5 Times WWE Superstars received 'boring' chants

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WWE Universe often let their voices be heard by chanting “This is awesome!” when they witnessed a great match.

On the flip side, if WWE fans did not enjoy a match that was taking place in front of them, they would chant “This is boring!” or “Boring! Boring!” to let everybody know exactly what they thought.

The “Boring!” chant is usually reserved for WWE Superstars who have struggled to form a connection with the WWE Universe, but that is not always the case.

In this article, let’s take a look at five times that major WWE Superstars received “Boring!” chants during a match.

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#5 Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose (WWE TLC 2018)

On paper, Dean Ambrose should have become one of the top villains in modern-day WWE after he betrayed Seth Rollins on the same night that Roman Reigns revealed his leukemia diagnosis.

However, in reality, Ambrose’s character lost a ton of momentum in the weeks that followed that incident, meaning the storyline became boring to many WWE fans.

The Lunatic Fringe still continued to feud with Rollins for two months after that memorable October 22, 2018 episode of WWE RAW, but a lot of his promos were aimed at the WWE Universe instead of his rival.

When Ambrose and Rollins finally went one-on-one at the TLC pay-per-view on December 16, 2018, their 23-minute match was met with chants of “This is boring!” and “Becky! Becky!”.

Rollins, who lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to Ambrose in the match, addressed the chants one night later on WWE RAW.

“To top it off, I heard that crowd last night. I heard every single thing they had to say, and that’s on me. That is my responsibility - I’ve got to own that and move forward.”

It was reported by the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer that Vince McMahon was “furious” with the match and the reaction of WWE’s fans.

One month later, it emerged that the man behind the Ambrose character, Jonathan Good (aka Jon Moxley), had told WWE that he wanted to leave the company when his contract expired at the end of April 2019.

#4 John Cena vs. Randy Orton (WWE Royal Rumble 2014)

With all due respect to John Cena and Randy Orton, they could have an entire article dedicated to them about “Boring!” chants that were directed their way by the WWE Universe.

WWE fans’ frustrations with the two Superstars is best summed up by their WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at the 2014 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

Two months earlier, then-WWE Champion Orton received the dreaded “Boring!” treatment during his WWE Survivor Series main event against The Big Show. Following the match, Cena appeared and held up his World Heavyweight Championship.

This led to a two-month rivalry between the two men, including a title unification match at WWE TLC 2013, which Orton won.

Unfortunately, the entire rematch at the Royal Rumble was hijacked by irrelevant and derogatory chants by the crowd.

The first four minutes were dominated by chants of “Daniel Bryan!”, “Yes!”, “Randy Savage!”, “Y2J!”, and “Under-Taker!”, and then the WWE Universe began with the slow “Bore-riiiing!” chants.

Orton won the match after interference from The Wyatt Family, but it was the Pittsburgh fans who made the biggest impression.

#3 Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin (WWE Stomping Grounds 2019)

In the summer of 2019, the unpopular duo of Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans joined forces to target Seth Rollins’ WWE Universal Championship and Becky Lynch’s WWE RAW Women’s Championship.

The main event of the WWE Stomping Grounds pay-per-view saw Rollins defend his title against Corbin, with Evans – Lynch’s opponent earlier in the night – being revealed as the special guest referee moments before the match.

Not only did the WWE Universe chant “Boring!” during the 18-minute encounter, but they let their voices be heard by also chanting “This is stupid!”, “AEW!”, “Daniel Bryan!”, and “CM Punk!”.

Unlike some of the other matches in this article, the main event got back on track when Lynch appeared and attacked Evans.

Rollins went on to defeat Corbin before aligning with Lynch for the first time on WWE television.

The storyline development resulted in Rollins and Lynch defeating Corbin and Evans in a tag team match three weeks later at the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

Brock Lesnar then appeared and successfully cashed in his WWE Money in the Bank contract on Rollins.

#2 Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (WWE WrestleMania 34)

As tempting as it was to include Triple H vs. Roman Reigns (WWE WrestleMania 32) in this list, the crowd reaction to Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns from WWE WrestleMania 34 was a lot worse.

Heading into the ‘Mania main event, it seemed obvious that Reigns was going to finally defeat UFC-bound Lesnar to win the WWE Universal Championship.

As it turned out, Lesnar retained the title in a surprising finish and he ended up staying with WWE instead of returning to UFC.

The Beast was arguably WWE’s top heel around this time, while his opponent often received negative reactions despite being one of WWE’s top babyfaces.

With nobody to cheer for, many WWE fans decided to hijack the match from the start (“CM Punk!” chants) to the finish (“Boring!” chants).

In fairness to Lesnar and Reigns, their WrestleMania 31 match in 2015 was one of the best ‘Mania main events of the last decade.

Three years later, the New Orleans crowd did not even give them a chance to let the story play out in their WWE Universal Championship match.

#1 Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg (WWE WrestleMania 20)

Brock Lesnar and Goldberg were involved in one of the most hostile WWE matches of all time at WWE WrestleMania 20.

In the two years prior to the March 2004 event, Lesnar had been built up as WWE’s next top Superstar of the future. His “Next Big Thing” nickname was not just something that was created for marketing purposes – he really was the fastest-rising Superstar in the company.

Goldberg, meanwhile, joined WWE one year earlier after previously cementing his status as one of the most dominant performers in the wrestling business in WCW.

Lesnar vs. Goldberg (refereed by Stone Cold Steve Austin) should have been a dream match at WWE’s biggest show of the year, but that was definitely not the case for the fans in attendance at Madison Square Garden.

WWE’s fans knew that both Superstars’ contracts were set to expire after the event, so they decided to hijack the match with chants of “Boring!”, “You sold out!”, “This match s*cks!”, and various other derogatory chants.

Both men ended up returning to WWE later in their careers (Lesnar in 2012 and Goldberg in 2016) and they even renewed their rivalry at WWE Survivor Series 2016 and WWE WrestleMania 33.