I used to work on the changeover crew in Buffalo. The one smackdown taping I worked was the hands down coolest experience of my life. Mingling with the entertainment was frowned upon but John Cena specifically went out of his way to make sure even the lowest level employee felt like part of the show. It’s amazing how much work goes into every aspect of the show, and to have a guy like that be so down to earth was humbling as fuck
The perspective of talking to the entertainment being frowned upon sounds like one of the most corporate things ever. That's a shame. I'm glad Cena goes out of his way like that.
@@brdane I moved onto hospitality and I get it. Employees are people and can be pretty weird, you don’t want any higher profile guest (entertainer, etc.) to have a bad experience with a weird employee and not want to come back, or even worse tell their friends and agents not to book that place. The safest thing to do is keep it business with people who absolutely have to do it and let the guest/talent do their thing.
what a magnificent job this is, we all see the arenas ready to be enjoyed and the fights and many times we don't recognize all the work behind the montagues and backstage
as an ex wrestler myself its always interesting to see this happen before our live shows funny because inbetween them i became security for some of the live shows
Just seeing how tiny the ring is (which is massive in it's own right) is compared to the whole arena. Plus bow they block off halve of the stadium with a black curtain, I assumed they'd used the full thjng but it makes sense because where would Guerilla be
Never seen a venue move the center hung screen so it can be used for the event. Most WWE events I witnessed the screen some times offset from the ring since the venue doesn't have the room to move the stage so the screen ends up off center.
Seems like this one was a built specifically for the event. I think when they are off center thats the huge stadium ones where the actual stadium doesn't have the infrastructure to move it around on demand.
@@hecticaperture It's the same screen that was hanging at the start of the video. They took it down, move it to the bottom left of the screen and set it back up where WWE needed it.
This year's setup was garbage just like it's been the past few years with the Rumble. I went to 2017 and it was way better with the complete venue open and an actual stage with full entrances etc. It's like they're getting cheaper and lazier with production which shouldn't be the case when it comes to one of your 4 top payper view staples. Even weekly show production is better than this house show setup they do for the rumble.
I was saying that myself I feel like they don’t have the creativity like they used to they used to have unique setups for each pay per view but hasn’t been the case sadly they just do the cheapest way feels bad
I thought it felt very different in 2019 when they had a completely different entrance setup but they're doing the same setup with every ppv now. I understand saving money and it's easier to transport the set but this is a billion dollar company.
all bump in is especially for riggers is waiting for trucks to arrive forkies to drive shit in and then riggers do there job. then bump out is the reverse cause the trucks are near site. so the riggers just have to go up and do the work which is hard work btw especially in open stadiums and when the riggers are in the roof with zero air circulation and its 35*c + day.
I don't get why they always seem to get a stadium venue just to cut half of it off. Could totally nearly break attendence records if they just use full capacity. Why must the ring be so far on one side instead of middle also?
@@Time-LapseVideos I'm sure they could've sold out the entire venue. The Rumble is one of the funnest events to attend regardless of the quality of the product. There's probably a better reason but you have to think, in a Rumble you have 60 men and women running to the ring. The entrance is already long enough lol. You think they really want to center the ring?
@@Time-LapseVideos not a legit excuse they had the entire stadium open for 2017 and 1997 they can obviously sell tickets for one of their best payperviews of the year
Is that the platform they keep the pyrotechnic concussions on being built at the far left starting around 0:45? I've been looking for footage/photos of that for years, and the closest I've found is an old picture from WWE's website of Ron Bleggi on it... Edit: Upon further inspection it looks like that was something temporary, it had lights on it and they took it down before the show started...curious as to what it was though
@@Time-LapseVideos Hmm, are we referring to the same thing? This is what I was referencing, i.imgur.com/bbHNitS.png It looks like it was preparing to be hung behind that curtain as it was connected to chain motors, but taken down right as they were bringing in the seating... Now that I think about it, with it being the size of the ring, I wonder if the were just using that platform to paint a ring canvas for the Mountain Dew match or something...
To clean the concrete floor, it gets really dirty during setup like this with all the equipment and vehicles rolling around. Notice when they set up the chairs, that they are set directly on the concrete floor, so it needs to be cleaned before audience gets there.
Call me old-school but it seems lame that they would curtain off a side of building...and it's not even the stage where the wrestlers come out and the titan-tron set would be. I've never been a fan of the elaborate sets to begin with as I see it as losing the maximum of potential fans in the arena; since WWE is always going on about setting indoor attendance records. Were the ticket sales low? Good time laps btw. How long was the actual set-up and take-down times respectively?
Why do they cover 1/3rd of the stadium I don’t get it put the entrance in the middle middle of the stadium and then the hole stadium can be used so there is more money (does anyone know why they covered that part of the stadium pls let me know)
Wow! WWE sure has lost so many fans! Heck Royal Rumble 1998 was at this same venue and they didn’t have to use a black tarp to close off half the stadium. WWE you wasted time pumping up your old wrestlers and fail to pump up your new talent and it has cost you big time! You can filled up the Alamodome wow.
@@valeriewithsalt WrestleMania always has large numbers. This was a a Royal Rumble a big ppv event and they couldn’t sale it out if you look back at the Royal Rumble 1998 it’s at the same venue and it’s was sold out! I like WWE too but I see how empty some venues can be for shows.
It was mainly because the stage they used back in 2017 was the usual Raw stage which obviously blocked off a whole section unlike nowadays they just put LED on the entrance way
I used to work on the changeover crew in Buffalo. The one smackdown taping I worked was the hands down coolest experience of my life. Mingling with the entertainment was frowned upon but John Cena specifically went out of his way to make sure even the lowest level employee felt like part of the show. It’s amazing how much work goes into every aspect of the show, and to have a guy like that be so down to earth was humbling as fuck
That’s where I live
The perspective of talking to the entertainment being frowned upon sounds like one of the most corporate things ever. That's a shame. I'm glad Cena goes out of his way like that.
@@brdane I moved onto hospitality and I get it. Employees are people and can be pretty weird, you don’t want any higher profile guest (entertainer, etc.) to have a bad experience with a weird employee and not want to come back, or even worse tell their friends and agents not to book that place. The safest thing to do is keep it business with people who absolutely have to do it and let the guest/talent do their thing.
just read this as he announced he will be retiring next year. i've never met john but he's one of a kind.
I was at both the royal rumbles the 2017 and this years royal rumble it was crazy to see how they set it all up
Same here man royal rumble was my first ever wwe show and I just had to come back to the show where it started it all
was the seating arrangement same as 2017 this year ??bcz it looks different on Tv
@@theexplorer2242 they had it very different. They blocked off a quarter of the arena for the pyro and they had more people on the floor
It looks so easy but it's hard
@@48kkayzz ikr
Major props to the production staff behind all these events.
what a magnificent job this is, we all see the arenas ready to be enjoyed and the fights and many times we don't recognize all the work behind the montagues and backstage
4:05 When the graphic says HARDY and reality doesn't deliver expectation.
4:07 actually
@@arya493you have to give people a moment to read the clip. Hope that made you feel better 😂😂😂
Was at that Rumble and it was my first one ever and i thought it was amazing to witness!
It's amazing to see how much goes into everything 😊
This is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen
3:40 you can see mr.mcmahons thing on the top right
2 videos in one day...NICE!
as an ex wrestler myself its always interesting to see this happen before our live shows funny because inbetween them i became security for some of the live shows
There’s really no bad seat in this place from my experience. Obviously the closer you are the better, but the view from the nosebleeds aren’t too bad.
3:40 Mr. McMahons titantron?
yeah i've noticed that, was he supposed to show up at the rumble or it was just testing all along? weird because that was the only unused one.
@@JPX64Channel At 3:44 is a Hardy Tron
@@heddingite that was a singer who performed that night
Crazy how much work goes into a night.
Just seeing how tiny the ring is (which is massive in it's own right) is compared to the whole arena. Plus bow they block off halve of the stadium with a black curtain, I assumed they'd used the full thjng but it makes sense because where would Guerilla be
Thats freaking insane.
I have been to every single Royal rubble. Because I'm a huge fan.
I just realized that this video started at the end of when they cleaned up after Monster Jam. Monster Jam was right before the Rumble, huh?
Doing ring set ups in the laser lights would be exciting!
3:44 Hardy?
Yes, the singer that performed
Watching it in x2 is a whole other ball game
Never seen a venue move the center hung screen so it can be used for the event. Most WWE events I witnessed the screen some times offset from the ring since the venue doesn't have the room to move the stage so the screen ends up off center.
Seems like this one was a built specifically for the event. I think when they are off center thats the huge stadium ones where the actual stadium doesn't have the infrastructure to move it around on demand.
@@hecticaperture It's the same screen that was hanging at the start of the video. They took it down, move it to the bottom left of the screen and set it back up where WWE needed it.
You got the set up and the show and the behind the scenes all for free
why do they have that curtain on the left?
Bro that place looked huge on tv and a chunk was tarped off
Man they're testing the entrances and lighting in the empty arena to get a good idea of how it'll look.
We just watched the whole rumble in less than 10 minutes...
The place where Stone Cold won his first Rumble in 1997, and where Taker won his only Rumble in 2007.
Why so interesting XD
i wonder how they transport and move all that setup everytime
How many days?
How.mamy hours it takes
That's Hella people on Vince's payroll. Gotdamn.
This year's setup was garbage just like it's been the past few years with the Rumble. I went to 2017 and it was way better with the complete venue open and an actual stage with full entrances etc. It's like they're getting cheaper and lazier with production which shouldn't be the case when it comes to one of your 4 top payper view staples. Even weekly show production is better than this house show setup they do for the rumble.
I was saying that myself I feel like they don’t have the creativity like they used to they used to have unique setups for each pay per view but hasn’t been the case sadly they just do the cheapest way feels bad
I thought it felt very different in 2019 when they had a completely different entrance setup but they're doing the same setup with every ppv now. I understand saving money and it's easier to transport the set but this is a billion dollar company.
@@jdixon390sad case but it is wat it is
all bump in is especially for riggers is waiting for trucks to arrive forkies to drive shit in and then riggers do there job. then bump out is the reverse cause the trucks are near site. so the riggers just have to go up and do the work which is hard work btw especially in open stadiums and when the riggers are in the roof with zero air circulation and its 35*c + day.
I don't get why they always seem to get a stadium venue just to cut half of it off. Could totally nearly break attendence records if they just use full capacity. Why must the ring be so far on one side instead of middle also?
Becasue empty seats look bad on tv. you always would rather have a sold out show.
@@Time-LapseVideos I'm sure they could've sold out the entire venue. The Rumble is one of the funnest events to attend regardless of the quality of the product.
There's probably a better reason but you have to think, in a Rumble you have 60 men and women running to the ring. The entrance is already long enough lol. You think they really want to center the ring?
@@Time-LapseVideos not a legit excuse they had the entire stadium open for 2017 and 1997 they can obviously sell tickets for one of their best payperviews of the year
Is that the platform they keep the pyrotechnic concussions on being built at the far left starting around 0:45? I've been looking for footage/photos of that for years, and the closest I've found is an old picture from WWE's website of Ron Bleggi on it...
Edit: Upon further inspection it looks like that was something temporary, it had lights on it and they took it down before the show started...curious as to what it was though
more than likely it was spare LED panelling for the tron/overhead
That was for the flame effects below the video screen
@@Time-LapseVideos Hmm, are we referring to the same thing? This is what I was referencing,
i.imgur.com/bbHNitS.png
It looks like it was preparing to be hung behind that curtain as it was connected to chain motors, but taken down right as they were bringing in the seating...
Now that I think about it, with it being the size of the ring, I wonder if the were just using that platform to paint a ring canvas for the Mountain Dew match or something...
@@StageExploration Oh that, yes that was used to hang a projector, to put a stencel down for on the ring to paint the mt dew logo.
@@Time-LapseVideos Ah that makes sense! That's so interesting it was done on site like that!
why do they keep spraying water on the floor during set up?
To clean the concrete floor, it gets really dirty during setup like this with all the equipment and vehicles rolling around. Notice when they set up the chairs, that they are set directly on the concrete floor, so it needs to be cleaned before audience gets there.
@@Maxwaehrens ah. I thought Kane and Undertaker were trying to sneak some friends in. Lol
Call me old-school but it seems lame that they would curtain off a side of building...and it's not even the stage where the wrestlers come out and the titan-tron set would be. I've never been a fan of the elaborate sets to begin with as I see it as losing the maximum of potential fans in the arena; since WWE is always going on about setting indoor attendance records. Were the ticket sales low?
Good time laps btw. How long was the actual set-up and take-down times respectively?
Why do they cover 1/3rd of the stadium I don’t get it put the entrance in the middle middle of the stadium and then the hole stadium can be used so there is more money (does anyone know why they covered that part of the stadium pls let me know)
If people were to sit there, it would be hard to see. That's why the ring is closer to the other side
How long did it take to set up everything
It took about 4 days
5:03 Pitch Black Match?
Bray's entrance
It's pretty strange that they curtained off the other side of the arena.
Probably not a legit sellout
Hmmmm. I thought they sold out the Alamo Dome? 🧐
i hope next year they gonna do royal rumble another place
Wait, why was Hardy on the screen?
His song was the song for RR
Anyone notice "Hardy" on the video board?
Yeah, that was the singer that performed that night
why does it say hardy on the titantron at 4:24 jeff hardy? nani
“Hardy” is the name of the artist that performed a song on the show.
I like wwwe
That's how it's did.
3:44 Hardy Tron?
The singer that was performing that night
royal rumble 2017 in now royal rumble 2023 6 years later
They will return another 6 years later
So WWE did a TNA and only ran just over half a massive arena. Interesting.
How does one get a job n travel with wwe?
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Wow! WWE sure has lost so many fans! Heck Royal Rumble 1998 was at this same venue and they didn’t have to use a black tarp to close off half the stadium. WWE you wasted time pumping up your old wrestlers and fail to pump up your new talent and it has cost you big time! You can filled up the Alamodome wow.
WrestleMania had an 80,000 attendance idk where you got the "You lost your fans" thing
@@valeriewithsalt WrestleMania always has large numbers. This was a a Royal Rumble a big ppv event and they couldn’t sale it out if you look back at the Royal Rumble 1998 it’s at the same venue and it’s was sold out! I like WWE too but I see how empty some venues can be for shows.
1997 and it wasn't sold out despite what wwe claims. It was around 40.000
In 2017 royal rumble WWE fans a lot it was amazing but and 2023 W Royal Rumble it was terrible this maybe not a lot of fans😂😂
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It was mainly because the stage they used back in 2017 was the usual Raw stage which obviously blocked off a whole section unlike nowadays they just put LED on the entrance way
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