WWE finally brought back a live crowd to their television shows this week. On RAW, we saw them use NXT Superstars behind Plexiglas to provide a live atmosphere. It wasn’t the same as a usual live crowd but it was definitely better than the empty arena shows.
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Mike Johnson of PWinsider has provided some backstage notes about WWE’s new live audience set-up.
Here is what he said (h/t to Ringside News for the quotes below):
“I was told that the standing was supposed to make it kinda like a ‘most pit party’ sort of atmosphere. They brought out chairs for in between matches for them to sit, but they had to stand for like 10 hours that day.”
“The Plexiglass I was told was a test so if and when they go back to doing live events and they are in bigger bigger buildings with people it will keep someone who is asymptomatic from touching a wrestler and potentially passing something on by coughing or sneezing or it’s just a way for the fans to be able to see everything while also having more of a barrier between performer and audience.”
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