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Post by Andy Martin on Jul 22, 2015 17:17:10 GMT -5
JBL. Closely followed by Byron Saxton, followed by Booker, followed by everyone on NXT not named Corey Graves.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jul 22, 2015 17:18:14 GMT -5
King sang about a nose.
Every other announcer is disqualified from this discussion because of that.
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Post by percymania on Jul 22, 2015 20:20:23 GMT -5
Byron Saxton aka Coach 2.0
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Post by King Devitt on Jul 23, 2015 4:40:17 GMT -5
I can tune out Lawler, and Cole, I cannot tune out JBL. He is insufferable. I'm sorry they ever brought him back.
Booker T is a close second. The man does not comprehend speaking English.
Saxton is actually not too bad when they let him loosen up a bit. There was one show I watched...it escapes me...I couldn't place the 3rd announcer, and I thought "they're not half bad" turns out it was Byron, and all of my Byron Gumble jokes turned to dust. He's probably shell shocked on the main shows from having Vince yelling in his ear.
And people leave Tom alone, he's adorbable.
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Post by Crimson on Jul 23, 2015 9:20:50 GMT -5
Honestly, I think the Beast in the East special vindicated Cole, or at least gave more validity to the argument that he's capable of being a decent announcer when he doesn't have to parrot Vince.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 23, 2015 9:33:53 GMT -5
This is like asking which STD I want to have.
They're all shit bar Cole. Can they please promote Regal to the main announce team?
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Post by Tiiulicious on Jul 23, 2015 9:41:47 GMT -5
Booker T is the one that makes me wish for hearing loss. He brings nothing to the table and I can't understand 3/4 of the things he's saying.
Cole can be good when Vince isn't screaming in his ear. Byron too has potential when he's allowed to be himself.
JBL used to be really funny until he lost interest and resorted to yelling and trying desperately to be funny and hip when he's neither of those things.
Lawler has been horrible for a decade and his continued employment puzzles me. Instead of JR, King should have been the one to get fired.
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Post by cabbageboy on Jul 23, 2015 9:55:28 GMT -5
JBL is at least a heel announcer though. He isn't good really and at times reeks of seeming like a ring wing talk show host that yells and screams. As of now my vote goes to Byron Saxton. Cole has gotten to the point where I mostly tune him out. He's neither good or bad. Saxton however? Oh man. This guy is like a really bad, even more uninspiring version of Cole.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jul 23, 2015 9:59:20 GMT -5
Jerry "I don't give a shit, I barely even watch the show" Lawler
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Post by Lupin the Third on Jul 23, 2015 10:51:08 GMT -5
Where's the all of the above option? I just came in to post that. So I used Other to clarify.
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Post by madness50 on Jul 23, 2015 17:24:47 GMT -5
They are all not that great, but King and JBL are tied for worst. King has been on autopilot since returning to WWE in November 2001. JBL is the most grating and irritating announcer currently. He sounds like a hearing impaired Foghorn Leghorn. I heard a while back that Vince doesn't like for his commentators to yell at the audience. Apparently JBL didn't get that memo.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Jul 23, 2015 20:35:28 GMT -5
They're all garbage but I'll go with Lawler. I was amazed when I played one of the video games a couple years ago and heard that Lawler somehow managed to sound more engaged in his canned lines for that than he does for actual matches.
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Post by MrElijah on Jul 23, 2015 20:41:23 GMT -5
JBL is at least a heel announcer though. He isn't good really and at times reeks of seeming like a ring wing talk show host that yells and screams. As of now my vote goes to Byron Saxton. Cole has gotten to the point where I mostly tune him out. He's neither good or bad. Saxton however? Oh man. This guy is like a really bad, even more uninspiring version of Cole. I question that. JBL only seems to be heel when it's suited and even then it's half assed.
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Post by MiLo Duck on Jul 23, 2015 20:46:28 GMT -5
I haven't watched in a few months. Is JBL really as bad/worse than King now? How is that even possible?
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 23, 2015 23:16:54 GMT -5
JBL
Cole was OK during the Japan show, and King has been fine on Smackdown.
Byron Saxton is so pointless, he's vapour. Why does he even exist? They don't need two play-by-plays, or two colour commentators.
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Post by BigWill on Jul 24, 2015 1:29:32 GMT -5
Booker T has been more tolerable lately, but he was god awful when he was on Smackdown.
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Post by Soultastic on Jul 24, 2015 1:32:40 GMT -5
Would've voted Cole but he did very good during the Beast in the East special. That and some great calls he's had in the past (Foley, Eddie and Bryan winning the belt) makes me think he mostly sucks because of those who yell in his earphones.
JBL on the other hand...
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Post by Fauxnaki on Jul 24, 2015 3:54:46 GMT -5
booker t
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Post by ilggant on Jul 24, 2015 4:20:58 GMT -5
Lawler and it's not even close to being close to being close
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Post by khyledeen on Jul 26, 2015 5:45:50 GMT -5
JBL is great, I'm serious, can't be hating on JBL. I love how he puts Orton over "If you built a sports entertainer from the ground up, this is what it'd look like Maggle!, Randy Orton!"
He's great!
I have to say Saxton, his reactions come across so fake, decent backstage announcer, and I'm sure he's an alright guy, but Saxton is the most annoying.
Tom Phillips is boss, leave him alone.
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