Since Smackdown was in Albany, N.Y. last Tuesday at the Times Union Center, Jim Ross who is the commentator for the Smackdown brand, blogged his thougths about that night. While he is proud of the show and loved how that show turned out, he didn’t like the way the fans reacted toward the show.
J.R. wrote in his blog:
About 99% of the wrestling fans I have met over the years are good folks and are nice to be around. The other 1% of which some were represented in Albany Tuesday night can be a real pain in the ass. They can’t stand it if those within ear shot don’t know that they read the wrestling newsletters and spend ample time on wrestling websites. They love to spout “insider” info especially personal items that makes one embarrassed to be a fan during these uncomfortable times. I could care less if fans rib me about being an OU Football fan as that’s old news but when these alleged, educated (I’ll use that term loosely) fans are so insecure that they want to be a part of the show and would rather make jackasses of themselves or yell at Tazz and me than watch the show then there is something wrong.
From J.R’s official website here:
http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/jerry-ring-lawlerignorent-fan-feedbackknoxbrodyortonmale-fansswagger
Welcome to the real world J.R. It is not the 80’s anymore. Everybody knows the news of behind the scenes of WWE that aren’t posted on WWE.com, ’cause that’s what wrestling fans do, they read inside information and spend time reading news on sites like Pwinsider, 1wrestling, etc. Which are called “smart fans”. The fans that know everything behind the wrestling industry. WWE seems to be uncomfortable with the “smart fans” but that’s the way life is. The internet is a good tool to discover WWE secrets and it seems to piss WWE off. WWE should appreciate all fans that support the company.
The Albany, N.Y. Smackdown will be aired on MyNetworkTV tonight at 8 p.m. I’ll be watching.
Kev
K'Brocking 
I had free tickets to this but no one wanted to go with me because they all said wrestling was stupid and for 12 year old trailer trash. And I’d say like, “so what, it’s a freak show and it’s FREE!” I ended up staying at home that night because I didn’t want to go by myself to Albany, which has all kinds of “violent crime” and gang bangers and stuff.
I had free tickets to this but no one wanted to go with me because they all said wrestling was stupid and for 12 year old trailer trash. And I’d say like, “so what, it’s a freak show and it’s FREE!” I ended up staying at home that night because I didn’t want to go by myself to Albany, which has all kinds of “violent crime” and gang bangers and stuff.
Hmmmm, I just watched this last night and they didn’t show the whole thing. Part 2 of Smackdown in Albany will be aired next Friday ’cause they didn’t air the Big Show vs. Undertaker Steel Cage match, it’ll be aired next Friday. Look like the Big Show vs. Undertaker match was too long that they couldn’t fit it all on last night’s show.
Gail Kim and Umaga didn’t even return last night either but maybe they will come out to the ring next Friday’s Smackdown in Albany. Last night’s Smackdown said they will show the rest of Albany Smackdown next Friday, so looks like last Tuesday night’s Smackdown was a full 4 hours long including ECW opening it.
Last night’s Smackdown was actually great though, I didn’t get bored or fall asleep at all.
Kev
Hmmmm, I just watched this last night and they didn’t show the whole thing. Part 2 of Smackdown in Albany will be aired next Friday ’cause they didn’t air the Big Show vs. Undertaker Steel Cage match, it’ll be aired next Friday. Look like the Big Show vs. Undertaker match was too long that they couldn’t fit it all on last night’s show.
Gail Kim and Umaga didn’t even return last night either but maybe they will come out to the ring next Friday’s Smackdown in Albany. Last night’s Smackdown said they will show the rest of Albany Smackdown next Friday, so looks like last Tuesday night’s Smackdown was a full 4 hours long including ECW opening it.
Last night’s Smackdown was actually great though, I didn’t get bored or fall asleep at all.
Kev