10 More Wrestling Segments That Accidentally Filmed Things You Weren't Meant To See

5. Christian Cage Is Told To "Shut The F*ck Up" From Wild Source

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Both AEW and WWE routinely - as in, every single week - accidentally film things you aren't meant to see.

The "crowd reaction shot" is a veritable epidemic. It's easy to understand why wrestling promotions (or network paymasters) insist on this. They wish it to be known that the TV show is hot and that everybody who attends is enthusiastic and has a great time.

Wide shots.

Please do more wide shots instead.

That way, you capture the scope of the event and several people losing their minds. And, if there's some bored person checking their phone among the throng, you won't really notice. You'll just see people standing up and hollering. Focusing on one member of the audience only works when they aren't looking bored sh*tless, and even then, it's distracting. We see close-ups of fans by accident far too often. The risk:reward ratio isn't worth it.

It was and it wasn't on this week's AEW Dynamite; while a young kid telling Christian Cage to "shut the f*ck up!" was objectively funny, it wasn't a good look for a company. They don't aim for the kid audience, but they can't be seen to be poisoning America's youth, either.

It's honestly a miracle that some demented anti-AEW freak hasn't kickstarted a social media campaign to get the promotion in trouble with sponsors.

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