You Chanting "Husky Harris". You're The Problem

[Ace Money]

Meh, I think we had minor dosages of "rogue crowds" in the 90s. I clearly remember Brett alluding to this in his "Wrestling With Shadows" documentary.

 

[Reality Check]

IMO they could have debuted the Wyatt Family on Smackdown. Would have at least given them a chance to edit out those chants.

 

[CBSkyline]

When I watched it the first time the only chant I heard was that struggle "Daniel Bryan" chant when they first attacked Kane. Don't think it will much affect at all. His character and that theme can overcome it

 

[AquaCityBoy]

While I agree that the audience shouldn't be forced to react the way WWE wants them to, it's more than just the WWE to appease. It's the viewers and other members of the crowd.

Like any other live event, there should be a certain level of etiquette expected. This isn't like a regular sporting event where the crowd can more-or-less chant what they want, but this also isn't like theater, where the audience must be quiet until the appropriate times.

The ideal etiquette for WWE should be somewhere between the two. You wouldn't go see a play with Neil Patrick Harris in it on Broadway and start chanting, "Doogie Howser! *clap clap clap clap clap* Barney Stinson! *clap clap clap clap clap*" because that's inappropriate and it's distracting to the other people in the audience, and the same thing is true with all these smark chants.

So, no, the audience at a WWE show shouldn't have to behave a completely nice way. They can cheer the heels and boo the faces all they want. That actually affects the narrative, as we most recently saw with Del Rio ("I'm supposed to be the good guy, but you all cheered Ziggler!") but chanting "Goldberg!" to Ryback or, "Husky Harris" to Bray Wyatt or, "We want ice cream!" or whatever isn't affecting the narrative. It's just annoying the other people in the audience and hampering their enjoyment.

 

[Name]

Which leads us back to last night, a small pocket of fans (very much audible on WWE TV) began chanting “Husky Harris”, because, you know, we're smarter than you. We remember his old character, that makes us cool! It's hardly a new phenomenon, Lord Tensai back when his new character debut had to endure “Albert.... Albert...” in reference to one of his former personas. Even Ryback had to endure “Goldberg.... Goldberg...” chants, less of a repackaging in this case, more of a second coming.

But these are “smart” fans, they will assert their authority over the boring minions who come to cheer John Cena by being smart, being cool. Guess what? It's not smart. In fact, it's the opposite of smart. These are the same fans that will fill Wrestlezone's Facebook and Twitter pages with comments about the fact that John Cena (one of the biggest stars in the history of the WWE, and a man who's body of high quality, main event matches is almost unrivalled) shouldn't be the top star anymore. He's “boring”. He's “stale”. He “can't wrestle”.

Well guess what, the more you try and act smart when you buy a ticket, the more you're fuelling Cena being on top. Because Tensai, Ryback and Wyatt were all planned for big things on début. Tensai is now “Sweet T”, a dancer and tag-team partner of a guy who thinks he's a dinosaur. Ryback is rehabbing himself after a losing streak on PPV that stretches back a year to the week (his last win on PPV? A handicap match vs Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins).

Now, I'll hear arguments all day about whether the Tensai character was doomed from the start (maybe it was) and that Ryback was too big a reminder of Goldberg to ignore (maybe he was), but there are two guys there that WWE had big plans for. Maybe one of them could have become the next number one guy? And you're sat there, the guys who are “sick and tired” of seeing John Cena on top, and you're cutting the legs out from underneath them before they've even got started.

I don't understand this argument at all. So the fans chanted Husky Harris and now he is running the risk of being demoted because .....? What is the argument here? People in the past came with a new character, their old name was chanted, they got demoted. So the same is going to happen again?


This is nonsense. Makes zero sense. There is no logic behind saying that Vince saw people recognizing Tensai's past so he pushed him down to mid card.

Be thankful that some fans at least remembered him. Be appreciative as TV audience that the arena was alive when Wyatt made his debut. The Husky chants will occur occasionally as fans become accustomed to the new name. There is nothing here to be concerned about.

 

[Miracle Violence]

Here's another issue with these losers. If Chris Hero would have been placed in the Bray Wyatt role these same people chanting "Husky" would be jerking off to it. They wouldn't be chanting "Hero! Hero!". They would play along because they look at a guy like Hero that he is somehow one of "them".

Newsflash to these morons. Chris Hero, CM Punk, Dean Ambrose aka Jon Moxley, Seth Rollins aka Tyler Black.... They do not give a fukk about these losers. Yes, they give credit to a promotion like ROH or IWA-MS, etc who gave them their initial break but at the end of the day EVERYONE wants to be in WWE. These losers need to stop and realize that WWE is not the devil. They are actually providing a decent living for these guys. A midcarder in WWE makes more than anyone on the indies. If these fags had it their way CM Punk would be wrestling for nickels at high school gyms.

A guy like Bray Wyatt shouldn't be heckled simply because he didn't come from ROH. Bray Wyatt is far more talented on the mic than 99% of the Ring of Honor roster right now. I can say that because I've watched. Elgin, Cole, Richards, Strong, none of them are cutting a promo better than Wyatt.

This is just pure spastic rationale.

Bray Wyatt getting "Husky" chants has literally nothing to do with indie wrestling, and everything to do with WWE ignoring its continuity by presenting a familiar face as a completely new person.

 

[Kimo_bud]

Lame virgin nerds

 

[concise]

First of all, Im not that impressed by the gimmick. The creepy redneck has been done 1000 times but if it's what WWE needs to bring new blood in so be it.

On topic, it's not the fans problem. Its the WWE's problem. You cannot repackage guys that have already been on TV and not acknowledge their past. You simply CANNOT ignore it in the internet era.

They got this right with Tensai and Perfect Jr. All Bray has to do is cut a promo saying something like "yeah they used to call me Husky in the locker room now they're going to pay" and this is a non issue.

I think this really speaks why NXT Season 2 bombed so badly. Giving guys horribly bland names like "Husky Harris" and Michael McGuillicutty" and no real character direction can leave a stain that take sometime to rid even with a great repackage in the Bray Wyatt's case. I hope WWE learns their lesson in not rushing talent to TV without clear distant characters and names that make sense and are good and not the goofy, bland, or category.

It was wack but its a result of the extended fukkery and bad shows the WWE has been serving up for so long. When its to the point where people expect whatever, they take on an "anything goes" mentality. You didn't have crowds going rogue 15 years ago because the WWE was actually consistently giving them what they wanted to see.

I don't know what the author is trying to do with tying the Wyatt thing into defending John Cena. He's a smark but he hates smarks. He wants everyone to shut up and play along regardless of the show quality. Sounds like a wrestlefag.

people chanting "husky harris" - is a problem of wwe. people would chant michael mucgilicutty if it wasn't so hard, and johnny curtis if they cared.
wwe fukked up as always, but fortunately bray wyatt is awesome.

Exactly. Maybe they could try to stop shytting on their audience all the time for a little bit.

 

[KingDanz]

Lame as fukk .. "I know his past gimmick, I am so awesome!!" .... STFU

 

[concise]

Lame as fukk .. "I know his past gimmick, I am so awesome!!" .... STFU

So according to your logic, the proper way to enjoy a wrestling show is to sit on your hands.

 

[KingDanz]

So according to your logic, the proper way to enjoy a wrestling show is to sit on your hands.

did i say that? If Stone Cold came back, you'd chant Stunning Steve Austin?

 

[VBM]

Isaac Yankem didn't deserve the Husky Harris beatdown

 

[concise]

did i say that? If Stone Cold came back, you'd chant Stunning Steve Austin?

If Stone Cold came back, why the fcuk would you chant anything?

 

[KingDanz]

If Stone Cold came back, why the fcuk would you chant anything?

your ignoring my point. Ok... Stone Cold early in his gimmick... you'd be one of the lames in the crowd chanting "Stunning Steve Austin".. correct? That's what your defending...

 

[concise]

your ignoring my point. Ok... Stone Cold early in his gimmick... you'd be one of the lames in the crowd chanting "Stunning Steve Austin".. correct? That's what your defending...

Besides that, he was the Ringmaster, then he dropped that, then he became Stone Cold. All with natural tv progressions. Even then, he was always Steve Austin, just nickname changes.

Even then, the only reason to make noise at event is because you see something you actually recognized, right?