{"id":41881,"date":"2017-05-01T00:18:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T05:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=41881"},"modified":"2017-05-01T00:18:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T05:18:18","slug":"430-wwe-payback-holt-report-san-jose-calif-person-details-notable-crowd-responses-including-house-horrors-video-roman-hardys-punk-t-shirt-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/05\/01\/430-wwe-payback-holt-report-san-jose-calif-person-details-notable-crowd-responses-including-house-horrors-video-roman-hardys-punk-t-shirt-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/30 WWE Payback HOLT Report from San Jose, Calif.: In-person details on notable crowd responses including during House of Horrors video, Roman, Hardys, Punk, t-shirt sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1311697517\" 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><h3>WWE PAYBACK HOLT REPORT (Happenings Off Live TV)<br \/>\nAPRIL 30, 2017<br \/>\nSAN JOSE, CALIF. AT SAP CENTER<br \/>\nREPORT BY TED FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIF. &#8211; VIP MEMBER<\/h3>\n<p>This was my first time at SAP Center since the Raw after WrestleMania 31. Here are my observations from attending Payback in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022I was surprised how many people came to the arena wearing WWE shirts (60-75%). No one wrestler dominated in terms of t-shirts. The three shirts I saw the most were : WrestleMania 31 (which was in San Jose), Seth Rollins, and Bayley. A good mix of men, women, families, and kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Loud chants for Jerry Lawler, first when he came out and again during the pre-show.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022I was surprised at how over Booker T and Corey Graves were when they were introduced (Booker especially). It also seemed strange for the English announce team to be on the stage with the Spanish and German announce teams to be ringside.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Enzo and Cass were over big. Unfortunately, the arena was half-empty when they came out. Multiple loud cheers of &#8220;How&#8217;a You Doin?&#8221; during the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Good cheers for Finn Balor, but they were not as loud or enthusiastic as I expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The arena appeared to be a sellout with all of the non-taped off seats sold, just a few late arrivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Crowd was rooting for Chris Jericho, but it was not enthusiastic until the finish. The crowd loved the finish. Cheers for Jericho included: Stupid Idiot and Fozzy.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4257253602\" 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>\u2022There was no significant movement for the concourses when the purple ropes came out. It took so long to put them on, Austin Aries couldn&#8217;t get into the ring until after Neville was introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The crowd was rooting for Aries and booing Neville, but not very loudly. To this point they are booing all heels and cheering all the faces.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Huge cheers for the Hardys. Lots of &#8220;Delete&#8221;\u00a0chants. Cheers included: &#8220;Obsolete,&#8221; &#8220;Brother Nero,&#8221; &#8220;Delete,&#8221; &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Hardys.&#8221; The match came across as Face vs. Face with most people just liking the Hardys more. Huge heat for the heel\u00a0turn by Cesaro &amp;\u00a0Sheamus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022A surprising amount of cheers for Alexa, but still 20 percent cheers and 80 percent boos. Deafening cheers for Bayley. She is over big with her hometown crowd. The crowd hated the finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022C.M. Punk chants greeted the start of the House of Horrors match. The crowd was bored with people leaving for the concession stands. No reactions to anything on the video. The crowd was completely dead during it until a &#8220;This is Stupid&#8221; chant and later a &#8220;Boring&#8221; chant.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The crowd had a hard time getting back into things for Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe. Crowd seemed about 70 percent behind Rollins and 30 percent behind Joe. The crowd finally came alive with the Seth win out of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Boos for Bray. Cheers for Orton, albeit muted. No big cheers for the RKO. No big heat for Jinder. Crowd basically didn&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Braun came out to mostly cheers. Roman to almost universal boos. Loudest boos of the night by far. Loudest chant of the night was a dueling &#8216;Let&#8217;s go Roman, Roman sucks&#8221; chant. Probably 80 percent for Braun and 20 percent for Roman. Mostly boos for any of Roman&#8217;s offense.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-169598836\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u2022It was a good (but not great) crowd. The crowd was pretty quiet a lot of the time. The crowd died after the House of Horrors and it took booing Roman Reigns to wake them up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022What is interesting to me is they ate everything WWE served to them, cheering the faces and booing the heels with the single exception of Roman Reigns. That should really say something.<\/p>\n<p>Most Over: Hardys, Bayley, Braun, Jericho, Enzo &amp;\u00a0Cass.<\/p>\n<p>Most Heel\u00a0Heat: Roman Reigns, Cesaro &amp;\u00a0Sheamus after their heel\u00a0turn.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/04\/30\/430-mcneills-live-blog-wwe-payback-2017\/\">PAT MCNEILL&#8217;S LIVE BLOG ON PAYBACK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Please send any news tips and results to:<\/strong>\u00a0pwtorch@gmail.com.\u00a0For instance, let us know if you hear a pro wrestling reference on a popular talk show, see a pro wrestling related Tweet or Instagram from celebrity, hear an ad for matches advertised for an upcoming WWE event, or anything else pro wrestling related that\u2019d be of interest to our readers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you attend a live event, please send results.\u00a0<\/strong>We don\u2019t set up correspondents ahead of time and count on readers like you to send an email with a report on live events you attend \u2013 not just WWE, but also ROH, NXT, international groups. and anything else. 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