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* An episode of ''[[WWE Raw]]'' gave us a dramatic moment turned into a [[Narm]] by crowd participation. [[Randy Orton]] had just systematically destroyed [[John Cena]]'s father as Cena watched, helplessly, handcuffed to the ring ropes. Cena finally manages to free himself (by unbuckling the turnbuckle, one of the most unique ways out of this situation this editor had seen) and chases off Orton, and Orton and Cena have a tense, dramatic staredown, Orton smiling like the cat that ate the canary, Cena staring daggers at Orton... and [[X-Pac Heat|the crowd loudly chanting "You can't wrestle!"]] at Cena.
** A hilarious moment of audience narm was brought by a Providence, Rhode Island crowd at Backlash 2009. After [[Triple H]] was given an RKO by [[Randy Orton]] followed by a punt kick, he was shown as unable to get up and was taken out on a stretcher all the while the crowd sang "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good bye."
** [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] audiences in general love their role in creating Narms. After [[Vince McMahon]] was allegedly killed in a car bomb, the tapings of the next two shows started with a moment of silence from the wrestlers and a ten-bell salute from ringside. Which would've been fine if the show hadn't been in ''Philadelphia'', a.k.a. [[Fan Nickname/Professional Wrestling|Smark Central]], the most notoriously cynical fanbase in all of sports, real or staged.
*** Speaking of the limo-bomb, how about Paul London's ridiculously cheesy grin during the hallway segment?
*** But then again, the Northeastern United States - particularly, from Philadelphia, PA to New York City - is home of the most hardcore fans/smarks in the entire professional wrestling world. It would be more of a shock if these crowds ''didn't'' create Narms.
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** The best part was that Lesnar and Goldberg likely thought they could get away with phoning the match in, as they were both leaving the company the following week. Boy were they wrong! You really had to see it on PPV or in person for the full impact, as the crowd was edited in the DVD version.
** At least if you watch it with the English audio track. The chants are retained on the Spanish audio track.
* There was a match in 2002 featuring the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] version of the [[New World Order]] (which naturally, they did "right"). It was special because it was the big return of core member [[Kevin Nash]] to action after taking several months out due to injury. Approximately one minute after he is tagged in, he got seriously injured ''again'' from simply [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vipPQwMq8&feature=player_detailpage#t=301s walking across the ring]. At the end of the match, nWo member [[Shawn Michaels]] cut a promo about how the nWo was unstoppable and was going to destroy [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]... all while poor Kevin was lying in a painful, powerless heap right behind him. Next week, [[Vince McMahon]] appeared and [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] the group out of existence.
** But the really fun bit was the video that circulated among [[Smart Mark]]s for weeks afterwards, which showed that pivotal moment repeatedly. In slow motion. Set to "Chariots of Fire".
*** In all fairness to Kev, you can see him grasping his leg as he enters the ring so chances were it was already in bad shape before the tear... though why with a bad leg you would go for a ''big boot'' as your first offense is beyond this troper.
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