Anyone else miss the fucking loud as fuck crowd from the 90s?

>>3097166
Yes. It was kino desu.

>>3097166
No just you

>was in the GA Dome when Goldberg beat Hogan
>was in the GA Dome when the Fingerpoke happened

8-year old me didn't know he had seen literal highest highs and lowest lows of his favorite company in the span of 5 months

>>3097166
I like NJPW crowds more. The polite silence is actually really nice and helps me appreciate the match more

Too Cool was over as fuck. https://youtu.be/EPFqdWoJMpQ Even Disco inferno. https://youtu.be/7hYFMn2LL2E

>>3097166
Not just loud, but organically cheering or booing what was going on. Not autistic fucking "this is awesome" "two sweeeet"chant faggetry. Sounds like these idiots just go to wrestling shows to spam memes. JUST WATCH THE FUCKING SHOW AND CHEER AND STOP MAKING IT ABOUT YOURSELVES YOU AUTISTIC SHITSIPPERS. FUCK.

>inb4 ya got worked pinhead
>inb4 SEETHING

>>3097179
Were you cute?

>>3097166
>Audience looking like theyre genuinely marking out and having a good time.

2017 fans BTFO.

I miss 90s fashion.

>>3097187
He was a WCW cuck. He was a fat ugly cunt.

>>3097166
Nash was right.
Those fans are shopped and they piped in Goldberg chants

>>3097166
England still have it,if only WWE Main Roster held P.P.V there and ignore U.S viewers for a while

look at all that toxic masculinity. things are definitely better now.

https://youtu.be/DGsBRImD0po

>that pop when Jericho appears on the titantron

>>3097186
>>3097204
I mean can you fucking blame them with the drivel they're given nowadays?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu5Zi2HuBww

Try and imagine any modern fans being as invested in the product as this lot. Holy shit.

WCW was always fucking nuts with fans throwing shit

>/wwe/ babbies complaining about dead crowds

watch better wrestling

>>3097486
damn smark crowds

I miss camera flashes.

>>3097549
always fucking BASED you mean

>>3097546
No because everybody would know they were separated and divorced at this point.

>>3097594
NJPW crowds are quiet as fuck and indy shit crowds consist of the same people who ruin WWE shows now

>>3097549
WCW encouraged it is why, WWF would throw people out for throwing garbage at the wrestlers.

>>3097700
>quiet as fuck

Sorry NJPW fans actually pay attention to their matches instead of trying to get themselves over with shitty chants, and they always go crazy by the end. Kill yourself E drone.

>>3097166
Anyone else? Have you not met any real wrestling fans since there are so many fake fans around now? It's everyone else.

/asp/ is our safe haven from cringeworthy under-age faggots on those other sites who literally type " ha ha bring back ta Attitood Era thumbs up if u agree xD :P " making fun of the 99.9% of people who believe WWE is absolute shit in comparison to even the Benoit/Eddie era let alone AE

bring back college frat boys that date rape girls instead of faggy numales that are obese and can't get any pussy pls

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Hollywood Hogan cutting a fucking 10/10 promo while dodging paper cups from seething marks is the legit pinnacle of what professional wrestling should be.

>>3097714

>get themselves over

They'd be the only thing over on WWE television

HHH got the biggest pop of all time

Daniel Bryan got these level of reactions. CM Phil got these level of reactions.

The problem: WWE booking. WWE booking motivates crowds today to "go into business" for themselves.

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>>3097837
>Daniel Bryan got these level of reactions. CM Phil got these level of reactions.

Jesus Christ, don't comment on things if you just started watching wrestling in 2010

here is Stone Cod coming out on a random raw, it's a bigger pop than punk or bryan ever got (i include punk at Chicago in that)

https://streamable.com/xzu70

>>3097212
Did Nash really say that? I do believe the intro music had Goldberg in it

>>3097180
Low test numale detected

>>3097166
no, i love quiet disinterred crowds. dumbass.

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>the average fan in 2017

>>3097872
I mean nu jafags do, so it's a real question

>>3097166
When is Hogan coming to get his win back from Goldberg?

>>3097942
it was not a clean win, Rodman distracted Hogan

Hogan won't lose any sleep over it

I miss WCW fans throwing trash in the ring, while it's pretty stupid and dumb ON THE OTHER HAND it shows how invested they were in the story and they had massive, massive legit heat.

https://youtu.be/igiVdiRBmaE

Hard to believe that this was par for the course on Raw.

>>3098875
That's how you work the crowd. Hogan was in heel mode while some others in nwo are anti heros.

>>3097692
This. Dunno why, just adds another sense of excitement

>>3097549
>>3097706
>>3098875

It looked pretty awesome. Until some asshole threw a golfball at the referee...

The crowds were definitely hotter, they even went crazy for Lex Luger's rack attack of all things. Any idea when it went to hell with the memes? With the "What" chant?

>>3098920
>that Rainmaker attempt at 6:10

>threw trash in the ring as a sign of hatred for the heels

90's crowds were good shit yeah

>>3098875
>while it's pretty stupid and dumb

Wrestling is better when it's stupid and dumb. It's a show about two dudes punching each other.

>>3097166
Watch Canadian Stampede '97

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>>3097166
WCW had sweet ass crowds

>>3099729
LMFAO
shoot or work..... i cant tell omg its so good

>>3097847
>implying Bryan/Punk weren't getting this kind of reactions at their peaks as well
How much has nostalgia deluded you? Punk MITB 2011, Ziggler cash-in, Bryan cheers at WM30 all are easily close to AE's loudest which was Austin returning to help out Mankind

>>3097787
This

The noise yes. Throwing shit in the ring no.

>>3098875
I miss the drunk WCW rednecks JUMPING into the ring and getting the boots put to them

>>3099818
You sound like a real bitch.

>>3097792
The British Bulldog did actually. Although a few Austin pops probably came close.

>>3097187
Nobody preferred wcw over wew where I lived in the uk. The closest I got to wcw stuff was wrestling figures of sting and ddp. I thought sting was some caw or something lmfao.. thought he was based

>>3097863
worked e-drone detected

Yes. And I also miss the lower production quality. Wrestling seems so much better with the dim lighting those shit guard rails etc.

>>3100088
There's a certain je ne sais quoi about sweaty rednecks in wifebeaters and highscool jocks in 3:16 shirts leaning over the old metallic guard rails together. It just seems to guarantee a better show

I miss the steel barricades. Gave it a raw, open feeling.

>>3100088
This, too. I'm not a fan of the super clean product.

>>3100088
Absolutely true.

>>3100088
Wrestling died with HD and production upgrades. Ruined the atmosphere.

>>3100088
Yep, that's a big reason why the name RAW was so accurate. Everything about 1997+ was literally raw.

WHAT

>>3097209
WCW was the vastly superior show from 1996 into the beginning of 1999 and it was even close. You'd know that if you were there to see both shows on tv at the same time and have to choose which one to stay on. 18+ junior

something i never see mentioned about the older shows and crowds vs modern ones. and that's the size of the venues themselves. most of the newer stadiums are taller than classic raw's etc, and the led scrolling banners with raw/smackdown don't help

anyway, food for thought

>>3099963

Okay Cletus. Cuz throwin your fuckin 72oz mt dew at a wrasslers head knowing they can't retaliate makes you a tough guy.

>>3097837
fucking KYS

>>3100340
Also those red lights being beamed on the crowd. They turned the audience into a jail with those lights and clunky barricades.

Crowds are trash today, not just in WWE, but in-ring work rate is a lot higher now than it was in the 90's. It's a fair trade off I guess.

>>3100361
seething

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>>3097166
Smartphones are the main reason why the crowd is nowhere near what it used to be back in the nineties. People are more focused on what they can record and post on social media, rather than what they can enjoy.

Back then, there were cameras, but you had to wait to get home to show them to your friends and family.

The smartphone era is the destruction of humanity.

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>>3097166
A factor people don't bring up enough is that WWE has no openly-acknowledged rival.

NFL's biggest draw (aside from betting) is "us versus them." Every team is as big as WWEand people represent their team everywhere they go and shit talk their rivals.

Fuck it, we all know that the problem with WWE is EVERYTHING. We could sit here and have a 200 post thread where every person gives a new and valid reason why "the product" is in the toilet and every answer would be right.

>>3100475
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngt1JK3DyOU

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>>3100115
>>3100103
>>3100088
Nothing like that raw low budget feel that you might get killed by BamBam Bigelow at any moment.

iPhones were a mistake

Crowds are generally worse for everything now. Sports/concerts/etc.

Many places have priced out the little guys, who tend to be the drunkest and the rowdiest. Kids are often protected to a larger degree now. And iPhone culture means watching an event through a phone may be more valuable than actually reacting to what is going on around you.

>>3099761
Not even close to the reaction Austin got

>>3097473
They prescribe testosterone pills now friend

Everything seemed so much more fun and lively back then, it would be so cool being in this crowd

https://youtu.be/bPfF1oawTrs

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Much love to ECW crowds too!

It was a better world back then.

such a good pop

https://youtu.be/KybuIy0wKXk

GOAT entrance

The edginess, lighting, and atmosphere is pure kino

https://youtu.be/yH7Xts_fctg

>>3097549
You do know the first Meme fan were WCW fans throwing trash in the ring after every event

First few times it was organic , but weekly, it's cringe meme fans

>>3100621
Wasn't this the biggest pop of all time?

>>3100590
Pyro, Alcohol, Headshots, Bleeding.
Paul Heyman is the unsung hero behind the "AE".

>>3097700
>bitches about shit WWE crowds
>watch another company
>"no"

>>3097473
This is the result of all the hormones put in food over the years: turbo betas. Thankfully there's toxic masculinity so the people of Houston have them helping out in the area.

Anyone else remember that Undertaker entrance in judgement day 1998? The crowd went fucking nuts.

>>3097166
I also miss having way too many signs and people throwing shit.

>>3100650
it's always number one on any list I have seen

>>3098920
>from youtube

Back when the audience use to be hyped as hell throughout the whole entire match, back when storylines was top notch & had long lasting rivalries, back when matches wasn't filled with stupid chants that has nothing to do with the match at all or you can't wrestle chants, back when the commentary was top notch, back when wrestlers actually had a unique look about them & dressed unique looking like actual wrestlers, back when wrestling was always must watch TV & rather you was outside or at a store you knew you had to be back home by 9pm to watch it. Now are the days of fans hoping a good storyline happens but often never does, now are the days of it being hard to stay awake during RAW because it's so fucking boring whether it's long drawn out promos that lead no where or the authority coming out to say how great they are, now are the days of a top babyface getting the hell booed outta them but yet keep getting pushed to the top whether fans want them there or not, now are the days of the arena being so quiet you would think the audience was sitting in a library, now are the days of the commentary team often making cringe worthy jokes or plugging the WWE network over 50 times throughout the show when fans just want them to call the action what's happening in the ring, now are the days of wrestlers looking like a common average person you can see walking down the street in your neighborhood (sorry Daniel Bryan & Kevin Owens I like you but you both look like average everyday guys you see lol),

Cont.

>>3101108
now are the days that if the fans like you it doesn't mean your gonna get pushed to the top unless Vince has a hard on for you like he does for Roman Reigns, now are the days of you thinking is this still the same company that produced wrestlers like The Rock & Stone Cold because it's just so ass backwards now, now are the days of you constantly complaining how shitty WWE is but keep watching out of sheer habit of being a WWE fan ever since the attitude era with hope that it will eventually pull a 180 & get dramatically better somehow but truthfully you know it never will.

>>3101108
>from youtube

go back

>>3101111
>wasting quads

>>3100613
>implying ECW didn't pave the way for the shitty smark chants we get now

I miss the ring full of garbage.

>>3101624
It's still full of garbage. Just now the product makes up the garbage not the people in the seats.

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Remember when they could draw dimes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKW5roRtEwk

>>3097166
>Does anyone miss when wrestling was good?
Yes, we do.

>>3100239
WWF was FAR superior from summer '97 onward

>>3102369
>literal sea of signs
you cant even see the people wtf happened?

WHAT WHAT WHAT

WE ARE AWESOME

>>3102394
subjective opinion, not fact + does not correlate with television ratings

>>3102418
Ratings mean jack shit. They were turning the tides and creating momentum. WWF was putting out a better product, and everyone who watched both objectively knows this. What part of the South do you live in?

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>random tablo spot
>ecw ecw ecw
>this awesome

>>3102369

how did they film without the hard cam?

>>3097166
I often think about those crowds. Back then it was teens and adults instead of thinned out kiddy crowds though. that, and the likes of Austin just connected with the audience in an entirely different level. Daniel Bryan is the only one to even come close in recent years

>That feel when there will never be a crowd reaction like this ever again
https://youtu.be/KybuIy0wKXk

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>>3102396
Linda and her fucking insistence of the PG area faggotry happened. That and it was more like a rock show and pushing the right fucking people. Now the product is so polished it feels a lot more fake.

>>3102418
It was the start of the turn though. Rating don't just drop and rise in the millions instantly, it's gradual and from 97 onward, the tide turned gradually because WWF got it's shit together. Everyone knows that. Pretty much every wrestler and backstage operator in both companies have said this at some point.

>>3100621

Nineteen years later and I still smile.

>>3102595
Rocks ending theme is the best part of it. It's the perfect "shows over folks, time to pack it up" mood to it.

>>3102560
WWE had gotten bad long before PG

>>3100239
And from 90 to 96 wcw was putting literal dog shit on the air whereas wwf programming was fairly comfy, but I'll bet you weren't alive for that like I was, so how about fucking off and wearing your more closeness to death as a badge of honor

>>3105077
>And from 90 to 96 wcw was putting literal dog shit on the air
>you weren't alive for that like I was,

Why lie online?

>>3097209
Hi bretcuck!

>>3102560
>yfw you realize evan stone has the look of a wrestler

>>3099729
>That old woman is probably dead

;_;

>>3097180

What kind of autism is this

>>3099977

Proof?

>>3097486
>that rebuttal by the rock

>>3097207
I miss the alternative
I miss the heavy music talking about faults and rebellion
I miss the fashion as well
The do it yourself attitude and the fuck yous
The humour was great too

>>3097166
Nu-cucks irrecoverably ruined the product.

>>3106811
It was the last decade of creativity. Everything is watered down garbage now.

The crowd was HOT for Goldberg vs Raven.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZTG9uiFw0g

>>3097546

Those were actresses planted in the audience you absolute fucking mark.

>>3109920
That was a fuck as fuck Jackhammer. He must have been gassed.

>>3109920
That was a weak as fuck Jackhammer. He must have been gassed.

>>3109920
I was so pissed because I was a huge Raven mark and he got jobbed out a day after winning the belt after his rad feud with DDP.

>>3097166
Nah I prefer the You deserve it chants of today...

They would be loud now if there was something to get excited about.

>>3109920
wasn't this Goldberg's first match against someone who wasn't a total jobber like Jerry Flynn

>>3100666
Are they depositing it rectally?
Only Steers and queers are from Texas

>>3106200
That shitter in NXT who rekt Hideo's neck looks just like him

>>3100239
Not true, TNT always ran a repeat of WCW Monday Nitro. I know cause I would always get in trouble for staying up way past bed time to watch Nitro

>>3100650
no this is by far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYF6r22UjKU

>>3100650
Had to be an Austin, we were fucking rabid during those prime Austin Days.
Wrestling was life.

Although
Golderberg when he pinned hogan clean, is right up there with any pop ever in the history a pops.
Believe me.

>>3110495

I dunno man, crowds back then were a different demo and significantly more drunk. Don't think the low T smarks and little kids with their families could muster the same enthusiasm as drunk 20 somethings.

>>3110974
The only promotion constantly suffering from dead crowds is WWE

Compare the reactions for Takeover Brooklyn 3 to SummerSlam.

It's like night and fucking day even though it's the same building.

>>3099761
kys fag i was at MITB here in chicago and it was a great reaction but nowhere near the reaction austin got in that video that other guy posted. I think nostalgia is hitting you instead of the other guy.

>>3110995

>hard cam side, right???

>>3110683

Watching this live on PPV, age 10. The pinnacle of believing it was real. Felt good to be worked back then.