I miss those WCW 1997/1998 crowds

[Loose Cannon]

I'm watching an episode of Nitro from March 30, 1998 to be exact and one match was Buff Bagwell vs Raven. And the crowd was hot for this match. They were going nuts every time Buff did his "stuff" And they were all over Raven. Every time Buff got any sort of offesne in, the crowd went insane. You think you were watching Rock/Hogan WM 18 for a second.

And then Goldberg vs Big Boss man was also a hot one. Goldberg could just wink and the crowd would go ape shit.

So where are these people and how do I find them?

[Gerard]

So where are these people and how do I find them?

Probably some backwater hick town that has a population of 30.000 and only 3 surnames.

[The One]

So where are these people and how do I find them?

Have you tried looking in one of the arenas that has "UFC" on the marquee?

TOVO Fact: Tovo likes PB&J.

[Xero]

Probably some backwater hick town that has a population of 30.000 and only 3 surnames.

Just outside Atlanta.

[Loose Cannon]

oh yea and this was the same show Jericho was reading off his 1001 holds :lol:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The great thing about those crowds is they were always focused on what was happening in the ring. And they weren't anywhere near as cynical as the crowds of today

[jskinnyg]

oh yea and this was the same show Jericho was reading off his 1001 holds :lol:

THAT was classic! I gotta check youtube for that clip!

[Xero]

ARMBAR!

[jskinnyg]

And it was 1004 holds! Crappy video, but HILARIOUS!!!

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[Jeritron]

Lots of people in Looney Toons shirts, or other assorted cartoon character tees.

Pretty sure there's a whole family sporting matching Whinnie The Pooh oversized tees during Hogan's heel turn

[jskinnyg]

OK This one is better...

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[Loose Cannon]

and it seems like there were more signs back then. everyone had a sign. I even saw a guy on that show with a piece of that brown shipping paper and he put "This show needs more Flock" on it

[Jeritron]

There were far more signs at WWF shows I felt

[Loose Cannon]

well like both companies during that era. I only mentioned WCW because I watched it today. but yea, both companies had the same types of fans

[jskinnyg]

And one more... Awesome...

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[owenbrown]

What happened to the crowds that threw things in the ring after a shitty finish?

[Juan]

I feel like people nowadays are too afraid to look like marks to react to anything. 9 times out of 10, the people in the front row are sitting down the whole time.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

WWF crowds back then were hot for the main event and the upper mid card, but WCW crowds popped for everything.

[Jeritron]

Pretty sure the WWF crowds were popping huge for Al Snow, Val Venis, D'Lo, The Godfather, and even Kaientai
Not to mention the tag teams, and the women like Sable and Debra.

The whole card was over and popped start to finish

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Pretty sure the WWF crowds think you're a jerk.

[Jeritron]

Pretty sure you've been disapproved by the IWC

[Loose Cannon]

I mean look at this shit

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[Droford]

What happened to the crowds that threw things in the ring after a shitty finish?

I was at a Nitro and the nWo was cutting a promo and someone threw a soda at Nash and he caught it and drank it.

[VSG]

That crowd in that above clip reminds me of crappy video games!

[jskinnyg]

I mean look at this shit

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It's STEVIE RAY The Enforcer!!!

In my best Ron Simmons voice... DAMN!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

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crowd never sits down or stops cheering once

[Xero]

"He leaps over Colorado Springs in a single bound!"

lol

[Jeritron]

Raven was one of their crowd favorites. He was also one of the guys everyone seem to like. Even people who didn't like WCW.

Of course he never got the push

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The pop @ 4:26 is ridiculous

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Goldberg/Raven was fucking amazing. I bet if Raven stepped into an area WITHOUT plants in it they still would have thrown him back. Ridiculous crowd.</font>

[jskinnyg]

I hated the goldberg character, but the pops were ridiculous... And the Fans throwing Raven back in gimmick was pretty genius...

[Skippord]

The answer to your question is before the internet became popular

[Triple A]

Damn, those clips are pretty crazy. Def a ton of hicks though during the closeups so I dunno.

[DrA]

Even to this day there are still heated discussions wondering if Diamond Dallas Page prevented Goldberg from getting his first defeat.

[el bobbo]

<font color=goldenrod>Goldberg/Raven was fucking amazing. I bet if Raven stepped into an area WITHOUT plants in it they still would have thrown him back. Ridiculous crowd.</font>

Shit. They wouldn't even try stuff with plants like that these days. The most we get are the CM Punk saviour segments that are sooooo obvious.

[Wishbone]

god this just made me hate the WWE today even more:'(

[Rammsteinmad]

The answer to your question is before the internet became popular

First thing that came to my mind.

[Sixx]

Is it just me, or did the titles used to change way more often on TV?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

WCW were so into the ratings war that they changed belts on free-TV quite often.

WWE did it a few times in that period, but they did build to the PPVs a lot harder.

[JT]

Raven was one of their crowd favorites. He was also one of the guys everyone seem to like. Even people who didn't like WCW.

Of course he never got the push

If by never got a push you mean won the US title, had one of the hottest feuds in the company with DDP, and was the leader of a popular stable...then yes, he never got a push.

[Triple A]

Also didn't WCW use to pipe in crowd noise?

[The Franchise]

They definitely did for Thunder, not sure about Nitro