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I've finally got round to start watching WWE '08 and as of writing this I've just finished the Rumble '08. But seriously, what the hell was up with the crowd? There was no logic behind their cheers and boos whatsoever.
All of the following are taken from the actual Rumble match.
First we have Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, he comes out to basically nothing, literally if I was Snuka I would've felt seriously embarrassed.
Then straight after Snuka, Roddy Piper comes out to a very generous pop, how can Snuka get next to nothing but Piper gets everyone on their feet?
Now for the ending:
We have Triple H come in at number 29, HHH here is an obvious fan favourite and has pop of the night, fair enough.
Now for number 30, John Cena makes his surprise return, returning after 3 months being out of injury, no one expected it, the crowd goes fucking nuts, eclipsing Triple H's pop by a milestone and despite somewhat of a dislike for Cena, this is is (for me) one of the best pops I've heard, ever. The roof is literally blown off and after a word exchange with HHH, Cena starts clearing out the ring. You'd think the crowd would be right behind Cena with a typical return and capture the title storyline instead of yet another Triple H title run.
Long story short we're down to HHH and Cena, now you'd think judging how at this point Cena's probably just had the biggest pop in the past 5 years that the crowd are gonna be right behind him, yeah? Wrong. The fans actually start booing Cena when he's gaining an advantage over HHH, both guys realise there's an obvious divide and start the "You punch me, I punch you, crowd cheers me, crowd boos you". So the match is drawing to an end, Cena hits the shoulder block - protoplex - 5 Knuckle Shuffle, all to extremely loud boos, Cena even takes awhile to hit the 5KS riling up the crowd and goes far enough as to point at the crowd before the "You can't see me" gesture. The match ends with Cena hitting the AA on Triple H sending him out the ring.
Now for more crowd logic: he gets another standing ovation, the crowd goes apeshit again and they cheer their asses off. They just spent the past 10 mins booing this guy and now they cheer like maniacs.
So, tldr; if anyone can explain to me the logic of the crowd that night, I'm all ears.
All of the following are taken from the actual Rumble match.
First we have Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, he comes out to basically nothing, literally if I was Snuka I would've felt seriously embarrassed.
Then straight after Snuka, Roddy Piper comes out to a very generous pop, how can Snuka get next to nothing but Piper gets everyone on their feet?
Now for the ending:
We have Triple H come in at number 29, HHH here is an obvious fan favourite and has pop of the night, fair enough.
Now for number 30, John Cena makes his surprise return, returning after 3 months being out of injury, no one expected it, the crowd goes fucking nuts, eclipsing Triple H's pop by a milestone and despite somewhat of a dislike for Cena, this is is (for me) one of the best pops I've heard, ever. The roof is literally blown off and after a word exchange with HHH, Cena starts clearing out the ring. You'd think the crowd would be right behind Cena with a typical return and capture the title storyline instead of yet another Triple H title run.
Long story short we're down to HHH and Cena, now you'd think judging how at this point Cena's probably just had the biggest pop in the past 5 years that the crowd are gonna be right behind him, yeah? Wrong. The fans actually start booing Cena when he's gaining an advantage over HHH, both guys realise there's an obvious divide and start the "You punch me, I punch you, crowd cheers me, crowd boos you". So the match is drawing to an end, Cena hits the shoulder block - protoplex - 5 Knuckle Shuffle, all to extremely loud boos, Cena even takes awhile to hit the 5KS riling up the crowd and goes far enough as to point at the crowd before the "You can't see me" gesture. The match ends with Cena hitting the AA on Triple H sending him out the ring.
Now for more crowd logic: he gets another standing ovation, the crowd goes apeshit again and they cheer their asses off. They just spent the past 10 mins booing this guy and now they cheer like maniacs.
So, tldr; if anyone can explain to me the logic of the crowd that night, I'm all ears.
