{"id":26438,"date":"2016-07-20T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26438"},"modified":"2016-07-20T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:35:18","slug":"719-wwe-smackdown-tv-taping-report-mcmahons-person-report-live-crowd-fan-chants-hugger-section-reigns-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/20\/719-wwe-smackdown-tv-taping-report-mcmahons-person-report-live-crowd-fan-chants-hugger-section-reigns-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/19 WWE Smackdown TV Taping Report &#8211; MCMAHON&#8217;S In-Person Report on live crowd, fan chants, &#8220;Hugger Section,&#8221; Reigns reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2494849472\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Taping Report<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>July 19, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Worcester, Mass.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In-Person Report by Mike McMahon, PWTorch contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Read\u00a0McMahon&#8217;s in-person tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMcMahonPW\" target=\"_blank\">@MikeMcMahonPW<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE drew an excellent crowd to Worcester, which over the last 10 years has hosted very few television events, and usually is just part of house show loops. The only section that was tarped was a few seats around the hard camera.<\/p>\n<p>One interesting note was that the stage was pushed way up in the arena, allowing for a smaller \u00a0house. For example, the seats I purchased were dead center ring. However, if we were there for a hockey game, we would have been near one of the offensive-zone faceoff circles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dark Match: Neville beat Curtis Axel.\u00a0Heath Slater and Bo Dallas were at ringside but didn\u2019t even attempt to interfere in the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The crowd was started a loud \u201cC.M. Punk!\u201d chant prior to Smackdown going on the air, but it was quickly shut down by another portion of the crowd that started booing that chant heavily.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; During the SmackDown taping, there was a \u201cFix the screen!\u201d chant during one of the Draft rounds after a portion of the tron screen died. It was fixed during a commercial break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; (I believe) a fan was handing out &#8220;Hugger Section&#8221; signs to people near the ringside area. Some people thought this meant Bayley was going to debut on the show, but I\u2019m almost positive a fan was the one distributing the signs, either in hopes of Bayley\u2019s debut or to just troll the section. From what I could see, it was not WWE that distributed the signs. There was someone who looked very much like a fan putting signs on seats in that section right as the doors opened.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3797592213\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0The advertised bonus dark match of John Cena vs. A.J. Styles did not happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Portions of the crowd became restless during the WWE Title match. It was very much a &#8220;Hey, look at how smart we are!&#8221; segment of the audience chanting for Punk (again) as well as Shinsuke Nakamura, Finn Balor, Bayley and Samoa Joe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; As you would expect, Roman Reigns was almost unanimously booed when he was drafted, as well as every other time he was seen on screen during a video package.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve arrived at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDownLIVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDownLIVE<\/a> &#8230; Set is the same. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PWTorch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PWTorch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vsUwdSxlZM\">pic.twitter.com\/vsUwdSxlZM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike McMahon (@TorchMcMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorchMcMahon\/status\/755529192939327492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3800262210\"><div id=\"pwtor-2478200353\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE Smackdown TV Taping Report July 19, 2016 Worcester, Mass. 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