WrestleMania Crowd

LegacyUser

I loved the crowd. I wish more were more like them - when you consider the market capabilities, most fans want something in between entertainment and pure wrestling. All the shows I've been to here in Dublin have been filled with dickheads who just do what their told. Enough I say, revolt, tell them what you really think.

I'm not exaggerating - I think we're at the crossroads here. For the last few months the heel-face dynamic has gone out the window. It's time for a new age, or personalities who express characteristics of both faces and heels, HHH vs cena tonight was the prime example - look at the heat.

If the wwe thought that they could replicate that next year they wouldn't hesititate to use the same thing. It's great. No more heels vs faces, but personalities against each other, crowds split. If the crowd think that there's a group who's disagreeing with them, they start to factionalise and create the sort of heat you saw on Sunday (not to the same extent - but the theory is the same).

And if WWE ever does reach this stage where heels and faces dont really exist, Cena will be treated as a pioneer.

triple h

i loved the crowd too. the crowd loved mickie james and hhh the most. oh, and orton.

Vince135792003

Crowds that revolt are not really a new thing. Every time they go to Toronto it happens. It happened at the Point in Dublin last year. I think the first time people talk about it ever happening was when Ric Flair who was then the top bad guy got cheered when he beat Ronnie Garvin in the mid 80s.

I agree with you, its fun when you have dueling portions of the audience passiontely hating one guy and loving another.

But the end of faces and heels ? I dont think so. Wrestling is a morality play with an edge. And I don't think that will change. Stone Cold was a badass. But ultimately he was the common guy standing up to the evil boss. He stood up for what was right.

But who knows theirs an interesting dynmamic with Cena and I think they should go with it.

gimmick

This deserves a new thread why?

Mr.Nice Guy

Hostile crowds can be good, eg. WM18 Hogan vs Rock at Toronto...

but they can also be a pain, eg. Summerslam '04 again at Toronto when the crowd started booing practically every babyface - Eugene, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and even hometown boy Edge.

the sunbabe wan

damn, the crowd made raw awesome last night screw heels and babyfaces, theres no such thing any more... personally i love triple h as a wrestler. baby face or heel.. john cena has won some respect from me any way, for the way he took that crowd last night.... he may not be the greatest wrestler in the world but hey he's still champ....

Fozzy

I was expecting the crowd to act like they did. There's a big ROH following in Chicago, I'm sure a good few of them were at WM. I'm also sure that a lot of people just joined in with the cheering and booing because they thought it was fun

Matt Hardy gave a good interview at some point last year where he said that at some point, he thinks there's not going to be any faces or heels, just certain wrestlers that some people like and some people hate. It'd be just like any sport really. Heels and faces will never disappear completely though, obviously. They bring a lot of emotion into events, making it better overall

LegacyUser

gimmick wrote:

This deserves a new thread why?

WTF?? Shut up. How about to talk about how wrestling is potentially changing its very foundation that its storyline's are based on, ie faces and heels maybe?

How about to talk about one of the biggest talking points of WM 22 (the crowd) aswell?

oneofakind32

Wrestling is built around face V Heel. I think the crowds decision to boo faces and cheer heels is shows a there disatisfaction with the promotion as a whole more than anything else. Its nothing more than poor writing IMO