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When you go to a Raw or SmackDown taping, you are greeted with bright lights, a giant stage, and the HD tron. You can see backstage segments and if a match spills out into the crowd or around the stage, the spotlights and tron make sure everyone in the arena can see what is going on. Entrances have great pyro, appropriate lighting and music that plays clearly.
When you go to an Indy show, things are a little different. I'll use ROH since I've been to a couple of their shows. You walk in, and see a little entrance ramp, a few light stands, a computer set-up for the music, and a few rows of folding chairs around the ring and entryway. Once the taping starts, you can't see anything too well unless it is immediately around the ring or has the spotlight on it. There is no pyro, the lights are decent, and the entrance music doesn't always sound the best.
Now that is just when you attend the show; when the show airs, whether on TV or DVD, is when this becomes more obvious. So when it comes down to it, when you take the in-ring product out of the equation, does the lower production quality hurt Indy companies and their credibility? I'm not talking about issues stemming from GoFightLive, even though that is a hot topic right now, but rather the stuff the company does control: mics, lights, music, staging, etc. Is this something that reinforces why these companies aren't in the big time, or is it just a fact of life that doesn't really matter to you?
When you go to an Indy show, things are a little different. I'll use ROH since I've been to a couple of their shows. You walk in, and see a little entrance ramp, a few light stands, a computer set-up for the music, and a few rows of folding chairs around the ring and entryway. Once the taping starts, you can't see anything too well unless it is immediately around the ring or has the spotlight on it. There is no pyro, the lights are decent, and the entrance music doesn't always sound the best.
Now that is just when you attend the show; when the show airs, whether on TV or DVD, is when this becomes more obvious. So when it comes down to it, when you take the in-ring product out of the equation, does the lower production quality hurt Indy companies and their credibility? I'm not talking about issues stemming from GoFightLive, even though that is a hot topic right now, but rather the stuff the company does control: mics, lights, music, staging, etc. Is this something that reinforces why these companies aren't in the big time, or is it just a fact of life that doesn't really matter to you?