8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 2nd)
Downs...
6. A Muted Crowd
If you watched Raw Monday night, you heard a raucous crowd for the opening match. You heard them cheer New Day and Big Cass. You heard them rally behind Becky Lynch and Zack Ryder. And you heard them call Charlotte a cheater.
Thats why it was surprising how quickly a wall of boos from the crowd dissipated Monday when Roman Reigns and the Usos came out for the main event. There definitely was a loud reaction when Romans music hit, but it evaporated within 10 seconds. While that alone is not hard evidence, it didnt seem consistent with the fans throughout the night, and Reigns was booed when he showed up on screen earlier.
There have been reports recently of crowd reaction to Roman being muted, and while this is just speculation right now, it certainly sounded and felt like the crowd noise dropped off quickly for the main event. If thats true, that is just poor crowd manipulation.