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Post by psychokiller on May 11, 2019 15:39:08 GMT -5
Who do you like more or maybe to rephrase it for some who is/was more tolerable?
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Post by DiBiase is Good on May 11, 2019 15:43:49 GMT -5
Hard to compare the two. One is a commentator (who used to do a bit of interviewing stuff) the other was just a backstage interviewer/presenter.
Pettengill was good at what he did and IMO so is Cole.
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Post by nisidhe on May 11, 2019 15:53:38 GMT -5
Todd Pettengill could sell a match, feud, or card in a way that made you want to see it - sometimes with humour, but always with a positive and cheerful tone. I think he could have done well at an announce table calling a match if given a chance and a good grounding in the wrestling-move glossary.
Michael Cole is essentially Vince's mouthpiece. There is no real enthusiasm, no authentic emotion behind what he's saying. He's giving the hard sell but can't seem to convey convincingly why we should care about what's going on.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 11, 2019 15:54:09 GMT -5
Todd, because he at least sounded enthusiastic about the job. Cole is just a robot,devoid of all human emotion.
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Post by Session Moth is over on May 11, 2019 16:08:42 GMT -5
I stopped watching wrestling in 96 and didn't get back into it until 2000. When I first tuned back in I thought Michael Cole and Todd Pettengill were the same person.
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Post by fortknox on May 11, 2019 16:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by salz4life on May 11, 2019 17:24:29 GMT -5
Cole.... easily. Pettengill is a douche.
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Post by No Longer a Produceman on May 11, 2019 18:01:59 GMT -5
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on May 11, 2019 18:10:51 GMT -5
Todd. He had adorkable charm before adorkable charm was seen as a good thing. And adolescent me thought he was kinda cute.
Cole, dude's on auto-pilot and I can't blame him. He's horrible, but so is 99% of WWE and both are the fault of one man.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on May 11, 2019 19:02:36 GMT -5
Todd Pettengill could sell a match, feud, or card in a way that made you want to see it - sometimes with humour, but always with a positive and cheerful tone. I think he could have done well at an announce table calling a match if given a chance and a good grounding in the wrestling-move glossary. Michael Cole is essentially Vince's mouthpiece. There is no real enthusiasm, no authentic emotion behind what he's saying. He's giving the hard sell but can't seem to convey convincingly why we should care about what's going on. Todd had a very, very brief run doing commentary with JR on one of the USA network shows. It was not pretty. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 19:05:44 GMT -5
Before WWE dies, I need to see Todd Pettengill return and cut a promo on Cole.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on May 11, 2019 19:07:00 GMT -5
They are both good at their own job.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 11, 2019 19:08:03 GMT -5
I stopped watching wrestling in 96 and didn't get back into it until 2000. When I first tuned back in I thought Michael Cole and Todd Pettengill were the same person. You, me and Al Snow |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 11, 2019 23:50:29 GMT -5
Michael Cole has never given me tips for NBA Jam so I'm giving this one to Todd
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on May 12, 2019 0:06:16 GMT -5
This is so irrelevant to the discussion, but Todd's pronunciation of "WWF" was weird as hell.
He pronounced it like someone just pressed fast-forward on his voice but, no, it was real time.
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Post by BRAINFADE on May 12, 2019 2:12:31 GMT -5
Pettengill could be really annoying at times, but at least he looked like he had genuine enthusiasm for the job. Cole has always had such a fakeness about him to the point that he has never had an ounce of credibility.
Plus, that song that Todd performed at the Slammys was incredible.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2019 4:12:57 GMT -5
Cole is store brand Todd
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on May 12, 2019 4:36:14 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on May 12, 2019 4:40:08 GMT -5
Cole. Todd just rubs me the wrong way, though that's more his radio career than WWF stint.
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Post by auph10imitated on May 12, 2019 4:53:36 GMT -5
Todd could be annoying but he was just a million times better. But I guess they did different jobs eventually Todd wasn’t a colour commentator and I don’t think he ever did call a match did he?
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