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Mad Vince Beyond Thunderdome
WWE moving shows out of PC and will be at the Amway Center starting with SummerSlam
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WWE executive vice president of television production Kevin Dunn talked more about WWE ThunderDome from the Amway Center starting this Friday in an interview with SI.com.
Here is what he had to say:
“When people think of WWE, most think of the spectacle that we are, but it was just impossible to put on a spectacle in the Performance Center. Moving to Amway, and unveiling the ThunderDome, the opportunities are limitless.”
“We can now do things production-wise that we could never otherwise do. We’re flying drones in the arena, we are putting a roof inside the Amway Center, and we’ll be able to project content onto the roof. So when a big star like Drew McIntyre comes down to the ring, the whole arena will turn into his content with lasers, pyro, smoke, projections on the top of the building and on the floor. It will be a big, beautiful entrance, better than WrestleMania.”
“Like the NBA, we’re doing virtual fans, but we’re also creating an arena-type atmosphere. We won’t have a flat board, we’ll have rows and rows and rows of fans. We’ll have almost 1,000 LED boards, and it will recreate the arena experience you’re used to seeing with WWE. The atmosphere will be night and day from the Performance Center. This is going to let us have a WrestleMania-level production value, and that’s what our audience expects from us. We are also going to put arena audio into the broadcast, similar to baseball, but our audio will be mixed with the virtual fans. So when fans start chants, we’ll hear them. We start on Friday on SmackDown, and it will be a learning experience. We have two days of testing, and we’re going to practice like hell, then we’re off to the races. We may have fans for certain entrances, standing up and cheering for the typical babyfaces. But someone like Bray Wyatt, who is so character-driven, the entire Amway Arena will be one big Fiend-dom. That’s our opportunity to be different from sports, where we can present these larger-than-life characters uniquely. This will be great for people watching at home across the globe, as well as the ones participating.”
Here is what he had to say:
“When people think of WWE, most think of the spectacle that we are, but it was just impossible to put on a spectacle in the Performance Center. Moving to Amway, and unveiling the ThunderDome, the opportunities are limitless.”
“We can now do things production-wise that we could never otherwise do. We’re flying drones in the arena, we are putting a roof inside the Amway Center, and we’ll be able to project content onto the roof. So when a big star like Drew McIntyre comes down to the ring, the whole arena will turn into his content with lasers, pyro, smoke, projections on the top of the building and on the floor. It will be a big, beautiful entrance, better than WrestleMania.”
“Like the NBA, we’re doing virtual fans, but we’re also creating an arena-type atmosphere. We won’t have a flat board, we’ll have rows and rows and rows of fans. We’ll have almost 1,000 LED boards, and it will recreate the arena experience you’re used to seeing with WWE. The atmosphere will be night and day from the Performance Center. This is going to let us have a WrestleMania-level production value, and that’s what our audience expects from us. We are also going to put arena audio into the broadcast, similar to baseball, but our audio will be mixed with the virtual fans. So when fans start chants, we’ll hear them. We start on Friday on SmackDown, and it will be a learning experience. We have two days of testing, and we’re going to practice like hell, then we’re off to the races. We may have fans for certain entrances, standing up and cheering for the typical babyfaces. But someone like Bray Wyatt, who is so character-driven, the entire Amway Arena will be one big Fiend-dom. That’s our opportunity to be different from sports, where we can present these larger-than-life characters uniquely. This will be great for people watching at home across the globe, as well as the ones participating.”
NYChase718
Veteran
Made me think me of this show that came on after wcw worldwide
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
You can have the greatest set in the world but with Beaver Boi behind the wheel it can still suck 
Dog Based Gremlin
Veteran
Why not wait and do this for Summerslam?
Sounds pretty piff
Sounds pretty piff
Elim Garak
Veteran
Bad idea just run in the performance center.
Norrin Radd
To me, my board!
White City Black
Ol’ Basquiat head ass
I’m thinking the same but I guess they’re using SD as a test of sorts. Not to mention, some fans might be more willing to sought out Summerslam (i.e. order the Network) if they see beforehand that the shyt will look like something way better than plain ass Performance Center
Metal Face
Superstar
RIP the WOAT era in WWE history
Rell84shots
Veteran
Real tak, The performance center is an A+ facility for training but it's complete shyt as a hosting venue.
I didn't think anything could be worse than the 2002 era of RAW
But tbf RAW had stepped up these past few weeks, although last night wasn't that great to me.Sonny Corinthos
Superstar
Can watch again 