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I agree with you here, but they should also put out a product that enables me to become a fan again. Back when Austin and Rock were huge I still had the internet and was a part of the "IWC", but the product was good enough that I absolutely loved it and had to tune into Raw and Smackdown each week, and it was a big deal if I missed it. Now there are no stars, stories or feuds that really make me want to tune in and now I just flip back and forth between wrestling and other shows. I don't necessarily dissect everything, but I do compare it to other things I loved in the past and unfortunately, it hasn't been the same in a while.
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You know that’s right
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Even the biggest marks on the planet can't avoid the cynicism. Some 10 year old goes to youtube to look at videos of his favorite wrestler John Cena and what is he gonna see? 50 comments that Cena's a fag and his fans are faggy little bitches. That's fucked up.
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Haters gonna hate.
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Everything was better in 1995 when a guy who had a truck horn as theme music and "Diesel" as a name could become World Champion and people wouldn't hate.
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Samurai Rocker
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April 29, 1996, Tokyo Dome: The fans' pops for The Road Warriors (Hawk, Animal, and Power Warrior) and Shinya Hashimoto were really out of this world, especially for Hashimoto, as he would win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Nobuhiko Takada.
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TPWW's Glass Ceiling
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I have been to a number of live events in numerous cities around the US over the past few years - and the crowds are no where near as loud as they used to be back in the 1990's.
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Just a bro.
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Fuck... Too Cool's dancing was getting bigger pops than 95% of anything today. It's definitely true. |
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Me too man, me too. It's sad but true that Too Cool's dancing was getting bigger pops than most of what happens now.
On a different note, some folks claim it's some new digital audio technology affecting the crowd levels. Well I can tell you as a professional audio engineer, who's worked in live broadcast and studio/post production fields, that's not the case. The digital audio format has been the standard in live broadcast long before the crowd levels began changing. I don't know specific details about what type of setup WWE is running audio wise, but I know and have enough experience with HD and digital audio formats to know that no amount of audio compression/technology would affect the crowd levels that much but not affect the announcer levels, especially in a live setting. It's too hard to predict the change in levels of the crowd noise to alter it that drastically in a live setting. That's not to say that they can't and don't alter crowd levels in post on pre-taped shows and DVD releases, but they can't alter it that drastically due to DVD format and broadcast standards. |
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boop/bop/beep
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It's also hard to be emotionally invested and care about stuff when they constantly throw into your face that matches and angles don't matter, and that we are in fact just watching Jerry Springer.
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Heh, could have used this action when I myself was commenting on WWE's declining product years ago - only in this case I'm commenting on the lame-ass fans who wouldn't know quality if WWE did a Attitude Era style show one night. Crowd would still be dead, TPWW would flip, though.
Americans suck, get over it. |
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Samurai Rocker
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Hey Mister!
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Wouldn't say it's superior, as the styles are too different to compare. WWE/TNA use the soap opera style because that's what the majority of their audience wants. You'd be lucky to fill a bingo hall if you ran puro style shows here.
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Actually I wish it was more like soap operas now. Right now it seems to be a sketch comedy tour with the occasional 'serious' story. At least in '01 they had legit funny comedy sketches and entertainment angles (Kurt Angle's silliness, the music act). Now it's just 'forced'. Saying you're mainstream doesn't make you mainstream, and guest hosts feel awkward and out of place.
And the foreign promotions have story lines, too. Know what else they have? Rowdy fans still (except Japan who interact with matches differently, but they're in too it). |
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Hey Mister!
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They have storylines in Japan, but they aren't as dramatic. And they heel/face aspect isn't as black and white as it is in america. NJPW, Zero-1, and Noah are all booked in an almost faux-MMA style.
All Japan is the closest thing to WWE's style, the other japanese soap opera style promotions taking the drama and silliness to ridiculous new levels. |
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The Attitude Era felt like you were watching a cricket match in the Sub-Continent but now it feels like England "bah!"
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Hey Mister!
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Guru Dave, ladies and gentlemen.
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Cranky Kong
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You guys are forgetting a pretty big thing.
The target audience in the Attitude Era was males, ages 18-34. The target audience now is children, ages 0-5. What will a male aged 18-34 do at a show that a child, aged 0-5 won't do at a show? GET FUCKING DRUNK. When you're drunk, you're louder and your inhibitions go away. You'd go NUTS at a wrestling show. Even if you weren't drunk at an Attitude Era show, there where enough people around you who were and you didn't feel weird for going ballistic. Live shows these days are totally different. I never used to see so many kids back in the day. Kids like to cheer, but some kids are still really timid, and they're not as naturally loud as a drunk adult. Also, who do you think brought the kids to the show? Their parents who PROBABLY don't even give a fuck about wrestling, but they're trying to make their kids happy. They have no reason to get loud. Now a guy like me will go to a show today. I'll still get drunk and I'll WANT to go ballistic, but there will be a ton of kids around me so I hold myself back a little bit as to not offend their parents. Just something else to think about. |
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Just a bro.
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Cranky Kong
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Cranky Kong
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You know, I never really thought of it before, but I think that's the same reason that the Straight Edge Society is getting huge pops. They're speaking directly to the drunk people and challenging them. Of course they're gonna get loud.
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#23 |
Just a bro.
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That seems to be it..... Attitude Era had better storylines/wrestlers + drunk fans = louder crowds
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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As for your claim, Austin's return was a peak in ratings in the middle of poor ratings, and a hotter crowd. I mean, your argument is literally and demonstrably wrong. introducing just one element of the Attitude Era, one person people gave a shit about, was enough to get a bigger response. Strike three, Kal. It's almost like the thesis that higher "quality" = better crowd reactions holds up to scrutiny. |
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Just a bro.
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While the crowds weren't as bad as they are now, 2007 was still miles behind the 90s/early 00s...... and remember when Austin first returned in early 2007? That crowd was REALLY HOT.
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My thesis?
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Just a bro.
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This is 2007. Although this was in Chicago |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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No, mine. You're making excuses for why the crowd is no longer hot for people that haven't been built for them to care about in angles that they don't care about.
I'm explaining that there's a correlation between crowd reaction and quality of show. You're making a "It's cool to hate" argument. If that was your thesis, you said the exact opposite. |
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#29 |
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Sorry.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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It's okay. It's not surprising you wouldn't understand your own argument.
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I wasn't sorry. You know this, right? I was quite malevolent in the matter.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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...Right? Last edited by Kane Knight; 04-17-2010 at 05:11 PM. Reason: TPWW ate my response |
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Mr. Nice Guy
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This shit is funny. So totally my favorite thread right now. Either the crowd is going dead, or some people are going deaf. That's all there is to it.
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Noid's over there.
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Is it just me or does the WWE spend less time in the major smark cities than they used to. Now they focus on smaller cities and towns where the crowds are much quieter. This with the combination of the younger audiences, and more characters that come out of nowhere to be forced down everyones throat.
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#36 |
Cranky Kong
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And less booze.
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I am the cheese
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i dunno who this tj midnight420 guys is but he`s massively right.
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Mr. Nice Guy
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After the reactions The Rock got tonight, there can be no doubt that the dead crowds in recent years has NOTHING to do with HD/digital audio and everything to do with the talent and writing, and a little of the PG restrictions.
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Adam Evans = Tough Enough
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Big, Cena and Vickie got huge reactions tonight too.
Matter of Fact, VICKIE got huge heat.. like the most I've seen out of a heel since McMahon from the 90s. |
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