big pau hoolinator Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 When I'm watching a PPV on dvd I always love it at the start when the guy goes "And now Raw/Smackdown presents WWE _________" then it cuts to the arena and theres the massive fireworks display...anyone else love the displays ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 They're a bit of a waste of money these days. To set up a big pyro display before a show used to be a really special thing, but it eventually got to the stage where we saw them at least four times a week to open Raw, Smackdown!, Heat, Velocity and maybe even a PPV. It makes sense not to use them too often and save them for the big shows, to make it a little bit more expensive. It's also very expensive to keep setting these up, as WCW found out. They were losing ridiculous amounts of money on pyro because just about every wrestler incorporated some into their entrance, and they'd set it off at random times throughout the show between matches while the Nitro Girls killed time. It's one of these things like the over abundance of gimmick matches that would mean a whole lot more if we didn't see them so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Don't believe everything you see on TV, folks. At the last Birmingham Raw taping, watching on TV you saw the usual volley of pyro. In the arena - nothing. We were told to go mental and counted in to... nothing. :( Makes sense, like Russ said, it saves cash and could you tell two entranceways apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SinN6 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 i think wwe makes enough money to have that sort of fireworks ;) but yeah..i like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Jim Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 There was no pyro on TV. I was pretty bummed when they didn't have any at the start of the Smackdown taping. No pyro, dodgy old ramp and dodgy old annouce table. Although what I didn't get was why they had a stage for the Raw, and got rid of it (and replaced it with a bus) for the Smackdown taping the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 The fireworks are great but when watching older pay-per-views i prefer Vince's loud "Welcome Everybody to ......." J.R does it well 2..... (shame bout Micheal Cole lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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