As much as I hate Philly and I do fucking hate that shit ridden city, they do have some of the best as well as vocal fans. New York fans tend to be a little too smarky at times for my taste. Toronto is the worst. If you are not Canadian and even if you are, but moved away, they will boo the hell out of you. Pittsburgh is good even though it comes off quiet mainly due to how bad the sound was in the Civic Arena.
Hershey is a kids center anymore sprinkled with Rednecks, not a good combo. I will say the TNA fans in Wilkes-Barre were probably the loudest I heard in awhile even though it was one 1/10th the size of a Raw. I'll let you know how the ImpactZone in the coming weeks.
Pains me to say it, but Chicago is far and away the best. They really bring it. After that would be a tier with Philly and most of the Canadian cities. I'd also throw Detroit in there; not just for my usual homerism, but because it's true. We've always been a wrestling hotbed and we get fired up for events. Hell, Detroit was probably Philly West when it came to ECW.
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Originally posted by Mike ZeidlerThat will never, eeeeever get old. It's been almost 12 years, and I still get goosebumps when his name comes up on the titantron.
Agreed. I was explaining this to my 18 year-old sister today why it was as well-received as it was, and I just kept going back to how the guy wanted that moment so badly and worked hard and sure enough, there it is. Love that moment, and love the crowd for putting it over the top.
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I'd say Atlanta was a great town when NWA and WCW were around. And, who can forget the INSANE response when the ECW Invasion angle started at the Georgia Dome?
St Louis is a hot crowd too, even their indy feds have hot crowds.
People must have a completely different definition of "good" than I do because I've always viewed Philadelphia as the worst sports city on the planet. The only thing keeping the average Philly sports fan from following in the steps of the Aztecs and beheading the losers is that the average Philly sports fan didn't make it past six grade and missed that chapter in history class.
I'd rate the Orlando / Tampa / Miami / Jacksonville (normally a house show) swing as strong - at the last Orlando RAW a few weeks ago, people went apeshit where normally there would be silence
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Here's a city almost no one will agree with: Greenville, SC. It was a major stop in the mid-Atlantic days, and it's has its share of major events. Flair's return to WCW, for instance. Also, a number of title changes when we've hosted RAWs and SmackDowns. This is a credible mid-market town that has deep roots in rasslin'. We've only hosted one PPV -- a TNA show a few years back -- and I've argued we could easily host one of the WWE's non-Big 4 PPVs. Unfortunately, it's right between Charlotte and Atlanta, and they attract (steal!) those shows.
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Originally posted by InVersePeople must have a completely different definition of "good" than I do because I've always viewed Philadelphia as the worst sports city on the planet. The only thing keeping the average Philly sports fan from following in the steps of the Aztecs and beheading the losers is that the average Philly sports fan didn't make it past six grade and missed that chapter in history class.
Wow, you seem to operate in a hyperbolic chamber. And nowhere in this rant does the word "wrestling" appear, so I guess I take this as inconsiderate and misplaced trolling. Like others have said, what makes Philly crowds memorable is the unique reactions that some people get. This makes it a more interesting crowd than somewhere like Portland or Fresno.
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Originally posted by TorchslasherWow, you seem to operate in a hyperbolic chamber. And nowhere in this rant does the word "wrestling" appear, so I guess I take this as inconsiderate and misplaced trolling. Like others have said, what makes Philly crowds memorable is the unique reactions that some people get. This makes it a more interesting crowd than somewhere like Portland or Fresno.
I wasn't aware that in a thread about wrestling crowds, on a wrestling forum, I had to specifically use the word wrestling to indicate my topic.
But the reason I didn't explicitly mention wrestling is because it's a problem that exists in every sport. This is the same city that throws batteries at players, shatters the glass by trying to climb into the penalty box, intentionally vomits on preteen girls and cheers when a rival team's player is lying on the field, immobile, following a neck injury.
Not surprisingly, it's the same city where fans first started chanting 'You Fucked Up' at wrestlers when they botched a move, potentially injuring themselves or their opponent. It's not a coincidence that ECW and CZW rose to fame in Philly.
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A different combination of keywords came to mind and I managed to find a relevant quote: That's it? That's not much proof that people dislike Christian. Lance has never really been the type of guy to openly call someone names.