[Wrestling] Discussão Geral

[Che]

Só consigo sorrir com esta Raw. Perfeita! :D

[Naitch]

Lindo, o combate do Sheamus vs Orton foi o pico. Nunca me ri tanto numa Raw como ontem :lol:

[Che]

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A reacção do público quando o Ziggler entra, parecia um golo na EPL. :heart: :prayer:

[Mister Master]

esse big show devia pelo menos ter mandado a 3º cadeira

É heel, não pode agradar o público

[Poeira]

Fossem todos os públicos assim e as audiências subiam na boa. Assim deu gosto ver 3h de Raw.

[JackBauerPT]

Grande parte do público não era americano, fiquei com essa sensação. Vi por exemplo várias bandeiras inglesas.

Editado 9 Abril 2013 por JackBauerPT

[6nario]

Muitos estrangeiros aproveitaram certamente a onda da wrestlemania e é visível, mas não exageremos, não eram nem de perto a maioria. Mas que tiveram muita influência tiveram, porque foi provavelmente em pequenos grupos de pessoal estrageiro que estava lá que a coisa começou a pegar. Até porque é muito mais típico dos eventos da europa haver este tipo de manifestações.

[Mister Master]

Nos pacotes pra WM costumam estar incluidos bilhetes pra raw do dia a seguir. Só os fãs hardcore vão aos 2.

[6nario]

Eu se fosse do estrangeiro para ver uma Mania, certamente que tentaria rentabilizar a minha estadia ao máximo, provavelmente iria ao próximo raw.

[Wembanyama]

DUH DUH DUH DUH DA DA DUH! Assim dá gosto!

[Mister Master]

The Raw Crowd: Why Monday's Audience Was "Best in the World"

 

Posted by Colin Hunter on April 9, 2013 at 12:42 PM

 

This sign took on a totally different meaning during this week's Raw, when "the people" stole the show.

 

Every once in a while, WWE's flagship TV show truly lives up to its name, Raw.

The collective emotion among the 16,000 fans at New Jersey's Izod Centre Monday was raw — pure, unfiltered, spontaneous and joyous.

And by the end of the three-hour show, every fan's overworked throat must have felt extremely raw.

Something magical happened on Monday night — something that the wrestling world sees only once or twice in a generation. The magic didn't happen inside the ring, although several matches certainly delivered the goods, but instead all around it.

The 16,000 fans in attendance were, without a doubt, the true "superstars" of the show. The commentators were beside themselves at the boisterousness of the crowd (especially when the fans chanted each commentator's name in succession), and the wrestlers were clearly feeding off the energy.

Fans chanted for dozens of wrestlers, past and present. They sang along with Fandango's theme song and danced in the aisles. They roared for the heels — Dolph Ziggler garnering a seismic "pop" when he finally cashed in his Money in the Bank contract — and they taunted the babyfaces.

 

 

They made everyone watching at home wish they could be part of the fun.

It was exactly the kind of cathartic enthusiasm that the 80,000 fans at the MetLife Stadium the previous night seemed to lack through much of WrestleMania.

So why did it happen? What secret ingredients combined inside a New Jersey Arena to create an episode of Raw that will go down as one of the most memorable of all time?

An International Audience

This was the favorite explanation of the commentators when the fans really started to get behind the heels. Jerry Lawler frequently mentioned the many European fans in the audience to account for the large, vocal cheering sections for the likes of Wade Barrett, Sheamus and other overseas imports. But cheering for wrestlers based on shared nationality only accounted for part of the fevered reaction. There was clearly a large Canadian contingent, judging by the maple leaf flags, and those fans are notorious for their topsy-turvy reactions to good guys and bad guys. Fans from the U.K. are also much more prone than typical American audiences to cheer and boo for the "wrong" wrestlers.

A "Smart" Crowd

The term "smart fan" is pretty pretentious (and often a misnomer), but it's safe to say that a larger-than-usual proportion of fans at Raw fit the description. The type of person willing to attend not only an expensive WrestleMania but also the next night's Raw is a hardcore fan with a deeper understanding of wrestling than the type of casual observer who might attend Raw for a fun diversion. Many of the fans in attendance probably spent thousands of dollars and traveled many miles to partake in a long weekend full of wrestling. Some were wrestling journalists in New Jersey to cover the events; some were independent wrestlers in town to perform on the gamut of shows that capitalized on wrestling fever; and some were people who, after chatting with each other for ages in online forums, finally got to meet in person. All together, they made for a passionate and well-informed crowd that knew how drastically a lively audience can affect the fate of a show.

Positive Reinforcement

A large contingent of fans in the Izod Arena were using Twitter and other social media on their smartphones during the show. They would have been able to see that Twitter and wrestling sites were abuzz with chatter about the crazy New Jersey crowd. This surely would have encouraged them to come up with the ever-more hilarious chants. What's more, the wrestlers in the ring were clearly affected by the reactions, and a few were noticeably "corpsing," unable to keep a straight face. All these factors inspired the audience to continue one-upping themselves. When they chanted "We are awesome," it was a well-deserved bit of immodesty.

After the cameras went off the air, John Cena acknowledged the crowd for their incredible contribution to the show:

 

 

That New York Vibe

It seems very unlikely that fans would have demonstrated quite the same passion and excitement if Raw had emanated from, say, Tuscon or Seattle or Dallas. The New York area is steeped in wrestling lore, as WWE frequently reminded us, and fans have always been vocal at shows there. You can bet that many fans were partying in the Big Apple both before and after Raw.

A Fan-Friendly Venue

Although 80,000 fans packed into MetLife Stadium 24 hours earlier for WrestleMania, the 16,000 fans at Raw created a more powerful — and much more sustained — roar. This is partly the fault of the giant outdoor stadium: it was cool, dreary and its open-air concept muffled crowd noise. A hockey arena like the Izod Center, on the other hand, reverberates with noise and energy. If a pocket of fans began chanting loud enough, it could quickly spread through the entire venue — something that is impossible in a venue as enormous and sound-swallowing as the MetLife Center.

He Was There to Show the World….

The crowd was electric all night, but they truly became unhinged when Dolph Ziggler finally, after months and months of hesitation, cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and took the World Heavyweight Championship from a hobbled Alberto Del Rio.

 

 

Plenty of Practice

Many of the fans at Raw had probably honed their chanting skills at a number of independent shows held around New Jersey over the weekend. The kind of chanting that erupted in the Izod Center is more commonplace at shows by promotions like Ring of Honor, Dragon Gate USA, Pro Wrestling Syndicate and CHIKARA — all of which held events in the area over WrestleMania weekend. Hundreds of fans would have chanted their lungs out at those shows, and they were likely the people starting the chants during Raw.

Lowered Expectations

With the enormous amount of hype and build-up leading into WrestleMania, it's almost impossible for the event to meet the lofty expectations placed on it. The 80,000 fans at the MetLife Stadium seemed to be perpetually waiting for amazing things to happen, and were frequently disappointed. Monday Night Raw, on the other hand, doesn't come with the same built-in expectations of greatness. Because the fans at Raw were not necessarily expecting earth-shattering moments, they were free to enjoy the show at face value. Then when the show delivered some strong action and fun surprises, they loved it even more.

A Fond Farewell

For thousands of fans at the Izod Center, Raw represented the very last moment of their WrestleMania experience. Many of them would have spent the past week immersed in wrestling, whether at Fan Axxess, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, WrestleCon and/or the many other independent wrestling events. Raw was the final hurrah before they would return to their real lives. Granted, a handful might make the trip to Boston for Tuesday's Smackdown taping, but only a small proportion. With nothing left to do on their wrestling pilgrimage, plenty of fans would have seen Raw as a last chance to have a party. Many of them probably had some liquid encouragement too, which surely helped.

Although the boisterous New Jersey crowd is the talk of the wrestling world today, don't expect next week's Raw — or any other Raw in the foreseeable future — to have the same buzz.

The combination of factors that resulted in a magical Raw are highly unlikely to be repeated until one year from now, at the earliest. Perhaps the chemistry will never quite be duplicated, which is all the more reason to fondly remember this week's exceptional Raw.

 

[Mikes]

o ultimo video...priceless...

 

Que grande ambiente. Acho que não me lembro de ter visto um ambiente tão bom, nunca, em evento algum. Público excelente mesmo, mereciam um excelente espetáculo e até que foi. Que venham mais destas!!!

[Aimar10]

[Naitch]

No fundo, isto resume:

 

"Something magical happened on Monday night — something that the wrestling world sees only once or twice in a generation. The magic didn't happen inside the ring, although several matches certainly delivered the goods, but instead all around it."

 

:prayer:

[Dominator]

Epa o Sexual Chocolate partiu-me todo f*da-se :lol: :lol:

E o "one more time One more Chair" :funny:

[Dominator]

Btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K051M_sE7E

WTF :lol:

[Black Pearl]

fez sim

 

Repetiu a piada do heel turn, em que gira a calcanhar. :lol:

Não estava a ver, muito bom :lol:

[Che]

É NOIS!

[marte]

Que RAW estrondosa pqp.

Aquele público foi absolutamente fantástico.

Será que o Ryback virou heel? :-k

E eles a cantarem a música do Fandango fdx :lol:

[Black Pearl]

O Ryback sempre foi assim

[marte]

O Ryback sempre foi assim

 

Mas atacou o João Cena :mrgreen:

[Poeira]

Eu por acaso fiquei com a ideia que o Ryback se assumiu como nº1 contender. Cena vs Ryback apenas, sem Henry ao barulho.

[Phil]

Os publicos a seguir à WM destes dois anos :prayer:

Já o de miami muito bom tb :)

[Pedro-SCP]

Ca poutaaaa de público.

 

Muito obrigado :handclap:

[famaboys]

É dar bilhetes vitalícios... Acorda, Vince!