WWE Wrestlers In My Opinion Are Not Respecting Fans.

[Y-2-Jay]

I just came back from the RAW taping in Manchester and the face wrestlers hardly did anything normally lots of face wrestlers would come down and thank the fans, sign some stuff and shake peoples hands and people like me paid £60 for the tickets.

So as the dark match main event ends in a total douche move Randy Orton just walks back after doing a little pose. If this was Cena he would have gone all around the ring shaking hands and signing stuff. The best person was a non wrestler which was Justin Roberts who i shook hands with and he said thanks for coming to everyone. And then you here about these wrestlers who tell them to get lost for asking for pictures and stuff.

I watched the TNA event in England and after the main event i got pictures and autographs of alot wrestlers. WWE have all these video's about standing up for them but why should they if some wrestler dont give a fuck about there fans. But there is some good people like Cena who does his best to interract with fans post show but his storyline restricted him from doing so tonight.

So what do you think do you think its bad that people who pay all that money dont get that little extra worth of money or am i over reacting after a bad experience you decide. Please give good valid reason maybe a story of a good/bad experience you had to back up or break this arguement.

 

[LitasRevenge79]

In all honesty, I don't think its a matter of WWE wrestlers NOT respecting the fans, the wrestlers are on a very tight schedule when trying to get from one place to another. Sure it may seem like a 'douche' move for them to maybe give a quick pose and leave, but with Cena's current predicament, bear in mind he's got to go with the state of mind of Nexus on tv, where they do as little contact with fans on tv as possible. Even within the states, I've never really had much luck with interaction at the RAW shows myself. I've had better luch with the Smackdown side of things. I was at the taping for the 10/5 show that aired on 10/8. I got to meet Kofi Kingston earlier that day in the afternoon at an autograph signing, and he was very gracious and did some question and answers and gave away shirts, hats, and did trivia with everyone at the appearance. Then I ended up sitting 2nd row in front of the cameras and we had great luck that night. During the Swagger-Edge match, Edge was front and center at our section. Then after the Kofi-Kaval v. Dashing Ones match, Kofi came over and shook hands with our section. Then Big Show came out for the dark match afterward, and after he lost, he shook hands and talked with our section and talked to the Army guys sitting next to us and signed the shirt he gave them. It was great, I would say the SD side is a little more lax on things. But an international timetable is very crunched probably to get from one place to the other.

 

[Calderownz]

It makes more sense for Cena to greet fans then for Orton to do it. Nonetheless, time if a factor with traveling. They greet one fan, it turns into 100 or 1,000. If they have something to catch in a half hour, they can really fall victim to being too nice.

It's unfortunate, but most of the wrestlers will oblige the fans when given the chance, from my personal experience.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I have never met any WWE wrestlers, besides Bret Hart at a signing session and he was great. However, my friend went to one of the house shows in England a few years ago and was shocked at how rude many of the wrestlers were.

According to her, Trish Stratus, Rico and Rey Mysterio were nice and spoke with fans.

However, JBL was very rude and would only sign 1 autograph for a guy in a JBL shirt (probably just in character), but also that Kurt Angle would not sign anything which surprised me, I would have expected Angle to be friendly with his fans.

The rudest supposedly was Mark Jindrak who was really aggresive and told people to "get the fuck out of my way, why can't you just go home?" to which my friend told him she didnt know who he was and to come back when he was a somebody, like The Undertaker lol

Also, a mates Dad met John Cena in America and said John was a great bloke, who chatted for ages and was really interested in knowing about England after her recognised Malc's English accent. Nice guy

 

[Alastor]

It makes more sense for Cena to greet fans then for Orton to do it. Nonetheless, time if a factor with traveling. They greet one fan, it turns into 100 or 1,000. If they have something to catch in a half hour, they can really fall victim to being too nice.

It's unfortunate, but most of the wrestlers will oblige the fans when given the chance, from my personal experience.

This. Sometimes it is better to not sign any at all instead of signing a few and encouraging more fans to come up and cause a delay in the travel schedule.

Having said that, different people have different personalities so we can't expect every wrestler to be willing to interact with the fans with the same passion. Sometimes the simple reason could be yes, they don't want to be there.

 

[Davi323]

Especially considering the extra steps they have to go through when traveling in Europe from country to country. Its a huge clusterfuck of time. If you want to have a better chance at meeting wrestlers, do it in the morning/noonish when most of them arrive at the arena from their hotels. They aren't pressed for time at that point. I have met numerous wrestlers by being there earlier in the day. Some of them are douches, (JBL was a dick? This is a shock to anyone???) but most are not.

 

[Navi]

I don't think they disrespect the fans, they're there to entertain you and they do the job.

Here in Toronto whenever the WWE comes to town, they usually run a weekend long FanFest before the RAW and Smackdown shows. That's where you pay an extra fee and go in and meet these guys. I took my son a couple of years ago and he met Cena, Kane, Mysterio and Jericho. All of them were pretty decent to talk to and really seemed glad to see the turnout.

Two or three years ago we went to Ontario Place and met Morrison, Punk, Melina and Maria. All four were great and spent a lot of time talking to everyone who would talk to them. We had pictures taken and got all their autographs. Maria and Melina are absolute sweethearts and really get excited about meeting the fans.

Been to a couple of RAW shows at the Air Canada Centre and found that the wrestlers were too busy to really get involved with the fans. I guess it's just the nature of the beast.

 

[Ferbian]

Make a Wish, numerous public appearances, Wrestlemania reading challenge etc. All things that WWE wrestlers does for the sake of their fans. They perform numerous times of the week throughout the year for the sake of the fans.

The above mentioned things should be more than enough to call bullshit on your statement. Of course there's also other things that they do, but these are the primary things. WWE wrestlers cares about their fans, and they prove this weekly. Because they didn't do much out of it on one week show doesn't mean that it should make them overall judged by it. WWE puts a lot of time into their fans, and it's been said very often that the European fans are the most grateful and greatest crowds, by the wrestlers themselves.

So, of course WWE wrestlers respect their fans. Saying otherwise is completely bullshit.

 

[Y-2-Jay]

Make a Wish, numerous public appearances, Wrestlemania reading challenge etc. All things that WWE wrestlers does for the sake of their fans. They perform numerous times of the week throughout the year for the sake of the fans.

The above mentioned things should be more than enough to call bullshit on your statement. Of course there's also other things that they do, but these are the primary things. WWE wrestlers cares about their fans, and they prove this weekly. Because they didn't do much out of it on one week show doesn't mean that it should make them overall judged by it. WWE puts a lot of time into their fans, and it's been said very often that the European fans are the most grateful and greatest crowds, by the wrestlers themselves.

So, of course WWE wrestlers respect their fans. Saying otherwise is completely bullshit.

You listed all these appearances but think about it? They are doing it to try get the media on there side so why would any WWE wrestler be a dick there? So lets say a kid chooses Orton as a wish and he acts like a dick (Which he wouldn't even dare do) the WWE would be in so much shit. McMahon obviously tells what the wrestlers have to do at events like these because the press and tv camera's like to get story's on these event's. If the press saw a wrestler do something not nice at these event's it equal's more bad press for the WWE something which they don't want.

But at a WWE event where there is no press so they can do what ever they want. The things you mention are places where they have to be respectful because if there not it would cause too much trouble for the WWE. What is more of a negitive news headline. This: WWE Wrestler Is Mean Too Kid At WWE Event or this: WWE Wrestler Mean Too Kid At A Reading Challenge.

And its not like i said that every wrestler on the roster should stay for 4 hours signing stuff i only said some face wrestlers should come down thank the fans and slap the hands of the front row (Takes about 10 minutes) but we didn't get nothing and loads of little kids was waiting for a little hello from the wrestlers and got nothing. These wrestlers are hero's to the kids remember that.

Maybe i shouldn't judge because of one thing but how do we know these "one things" are often. Remember the fact people pay £60 for those tickets which is alot of money for a family because thats about 4 tickets which is £240 (Roughly $385) and during a time where people don't have as much money people deserve a thank you and a slap on the hand. I don't think you understand how much it meant to those kids me being much older was not to bothered but for the kids is a diffrent story.

You think my statement is bullshit and if i think otherwise i am wrong? Well i think the same about you're post. See what i did there?

 

[Xemmy]

Wow dude. You can't simply take bad examples and say the wrestlers don't respect the fans. Some shouldn't show it, because it breaks character (Orton's face, but he's still got the character of an asshole. You didn't see Steve Austin shaking peoples hands when he was on top.), others should but don't have the time.
Guys like Cena, half the divas, and damn near every mid-card face in WWE are the easiest counter examples. They donate their time, even when the cameras are off. At every event? Maybe not. They've got shit to do, and only so much time to do it. They do it when they can.

Then you have assholes that tell fans to go fuck off. That's life.

Fact is: Some LOVE the fans. Others don't.
It doesn't go one way or the other based on the actions of a few individuals. However considering the track record of the WWE's wrestlers over the last 3 or 4 years- Yeah, a majority of WWE wrestlers respect the fans. I fail to see how you came to this conclusion.

 

[Y-2-Jay]

Wow dude. You can't simply take bad examples and say the wrestlers don't respect the fans. Some shouldn't show it, because it breaks character (Orton's face, but he's still got the character of an asshole. You didn't see Steve Austin shaking peoples hands when he was on top.), others should but don't have the time.
Guys like Cena, half the divas, and damn near every mid-card face in WWE are the easiest counter examples. They donate their time, even when the cameras are off. At every event? Maybe not. They've got shit to do, and only so much time to do it. They do it when they can.

Then you have assholes that tell fans to go fuck off. That's life.

Fact is: Some LOVE the fans. Others don't.
It doesn't go one way or the other based on the actions of a few individuals. However considering the track record of the WWE's wrestlers over the last 3 or 4 years- Yeah, a majority of WWE wrestlers respect the fans. I fail to see how you came to this conclusion.

I came to the conclusion because i was fresh off coming back from the event and was angry yesterday but it has worn off and i do think i over reacted but still i have a point i am not going to say i am wrong.

But this "They are busy" thing needs to stop being brought up. So are you saying that a few faces couldn't come out to the ring say thanks to crowd and shake a few hands and maybe a little bit of autographs it wouldn't take more than 10 minutes. A friend of mine after the event went to the near by casino and saw some wrestlers there so are we saying that those guys couldn't come out for a extra 10 mins??? And the busy thing wouldn't work as a excuse because i am sure Cena would be out there doing everything i said if it wasn't for his current storyline restrciting him.

Did i over react? Yeah. Do i think i was totally wrong? No. Yesterday should never happen to any fan who paid all that money. Like i said i am not to bothered but for the kids who were there thats a different story as it could have made there day even special.

 

[The Brain]

Sorry but this is pretty ridiculous. You spent your money to see a live wrestling show. That’s exactly what you got. There’s no reason to expect anything more than that. Like someone mentioned above greeting one turns into one hundred. A guy could come out and sign 500 autographs and the 501st guy would think he was an asshole for not signing for him. Where is someone to draw the line? Sure it would be nice if they would shake a few hands, but to say they are disrespecting the fans because they don’t is unfair.

 

[Y-2-Jay]

Sorry but this is pretty ridiculous. You spent your money to see a live wrestling show. That’s exactly what you got. There’s no reason to expect anything more than that. Like someone mentioned above greeting one turns into one hundred. A guy could come out and sign 500 autographs and the 501st guy would think he was an asshole for not signing for him. Where is someone to draw the line? Sure it would be nice if they would shake a few hands, but to say they are disrespecting the fans because they don’t is unfair.

Yes i agree i did overreact but a little bit more of crowd interactivity would have been nice to send the crowd home happy. I do not agree with people crowding wrestlers post show for autographs its not a good thing or nice thing to do. but like i keep saying coming out (Not outside i mean post dark match) saying thanks and a few handshakes to the front row would have been great it just seems they wanted to do the show and that was all you're getting for your money (Still worth it). But i will put my hands up and admit i did overract.

 

[juicexct]

Orton was very friendly at Fan Appreciation day in CT. After the even ended, he went around the entire ring/entrance and shook hands, signed things, and took photos with fans.

 

[HBKevin]

Lol, they are there to wrestle and give promos, not rub elbows with the fans for hours. They have autograph signings for that kind of thing.

 

[Phoenix]

Problem is that in the end, the schedule for a WWE Superstar is going to be non-stop and there can be legitimate reasons for why they wouldn't stop after performing a ten-twenty minute match. Do you expect Iron Maiden to stick with the fans after an encore? No, they did their job which was to entertain for the night, anything extra is a bonus. My only two WWE Superstar experiences outside of shows themselves was an autographed signing with Big Show and a VIP experience with Fozzy/Chris Jericho. Big Show was great to meet, but the staff around him were awful, you literally couldn't stay for more than 10 seconds or even pose with him, and this is a guy who did enjoy being with the fans. As for Jericho, given I actually had about 30 minutes with him before a gig, he's a great guy and respects the fans he has, but in that situation, he had to do two interviews and then perform a gig, and he did interviews beforehand, he doesn't stop and he still had time to hang out with some fans before giving a great gig performance, still remaining a class act.

In the end, not aimed at you Y-2-Jay, the fans are greedy, we want more out of our idols, you get to taste the Fruits of Eden from seeing them live and want that bit more to add to the experience. In the end, the wrestlers are no different to any other celebrity, idolised by millions when we forget they have lives to deal with outside of an already busy lifestyle. Yes, the industry is one with high demands due to the fans, but the best we can do is respect them for doing what they do everyday, because they respect you already for supporting them and they can never truly thank each and every individual possible.

 

[An Angry Blonde]

People seem to forget about events dedicated to fans(fan appriciation day,wwe tribute to the troops,etc.)Also you don't know what they had planned afterwords, maybe to chill at the hotel until its time to go or leave to catch a plane right after words. Plus who knows how long it takes to get out of the arenas. Plus people might walk up to them interrputing their lifes for an autograft or pic. Plus its out of the states when was the last time you saw or heard the guys from nba or nbl or nhl go out of the states to play a TELEVISED event to the soldiers who TRUELY put there bodies on the line for there counrty, the us militiary in foreign terrirorty. None or few, but the wwe gives its fans an oppertuntiy to see wwe live in there own country such as england,france,etc.
Its not fair to expect a wwe wrestler to take time out of there day to greet the fans after hours. Hell some have families that they don' t have much of an oppertuntiy to see, so who knows maybe they are going to board a plane to go see there famlies while they have a chance. Besides some need to remain in character while doing these things, hell i was surprised to see ortonn willingly back up against the barrier and SMILE as the fans behind him flipped out when him and r truth won.
This wasn't meant to be an attack if you considered it one, if so I'm sorry no hard feelings?

I'm open to most critisim btw so you got a problem post on the form or send a pm and we can talk.(as long as you don't verbally assult me,alright?)