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The State of WWE Announcers...
by fyrooz4125 on 4/23/08 3:40 AM
This is just a pure opinoin from someone who always watch the WWE programming every week (RAW, ECW and SMACKDOWN. Announcers are one of the most integral part in a program such as this. And, this is my two cents of the current state of WWE announcers.
RAW (JR and The King)
-Probably the best announcing team ever, they are one of the reasons why I like wrestling. However, today they seem to be a little bit bland compared to during the Attitude days. King has somewhat changed a bit and becoming more like a face announcer, unlike during the days where he was cheering on heels such as Evolution and Mcmahon. I really like when he was cheering on Triple H and JR gets irated. Hopefully, he will come back to his old wise heelish ways.
-JR is in my book the best wrestling announcer in the history of wrestling. The way he talks during a match and the way he express his voice especially during the climax of a match certainly can move people. I still remember the way he says "AUSTIN WINS!! AUSTIN WINS!!" when the Rattlesnake won the title at Mania, or the time when Cena came out at the Royal Rumble. It gets me excited. Nowadays, that excitement seems to run out. That voice seems to fade away. Maybe the age factor that prevented JR to speka like the way he did during the Attitude days.
SMACKDOWN (Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman)
-Simply put, the WORST announcer team in my book. Both of this guys are nearly the same in terms of voice and the way they interpret a match. I wish I have the capability of putting the MUTE button whenever I watch Smackdown.
-Several questions I want to ask. Why pairing up these two in the first place? Their roles were very similar back when they were partnered with someone else. It's like hearing two of the same voices. Edge-Taker at Mania would be so much better if the match was called by the other announcers.
ECW (Tazz and Mike Adamle)
-One of my favourite announcers is Tazz. Because he simply knows what he is doing. He calls a match accurately, telling us the pyschological and the physical aspect of that match very thoroughly. He is also very good with is comments and are able to balance between supporting the heel and face wrestlers.
-I do not want to talk about Mike Adamle because he is not even worth mentioning.
Suggestions
-Please team up Michael Cole and Tass back together. IMO, they have great chemistry together and I genuinely think that they are capable in replacing JR and King at Raw.
-Put JBL back to the announcing chair. IMO he is really talented a s a heel announcer back when he was announcing for Smackdown and I find it as a waste for putting him back to wrestling.
-Fresh faces that ARE talented is so much needed by the WWE. Why put Mike "knees to the chest" Adamle over guys such as Todd Grisham who is not that great but good? Baffles me. They can hire ex-wrestlers as announcers. IMO, Booker T can be a good announcer. He is very knowledgable when it comes to wrestling moves and knows about various aspects of a wrestling match. They should even call back Al Snow aand pair him up with Coach again.
-Put Joey Styles back in ECW. For goodnes sake, he is the voice of ECW. Taking him away means that ECW is totally being buried.
And that's my two cents...


Comments
(5 total)
From damn123 on 4/23/08 10:28 AM
I like that idea but JBL should still be wrestling. He's a good wrestler and I think that a good announcer could be ron simmons
From theminister on 4/23/08 1:40 PM
The guy that should replace Coach is Mick Foley. I think he would make a great color commentator alongside Cole.
When the buzz over his retirement dies down, I think Ric Flair could also make a decent color commentator for Smackdown.
I agree with your opinion on Tazz. He is an excellent color commentator on ECW. Sadly he is teamed with Adamle. He has been really good with both Cole and Styles. I don't think anyone could save Adamle. Grisham would be a better fit in ECW.
JR and the King are the best combo ever!!! Even with age and physical limitations, JR still calls a match better than anyone else the WWE has. Michael Cole has become good enough to be the heir apparent when JR steps away from RAW.
From theone86 on 4/23/08 3:21 PM
I am not a King fan by any means. I think he did his best work back in the attitude days when he would just rip on faces, and even then I thought it was a little ameteur. He's no Jesse the Body.
I just don't like him, and you can say what you want about that. I think the only things he does are yell puppies and act like an arrogant chauvanist. If it were up to me, I'd replace him with Rowdy Roddy Piper.
I am a huge J.R. fan. He is among the best three commentators in the business today.
I agree about JBL. One thing I always look for in a color guy is a lot of references to wrestling, and JBL used to pull references to Japan, old school wrestling, and recent fueds. Plus, he played the role of Cole's bully perfectly.
I'm not as big on Taz as some of the others, but he is good. Lately, however, he pretty much has to call the match and do color, and I think it's bringing him down. I don't think he's an elite color guy, but he is good at it.
Coach is horrible at color. If anything, he should try play-by-play and take the picked on face role.
Cole is best when paired with someone he can have good banter with. He's not great at calling a match by any means, but he makes up for it by having good conversation with his partner. JBL and Taz both brought some good chemistry to the table with him, but Coach is a dead fish.
Styles is another of the elite three. He is one of the best commentators in the industry today, and moving him was a stupid move. It would've been a stupid move to replace him with a decent commentator, but replacing him with a jerk like Adamle is idiotic. Adamle just sucks, no two ways about it.
From damn123 on 4/23/08 11:12 PM
Maybe Festus would make a great commentator
From fyrooz4125 on 4/27/08 1:05 AM
Just heard that Foley might be doing commentaries. Hopefully he will go to Smackdown, replacing Coach. And please bring back Joey Styles.