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We all love attending wrestling events and getting involved with the action, vocally and with our hands. We have our favorites who we cheer for as well as those we despise, but it is all in good nature.
Sometimes, this can be elevated due to the nature of the match, or the competitors involved. Take this past weekend at GCW's Homecoming event. Matt Cardona captured the GCW Championship by defeating GCW hero Nick Gage. Following the match, Cardona was pelted with objects thrown by the GCW fans.
It was a reaction we hadn't seen in wrestling for a long time, involving a heel wrestler coming to a promotion and winning their top title. That being said, let's take a look at the five wildest crowd reactions to wrestling matches in history.
#5 John Cena wrestling CM Punk at WWE Money in the Bank 2011
What an atmosphere it was at the Allstate Arena in Chicago for John Cena vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship in 2011. CM Punk, performing in his hometown and threatening to leave WWE with their main title belt, against WWE's poster boy.
The crowd couldn't have been more one-sided. The arena was deafened by CM Punk chants as he made his entrance. It was clobbering time for Punk. As for Cena, he was booed all the way from his entrance until the very end of the match.
Of course, this match couldn't have finished without any shenanigans. It saw Mr. McMahon try to interfere with John Laurinaitis to end the match early, throwing shade at Survivor Series 1997 when he screwed Bret Hart. That didn't happen. Punk ended up winning the match, and left the arena through his hometown fans, and blew a kiss to the livid Chairman.
The fans went wild for Punk's victory. Every single person in the arena that night wanted Punk to win the title and leave WWE with the belt. Today, it is still one of the most talked-about matches and iconic moments. It was mainly because of the wild reaction of the WWE Universe during the whole match. Even earlier in the night, fans were chanting CM Punk's name during other wrestling matches on the card.
#4 Daniel Bryan & Bray Wyatt wrestling The Usos in a Steel Cage match on RAW
On Daniel Bryan's road to wrestling for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 30, there were a few obstacles. One of them being Bray Wyatt, who somehow managed to convince Bryan to join The Wyatt Family.
Things came to a head on the January 13th, 2014 episode of Monday Night RAW in a Steel Cage match. Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt faced the team of Jimmy and Jey Uso. Wyatt and Bryan lost the match, and post-match Wyatt signaled for Bryan to pledge his allegiance to the Wyatt Family. Bryan did not. Instead, he turned on Wyatt, which resulted in one of the most incredible crowd reactions we will ever witness.
Bryan was in the corner of the ring ready to deliver his running knee when he paused and did his 'YES!' chant, in which the whole arena stood and joined in with him. It was one of those moments that blew your mind. It was like time stood still, we were living in this wild moment. It really showed just how popular Daniel Bryan was during this period, and will forever be remembered as one of the wildest moments in wrestling history.
#3 Brock Lesnar wrestling Goldberg at WrestleMania 20
In 2004, Brock Lesnar faced Goldberg in what was set to be a blockbuster wrestling match. Instead, it turned into one of the most lackluster slugfests that we have seen in the ring.
Sadly, before the match, it was revealed that both men would be leaving the company following their Wrestlemania battle. This immediately brought a negative cloud over the match. The fans turned their backs on it and decided to entertain themselves. A disinterested crowd, chanting 'goodbye' and 'he sold out' to Brock Lesnar in particular. It made for a wild ten to fifteen minutes as the match went on. Fans also continued to chant for Special Guest Referee, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Following the match's conclusion, responding to fans in attendance, Brock Lesnar flipped the bird to the audience. It was Brock's parting gift until he returned in 2012. Of course, Goldberg and Lesnar renewed their rivalry which culminated in a much better wrestling match and reaction at WrestleMania 33.
#2 Terry Funk wrestling Cactus Jack at ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995
At Extreme Championship Wrestling's first-ever Hardcore Heaven, the main event saw Terry Funk wrestling against Cactus Jack. Two hardcore legends went toe-to-toe at the famous ECW Arena in Philadelphia.
The match went on for eleven minutes before ending in a no-contest, thanks to the interference from Public Enemy. What transpired after this moment will be forever etched in history. Funk and Jack teamed together to take out Public Enemy before asking an ECW fan to pass them a steel chair. One did, and then another one did until the jam-packed ECW Arena started throwing all their chairs into the ring.
The situation quickly got out of hand, with Public Enemy buried underneath the steel chairs. Joey Styles immediately had to put down his headset on commentary, and take to the public address system to tell fans to stop. It's by far one of the wildest moments.
Another notable mention from ECW in 1995, was when Public Enemy called fans into the ring to celebrate with them. After the ring filled up and the dancing commenced, the ring collapsed beneath them, with Joey Styles shouting his catchphrase "OH MY GOD!".
#1 John Cena wrestling Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand in 2006
One of the wildest wrestling reactions you will ever see, happened in 2006 at the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view. John Cena defended the WWE Championship against Rob Van Dam at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
ECW has always been about being anti-establishment, meaning the fans were all anti-WWE. So when you have WWE's poster boy John Cena about to enter a match at ECW, you want to see how the crowd is going to react. Echoes of boos rang around as his entrance music hit the ECW environment.
Even before the match started, John Cena was feeling the wrath of the ECW fans. He threw his shirt into the crowd, only for the ECW fans to throw it back. Cena tried this several times, with all the attempts being unsuccessful. After that, a toilet roll was thrown into the ring, and this was followed by anti-Cena chants all the way through the match. There was even an 'If Cena wins we riot' sign in the crowd.
Thankfully, there was no riot as John Cena lost the WWE Championship to Rob Van Dam thanks to interference from Edge. Paul Heyman counted 1-2-3 as the referee was knocked out. The ECW fans went ballistic and celebrated wildly, with RVD even going into the ECW fans at one point to celebrate. It was by far the wildest crowd reaction to a wrestling match in pro-wrestling history, from start to finish.
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