5. We Are Awesome!
One of the things to look forward to on the Raw After WrestleMania is the variety and originality of the chants that fans yell throughout the show. The RAW crowd is typically very creative in what they chant, and its interesting to see how the wrestlers react to everything. Randy Orton and Sheamus had a memorable moment a couple years ago when the fans chanting for Randy Savage and the announcers unnerved them. Monday, fans got started right away and didnt let up for the entire show. Heres a sampling of some of the chants (and the circumstances surrounding them): Suplex City! (at Brock Lesnar and later at Roman Reigns) Ronda Rousey! (at Stephanie McMahon) You look stupid! (at a returning Sheamus sporting a Mohawk) Cesaro! (duh) New Day sucks! (in rhythm with Xavier Woods banging the ring apron) NXT! (several times throughout the night) We want Bailey! (AJ Lee wore a Im a hugger T-shirt) During the main event, the entire arena wound up and launched a wave that made several circuits. Seth Rollins had to stop and acknowledge it as the camera pulled back and actually followed it around the building. While these antics could become tiresome week after week, its refreshing once in a while to see a crowd having fun and being an active part of the show.
Scott Carlson
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
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