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9. The Dominik Mysterio Reactions Are Real AND Fake

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It's a debate that's raged as long and loud as the alleged reactions themselves - exactly how real is the heat drawn by Dominik Mysterio during those Judgment Day promos?

The answer is...unclear.

The visuals alone tell one story, with numerous weeks featuring Raw crowds on camera looking fairly quiet and reserved compared to the vociferous rage blaring through the speakers. Yet, whenever this is raised as a point of contention, inevitably a video such as the one below drops that seems to vindicate the second generation star;

The truth is evidently somewhere in the middle. WWE has sweetened the sound as far back as the mid-1980s, with wrestling writ large unafraid of piping in the right noises as and when its been required. With 'Dirty Dom', the shortcut has arguably been effective in provoking more of the real thing, so the ends have more than justified the means.

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