The backstage reaction to the ‘lackluster’ crowd responses at Monday’s (May 8) WWE Raw taping has been revealed.
This week’s show featured many notable matches segments, with the Raw bracket of the World Heavyweight Title tournament concluding with Seth Rollins advancing to the finals at Night of Champions.
A new report has indicated that the WWE production team felt they had to rely on piped in crowd noise.
Per WRKD Wrestling on Twitter, the response from the Jacksonville, Florida crowd was viewed as ‘lackluster’ backstage.
Noting that it was described as a ‘no-win scenario’, WRKD Wrestling tweeted:
Production at last night’s #WWERaw from Jacksonville, Florida was aware of the lackluster crowd responses compared to this weekend’s events.
We heard it described as a “no-win scenario,” either they use the filler crowd noise or they broadcast the silent crowd on TV.
Here’s a recap of what happened on the May 8 episode of WWE Raw:
Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins def. Damian Priest, Shinsuke Nakamura in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament
Mustafa Ali def. Otis when Chad Gable and Maxxine Dupri argued and distracted Otis
Finn Balor def. Cody Rhodes, The Miz in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament
Brock Lesnar, who had cost Cody Rhodes the aforementioned three-way, attacked Rhodes and demanded a rematch from Backlash at Night of Champions, which Rhodes later accepted
Rhea Ripley def. Dana Brooke and was then confronted by Natalya
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn def. Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser
Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis reunited The Way backstage, and Gargano hinted at someone else returning soon which could be Tommaso Ciampa
Zoey Stark def. Nikki Cross
Becky Lynch returned and confronted Trish Stratus
Dominik Mysterio def. Xavier Woods
Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament
Production at last night’s #WWERaw from Jacksonville, Florida was aware of the lackluster crowd responses compared to this weekend’s events.
We heard it described as a “no-win scenario,” either they use the filler crowd noise or they broadcast the silent crowd on TV. pic.twitter.com/IqC5ou5UbL
— WRKD Wrestling (@WRKDWrestling) May 9, 2023
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