{"id":8991,"date":"2016-01-27T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T18:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8991"},"modified":"2016-01-27T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T21:08:07","slug":"8991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/27\/8991\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Rumble Live Report &#8211; More details on crowd demos, anti-Reigns, Styles pop, McMahon in the crowd, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2928945151\" 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 Royal Rumble PPV Live Report<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>January 24, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Orlando, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PWTorch Livecast correspondent Neal, PWTorch VIP member James out of Dallas, and PWTorch TV specialist Ben Tucker contributed to this report. <strong>Read Tucker&#8217;s in-person tweets<\/strong> from the Rumble <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\" target=\"_blank\">@BTuckerTorch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon was ringside on the front row opposite the hard camera throughout the PPV. Linda\u00a0watched her son-in-law, Triple H, win the WWE Title from Roman Reigns and watched Hunter celebrate in the ring with Vince and Stephanie to close the Rumble PPV.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crowd hates Roman. Not too hot for this confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big B (@BTuckerTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\/status\/691468473072009217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The crowd was firmly against Roman Reigns going into the Rumble. Even\u00a0before the PPV\u00a0started, fans were talking amongst themselves about being against Reigns, who is still perceived as corporate-backed and attached to John Cena with the booking of\u00a0&#8220;overcoming the stacked deck and ridiculous odds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The crowd was completely against Reigns to the point where the crowd popped when he was thrown out of the Rumble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; This was a heavy international and out-of-town crowd for the Rumble based on the Rumble becoming a destination travel event and the high re-sale ticket prices.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the ticket prices, families were likely priced out of the Rumble, leaving vocal male fans as the majority of the audience in an otherwise casual-fan market like Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>There were very few children or women in the audience. The audience was mostly males and a lot of people were from out-of-state or international. James noted that out of the group of 20\/30 sitting camera-side, only one person in the group lived in Florida.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2429396202\" 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>Because of the audience make-up, Reigns was mainly booed, there was a big reaction for A.J. Styles&#8217;s surprise debut, and big reactions for Sasha Banks after the Divas Title match and for Damien Sandow on the pre-show.<\/p>\n<p>When Kevin Owens eliminated Styles from the Rumble, they did not want to boo Owens, so they chanted A.J.&#8217;s name instead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE&#39;S NEWEST SIGNEE IS HERE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3S3I4SSgb8\">pic.twitter.com\/3S3I4SSgb8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big B (@BTuckerTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\/status\/691455666247077888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Pops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) A.J. 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