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Post by Main Event Mark on Jun 28, 2023 17:28:47 GMT -5
Not sure why this came to mind, but what are some instances of ring announcers messing up, saying wrong name etc?
Obviously more common for commentators to flub a line every now and then given how often they're on, but ring announcers screw up too right?
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jun 28, 2023 17:30:17 GMT -5
Lillian Garcia.
No example needed, just Lillian Garcia.
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Post by Cyno on Jun 28, 2023 17:31:33 GMT -5
Kevin Kelly and a sadly high amount of Japanese names. Which is particularly egregious when you're the English play-by-play for a Japanese promotion.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 28, 2023 17:39:04 GMT -5
Bret "Hit Man" Clarke
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Post by agent817 on Jun 28, 2023 17:49:24 GMT -5
"HBK! The Heartbreak Kid!"
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Post by Hernan on Jun 28, 2023 18:02:34 GMT -5
One that comes to mind in recent memory was on the first episode of AEW Saturday Collision, where Dasha called Buddy Matthews by his WWE name "Buddy Murphy". GCW ring announcer Emil Jay and possibly some other ring announcers pronounce Miedo Extremo as "Miedo Extreemo". The "tre" in Spanish is pronounced as in "Tre' LaMar". I know some people that speak English may not pay attention to this because they don't speak Spanish but considering I speak Spanish, this kinda bothers me a little. Kevin Kelly and a sadly high amount of Japanese names. Which is particularly egregious when you're the English play-by-play for a Japanese promotion. He also had difficulty pronouncing Andrade El ídolo's name. I think Kelly doesn't have experience in other languages aside of English. |
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Post by cjh on Jun 28, 2023 18:17:12 GMT -5
On the live airing of WrestleMania V, Howard Finkel introduced King Haku as "King Tonga." If you watch on WWE Network or Peacock, you can clearly hear that "King Haku" was added later.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jun 28, 2023 18:25:33 GMT -5
Lillian Garcia. No example needed, just Lillian Garcia. There used to be a site that compiled all of her messups in the Attitude Era. I wish someone remembered it so I could Internet Archive it. That and the PTC SmackDown reviews = my comedy, unintentional or not, on the Net. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Jun 28, 2023 18:26:37 GMT -5
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rydell (not only was that the wrong name, but Landell was supposed to be a mystery substitute for Dean Douglas)
Geez, the one PPV I attended had that, the debut of Xanta Klaus, the hogpen match, the beginning of Razor fears Goldust, King Mabel, Bob Backlund as a Memphis stallfest heel. What a winner I chose!
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jun 28, 2023 19:08:23 GMT -5
When Christy Hemme was a ring announcer in TNA, she screwed up someone’s introduction and the wrestler backed her into a corner and shoved his crotch into her face.
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Post by Aceorton on Jun 28, 2023 19:17:39 GMT -5
Mel Phillips was CONSTANTLY screwing up stuff when he did the televised house shows. There were times he'd introduce one guy, then start to repeat that guy's hometown and weight for the second guy.
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Post by fg on Jun 28, 2023 21:57:19 GMT -5
Lillian Garcia. No example needed, just Lillian Garcia. And for the most part that was due to her wanting to read off of cards and Vince claiming that announcers reading off of cards wasn’t the right th8ng to do (despite the fact that Howard Finkel was known to do that as late as WM5. He did that during the Powers of Pain/Mr. Fuji vs Demolition match.) |
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Post by chrom on Jun 28, 2023 21:58:32 GMT -5
When Christy Hemme was a ring announcer in TNA, she screwed up someone’s introduction and the wrestler backed her into a corner and shoved his crotch into her face. Austin Aries |
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Post by fg on Jun 28, 2023 21:59:28 GMT -5
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rydell (not only was that the wrong name, but Landell was supposed to be a mystery substitute for Dean Douglas) Geez, the one PPV I attended had that, the debut of Xanta Klaus, the hogpen match, the beginning of Razor fears Goldust, King Mabel, Bob Backlund as a Memphis stallfest heel. What a winner I chose! I think that was Tony Chimel. (How could he make that mistake on the PPV?) The announcers were all legitimately mystified. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 29, 2023 2:18:06 GMT -5
One that comes to mind in recent memory was on the first episode of AEW Saturday Collision, where Dasha called Buddy Matthews by his WWE name "Buddy Murphy". GCW ring announcer Emil Jay and possibly some other ring announcers pronounce Miedo Extremo as "Miedo Extreemo". The "tre" in Spanish is pronounced as in "Tre' LaMar". I know some people that speak English may not pay attention to this because they don't speak Spanish but considering I speak Spanish, this kinda bothers me a little. Kevin Kelly and a sadly high amount of Japanese names. Which is particularly egregious when you're the English play-by-play for a Japanese promotion. He also had difficulty pronouncing Andrade El ídolo's name. I think Kelly doesn't have experience in other languages aside of English. Also basically everyone except Justin Roberts saying Fenix incorrectly |
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Post by cjh on Jun 29, 2023 6:45:14 GMT -5
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rydell (not only was that the wrong name, but Landell was supposed to be a mystery substitute for Dean Douglas) Geez, the one PPV I attended had that, the debut of Xanta Klaus, the hogpen match, the beginning of Razor fears Goldust, King Mabel, Bob Backlund as a Memphis stallfest heel. What a winner I chose! I think that was Tony Chimel. (How could he make that mistake on the PPV?) The announcers were all legitimately mystified. Manny Garcia was the ring announcer that night. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Jun 29, 2023 6:50:15 GMT -5
I’m convinced JR’s infamous skittles promo was just him forgetting his lines
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Post by chronocross on Jun 29, 2023 6:50:16 GMT -5
Jim Ross and I think Lilian Garcia used to get Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho mixed up quite a bit.
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Post by msc on Jun 29, 2023 10:56:37 GMT -5
One of her less heralded slips, but the WWE have completely ignored one of Lillian's slips. May 2002, Taker v RVD for the WWE title, and RVD "won" but they did a dusty finish and restarted the match, and Taker won. When Taker got his three count (the second of the match, after RVD had thought he'd won, remember), Lillian announced Undertaker as "and the NEW WWF Champion".
Also never repeated for obvious reasons but Jim Ross excitedly telling us that Chris Benoit had just become "the new Intercontinental Championship" instead of Champion had me in stitches at the time.
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Post by salz4life on Jun 29, 2023 11:28:29 GMT -5
When Christy Hemme was a ring announcer in TNA, she screwed up someone’s introduction and the wrestler backed her into a corner and shoved his crotch into her face. That was Austin Aries wasn't it? |
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