5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (May 18)
4. Musical Glares
An ordinarily safe bet for impressive on-camera reactions to most of their talents, the United Kingdom crowd were in surprisingly stoic form for this week's Monday Night Raw taping. Only, by all live accounts, they weren't.
Early reports posited the usual diet of songs, chants and advocacy for particular transatlantic favourites, including catcalling for Roman Reigns, extended choruses for Bayley and a torrent of grief hurled at Bobby Lashley for what could prove to be one of the worst re-introductory angles in company history.
Whilst the first two reactions were decidedly drowned by WWE's sound in the time it took the company to get the shows on air on home turf, it was impossible to ignore the disdain directed at Bobby Lashley during his pre-match promos and the contest itself in which he lost the opportunity to enter June's Money In The Bank showdown.
Boos, 'boring' shouts and a sardonic 'Bobby's Sisters' chant filled the O2 arena on mere mention of the returning behemoth, and further misery awaited the former ECW Champion from the peanut gallery when he eventually entered the theatre of conflict. The biggest cheer in the entire match came when Elias actually tried to park the wrestling for a song. Interruption to his musical interlude was naturally showered with further hate.
Backlash fans walking out last week, Frantic UK fans emphatically bailing out on a great new babyface hope this week. What is the answer to this insane babyface conundrum?