No more chicken noises!
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
January Wrasslin' |OT|
- Thread starter Vylash
- Start date
- Status
No more chicken noises!
BoboBrazil
Member
I think WWE has assembled the worst announce team in history with Cole, JBL, and Booker T. I really cannot think of a worse option to commentate these shows.
reptilescorpio
Member
I'd pay good money to see Kane in 2015 in a non-canon sports entertainment show.
Holy shit that's a lot of matches for one year! Pretty impressive, hope it didn't wreck him.
According to the Jon Jones thread the use of coke would have been a huge detriment to any and all matches they had, so that makes them so much more impressive for having done it!
Them pain pills would have been rampant I expect
Like on TV action? In a match? That would dilute the draw of the Rumble return though, they wouldn't seriously do that would they? Save the big dog for the Rumble! Let him dust the rust off in house shows ffs. Leak some phone camera footage of Bryan hitting some awesome spots in a house show to get some viral buzz going, don't blow your wad on a free TV show ffs you morons.
MORONS >_<
FlammableD
Banned
Cool, one step closer to the King of Lean on Monday nights.
BoboBrazil
Member
@JohnCena 45 minutes ago
A good plan can put things into perspective just remember there r lots of elements that can change plans. Adapt the best u can #nevergiveup
A good plan can put things into perspective just remember there r lots of elements that can change plans. Adapt the best u can #nevergiveup
Ideal one for me would be JR, Heyman, and Punk.
UberTag
Member
Finally, the WWE makes a decision that literally NO one will complain about.
It only took them what... 10 years of Jerry being terrible to finally reach this conclusion?
Cena has mastered the skill of not only never saying anything of substance but actually tweeting that way as well.
Still tweeting like the Dalai Lama, I see.
Macho Madness
Member
Plans, they be a changing for good ol' Johnny Cena (and his pal Roman "Lex Luger" Reigns)
I actually don't think that's the case, but you read yesterday's tweet and put them together and it paints an interesting picture.
LEGITSHOOK.COM PRESENTS
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
Well. Chucky is in it. Christopher Walken is in it and is a weirdo. Michael Bay is Batman and a Damon Kane. No one in the movie has a last name. The two stars don't even have pictures on IMDB. Kenny Bania is an alcoholic coroner and amateur demonologist. The credits pop up at 79 minutes.
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
Well. Chucky is in it. Christopher Walken is in it and is a weirdo. Michael Bay is Batman and a Damon Kane. No one in the movie has a last name. The two stars don't even have pictures on IMDB. Kenny Bania is an alcoholic coroner and amateur demonologist. The credits pop up at 79 minutes.
Deadly Joker
Member
He's gonna have a stare down with Lesnar. He's gonna point at the belt and say it belongs to him and he's going to win the Rumble and take back whats his.
BoboBrazil
Member
Heyman is too good at being a manager right now. I'd leave him off the commentary team. It wouldn't even need to be a 3 man team though. 2 people calling the action is fine. Ross and Punk, Ross and Nash, even Ross and Big Show. There are so many better options for commentary and they chose the absolute worst option possible.
I think for sure he heard some booking info that changed and that's why he tweeted that, whether it's about himself or Reigns.
Dick Justice
Banned
"The voice of the WWE". I suppose being a bottom-feeding sycophant helps too.
I really liked JR's commentating at WK9, despite his rustiness and being off his game at first.
Dick Justice
Banned
Is it the same plant everytime?
I can't believe we are free from King. Finally. Fucking Finally.
You used to watch didn't you? I think you'll enjoy it more based on that. The show relied a lot in being invested in previous stories and such. And the production seems consistent with the most recent show I watched from them recently.
You used to watch didn't you? I think you'll enjoy it more based on that. The show relied a lot in being invested in previous stories and such. And the production seems consistent with the most recent show I watched from them recently.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
No more Lawler commentary on Raw!
More Booker T commentary.
More Booker T commentary.
UberTag
Member
Well, see, actually you're not free from King.
A) You'll still get King on pay-per-views.
B) The one program you are now "free from King" is still a 3-hour weekly RAW that is an unequivocal snore.
That's like being sentenced to life in prison and getting excited because the 30-year-old Magnavox CRT television in the break room is getting replaced with a projection TV that isn't ancient.
You're still in prison. And they still wheel in the Magnavox for holidays and special occasions.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Not the best neighborhood n the LA.
Macho Madness
Member
Diverticulitis
reptilescorpio
Member
F5 & Transporter 2 are good, Star Trek 6 is fantastic. ST6 is more of a TV movie and I love it for it, very quaint. I really should get around to watching the actual TV series at some point but years of Trek nerds irritating me has conditioned me to avoid it.
Tokyo Drift might be a good choice too, really odd movie in the context of the series. Still not sure if I like it or not, probably not.
Exactly, it's been a successful plan for Red Letter Media so I expect your review articles will be highly entertaining and popular on here too for terrible movies.
I know I'll read them all, that's for sure!
Carnby
Member
...I'm so glad that he's gone.
BoboBrazil
Member
Some of the most historic wrestling venues are in bad neighborhoods.
FlammableD
Banned
I wouldn't call JBL and Booker T good commentators but I don't think they're awful either. JBL was great when he first started but he eventually got beaten down by whoever is in gorilla these days. I don't see why the same thing wouldn't happen to anyone else's dream commentary team. Even Heyman couldn't save it as long as Cole is still around.
Now that I think about it more, I think I'm underestimating just how shitty Cole not only is himself, but how shitty he makes everyone else around him sound.
Now that I think about it more, I think I'm underestimating just how shitty Cole not only is himself, but how shitty he makes everyone else around him sound.
BoboBrazil
Member
Cole is really bad because he fails to do what he's paid to do, which is get over the wrestlers. He also is there to guide the conversation and call the action, both of which he is equally bad at. Really nothing will change at this point as long as Vince and his cronies are there.
Carnby
Member
That's a weird looking high five.
At this stage I take what I can get.
Cole is easily the worst of all, because as you said, he drags everyone down.
dude is a walking talking press release
sf2fanatic
Member
Theres worse cities than Boyle Heights in that area
GorillaWithDandruff
Member
HE JUST LEFT A SKIDMARK ON DAT BOY
sf2fanatic
Member
I forgot to mention this last night but lol @ Josh Matthews trying to throw jabs at WWE during the commentary. I think he's alittle salty
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Booker brings much needed energy to the commentary no matter what potential garbage he's gonna say. I'm all for it.
And now seeing all this Bryan buzz?!
And now seeing all this Bryan buzz?!
Macho Madness
Member
Booker brings much needed energy to the commentary no matter what potential garbage he's gonna say. I'm all for it.
And now seeing all this Bryan buzz?!
Make sure and tune in to next week's Smackdown
UberTag
Member
Is that really what he's paid to do, though?
I think he's there to get over the WWE brand first and foremost - which he does exhaustively - by referencing the app, the Network, the trends on Twitter they've paid for and telling the world how great Cena and the Authority are. After which his job is to encourage playful banter and references that only old white men in their 50s and 60s would understand.
He'll occasionally interject by reciting verbatim what a wrestler's most recent promo was by reading it off the script (because we certainly wouldn't want to hear a wrestler cut their promos themselves - and, if they did, certainly not one they came up with themselves).
When a returning legend or a special guest host celebrity appears, it's Cole's job to laugh at everything they say to reinforce how hilarious it is. Because otherwise how would us idiots at home know that it's funny? He must also plug their movie or show. And when a new wrestler gets called up that obviously isn't ready, it's Cole's job to belittle and undermine them because they haven't paid their dues yet like the veterans have. Failing that, he'll be sarcastically enthusiastic about it in the most phony way possible to ensure it's the most unhip thing imaginable.
And then he needs to call near falls, reinforce how great the faces are no matter what heelish things they do - and, on the very rare occasion, call an actual move or match offense prior to a pin.
Most importantly, though, it's Cole's job to ensure that nothing is individually important - be it other wrestlers not named Cena or any of the title belts in the company. It's all about the WWE brand and how all of the sports entertainers should feel grateful that they're a part of it and how we, as the WWE Universe, should feel blessed that we get to watch the same matches for 7-10 hours each and every week.
I, for one, think Cole is excellent at doing the job Vince pays him to do. I just think it's a shitty soul-sucking job that, frankly, very few people could handle.
sf2fanatic
Member
Would Seth Rollins vs Bobby Roode be a good match to watch? With no interference?
Macho Madness
Member
^^^^ how to improve a match with one, easy step. Wrestling bookers hate him!
Macho Madness
Member
@WWECesaro said:
Fox3163752165362563 got some splaining to do
sf2fanatic
Member
Oh well
- Status