willyjakes
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Post by willyjakes on Jan 28, 2013 9:19:31 GMT -5
If I didn't know better I would have guessed it's his first PPV.
Honestly, every two seconds...
'YOU KNOW I WAS TALKING WITH 2 TIME ROYAL RUMBLE PARTICIPANT HILLBILLY JIM THE OTHER DAY AND HE SAID THE RUMBLE IS A LOT LIKE AN UNPAVED DRIVEWAY, THE MORE YOU WALK ON IT THE MORE IT BLAH BLAH BLAH"
"YOU KNOW I WAS TALKING WITH 1998(?) ROYAL RUMBLE PARTICIPANT JAKE THE SNAKE ROBERTS WHO TOSSED OUT THE FIRST GUY AND HE SAID THE RUMBLE WAS LIKE BLARGHIN BLURGHIN ETC ETC"
"YOU KNOW THIS RANDOM GENERIC NOBODY SUPERSTAR WHO WILL BE FUTURE ENDEAVORED IN 3 MONTHS TWEETED THE OTHER NIGHT THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH..."
He was almost too prepared, it was too forced. That was the brilliance of Heenan/Monsoon...they prepared nothing and yes I doubt gorilla would remember who the turbin guy was from the 3 man gang or tell the two generic masked mexicans apart...but who cares they would get the important things right.
Cole was just horrible. He was sucking the oxygen out of the entire announcers table. He needs to let the event breathe a little, not try to cram everything in his notes into the show.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 28, 2013 9:21:46 GMT -5
Lawler was much worse and with JBL, I think you can pinpoint the exact moment when he gave up.
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Post by Manute Bol on Jan 28, 2013 9:40:19 GMT -5
I didn't notice how awful the commentary was until the Rumble match itself and once I did, I couldn't unnotice it. All I kept thinking was how the Rumble is a match that will be rewatched by current fans as well as new fans for years to come, and how tainted it would be by such awful commentary. I never bitch about commentary but last night was just ridiculous.
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Post by Legion on Jan 28, 2013 9:45:15 GMT -5
How funny, I actually felt the complete opposite and felt that the commentary team were on fire last night, and with the crowd being hot as well, really helped make the night.
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Post by PKO on Jan 28, 2013 9:45:54 GMT -5
I started thinking the quotes from former wrestlers were a rib on another commentator who does it a lot (but who does? Striker? JR? Matthews?). At first I thought it was exactly the thing you should do in the Royal Rumble, along with the stats, but it did come off too forced.
I wish Michael Cole was good so I could like him.
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 28, 2013 9:47:21 GMT -5
Cole was actually trying to make the PPV seem important, unlike the other two who just wanted to make corny jokes. Sure Cole sounds a little too robotic sometimes but at least he put in the effort.
I've really gone off of JBL lately. There was one point where he couldn't stop making gay jokes towards Cole and Lawler right whilst a good match was taking place.
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Post by mjolnir on Jan 28, 2013 9:48:22 GMT -5
I started thinking the quotes from former wrestlers were a rib on another commentator who does it a lot (but who does? Striker? JR? Matthews?). At first I thought it was exactly the thing you should do in the Royal Rumble, along with the stats, but it did come off too forced. I wish Michael Cole was good so I could like him. I think alot of people wish that. Why so many thought their wish came true when he first turned heel.
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Post by Essential1 on Jan 28, 2013 9:54:07 GMT -5
I'm getting a bit sick of all of them. JBL with his "dollar and a dime" comment is getting old and Cole has always been forced. Who cares about Twitter I'm watching the Rumble STFU about this social media BS.
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Post by CM Parish on Jan 28, 2013 11:09:07 GMT -5
JBL was horrendous, much worse than Cole.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 17:40:25 GMT -5
Oh no, if the WWE reads this thread they'll go back to heel Cole.
LOOK AWAY, WWE! LOOK AWAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by DragonMasterP on Jan 28, 2013 17:42:06 GMT -5
I hated commentary period during that show.
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Post by sagsag on Jan 28, 2013 17:52:14 GMT -5
JR and Regal for permanent commentary team please. Last night was probably the worst night ever for those 3.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jan 28, 2013 17:52:47 GMT -5
I liked Cole last night...
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Post by Kev The Omniscient on Jan 28, 2013 17:56:01 GMT -5
I thought he was fine apart from when the Rock was attacked. CHIODA! CHIODA IT WAS THE SHIELD! THE SHIELD! Other than that, nothing too offensive.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Jan 28, 2013 18:11:40 GMT -5
Lawler was much worse and with JBL, I think you can pinpoint the exact moment when he gave up. I don't know that the second part of that statement is true. Only because he probably gave up before the show started.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Jan 28, 2013 18:14:02 GMT -5
Lawler was much worse and with JBL, I think you can pinpoint the exact moment when he gave up. I don't know that the second part of that statement is true. Only because he probably gave up before the show started. ... Which would make sense if we were just talking Lawler. Missed the JBL part in there the first time. My bad.
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Post by George. on Jan 28, 2013 18:14:39 GMT -5
"Oh my..." - Cole during Jericho's entrance
He said it in the most bored out of his mind way.
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Post by Sc on Jan 28, 2013 18:17:52 GMT -5
I started thinking the quotes from former wrestlers were a rib on another commentator who does it a lot (but who does? Striker? JR? Matthews?). At first I thought it was exactly the thing you should do in the Royal Rumble, along with the stats, but it did come off too forced. I'm not sure about that but at one point JBL said something like "Sorry, I've been tainted by that guy I work with on SmackDown. He's horrible!"
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jan 28, 2013 18:22:25 GMT -5
JBL was the worst he's ever been on commentary last night. Really bad.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 18:24:52 GMT -5
I actually thought Cole was the best, stayed on topic of matches, came off as if he knew about wrestling.
JBL looked like Saul Goodman and sounded like a drunken uncle you see once a year. Starts out funny, then his nonsense ramblings descended into nothing but aggravation.
King was weirdly...not that bothersome, but eh, Cole was the only person to put across the importance of matches in my opinion.
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