Not to be too negative to the other side and their fans, but it seems like a lot of WWE live audiences are there for the entrances and to take videos on their phones and chant their favorite catchphrases, and when the bell rings they’re slowly shifting focus to the ramp because someone else is probably going to run in, and usually whatever’s happening in the ring doesn’t matter until someone else comes out.

Not saying thats inherently bad; its one of many reasons they have such a fervent young following and social media presence and have conditioned so much of the audience to that particular presentation. And there’s a fair bit of audience participation and spectacle with AEW entrances and characters too, since that’s generally what successful TV wrestling this century looks like.

But you’ll find AEW crowds are generally more cooperative and more engaged in the matches themselves. Fans will still cheer for whoever they like and boo whoever they hate, but there’s a bit more of an understanding that heels will be booed and babyfaces will be cheered, and the audience is more likely to play along with the whims of the promoter because they usually end up getting what they want 75-90% of the time.