hear every foot step.
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Post by DichEvans on Jan 4, 2024 0:11:21 GMT -5
The ring is custom built just for them by a hired crew (I remember when the wwe did the warehouse tours with Joey Styles talked about rings). So they don't use a mass produced ring. That as something to do with it and yes rings are miced up. ECW was known to have the mic really turned up, which is why when you watch you can just about hear every foot step. I wrote a paper on pro wrestling in my undergrad and actually researched this quite a bit. This is pretty much why, but to just add context The style of a WWE ring goes back till like the 20's, when VKM's grandfather was jointly promoting boxing and wrestling. For a while they just used the same ring. Boxing rings were 20x20 and wrestling rings were typically 16x16 or 18x18 (WWE's is 20x20). They slowly evolved over time This is why the WWE used ropes instead of cable and why their rings are bigger than a traditional wrestling ring. The rings being so stiff is likely why nearly everyone from the 'Hulkamania Era' had hip replacements. WWE massively changed the way they built rings after VKM had a match against Austin in 99. He felt how stiff they were and told them to make it better to bump in. Other companies like WCW and ECW actually sourced their rings from the same
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Post by cornettesracket on Jan 4, 2024 4:03:54 GMT -5
I’ve always preferred the WCW ring sound to the wwf/wwe rings.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 4, 2024 5:53:44 GMT -5
The ring is custom built just for them by a hired crew (I remember when the wwe did the warehouse tours with Joey Styles talked about rings). So they don't use a mass produced ring. That as something to do with it and yes rings are miced up. ECW was known to have the mic really turned up, which is why when you watch you can just about hear every foot step. I wrote a paper on pro wrestling in my undergrad and actually researched this quite a bit. This is pretty much why, but to just add context The style of a WWE ring goes back till like the 20's, when VKM's grandfather was jointly promoting boxing and wrestling. For a while they just used the same ring. Boxing rings were 20x20 and wrestling rings were typically 16x16 or 18x18 (WWE's is 20x20). They slowly evolved over time This is why the WWE used ropes instead of cable and why their rings are bigger than a traditional wrestling ring. The rings being so stiff is likely why nearly everyone from the 'Hulkamania Era' had hip replacements. WWE massively changed the way they built rings after VKM had a match against Austin in 99. He felt how stiff they were and told them to make it better to bump in. Other companies like WCW and ECW actually sourced their rings from the same And according to Mick Foley the new rings having more bounce made his knee problems worse. Poor guy couldnt get a break.
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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Jan 4, 2024 7:18:29 GMT -5
The WWE's rings have a unique sound to them whenever someone takes a bump. No other rings have the same sound. How do they achieve that? sound engineers and mics under the ring
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Jan 4, 2024 7:55:26 GMT -5
As others have said there are microphones in the ring, plus the size of it, and using thinner boards more like 2x4s instead of the big plywood panels.
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Post by PKO on Jan 4, 2024 8:46:00 GMT -5
It’s always the thing that stood out to me whenever I’ve seen WWE live.
Those rings are LOUD.
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Post by J. Hova on Jan 4, 2024 21:50:51 GMT -5
It’s always the thing that stood out to me whenever I’ve seen WWE live. Those rings are LOUD. That is what I was going to say. If you've never seen the WWE live, it sounds like a gunshot compared to virtually any other company I've ever seen.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Jan 4, 2024 22:09:38 GMT -5
The ring is custom built just for them by a hired crew (I remember when the wwe did the warehouse tours with Joey Styles talked about rings). So they don't use a mass produced ring. That as something to do with it and yes rings are miced up. ECW was known to have the mic really turned up, which is why when you watch you can just about hear every foot step. I wrote a paper on pro wrestling in my undergrad and actually researched this quite a bit. This is pretty much why, but to just add context The style of a WWE ring goes back till like the 20's, when VKM's grandfather was jointly promoting boxing and wrestling. For a while they just used the same ring. Boxing rings were 20x20 and wrestling rings were typically 16x16 or 18x18 (WWE's is 20x20). They slowly evolved over time This is why the WWE used ropes instead of cable and why their rings are bigger than a traditional wrestling ring. The rings being so stiff is likely why nearly everyone from the 'Hulkamania Era' had hip replacements. WWE massively changed the way they built rings after VKM had a match against Austin in 99. He felt how stiff they were and told them to make it better to bump in. Other companies like WCW and ECW actually sourced their rings from the same FWIW, I think Tennis Racket Man took credit for telling them to get a springier mat.
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Post by DichEvans on Jan 5, 2024 0:25:27 GMT -5
I wrote a paper on pro wrestling in my undergrad and actually researched this quite a bit. This is pretty much why, but to just add context The style of a WWE ring goes back till like the 20's, when VKM's grandfather was jointly promoting boxing and wrestling. For a while they just used the same ring. Boxing rings were 20x20 and wrestling rings were typically 16x16 or 18x18 (WWE's is 20x20). They slowly evolved over time This is why the WWE used ropes instead of cable and why their rings are bigger than a traditional wrestling ring. The rings being so stiff is likely why nearly everyone from the 'Hulkamania Era' had hip replacements. WWE massively changed the way they built rings after VKM had a match against Austin in 99. He felt how stiff they were and told them to make it better to bump in. Other companies like WCW and ECW actually sourced their rings from the same And according to Mick Foley the new rings having more bounce made his knee problems worse. Poor guy couldnt get a break. I sourced his podcast for my paper!
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 5, 2024 1:13:28 GMT -5
I do not know if it was just Vince that caused the rings to change, or Cornette's suggestion, as I know Foley has suggested that some of his horrendous bumps also were a contributing factor to it being sped along. I can believe it was probably a combination of the three.
I also know Mick cited that NBC was responsible for how hard they were because they didn't want the ring to be too bouncy since they felt it looked bad on TV, but WWE had kept it going long after they were no longer doing Saturday Night's Main Event, probably since they didn't want to shell out the money for new rings.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jan 5, 2024 1:43:34 GMT -5
As I recall both stories are true and connected. Cornette got the new rings designed based on an old territory one after Vince bumped and realised how the old rings had no give in them.
I think those rings are still unique to WWE hence the unique sound, and of course their mic'd up so that's why you can hear it in the cheap seats. The wrestlers I've spoken to who have done work for WWE always mention the ropes being the hardest thing to get used to.
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Post by Andew9001 on Jan 5, 2024 5:57:56 GMT -5
It's somethimg i never noticed for years until i heard it mentioned on i want to say an OSW review. Then i went to a show last year for the first time in years and it really stood out to me. Last month i watched an old indy match one of the local guys uploaded to Youtube and the silent ring was really offputting.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 5, 2024 12:07:00 GMT -5
I do not know if it was just Vince that caused the rings to change, or Cornette's suggestion, as I know Foley has suggested that some of his horrendous bumps also were a contributing factor to it being sped along. I can believe it was probably a combination of the three. I also know Mick cited that NBC was responsible for how hard they were because they didn't want the ring to be too bouncy since they felt it looked bad on TV, but WWE had kept it going long after they were no longer doing Saturday Night's Main Event, probably since they didn't want to shell out the money for new rings. Yeah, I believe the stiff ass rings were a Dick Ebersol call. They looked better on TV. It was late 98, early 99 they changed the rings. Everyone who was in the company at the time tends to joke that it was because Vince started taking bumps, but I do believe they were working on it before he was really active in the ring.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Jan 5, 2024 20:09:04 GMT -5
I remember when I got to high school and first got to see an amateur wrestling mat, I just assumed that was the padding in a pro wrestling ring between the floor base and the canvas.
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