Mark Madden Depreciation Thread

[Jimmy]

Quite possibly the worst regular announcer in modern history; I'd take "WHATTADYA SAY LAWLER" heel Cole every single day of the week over his grating heel schtick that mostly comprised of ripping off internet wrestling humor and Kevin Smith movies. Oh and burying DDP because of a personal grudge. Who on earth thought he was worth putting on TV every week when WCW had about a million other options under contract?

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Only got a job because he was good friends with guys up to in WCW. You think he was bad there, try stomaching his radio show.

[Deleted]

I still cringe when I see this guy on NFL Network shows.

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Couldn't stand the guy.

Most less-than-stellar announcers, wrestlers, etc. have a small following of fans who will chime in to say "he wasn't that bad" when these kind of forum discussions pop up, but it's a rare day that I see anyone defend Madden. He seems to be almost universally hated.

[juvijuiceisloose]

I will always hate him for coining the term "Spinaroonie". I hate the WWE for continuing to use that dumbass term.

[notasmark]

Mark Madden wasnt a bad colour guy at all. Was a big fan of him.

He was a heel announcer and really the only heel announcer in 2000 who was getting proper heat everywhere he went.

Was actually watching his debut show just the other day he got the job (Kayfabe wise) by bribing Jeff Jarrett who had just become WCW Commisioner.

Anyway in the end he was a good third wheel at the announce table

[Sephiroth]

Madden was not good, even as a heel announcer. He just sucked period. He knew nothing about wrestling and did not seem like he even cared.

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

I'm going to say that over the years people have grossly over exaggerated how bad he was as an announcer. Yeah he wasn't very good but he was nowhere near as terrible as he has been made out to be.

Plus the guy himself has admitted he wasn't great but was thankful for being given a chance.

[MiLB Fan]

Eh, I liked him.

When wrestling was mega-hot in the 90s and early-2000s, he devoted an hour of his radio show to wrestling-related discussion. I called in once.

He'll interview wrestlers every now and then; CM Punk was a guest when WWE came to town for the inaugural Bragging Rights.

[Kevin Hamilton]

A useless tub o' goo. That's Mark Madden.

[Rave]

Needs to be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.

[Jimmy]

Jun 6, 2012 21:10:16 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

Plus the guy himself has admitted he wasn't great but was thankful for being given a chance.

Given a chance to be an obnoxious confrontational sports commentator; I think the world was better off before that chance.

[Chainsaw]

Do we really need a thread depreciating Mark Madden? Really?!




I just thought it was assumed he was the worse thing ever.

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IF ANY OF YOU EVER WENT TO BROADCASTING SCHOOL YOU'D HAVE KNOWN THAT YELLING EVERYTHING MAKES YOU BETTER AT IT

[BrodietheSlayer]

Eh, I gotta disagree with Madden being worse than Heel Cole.......at least Madden was coming up with his horrible material (well, what he didn't rip from pop culture) on his own. With Cole, you can tell that the WWE office/Vince is speaking through him, which makes his slamming different talent take on an even more horrible tone.


And as bad as he admittingly was, in a strange way, Madden kind of fit during the mess that was 2000 WCW. I mean, listening to Bobby Heenan trying to do his thing during the early parts of the Russo era was just.....Painful at times, because one could tell the Brain couldn't make heads or tails of what Russo was trying to do.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Mark Madden > Larry Zbyszko

Hell, my computer chair would be a better commentator than Larry Zbyszko was.

[ICBM]

Madden's tenure as wcw color commentator, proved that smart marks have no business on that side of the camera. He went into business for himself quite a bit under the guise of heel heat (ex; burial of Hogan, Bret). I can't remember why he got canned but I don't think it was fair so lemme be nice enough to say he got hosed

[Deleted]

Hmm, Sean Douglas sorta looks like him now that he's all fat and puffy.
I imagine Mark Madden was exposed to some sort of mutagen and became Don West.

[Ryushinku]

Jun 6, 2012 23:09:52 GMT -5 BrodietheSlayer said:

Eh, I gotta disagree with Madden being worse than Heel Cole.......at least Madden was coming up with his horrible material (well, what he didn't rip from pop culture) on his own. With Cole, you can tell that the WWE office/Vince is speaking through him, which makes his slamming different talent take on an even more horrible tone.

Hell, makes me respect Madden less.

At least with Cole there's the small chance he can actually be quite funny and witty left to his own devices. With Madden, that genuinely was his self-created A-game stuff and it stunk.

"I'm shootin' here, Tony! This is a shoot! I just don't like him!"

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Jun 7, 2012 1:51:49 GMT -5 ICBM said:

Madden's tenure as wcw color commentator, proved that smart marks have no business on that side of the camera. He went into business for himself quite a bit under the guise of heel heat (ex; burial of Hogan, Bret). I can't remember why he got canned but I don't think it was fair so lemme be nice enough to say he got hosed

Wasn't he fired for constantly calling DDP 'Leatherface', calling for the return of the ever reliable Scott Hall against the wishes of management and for leaking information about WCW being sold? If you're told not to say things by your boss, you don't say them so he deserved being canned.