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Post by Alex Shelley on Jan 28, 2011 15:33:23 GMT -5
I can't stand Matt Striker. Yes, he SOMETIMES calls what's going on in the ring and that makes him better than Cole and King, but he still sucks at it and manages to annoy me half to death in the process.
I went through a period of time where I watched all matches with the volume down... Maybe I should go back to doing that. Of course then I'd miss such gems as "Tyler Reks hunts elk with his bare hands to prepare for his matches"...
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Post by Snowman on Jan 28, 2011 15:43:12 GMT -5
Matt Striker is my favourite commentator since JBL.
(Not including Michael Cole, as Cole Transcends awesomness)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 15:46:45 GMT -5
I like him a lot, so long as he isn't struggling to make references to things for no reason. As long as he avoids that he's great.
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Post by Johnny Truant on Jan 28, 2011 16:02:26 GMT -5
He's pretty cool with his outrageous backstories and wild comments but when he's doing verbal gymnastics just to go off an a little tangent he had prepared it's just embarrassing.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 28, 2011 17:08:23 GMT -5
People are entitled to their opinions, but to me, comparing Striker's quality of broadcasting to mike Adamle is an egregious disservice to the man...in my opinion.
I get why people don't like him, but I got to give him credit for trying to make these guys interesting. If he makes shit up about the wrestlers, then...so? They're playing characters anyways. Let him fire away.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 28, 2011 17:25:53 GMT -5
I think he should pick one role and stick with it. He'd be fine as either a play-by-play or color guy, but as both it just doesn't work that well.
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Post by nisidhe on Jan 28, 2011 17:57:34 GMT -5
I think he should pick one role and stick with it. He'd be fine as either a play-by-play or color guy, but as both it just doesn't work that well. It's be a little easier for him to choose, I suspect, if the other commentators would do the same thing. Seriously, though: I don't have a sweet clue what Creative's going for with the commentators, but they need to stop it. All it's doing is annoying the heck out of me to the point at which I'm watching it on mute. If the action in the ring doesn't appeal to me, I'll switch the channel. I've just finished Volumes I and II of "The Best of 'Saturday Night's Main Event'" and I can tell you that what's going on in the booth today is utter crap compared to what they were doing back then. Even the wrestling seemed more cohesive storywise.
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Post by frogsplash45 on Jan 28, 2011 18:00:36 GMT -5
Striker is great, but I can tell somebody is busting his balls backstage.
I love the guy. Especially when he makes comic book references and Cole and others are like "Huh?"
Plus, he actually calls moves.
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Post by Marvelously Mediocre on Jan 28, 2011 18:11:45 GMT -5
Matt Striker is my favourite commentator since JBL. (Not including Michael Cole, as Cole Transcends awesomness) It's about time this thread had some Coleminer representation.
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Post by Kevin's Thorn on Jan 28, 2011 19:13:27 GMT -5
My personal commentator hierarchy of today's announcers:
Stanford>Punk>Striker>Cole>Matthews>King>Dusty>Saxton>Grisham
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jan 28, 2011 19:15:18 GMT -5
My personal commentator hierarchy of today's announcers: Stanford>Punk>Striker>Cole>Matthews>King>Dusty>Saxton>Grisham Dusty Rhodes is doing announce work for WWE?
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Post by Johnny Truant on Jan 28, 2011 19:21:05 GMT -5
My personal commentator hierarchy of today's announcers: Stanford>Punk>Striker>Cole>Matthews>King>Dusty>Saxton>Grisham Dusty Rhodes is doing announce work for WWE? He's doing it for FCW, IIRC.
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Post by jadison on Jan 28, 2011 20:03:26 GMT -5
Striker is decent, but was much better when he first got the job. He just seems to be trying to hard to play the hip announcer character. Now Scott Stanford on the other hand. He is the commentator of the future. Definitely on both accounts. In particular though, Stanford is freakin awesome. He just sounds like a laid back professional sportscaster calling a legit athletic contest. He's not all over-marking out for fancy moves, but he appreciates what's going on between the ropes and is knowledgeable without trying to stuff it down your face like Striker does. I agree, he is the commentator of the future, he's already my favorite in the company.
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Post by CM Dazz on Jan 28, 2011 20:12:58 GMT -5
To be honest, I really think that both Cole and Stryker would be better off as managers. In fact, that just gave me an idea for another thread.
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Post by Kevin's Thorn on Jan 28, 2011 20:50:54 GMT -5
To be honest, I really think that both Cole and Stryker would be better off as managers. In fact, that just gave me an idea for another thread. I didn't think it was possible for anybody to get Big Daddy V and his man-boobies over, but Striker certainly did just that even through the use of the geeky Star Trek Vulcan gang sign. He would rule as a heel manager after NXT runs it's course, but he's pretty much the best person they have on Smackdown right now IMHO so he's not going anywhere unless Stanford gets the call up.
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Post by crimsonwolf on Jan 28, 2011 21:43:07 GMT -5
His commentary suffers whenever he is with Cole or Lawler, because they are both terrible and make no effort to connect with him. He is a great commentator, but if your play by play isnt co operating with you, you dont function., Wait, how is Striker making completely random references that has nothing to do with the conversation, Cole and Lawler's fault That sounds like blame shifting more than anything else. And also, I have to question this whole "Cole only puts over himself" argument people constantly use. I'm watching SD! for the past few weeks and he's totally been hyping up Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, Alberto Del Rio, and Corre. Admittedly on Raw he has a habit of flip-flopping between supported faces or heels.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 28, 2011 21:47:26 GMT -5
It's been amazing the trip from being really, really good to being quite grating doing much the same things that made him good.
The problem for me, is he just overdoes it. Dial his style down about three notches, and he'd be fine.
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Post by The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} on Jan 29, 2011 0:16:51 GMT -5
He's pretty cool with his outrageous backstories and wild comments but when he's doing verbal gymnastics just to go off an a little tangent he had prepared it's just embarrassing. Exactly! I don't mind the crazy backstories, I LIKE that someone adds SOMETHING, and it kinda reminds me of Heenan when he would make shit up and Gorilla would call him on it. But setting himself up so he can do his prepared bits is just terrible. It doesn't sound right. Get with the other announcers and maybe have then try to work WITH you so they say what you need them to say in order to go off on your tangent. Striker really does have the ability to be decent, but he's gotta stop forcing it.
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Jan 29, 2011 6:34:36 GMT -5
His commentary suffers whenever he is with Cole or Lawler, because they are both terrible and make no effort to connect with him. He is a great commentator, but if your play by play isnt co operating with you, you dont function., Wait, how is Striker making completely random references that has nothing to do with the conversation, Cole and Lawler's fault That sounds like blame shifting more than anything else. And also, I have to question this whole "Cole only puts over himself" argument people constantly use. I'm watching SD! for the past few weeks and he's totally been hyping up Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, Alberto Del Rio, and Corre. Admittedly on Raw he has a habit of flip-flopping between supported faces or heels. I personally have never suggested all Cole does is get himself over. He is one of the reasons the Miz has reached this point. But he has a habit of ruining commentary. Striker was talking about McCool teaching Layla counters to Beths style of offense and about Layla setting up a Fujiwara armbar and Cole just shouted him down both times. Because clearly moves arent important unless Cena has got the STF LOCKED IN! HE MIGHT HAVE TO TAP!
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Post by frogsplash45 on Jan 29, 2011 6:45:30 GMT -5
Wait, how is Striker making completely random references that has nothing to do with the conversation, Cole and Lawler's fault That sounds like blame shifting more than anything else. And also, I have to question this whole "Cole only puts over himself" argument people constantly use. I'm watching SD! for the past few weeks and he's totally been hyping up Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, Alberto Del Rio, and Corre. Admittedly on Raw he has a habit of flip-flopping between supported faces or heels. I personally have never suggested all Cole does is get himself over. He is one of the reasons the Miz has reached this point. But he has a habit of ruining commentary. Striker was talking about McCool teaching Layla counters to Beths style of offense and about Layla setting up a Fujiwara armbar and Cole just shouted him down both times. Because clearly moves arent important unless Cena has got the STF LOCKED IN! HE MIGHT HAVE TO TAP! This is very true. Telling a fellow commentator that he sounds silly for calling actually calling a move just shows a total disrespect for the industry. And it is very hypocritical when Cole himself miscalled a move just a number of days earlier when he called the Koji Clutch an Anaconda Vice. I like Cole, but he needs to learn moves. Any commentator should be spending most of his downtime educating and improving his terminology.
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