I started to make this assumption months ago, but after seeing the Sheamus vs Cesaro match from last Monday night, I'm inclined to say "yes" to such a question.
In that match, it started off just the right pace and from the sounds of it, the crowd was loving it at first. Then, before it barely even began to slow down, you started hearing "JBL! JBL! JBL!". You could blame it on your typical England crowd, but stuff like this has been happening for months now. The same happened during Bray Wyatt and Roman Reign's first one on one encounter from a few months back. It started off nicely and the crowd was pretty into it, then when the match started to slow down a bit during the midway point, you start to hear "Michael Cole! Michael Cole!", "Randy Savage! Randy Savage!", "Undertaker! Undertaker!", and "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" chants from the fans. We even got faint sounds of the dreaded (and most annoying of all, if you ask me) "CM PUNK! CM PUNK! CM PUNK!" chants. Why? Because the match wasn't 1000 miles an hour from start to finish? Because the two would rather try and tell a story instead of going at it like Eddie and Rey at Halloween Havoc 97? I just don't understand it.
I get it, to an extent. It's disrespectful to chant for people who have nothing to do with the match, but chanting another wrestler/employee's name when they're not involved with a match is supposed to be the modern way to "BOO!" a match, apparently. The fans way of showing their disdain because they're bored with the match, usually because they're bored of seeing this match again (like with Cena vs Orton from this year's Royal Rumble or Sheamus vs Orton from just a couple years back on Raw) or because the match slowed down. Thing is, why be bored when a match slows down? It's like ring psychology 101. Happens in tons of matches when the match starts off fast, slows down for a bit in the middle (often with something like a wrestler having a sleeper hold or a headlock on their opponent for a minute or two), and then picks up even more in it's final few minutes. Why are fans bored of it now? Have we gotten so many matches that were fast paced for just about start to finish (ex. Shield vs Wyatts from EC) lately that whenever a match slows down, however brief it may slow down, fans can't handle it? And why chant other employees names during these slow periods? I used to think they'd do it to just give the creative guys in the back a message that they didn't want to see this match or were sick of seeing these two fight and wanted to see something else, but for months, a popular consensus has been that fans WANTED to see Bray vs Roman. They WANT to see Cesaro vs Sheamus. So when they finally get the match they've been crying about in WWE forums and comment sections, they boo it or chant some random schmuck's name because it gets a little slow near the middle? Give me a break.
I'm sorry if this turned into more than a rant than an actual question, but this kind of thing has been pissing me off more and more for the last few months and seeing it happen during the Cesaro vs Sheamus match just was like the last straw for me. But whatever. I'll shut up and let you guys do the talking. What do you think?
In that match, it started off just the right pace and from the sounds of it, the crowd was loving it at first. Then, before it barely even began to slow down, you started hearing "JBL! JBL! JBL!". You could blame it on your typical England crowd, but stuff like this has been happening for months now. The same happened during Bray Wyatt and Roman Reign's first one on one encounter from a few months back. It started off nicely and the crowd was pretty into it, then when the match started to slow down a bit during the midway point, you start to hear "Michael Cole! Michael Cole!", "Randy Savage! Randy Savage!", "Undertaker! Undertaker!", and "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" chants from the fans. We even got faint sounds of the dreaded (and most annoying of all, if you ask me) "CM PUNK! CM PUNK! CM PUNK!" chants. Why? Because the match wasn't 1000 miles an hour from start to finish? Because the two would rather try and tell a story instead of going at it like Eddie and Rey at Halloween Havoc 97? I just don't understand it.
I get it, to an extent. It's disrespectful to chant for people who have nothing to do with the match, but chanting another wrestler/employee's name when they're not involved with a match is supposed to be the modern way to "BOO!" a match, apparently. The fans way of showing their disdain because they're bored with the match, usually because they're bored of seeing this match again (like with Cena vs Orton from this year's Royal Rumble or Sheamus vs Orton from just a couple years back on Raw) or because the match slowed down. Thing is, why be bored when a match slows down? It's like ring psychology 101. Happens in tons of matches when the match starts off fast, slows down for a bit in the middle (often with something like a wrestler having a sleeper hold or a headlock on their opponent for a minute or two), and then picks up even more in it's final few minutes. Why are fans bored of it now? Have we gotten so many matches that were fast paced for just about start to finish (ex. Shield vs Wyatts from EC) lately that whenever a match slows down, however brief it may slow down, fans can't handle it? And why chant other employees names during these slow periods? I used to think they'd do it to just give the creative guys in the back a message that they didn't want to see this match or were sick of seeing these two fight and wanted to see something else, but for months, a popular consensus has been that fans WANTED to see Bray vs Roman. They WANT to see Cesaro vs Sheamus. So when they finally get the match they've been crying about in WWE forums and comment sections, they boo it or chant some random schmuck's name because it gets a little slow near the middle? Give me a break.
I'm sorry if this turned into more than a rant than an actual question, but this kind of thing has been pissing me off more and more for the last few months and seeing it happen during the Cesaro vs Sheamus match just was like the last straw for me. But whatever. I'll shut up and let you guys do the talking. What do you think?
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