The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

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JWeinCom said:

Watching No Way Out from 2008, and what a weird start.

There's a match between CM Punk and Chavo Guerero and the fans are really pulling for Chavo. They're booing Punk, who was the face. Not like Cena levels of boos but definitely noticeable.

This is part of a trend. At the last PPV fans were rooting for Edge over Rey Mysterio, and it was about half and half during the match between Jeff Hardy and Orton.

Feels like the fans are just so sick of the product that they're just being contrarians and rooting for whoever they're not supposed to root for.

The weirder thing is going back to that era and seeing how damn athletic Punk used to be. He broke down a lot in those last years before his 10 year hiatus. It looks  like he lost more mobility/athleticism between about 2010 and 2013/14 than he did between then and 2023.