Censored crowd responses for the Wrestlemania XX DVD
04-24-04, 04:51 PM
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Censored crowd responses for the Wrestlemania XX DVD
In an interesting note, the WWE has decided to use their editing powers to alter the crowd reaction during the Goldberg/Brock Lesnar match on the Wrestlemania 20 3-disk DVD set that will be released next week.
While the "you sold out" chants remain, most likely because JR & King make reference to it during the match, the WWE has edited out the "This match sucks" chant. Also, they have changed it around so that Goldberg isn't booed at all during his encounter with Lesnar.
This isn't the first time that the WWE has used their editing power to change around crowd reactions. During the Royal Rumble in 1992, Hulk Hogan was heavily booed when he helped eliminate Sid Justice from the match after Justice eliminated him. However, when they aired the clip of Hogan pulling Sid out, the crowd was now cheering for Hulk. The WWE has also been known to add cheers to their taped shows in places where crowd response was either very little or none at all.
While the "you sold out" chants remain, most likely because JR & King make reference to it during the match, the WWE has edited out the "This match sucks" chant. Also, they have changed it around so that Goldberg isn't booed at all during his encounter with Lesnar.
This isn't the first time that the WWE has used their editing power to change around crowd reactions. During the Royal Rumble in 1992, Hulk Hogan was heavily booed when he helped eliminate Sid Justice from the match after Justice eliminated him. However, when they aired the clip of Hogan pulling Sid out, the crowd was now cheering for Hulk. The WWE has also been known to add cheers to their taped shows in places where crowd response was either very little or none at all.
04-24-04, 07:24 PM
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Originally posted by DeltaSigChi4
Very "WCW-ish" for the WWE to pull something like this - just is a testament to how far out of touch they are with wrestling fans.
Very "WCW-ish" for the WWE to pull something like this - just is a testament to how far out of touch they are with wrestling fans.
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It's still fine.
It's fine because they didn't say anything about editing camera shots. Goldberg's still gonna look horribly lost and angry. Lesnar's DEFINITELY still gonna look mad as Hell. And Austin's STILL gonna look completely bemused at it all. It sucks there's not gonna be the unedited match there, but it'll still be hilarious just knowing what was going on.
Later.
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04-24-04, 10:18 PM
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No matter if the crowd is "censored" or not, I'll always have the memory of being there and being one of those who booed Brock Lesnar out of the building. 
04-24-04, 10:24 PM
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No matter if the crowd is "censored" or not, I'll always have the memory of being there and being one of those who booed Brock Lesnar out of the building.
No matter if the crowd is "censored" or not, I'll always have the memory of being there and being one of those who booed Brock Lesnar out of the building.
Any insight would be great!
04-24-04, 10:45 PM
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stole this from the "official wwe wrestlemania xx thread"
"You sold out!"
"Lesnar sucks!"
"AUSTIN! AUSTIN! AUSTIN!"
"BOOORING!"
"Goldberg sucks!"
(Goldberg and Lesnar hug for a while)
"HOGAN! HOGAN!"
(crowd starts watching and chanting at something in the crowd)
(spear from Goldberg)
(jackhammer)
(crowd cheers that the match is over, then goes immediately dead)
(Goldberg stands in each corner of the ring garnering the complete indifference from the crowd)
(crowd sarcastically waves goodbye to Brock)
"YOU SOLD OUT!"
"NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY, GOODBYE!"
(Brock flicks off the crowd)
(Brock flicks off Austin)
(Austin stuns Brock)
(crowd offers first real cheer)
(crowd boos Goldberg and Austin sharing a beer)
(Austin stuns Goldberg)
(crowd offers second real cheer)
Boy, what a great WM match!
"You sold out!"
"Lesnar sucks!"
"AUSTIN! AUSTIN! AUSTIN!"
"BOOORING!"
"Goldberg sucks!"
(Goldberg and Lesnar hug for a while)
"HOGAN! HOGAN!"
(crowd starts watching and chanting at something in the crowd)
(spear from Goldberg)
(jackhammer)
(crowd cheers that the match is over, then goes immediately dead)
(Goldberg stands in each corner of the ring garnering the complete indifference from the crowd)
(crowd sarcastically waves goodbye to Brock)
"YOU SOLD OUT!"
"NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY, GOODBYE!"
(Brock flicks off the crowd)
(Brock flicks off Austin)
(Austin stuns Brock)
(crowd offers first real cheer)
(crowd boos Goldberg and Austin sharing a beer)
(Austin stuns Goldberg)
(crowd offers second real cheer)
Boy, what a great WM match!
04-24-04, 10:48 PM
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Originally posted by cruzness
Was the Lesner/Goldberg match that bad? (Sorry It has been a while since I paid attention to wrestling)
Was the Lesner/Goldberg match that bad? (Sorry It has been a while since I paid attention to wrestling)
my only other main problem with WM XX was the length, it was about 4 hours and 40 mins long, that's just way too much to be watching one PPV. I wonder since they're editing the crowd, if they're going to edit the uses of the f-bomb both Goldberg and Flair used.
04-24-04, 10:50 PM
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Originally posted by Rypro 525
stole this from the "official wwe wrestlemania xx thread"
"You sold out!"
"Lesnar sucks!"
"AUSTIN! AUSTIN! AUSTIN!"
"BOOORING!"
"Goldberg sucks!"
(Goldberg and Lesnar hug for a while)
"HOGAN! HOGAN!"
(crowd starts watching and chanting at something in the crowd)
(spear from Goldberg)
(jackhammer)
(crowd cheers that the match is over, then goes immediately dead)
(Goldberg stands in each corner of the ring garnering the complete indifference from the crowd)
(crowd sarcastically waves goodbye to Brock)
"YOU SOLD OUT!"
"NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY, GOODBYE!"
(Brock flicks off the crowd)
(Brock flicks off Austin)
(Austin stuns Brock)
(crowd offers first real cheer)
(crowd boos Goldberg and Austin sharing a beer)
(Austin stuns Goldberg)
(crowd offers second real cheer)
Boy, what a great WM match!
stole this from the "official wwe wrestlemania xx thread"
"You sold out!"
"Lesnar sucks!"
"AUSTIN! AUSTIN! AUSTIN!"
"BOOORING!"
"Goldberg sucks!"
(Goldberg and Lesnar hug for a while)
"HOGAN! HOGAN!"
(crowd starts watching and chanting at something in the crowd)
(spear from Goldberg)
(jackhammer)
(crowd cheers that the match is over, then goes immediately dead)
(Goldberg stands in each corner of the ring garnering the complete indifference from the crowd)
(crowd sarcastically waves goodbye to Brock)
"YOU SOLD OUT!"
"NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY, GOODBYE!"
(Brock flicks off the crowd)
(Brock flicks off Austin)
(Austin stuns Brock)
(crowd offers first real cheer)
(crowd boos Goldberg and Austin sharing a beer)
(Austin stuns Goldberg)
(crowd offers second real cheer)
Boy, what a great WM match!
04-24-04, 11:03 PM
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Originally posted by Groucho
This might be your most horrific misuse of the word "Censorship" yet.
This might be your most horrific misuse of the word "Censorship" yet.
And that's saying something when it comes to Class316..
I'm quite proud of that play by play 
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04-25-04, 08:05 PM
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Originally posted by cruzness
Was the Lesner/Goldberg match that bad? (Sorry It has been a while since I paid attention to wrestling)
Was the Lesner/Goldberg match that bad? (Sorry It has been a while since I paid attention to wrestling)
But on the whole, WM XX wasn’t really such a great event. First off there were no TLC, no hardcore matches, no cages, absolutely NOTHING!! As for the actual matches:
The two tag titles matches: the less said the better.
The evening gown match: slightly amusing but that’s it.
Jericho vs Christian, Big Show vs. John Cena: good enough for a regular PPV, but not WM.
Cruiserweight match: just kinda bad
Victoria vs. Molly Holly: eh? Is this Raw or WMXX?
The Rock & Mick Foley vs. Evolution: not too bad
The Undertaker vs. Kane: A big let down
Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle: Is this a Raw main event or WM??
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels: Only excellent match of WM XX. Then they had an instant rematch.
04-25-04, 11:03 PM
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I thought the crowd was the best part of the match and made it one of those ugly classics. The match itself was horrible, simply because they really seemed to let the crowd throw them off. There was seriously at least five minutes that passed before the two even made contact and you've gotta believe that the crowd being on both of their cases from the beginning played a part in that.
Hearing the crowd turn against two guys that had been well-liked for the most part was just surreal and hilarious.
Those things are visually pleasing but the longterm effects they have are just too much for the company to run them on even a semi-regular basis. Cage matches are probably as good as you'll get, but I think you can pretty much write off TLC matches and hardcore matches for the most part. The former caused WAY too many problems down the road and the latter has simply grown stale.
Hearing the crowd turn against two guys that had been well-liked for the most part was just surreal and hilarious.
But on the whole, WM XX wasn’t really such a great event. First off there were no TLC, no hardcore matches, no cages, absolutely NOTHING!! As for the actual matches:
04-25-04, 11:21 PM
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This isn't the first time that the WWE has used their editing power to change around crowd reactions. During the Royal Rumble in 1992, Hulk Hogan was heavily booed when he helped eliminate Sid Justice from the match after Justice eliminated him. However, when they aired the clip of Hogan pulling Sid out, the crowd was now cheering for Hulk. The WWE has also been known to add cheers to their taped shows in places where crowd response was either very little or none at all.
04-26-04, 12:44 AM
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The WWE does pipe in crowd reaction at times. During a recent Raw with Benoit and HBK in the ring it was hard to tell what the crowd was chanting becuase there seem to be 2 or more chants at the same time.
04-26-04, 02:44 AM
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The thing about the 1992 RR is definitely true, as I have both the PPV version and home video version. There are noticeable cheers when Hogan is eliminated, but those are toned down and changed to boos on the commercial release.