20 Reasons Why Last Night's WWE Raw Was An Absolute Mess

19. Edited Crowds

Lana Machka Brat
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Friday's Manchester crowd was as wacky as you'd expect from British audiences, with the fans doing their thing rather than the company's. This often meant jeering babyfaces, cheering for heels, chanting for opposing brands, and sitting on their hands when they were bored as hell.

Much of the night saw them deliver the exact opposite response intended and anticipated by WWE's writers. Thus, it's understandable that the promotion would want to do a spot of audio editing ahead of the broadcast, but it was blatantly obvious throughout the show where they'd muted boos, inserted cheers, and hushed pesky chants.

Not only do these hard cuts hamper the viewing experience, but they make WWE's usually excellent production team look cackhanded too.

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