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Busted Open

The Master's Class: Importance Of The Crowd

Busted Open

SiriusXM

Ring Of Honor, News, Sports News, Leisure, Aew, Professional Wrestling, Mark Henry, Nxt, Bully Ray, Sports, Njpw, Dave Lagreca, Tommy Dreamer, Wwe, Wrestling

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: The crowd has always been an important element of a pro-wrestling show. What has the crowd's participation meant to Bully Ray and Mark Henry during their respective careers? And how and why does WWE and AEW seemingly treat their audiences in different ways? Join Dave LaGreca with his Hall of Fame cohosts as they examine why the crowd is so crucial to the world of professional wrestling. To visit our partners at Chewy, click here.   The Master's Class is now available on its own podcast feed! SUBSCRIBE NOW to hear over 50 episodes of Dave, Bully, Mark, and Tommy taking you behind the scenes like only they can, plus BRAND NEW episodes every week.   Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Busted Open ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.    Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This is the Busted Open podcast.

0:04.2

You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon

0:08.5

Eastern on Sirius XM Fight Nation Channel 156.

0:13.6

Welcome to the Busted Open podcast.

0:16.2

This is Dave Legreca.

0:18.2

This is the master's class with Bully Ray and Mark Henry, our Hall of Famers.

0:23.5

You can listen to Bust It Open to Master's Class.

0:26.0

It drops each and every Sunday on our podcast forum on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and Pandora.

0:33.5

And don't forget, you can listen to Busted Open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon Eastern time on Sirius XM Fight Nation Channel 156.

0:42.5

So let's welcome in our Hall of Famers as school is now in session.

0:48.1

A bully.

0:48.7

And Mark, how are you, gentlemen?

0:51.2

Well, I'm doing absolutely positively wonderful.

0:56.6

What about you, bully? Ditto.

1:03.9

Okay. All right. Are you guys ready to teach some lessons to the Busted Open Nation?

1:14.1

Well, what do you got for us today? What you got? I'm glad you brought that up because a lot on our daily show, we've been talking about the crowds.

1:19.0

And in the case of the WWE, maybe the controlled crowd.

1:28.5

So I wanted to ask you both about the importance of the crowd, how important it is to have the crowd be your soundtrack while you're telling your story. So bully first with you. When you hear that importance of the crowd, what is the first

1:34.5

thing you think of? First thing I think of is rock and roll. That's the immediate thing that comes

1:41.3

to mind because I always compare wrestling to rock and roll. And I think the crowd is as important to both art forms.

1:47.8

Wrestlers feed off of a crowd.

1:51.5

Performers, rock and rollers, acts feed off of a crowd.

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