Thunderdome testing
Added 2020-08-20 16:00:06 +0000 UTCWWE has undertaken vigorous testing for their Thunderdome setup this week.
- WWE audience tested by having a series of monitors set up, duplicated the test shots onto multiple seats or screens instead of having a different person in each seat.
- The ring was already set up for Smackdown as of Wednesday afternoon.
- The staff is being told to keep everything top secret, at the risk of their jobs if they leak photos.
Notes from rehearsals (ONGOING)
- The viewers were treated to a good half hour of Flo Rida over top of a celebrities in WWE video.
- Rehearsals got underway at about 6:15
- There were entrances for AJ Styles and Sheamus (performed by a woman), with stand ins recreating them. They had full music and pyro.
- Jake Atlas is introduced as himself, but comes out to Braun Strowman's music, complete with smoke.
- Lucha House Party's music plays, with Tehuti Miles as a stand in
- Jake Atlas defeated Tehuti Miles
- There is a "body outline" that fans are encouraged to stay within. This might be used to scale or set a background
- Kayden Carter and Kacy Catanzaro come out to Sasha Banks' music. Jessi Kamea and Indi Hartwell are out to Asuka's. There are no boilerplates for names on tehese intros.
- The refs can be heard instructing people to grab holds, stay where they are, etc, and timing the match.
-Kayden & Kacy win the match.
- Ridge Holland comes out to Nakamura' music. Mansoor is out to New Day's.
- The usual announcers are not there, and there are replacements for the rehearsal.
- Mansoor wins, and it's over.
Comments
Also, will they inject the crowd noise from the actual virtual fans?
YOUNG BIBBY
2020-08-20 23:38:34 +0000 UTCSRS, are they still going to use the NXT trainees as part of the crowd?
YOUNG BIBBY
2020-08-20 22:46:36 +0000 UTCDid Jake Atlas Strowman throw Tehuti Miles Kalisto into a dumpster afterwards?
Colby B
2020-08-20 22:40:52 +0000 UTCSame bro
Fightful Select
2020-08-20 22:34:04 +0000 UTCHonestly it'd go really far to use the fake seats background like the NBA
Steven
2020-08-20 22:28:57 +0000 UTCIs it a big zoom call
2020-08-20 21:08:50 +0000 UTCThey really think more overproduction is the key to improving their product. Unreal.
Brian Bayless
2020-08-20 20:40:43 +0000 UTC......................................................... one person is in each seat. they replicate it for other seats
Fightful Select
2020-08-20 18:54:26 +0000 UTCIsn’t it more realistic to have one person in each seat?
YOUNG BIBBY
2020-08-20 16:40:17 +0000 UTC
