Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign
I’ve never attended a live Pro-Wrestling event. I would prefer to see it from the comfort of my own home and here is a couple of reasons why.
- The first reason is that I like the fact that you can see everything very well at home instead of getting stuck in some nosebleed seat. I don’t care how big the show screen is, everything is much more clear at home and close up.
- Other fans and their stupid signs. Sometimes the signs can be funny and entertaining. But if I’m sitting in the stands of worse, on floor seats and there is some fool in front of me with a signs that 4 feet wide I’m going to be upset. Not to mention that I don’t like stupid people and when you get that many people in one place, you’re bound to have at least one very close to you.
To reiterate the second one, Jason Powell over at Prowrestling.net wrote about how the WWE is going overboard when security removing fan’s signs and fans for "sign violations". The signs said stuff like "Urine Sample, Please" when Batista came out (confiscated), "Cup check that chick" for Beth Phoenix (confiscated), and lastly before being asked to leave the building "Butt Clown", a PG rated version of Chris Jericho’s "Ass-Clown" line (Confiscated and then asked to leave the premises). The local police even took the fan’s information and told them not to return. You can read about it here.
Maybe they went overboard by making the fan’s leave and perhaps they should have checked all the fans sings when they took the first one. Honestly though I think signs are stupid. Why? Refer back to reason #2. It started off a long time ago with a few signs here and there. Suddenly every fan thought it was some sort of obligation to bring a big-ass sign that says something stupid like "I love Nachos", "Marry me, Tori" or "I want the Big Show’s Baby". I know it’s nothing new but it’s gone way over the top in the last few years. Signs are plaguing many other pro-sports and even The Today Show on NBC the same way. Poor Al Roker has to weed his way around people in NYC with people holding signs that say where they’re from or "I stood in line for 72 hours just so I could hold this stupid sign up on TV!". It’s stupid, plain and simple. Put down your damn sign and watch the friggin’ show!
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4 opinions for Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign
josh
Oct 3, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Haha, yeah I agree people with signs suck! I actually went to the last Raw that was in Toronto in May. I got lucky though a buddy of mine has connections and go us great seats 7 rows from the ring. That was the first time I had seen a live event since 97 or 98. It was pretty cool to see it that up close, you could easily tell when a move was botched because on TV they love doing those quick camera cuts to mask those things. But yeah the signs and the people are definitely a good reason to stay home.
Scott
Oct 4, 2008 at 9:41 am
It’s just ridiculous when they pan across the crowd on Raw and all you see is signs everywhere.
gabrielle
Oct 5, 2008 at 12:59 pm
If I hadn’t been to a Smackdown/ECW show earlier this year, I would totally agree. In fact, your reason #2 is why I haven’t been to the movies in almost 5 years.
We actually had semi-nosebleed seats and while you can’t see everything like you can from your couch, there are other positives, like the sound and smell of the pyrotechnics (which caught me off guard every time) being able to see the botched moves vs. great ones, seeing which wrestlers are absolute pros at energizing a quieted crowd…all kinds of things.
As for the signs, there seems to be an unspoken rule that when the match starts or when the cameras are directed elsewhere, all signs are down.
Plus, trying to pick yourself out in the crowd once the show airs is always a blast.
Scott
Oct 5, 2008 at 5:34 pm
That’s why I love most modern movie theaters that have stadium style seats Not only does it save room in the theater, it prevents you from having to sit behind some fat-head and blocking your view.
I’m not saying that I’ll never attend a live show at some point in time, I just enjoy the comfort of my home. Same thing with Nascar. I like to watch Nascar every now and then. I’ve been told there is nothing like being there, but I like the fact that if I get bored with it I can change the channel and come back to it later.
I spent almost 13 years in the military. I’ve smelled more “Pyro” than I care to smell again.
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