>>18888350
My bad guys. Wrong vid. Here’s the real one.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CHYkAsIuI6A&pp=ygUVQnJpYW4gY2hkaXN0b3BoZXIgcG9w

>>18888350
Several things went wrong here, which explains why he got that infamous silent reaction:
>Cole was a heel, so whoever he was bringing out wasn't likely to get a pop to begin with
>Cole introduced him as Lawler's son, Brian Christopher. Most of the WWE fans at that time had no idea who 'Brian Christopher' was at all, and even the older fans were more familiar with him as 'Grand Master Sexay' as opposed to 'Brian Christopher'. Even during Too Cool's prime, WWE only hinted at GMS being Lawler's son on commentary but never really said it outright
>they brought him out with the shitty 'Turn It Up' theme, instead of 'You Look Fly Today' which would have likely gotten an automatic Pavlovian crowd pop just for the song alone even if they didn't know/see who was coming out
>Brian comes out looking older and a bit bloated with bleach-blond hair that no one's ever seen him with before, and wearing normal clothes instead of his GMS outfit. As far as the crowd is concerned at this point, this is just some random guy coming out to a Too Cool titantron and some shitty random dance music
>Then Brian starts doing his GMS dancing. By this point, maybe a small percentage of older fans in the crowd finally connect the dots and realize "oh shit, that's Grandmaster Sexay". But the majority of the crowd (especially the younger ones) are still confused and still just see some random guy dancing up a storm to a random Too Cool titantron
I'm not saying Brian would have gotten a mega-pop if Cole introduced him as Grand Master Sexay and he wore his GMS clothes
But there's no doubt in my mind that he would have gotten a louder reaction if the whole thing was executed better

>>18888449
>Even during Too Cool's prime, WWE only hinted at GMS being Lawler's son on commentary but never really said it outright
It's funny, they did actually get "JERRY'S SON" chants going in mid-1997.
anyway good post.

>>18888449
It doesn't help that this was the peak of the pg era. most old fans stopped watching at this point

silent returns are always funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSK8JpB26fE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4r2vEd668M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbszVMpAh94

>>18888449
Turn it up is a way better theme than you look fly.

the recent michin vs giulia match was the quietest crowd i've ever heard for a match

THE BIOLOGICAL SON

>>18888483
Paul's face when there's absolutely no reaction to his epic stable's return, and the crowd are even doing Daniel Bryan chants over it, might be the funniest thing in wrestling history

>>18888350
WHERES THE LIE -pin drop-

>>18888485
No.

>>18888483
Wow, maybe this 'quiet crowd' thing really was a PG era problem for older wrestlers

>>18888483
You know Gaytch had to be fuming on the inside over that Evolution reaction.

>>18888519
>>18888597
The thing is, it was bad but it wasn't THAT bad
You can still hear a slight pop when they walk out if you listen closely
At least it wasn't an absolute-zero pop like Brian Christopher

>>18888464
This, me and everyone else i knew who use to watch wrestling checked out years before this. Smarks and new fans which were kids was what was left watching this slop.

I bet you just watched the latest wrestling bios video, and that’s why you thought to post this.

>>18888672
Stop exposing the business brother

who