10 Problems EVERY Wrestling Company Has In Common
1. The Lack Of Proper Crowds
It's all a bit bittersweet, pro wrestling in the lockdown era. It doesn't bear thinking about, but those thoughts cannot be repelled.
Are FTR over? When they're great, they're f*cking great, but certain matches go long and uneven. It's difficult to tell, and to get a grasp on what is and isn't working, we're left to resort to the toxic swamp that is Twitter.
John Silver is over, and he should be generating ovations across the U.S. to the fury of Mr. Brodie Lee. That same AEW audience should be very slowly turning on Kenny Omega. They should be receiving Jon Moxley in full-blooded voice as the goddamn hero he is.
The timid ambience of the ThunderDome doesn't sound too dissimilar to a 2018 RAW crowd, to be fair. But less facetiously, Drew McIntyre is doing a commendable job as the rare, not totally detestable top babyface, and he isn't hearing the praise he deserves.
The noise is back in New Japan, to an extent - and it's electric to hear the conscientious clap-crowds lose themselves when Big Tomohiro Ishii roars back from the dead - but it's just not the same. Ironically, given the ignorant, racist, pervasive take, NJPW fans are the loudest and most impassioned in all of wrestling when those seminal main event goods are delivered.
Wear a mask.
Wear a goddamn motherf*cking mask.