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Post by Lupin the Third on Dec 31, 2015 15:16:49 GMT -5
Well, JR posted this on his blog: "Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks was a healthy 15 minute match but the overall women’s scene seems flat. No well created personal issues. Sasha cheats to win but that fact is never mentioned by the broadcasters. Why?" I guess JR didn't get the memo that this isn't radio either. Actually... So, basically, it's a "You can't criticize me if you've never taken a bump!"-style argument. Yeah, that's a bullshit argument by JBL. Here's my thought. If they got rid of Cole and JBL, and brought someone in to work with Byron, I think the commentary would be much better. All Cole and JBL do is belittle him. So how am I supposed to respect his opinion? Get someone to be the Heenan to Byron's Monsoon. Those two worked off each other so well.
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Post by MrElijah on Dec 31, 2015 15:55:21 GMT -5
Actually... So, basically, it's a "You can't criticize me if you've never taken a bump!"-style argument. Yeah, that's a bullshit argument by JBL. Here's my thought. If they got rid of Cole and JBL, and brought someone in to work with Byron, I think the commentary would be much better. All Cole and JBL do is belittle him. So how am I supposed to respect his opinion? Get someone to be the Heenan to Byron's Monsoon. Those two worked off each other so well. Graves at times treats him like how Ventura treated Vince.
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Lupin the Third
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Post by Lupin the Third on Dec 31, 2015 16:20:59 GMT -5
Yeah, that's a bullshit argument by JBL. Here's my thought. If they got rid of Cole and JBL, and brought someone in to work with Byron, I think the commentary would be much better. All Cole and JBL do is belittle him. So how am I supposed to respect his opinion? Get someone to be the Heenan to Byron's Monsoon. Those two worked off each other so well. Graves at times treats him like how Ventura treated Vince. Boom. There you go. Chemistry there. Now let's get rid of the dead weight of Cole and Jibbles.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Dec 31, 2015 16:41:22 GMT -5
Again, its not JBL and Cole but Vince and Dunn. When Hunter takes over, I believe the commentary will spike.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 18:18:11 GMT -5
JBL's commentary is about as funny as a screen door on a battleship. He should make like a tree and get out of here.*
*I finally managed to squeeze in a Back To The Future reference in 2015 with a few hours to spare.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 31, 2015 18:20:57 GMT -5
JBL should put his words into action.
How about skipping RAW for the next six months and seeing if the audience can manage without him?
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Post by FinalGwen on Dec 31, 2015 18:33:43 GMT -5
Again, its not JBL and Cole but Vince and Dunn. When Hunter takes over, I believe the commentary will spike. No, it's absolutely JBL in many cases. Watch Wrestlemania X7, and his promo near the beginning of the show is his current motormouth-how-many-sports-references-and-irrelevant-facts-can-i-fit-into-twenty-seconds stuff he does now.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Dec 31, 2015 20:17:52 GMT -5
Like I said, JBL should be fired for the "deaf and dumb" comment. There are a lot of Deaf wrestling fans in this country and that's f***ing offensive.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 31, 2015 20:37:44 GMT -5
Well, JR posted this on his blog: "Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks was a healthy 15 minute match but the overall women’s scene seems flat. No well created personal issues. Sasha cheats to win but that fact is never mentioned by the broadcasters. Why?" I guess JR didn't get the memo that this isn't radio either. Actually... So, basically, it's a "You can't criticize me if you've never taken a bump!"-style argument. I f***ING hate that defense
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Post by Dub H on Jan 2, 2016 0:48:48 GMT -5
Actually... So, basically, it's a "You can't criticize me if you've never taken a bump!"-style argument. Yeah, that's a bullshit argument by JBL. Here's my thought. If they got rid of Cole and JBL, and brought someone in to work with Byron, I think the commentary would be much better. All Cole and JBL do is belittle him. So how am I supposed to respect his opinion? Get someone to be the Heenan to Byron's Monsoon. Those two worked off each other so well. I think Striker had similar problems with Lawler and Cole,reportedly they did not like Striker and trying to shut him down when possible. Maybe it was just newz
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Post by Dub H on Jan 2, 2016 0:49:24 GMT -5
Like I said, JBL should be fired for the "deaf and dumb" comment. There are a lot of Deaf wrestling fans in this country and that's f***ing offensive. Hey,there is also a lot of dumb wrestling fans!
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 2, 2016 1:44:29 GMT -5
Like so many things that WWE could fix if they wanted to, they just need to commit to being something rather than trying and repeatedly failing to appeal to everybody.
I know many of us have a reflex to say "recreate Monsoon/Heenan or Monsoon/Ventura!", but hell, you could go a very different route - NWA/WCW had some solid commentary teams over the years, even the great Solie himself, and WWE could decide to go in that direction, instead. With the 80s/90s WWF big card teams, the goal was clearly to entertain with solid banter and chemistry; with similar era NWA/WCW, the goal was often to call the action in a more "real sports" manner. Either way is fine, just freaking commit to one, or hell, commit to a new style.
The current style sounds like a poor mimicry of real sports style commentating, used as the thinnest disguise ever to mask that their only real purpose is to get over buzzwords and hashtags and to promote things to the point of shilling. If you want these guys to shill, then just shill; don't bother with the sports commentary veneer. It'd suck, but it already sucks, so who'd notice?
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