WWE Smackdown without an audience is a like Beckett-esque absurdist theatre
by Thom Dunn from Boing Boing on (#50SYF)
Don't get me wrong - it's fun to be in the audience during a big, zany wrestling match, cheering on the drama both despite and to embrace the kayfabe. But this gloriously bizarre performance art satisfies a very different part of my brain.