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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jan 5, 2024 21:05:57 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. Thats when its weird because where so used to sounds. I remember watching one of the MLW shows. The first run when Joey Styles was doing commentary like 03ish. They did a show and the ring was clearly not miced. It was so odd not hearing the bumps. I went to the NWA 75 show and there ring was loud. It as miced but also the venue wasn't that big. WWE always had a different sound. The TNA six side was different in sound too, sometimes squeezed. |
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jan 6, 2024 3:35:39 GMT -5
I always noticed how WCW's ring sounded way more like wood, and the WWE's ring sounded like metal.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jan 6, 2024 3:38:32 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. I had always heard that Foley falling through the Hell in a Cell and just splatting on the mat with no give whatsoever was one of the moments that helped the new rings with some actual give happen. |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jan 6, 2024 10:34:34 GMT -5
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. I had always heard that Foley falling through the Hell in a Cell and just splatting on the mat with no give whatsoever was one of the moments that helped the new rings with some actual give happen. Yeah I don't know what Foley is made of that that landing on that stiff ring didn't immediately end his career |
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Jan 6, 2024 12:11:51 GMT -5
I always noticed how WCW's ring sounded way more like wood, and the WWE's ring sounded like metal. I'm sure the WCW rings had a lot more wood involved in the construction. |
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Post by Instant Classic on Jan 6, 2024 13:27:01 GMT -5
I always thought that with WCW’s ring. I love the sound of it.
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Post by cornettesracket on Jan 6, 2024 13:48:23 GMT -5
I always thought that with WCW’s ring. I love the sound of it. So did I. I don’t know why but the sound is… I don’t know how to describe it but it sounds amazing. |
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Post by Renslayer on Jan 6, 2024 13:53:24 GMT -5
I'd imagine them being bigger and built slightly different helps. I could be mistaken, but didn't jericho once point to the size of the wwf ring being a big part of his early struggles when he came over in '99? |
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Post by cornettesracket on Jan 6, 2024 15:28:53 GMT -5
I'd imagine them being bigger and built slightly different helps. I could be mistaken, but didn't jericho once point to the size of the wwf ring being a big part of his early struggles when he came over in '99? He did I think. Arn Anderson said when he first went to wwf, he had issues with the ring being bigger, because his brain was trained to turn to hit the turnbuckle at a certain point, and he said the wwf ring messed him up. edit: found the clip of arn talking about it. It’s in relation to the no of steps you take from corner to corner. |
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Jan 6, 2024 16:56:35 GMT -5
Rings that go bump in the night.
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