I think we should thank JBL and King...

[theryno665]

... for making Michael Cole the least annoying commentator out of the three. How did that happen?

I don't watch regularly anymore but between Mania and Raw, I want a commentary overhaul.

[Instant Classic]

I feel like I'm the only one who likes all 3.

[Lancers]

JBL has disappointed me the way I disappointed my mother when I told her I didn't want to follow her footsteps and become a demolition blaster.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

So hilarious that JBL, once this forum's favourite modern colour guy, is now hated more than Cole, formerly the online pariah.

[The Tank]

Michael Cole was never annoying. He was just boring. Granted, he was annoying when he was a heel, but that was him specifically trying to be annoying and grating. That was playing a character.

Mr. King is just annoying because of his constant state of being Jerry Lawler in 2014.

JBL...I can see how people think he's obnoxious, but I disagree.

[wallabylikeyou]

"YOU THINK WERR TRYIN TO MAKE MAGGLE LOOK LESS ANNOYING ON PURPOSE!? CONSPIRACY THEORIES, BLACK HELICOPTERS!!"

"This thread makes me want to drink the milk of...a forgetful cow..."

[Lancers]

Apr 8, 2014 15:08:29 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

So hilarious that JBL, once this forum's favourite modern colour guy, is now hated more than Cole, formerly the online pariah.

He was being primed to be the blatent heel supporter that Lawler was in the mid 90s that is makes the announcers dynamic much more interesting. But instead his style is completely toothless and blander than white drywall. I guess I have to accept that the style of doing an unabashed bad guy on the mic is no longer a possibility in a day where you have to smile all the time and shill Mountain Dew's newest flavor, Colorado Springs Ram Pissblast.

[Deleted]

To be fair over the last few weeks King has sounded enthusiastic and like he wants to be there for a change.


Also I don't think the announcing is so bad. It's inoffensive, easy to drown out. And I like it when they get self aware and meta.

[welshjobber]

Such a cliche to whine about the commentary these days.

[wallabylikeyou]

Apr 8, 2014 15:15:55 GMT -5 Lancers said:

Apr 8, 2014 15:08:29 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

So hilarious that JBL, once this forum's favourite modern colour guy, is now hated more than Cole, formerly the online pariah.

He was being primed to be the blatent heel supporter that Lawler was in the mid 90s that is makes the announcers dynamic much more interesting. But instead his style is completely toothless and blander than white drywall. I guess I have to accept that the style of doing an unabashed bad guy on the mic is no longer a possibility in a day where you have to smile all the time and shill Mountain Dew's newest flavor, Colorado Springs Ram Pissblast.

"WHY DON'T YOU MAKE SOME REFERENCES FROM THIS MILLENIUM?"

[Fuji's racist salt]

Jibble is beyond terrible at this point,however on a The jBL and Cole show he is still good

[bestthateverdidit]

Watching those old shows from 2002-2003 with Cole and Tazz calling the Smackdown action - that's what WWE's commentary needs to be like. Whereas really it's worse than the WCW 2000 team of Tony, Scott and that fat guy.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Apr 8, 2014 15:06:16 GMT -5 Lancers said:

JBL has disappointed me the way I disappointed my mother when I told her I didn't want to follow her footsteps and become a demolition blaster.

Here comes the Axe, here comes the Lancers. We're Demoltion, walking disaster.

[Lancers]

Apr 8, 2014 15:40:45 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

Apr 8, 2014 15:06:16 GMT -5 Lancers said:

JBL has disappointed me the way I disappointed my mother when I told her I didn't want to follow her footsteps and become a demolition blaster.

Here comes the Axe, here comes the Lancers. We're Demoltion, walking disaster.

She had an outfit like theirs when I was a wee lad. Only wore it on Saturday nights though when she would go to the bar. The face mask always smelled funny.

[Deleted]

I just wish they'd talk about the wrestling match and not anything else but the wrestling match.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Apr 8, 2014 15:45:08 GMT -5 Lancers said:

Apr 8, 2014 15:40:45 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

Here comes the Axe, here comes the Lancers. We're Demoltion, walking disaster.

She had an outfit like theirs when I was a wee lad. Only wore it on Saturday nights though when she would go to the bar. The face mask always smelled funny.

What's her phone number?

[dragonsteincole]

I feel this is why they seemingly have several different announcer combos on NXT at any given point, I could easily see King and hopefully JBL being switched out in a year or two. Cole... as grating as he can be sometimes, has those moments where he justifies his position.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Apr 8, 2014 15:47:04 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

I just wish they'd talk about the wrestling match and not anything else but the wrestling match.

At the very least, stop making a scene when someone makes a dated reference, Wrestling fans are nerds, they will most likely get it!

[Deleted]

What's interesting is that commentary that doesn't focus on the match seems to have been around forever.

Anyway, I actually laughed out loud during Raw when King said to JBL: "You still got it, it's just that nobody wants it."

[Brother Nero....Wolfe]

Cole can be boring a lot of the time, but he has his memorable moments. NXT Season 3 might as have been called "Glory to the Cole" and I unironically marked for the Cole Mine. That and him marking out when Bryan made Batista tap at mania legitimately felt like it made the moment better.