WWE phasing out pyro for entrances

[LastEmperor2k2]

No custom sets.
No TitanTrons on the TitanTron.
CFO$ with their good but painfully repetitive themes.
No pyro.


I swear that Vince is gonna phase out wrestling before he dies.

Wrong, he's actually phasing out the Entertainment on focusing more on the wrestling.

Rollins, AJ, Owens, Nakamura, Balor, Joe all being main event guys, it's more important than ever to be able to work because they ain't gonna give you all that extra shyt. Your ring work needs to standout cause you ain't gonna get a MVP, Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston entrance

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

They might not be able to afford the air to pump up those Bayley inflatable wavy people in a month or so

Say no more.

Not a single one of them was at the MSG house show.

A year earlier she had about 6 of them at the NXT Poughkeepsie house show.

I also think they just cooled on her in general, but interesting to think about.

 

[Stop_It_5]

cut pyros around the same time Baeomi got a new belt, that push

 

[AKM-95]

Mixed feelings. Pyro makes certain entrances and characters special


But

That gotdamn explosion before Kane in particular walks out is in person because it comes with no kinda warning

This, I was deaf for hours after Mania 23 and I had ringing in ears after a couple RAWS as well. But it's cool television effect and helped make the stars feel larger than life.

 

[jadillac]

Kane lookin like

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Lol but according to neckbeards the company is more profitable than ever

I'm pretty sure it's NOT "neckbeards" saying this

As far as OP's post, doesn't surprise me at all. Watered down themes, watered down promos, micromanaging of crowds, hell, sooner or later they'll just take themes away completely. This company is pathetic, but thank God it isn't my sole source of wrestling like it is for some people on here

 

[Slystallion]

Trying to make the product as bland as possible, I stopped watching, I don't know how you guys watched larger than life characters in the late 80's, the attitude era and ruthless aggression can actually still watch

Was there pyro in the 80s?

 

[Box Cutta]

Almost two decades later...and we're still hurting from how much WCW used to spoil us....

 

[Tommy Fits]

Was there pyro in the 80s?

No, that's why I said larger than life characters

 

[Momentum]

Wrong, he's actually phasing out the Entertainment on focusing more on the wrestling.

Rollins, AJ, Owens, Nakamura, Balor, Joe all being main event guys, it's more important than ever to be able to work because they ain't gonna give you all that extra shyt. Your ring work needs to standout cause you ain't gonna get a MVP, Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston entrance

This is more of a symptom of HHH raiding the indys for 35 year olds who don't have time to reinvent themselves. The homemade guys are still more character based.

 

[Da King]

It's funny cause you can tell how much the network and no more PPV money has changed the game.

It's for the better though, Pyro is cool, but we get 2 ppvs a month for $10.

I`ll take the trade-off, can't have it all

2 PPVs that are as meaningless as the cable shows

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Yeah its not the 50 something people in developmental that arent even on tv yet thats eating the budget, its the fukking pyro

 

[Sghost597]

If the wwe is making more money now than ever like a few of y'all claim they are then why would they be getting rid of pyro???

Its always about making more money.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Its always about making more money.

If it was always about making more money they wouldn't have had pyro for guys like Shawn Michaels, edge, Batista, Kane, Randy Orton, big show, rey mysterio, etc for all those years.

That's not even counting all them different stage set ups they had.

The wwe probably not even making as much bread from the shows like they used to which is the only reason why I could see them scaling down the aesthetics of the shows.

 

[folasade]

Some people need pyros. It completes the package.