WWE Make Embarrassing Gaffe During Drew McIntrye’s Raw Entrance (w/Video)

When WWE was in the ThunderDome, they would regularly manipulate the audio so talents would receive the response the company wanted. A perfect example of this was during JBL’s Hall of Fame induction when chants of “JBL” could be heard while nobody on the screens was even reacting. However, with WWE now back in front of live crowds, it seemed WWE would have to accept legitimate reactions.

Seemingly though, old habits die hard because it was clear that the audio was being manipulated during Drew McIntyre’s entrance. Michael Cole, who wasn’t even on commentary, could clearly be heard saying “16-time champion,” indicating WWE was using audio from a John Cena entrance to make McIntyre’s crowd reaction seem louder.

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WWE’s production standards are usually far better than this, and it’s shocking this gaffe made it to air, and it will be interesting to see if they fix this for replays. WWE loves to control the narrative of their shows, and they are well known to edit crowd reactions after the event going as far as to completely change cheers to boos when Sid eliminated Hulk Hogan in the 1992 Royal Rumble match.

WWE would actually do this in reverse multiple times for Roman Reigns when trying to position him as the company’s top babyface when he would receive heavy boos. However, the most well-known example of a company messing with crowd reactions was when WCW famously piped in “Goldberg” chants. Those involved later said it was done to get fans excited.