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Post by jimmyjames on Dec 29, 2014 5:02:23 GMT -5
When it was announced he was being replaced by Josh Matthews on Impact.
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Post by Phil Parent on Dec 29, 2014 5:16:53 GMT -5
The problem is that he's a good pure wrestling announcer miscast as a 'storyteller' in the vein of a Jim Ross or Tony Schiavone. Exactly. In WCW he was cast as the guy that did his research and knew the lucha and puro guys, and the name of the holds. That's what he's good at, a fight professor. |
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 29, 2014 7:15:48 GMT -5
Terrible as a lead play-by-play man, not half bad as the fact-spouting third man he was in WCW. He is also the leader of an alien invasion:  |
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Dec 29, 2014 12:07:07 GMT -5
"OH SHIT IT'S VINCE RUSSO!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 13:48:55 GMT -5
In terms of favorite Tenay memories my last great memory of Tenay was when he was in his short woman hating phase in WCW where he'd have sit down interviews with girls and slutshame them.
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Post by Digital Witness on Dec 29, 2014 18:07:44 GMT -5
The problem is that he's a good pure wrestling announcer miscast as a 'storyteller' in the vein of a Jim Ross or Tony Schiavone. I'd agree with this. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 31, 2014 23:12:46 GMT -5
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Post by bob on Dec 31, 2014 23:18:03 GMT -5
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 1, 2015 4:17:06 GMT -5
Well, he did help create this amazing gif...that has to count for something right? Right? Right! Celebration time!  |
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Jan 1, 2015 9:53:44 GMT -5
Start at 4 minutes
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Post by Andy Martin on Jan 1, 2015 10:22:53 GMT -5
I like him as part of a commentary team, but not as the lead play by play man.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Jan 1, 2015 14:26:14 GMT -5
I don't think he was really bad until like 2010.
I'm not excusing his last 5 years of suck, but I don't think his whole tenure was that bad.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 1, 2015 15:48:03 GMT -5
I wonder how many takes it took for Tenay to do that part at the funeral with a straight face.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Jan 2, 2015 16:55:44 GMT -5
When they finally do go under, I'd honestly really like to hear a Mike Tenay shoot interview about his time there. He looks like a man who's holding a lot back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 23:42:30 GMT -5
Geisha Girls is my jam.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 23:46:43 GMT -5
When they finally do go under, I'd honestly really like to hear a Mike Tenay shoot interview about his time there. He looks like a man who's holding a lot back. I have to believe at this point he either has always been happy just to work or he's convinced himself nothing is wrong just to survive. He's been there for WCW at its worst and all of TNA, he has to be the most worn out man in the history of the wrestling business. |
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Jan 3, 2015 1:36:43 GMT -5
When they finally do go under, I'd honestly really like to hear a Mike Tenay shoot interview about his time there. He looks like a man who's holding a lot back. I have to believe at this point he either has always been happy just to work or he's convinced himself nothing is wrong just to survive. He's been there for WCW at its worst and all of TNA, he has to be the most worn out man in the history of the wrestling business.  I dunno if you can find a smile in wrestling with more venom behind it than his I'd love to see it because it's probably hilarious. |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 3, 2015 1:42:12 GMT -5
When World's Collide in 1994
WCW circa 1996 and 1997.
Coming from a newsletter and radio show background, he was a knowledgeable voice who could speak about wrestlers who competed in Japan and Mexico and he was much more familiar with the junior heavyweight and lucha style of wrestling. He was a very welcome voice for WCW cruiserweight matches when Dusty, Bobby, and Tony just didn't know the wrestlers or the style as well. Tony to his credit did try to educate himself on these wrestlers and moves, but it came more naturally from Tenay.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 3, 2015 8:56:39 GMT -5
I love Magnus' approval of Tenay keeping the shorts. Coming from a newsletter and radio show background, he was a knowledgeable voice who could speak about wrestlers who competed in Japan and Mexico and he was much more familiar with the junior heavyweight and lucha style of wrestling. He was a very welcome voice for WCW cruiserweight matches when Dusty, Bobby, and Tony just didn't know the wrestlers or the style as well. Tony to his credit did try to educate himself on these wrestlers and moves, but it came more naturally from Tenay. I've just got to say Dusty may not have known the style, but it was awesome to hear him on commentary during those matches, because it was clear he was having a blast watching them. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 3, 2015 10:08:35 GMT -5
I have to believe at this point he either has always been happy just to work or he's convinced himself nothing is wrong just to survive. He's been there for WCW at its worst and all of TNA, he has to be the most worn out man in the history of the wrestling business. I dunno if you can find a smile in wrestling with more venom behind it than his I'd love to see it because it's probably hilarious. Thats a very good evil genius is going to steal your soul image |
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