Bub (BLM)
Patti Mayonnaise
advocates duck on rodent violence
Fed. Up.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jun 25, 2014 18:05:38 GMT -5
Just realized something - they're definitely giving his seat on the pre and post shows to Renee.
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Post by JTG Fan on Jun 25, 2014 18:05:44 GMT -5
Matt Striker was WWE's best commentator. I was a Striker fan at his time of his calling PPVs with Cole and Lawler. I look back now and realize he was 1000x types of horrible.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
FANatic
Writer, Lover of all things Wrestling. Analytical, Critical, Lovable (hopefully). Lets all have fun!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 25, 2014 18:06:13 GMT -5
I remember when he was on Tough Enough He was one of the first guys I ever saw do a STANDING Shooting Star Press, really thought he would go places. That was John Morrison who did the standing SSP on Tough Enough Ah, yeah that makes more sense.
My Tough Enough memory is a bit foggy sometimes, probably not the baddest thing...
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Jun 25, 2014 18:06:41 GMT -5
The worst member of WWE's version of MST3K is gone. That's horrible. Road Dogg and Puppet H will be sad.
However, Brad Maddox is trapped in an obscure cave in Mexico. This thread has 5 pages. His thread only has 3 pages. What does Mad Ox have to do to get your love? He's slowly dying trapped in a cave that does not have much oxygen.
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Jun 25, 2014 18:24:25 GMT -5
He's backstage at TNA acc to PWInsider lol
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Ginger Beer Man
Dennis Stamp
Jam Up Guy
The kids can call you HoJu!
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Post by Ginger Beer Man on Jun 25, 2014 18:25:30 GMT -5
I liked him, bit of a shame to hear this.
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Post by King Bebe on Jun 25, 2014 18:27:28 GMT -5
He served his time. It was time to get a new voice on the broadcast team IMO. Mathews hasn't been that good in recent years. Matt Striker was WWE's best commentator. He should be calling Raw alongside Joey Styles but Vince wants 3 puppets who repeat after him, not 3 good wrestling commentators. I don't see why Vince just doesn't call the damn matches himself. It's not like he hasn't done it before. Christ, Striker and Styles. Smarkiest announce team ever. Exactly. Both are genuine fans of the product. They know their history and all the holds. Isn't wrestling supposed to be REAL? How am I supposed to take a match seriously if the commentators are too busy talking about something else? It's disrespectful too IMO. Let's face it, Lawler couldn't give a shit nowadays, it's evident. JBL is more concerned about shouting over Cole and getting himself over and Cole is pretty much the worst commentator ever... But he repeats Vince to perfection so he stays....
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jun 25, 2014 18:31:53 GMT -5
shame I always liked him
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A damn road sign
Samurai Cop
"What the hell am I? A school crossing?"
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Post by A damn road sign on Jun 25, 2014 19:05:10 GMT -5
Christ, Striker and Styles. Smarkiest announce team ever. Exactly. Both are genuine fans of the product. They know their history and all the holds. Isn't wrestling supposed to be REAL? How am I supposed to take a match seriously if the commentators are too busy talking about something else? It's disrespectful too IMO. Let's face it, Lawler couldn't give a shit nowadays, it's evident. JBL is more concerned about shouting over Cole and getting himself over and Cole is pretty much the worst commentator ever... But he repeats Vince to perfection so he stays.... There's being a genuine fan of the proudct and there's being overbearing for the sake of overbearing. I dunno, I'm in the minority but I never considered Joey Styles some great commentator purely because he "knows all the holds." Watching old ECW used to get a little grating at times for me hearing Joey rattling on 100 miles an hour without taking a breath. Striker, I enjoyed him and Grisham on ECW at first, but him having 25 nicknames for everyone was a bit cringeworthy at times. "IT'S CHRISTIAN! THE LIVEWIRE, THE FLASHPOINT, THE PONTIFF OF THE PEEPULATION!" Ugh. He started off promising, and he had his moments, but by the time he got to the three-man booth with Cole and Lawler, he was way too much. I'm all for dropping relevant knowledge on the casual viewer, but I don't think we need to hear about the Jumping Bomb Angels or that he's "markin' out, bro." Eh, each to their own and all that, but Cole is underrated as a play-by-play, I've always loved JBL, Lawler I'll give you. But I'll take the Jim Ross-style 'sports-entertainment storytelling' over all that any day.
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percymania
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Percymania will live forever! Oh yeah!
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Post by percymania on Jun 25, 2014 19:33:54 GMT -5
Damn. I really like Josh Matthews. I don't understand this move.
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Chainsaw
T
A very BAD man.
It is what it is
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 25, 2014 19:47:17 GMT -5
I always liked Josh, so this is a shame. I do hope this means we'll have more of Renee, so we'll see. Wish Josh all the best.
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Post by Kayfabe FAN don't want none on Jun 25, 2014 19:48:49 GMT -5
He was just doing his job, dammit!
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JCBaggee
Hank Scorpio
Writer, streamer. I used to write for CBR but then they fired everyone who cared about their writers
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Post by JCBaggee on Jun 25, 2014 22:00:52 GMT -5
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DIIV
ALF
Sigs/Avatars cannot exceed 1MB
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Post by DIIV on Jun 25, 2014 22:35:48 GMT -5
He was just doing his job, dammit!
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Gummydavidson
Dennis Stamp
Johnny Davidson for Prime Minister!
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Post by Gummydavidson on Jun 25, 2014 22:47:16 GMT -5
He had a 12 year run with the company featuring as a commentator on all the TV shows and got to commentate at Wrestlemania, he done well for himself. Hope he has a good future ahead of him.
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Post by Andy Martin on Jun 25, 2014 22:47:50 GMT -5
He served his time. It was time to get a new voice on the broadcast team IMO. Mathews hasn't been that good in recent years. Matt Striker was WWE's best commentator. He should be calling Raw alongside Joey Styles but Vince wants 3 puppets who repeat after him, not 3 good wrestling commentators. I don't see why Vince just doesn't call the damn matches himself. It's not like he hasn't done it before. Christ, Striker and Styles. Smarkiest announce team ever. And only one of them are entertaining.
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Post by berlynwright on Jun 25, 2014 23:26:06 GMT -5
He was just doing his job, dammit! Brock gets his revenge.
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King Devitt
Grimlock
It gets better the longer you stare at it
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Post by King Devitt on Jun 26, 2014 3:39:47 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Jun 26, 2014 11:22:39 GMT -5
He served his time. It was time to get a new voice on the broadcast team IMO. Mathews hasn't been that good in recent years. Matt Striker was WWE's best commentator. He should be calling Raw alongside Joey Styles but Vince wants 3 puppets who repeat after him, not 3 good wrestling commentators. I don't see why Vince just doesn't call the damn matches himself. It's not like he hasn't done it before. Vince was unbearable bellowing WHADDAMANUEVER . He would be a thousand times worse trying to multi-task his way through a typical RAW.
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