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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 0:43:18 GMT -5
He's an enormous improvement over both Alex Riley and Jason Albert. Riley gets much-deserved hate for his commentary, but Albert could be even worse. Especially when Bayley was involved and he'd start screaming about hugging people, or screaming about bubbles when Emma was around. He was almost JBL-like himself.
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Post by flowercity on May 21, 2015 1:54:05 GMT -5
I've been saying for months that Graves is the best announcer in wrestling right now. He just gets it.
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Post by King Devitt on May 21, 2015 4:47:37 GMT -5
I've been a fan since he started announcing and on night one he flubbed but was still better than Albert, Riley, and Saxton.
Combined.
and i like his look a lot.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on May 21, 2015 5:00:49 GMT -5
He's a better heel commentator than that louse in the cowboy hat who stinks up the booth on Monday nights by being as loud and obnoxious as he can be. But Booker T doesn't wear a cowboy hat
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Post by 543Y2J on May 21, 2015 5:02:33 GMT -5
They need to get rid of Byron Saxton. He is not Riley bad, but he so dull and boring, indescribably so. He should be off commentary anywhere in the company for good
I don't know why they have such an obsession with having a three person announce team, there are too many voices. Rich Brennan and Corey Graves play perfectly well off eachother, Graves is certainly the stronger of the two but I have certainly heard a lot lot worse than Brennan (e.g. Riley). If they insist on three people it should be Corey, Brennan, Young. Yes Young isn't perfect at it but its refreshing to hear a woman's voice on commentary and I think she does perfectly fine and has room to improve with it.
Just get Saxton out of there for god sake. Not as painful as Riley but still terrible
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on May 21, 2015 8:59:27 GMT -5
I didn't see the special but he's great. Knowledgeable, funny, and he doesn't come off like a tool. Easily the best announcer in WWE right now.
That speaks both to how well he's adapted to the position considering that he's been doing it for like 6 months and how terrible the rest of the announce team in WWE (and really, mainstream American wrestling period) is.
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Post by MrElijah on May 21, 2015 10:03:52 GMT -5
Did someone threaten him to be removed? Did he call Natalya one of the Cowards of Canada or Hart family house=ghetto? Did he say it's not fair to ms. Flair?
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on May 22, 2015 14:38:48 GMT -5
"I was driving through the NJ Turnpike; I had to stop to get a tetanus shot." --Corey "The Brain" Graves
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Post by Stuart Baggs The Brand on May 22, 2015 16:25:20 GMT -5
Can almost guarantee that he'll never get up to the main shows because Vince hates his look.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on May 22, 2015 16:31:22 GMT -5
Corey Graves has been a fantastic addition to the commentary team. Hell, he's an upgrade on the Raw Pre-Show too.
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Post by Larryhausen on May 22, 2015 17:31:01 GMT -5
Can almost guarantee that he'll never get up to the main shows because Vince hates his look. Source?
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Post by Andy Martin on May 22, 2015 19:18:21 GMT -5
Can almost guarantee that he'll never get up to the main shows because Vince hates his look. Source? Wrestletaint.gov
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Post by Larryhausen on May 22, 2015 19:25:14 GMT -5
I refuse to believe such a well respected news source would engage in such obvious and unbelievable balderdash such as this!!!! I say good day to you, Sir!!!!!
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Post by StormanReigns on May 23, 2015 3:58:16 GMT -5
What is it about new announcers and being good?
JBL was great once. King was great once. Even Taz was good. Is it a natural tendency just to stop trying?
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Post by Essential1 on May 23, 2015 5:52:16 GMT -5
There is only one Bobby Heenan.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on May 23, 2015 10:31:40 GMT -5
Can almost guarantee that he'll never get up to the main shows because Vince hates his look. Well to be fair he does look really terrible in those goofy glasses of his.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on May 23, 2015 10:40:03 GMT -5
They need to get rid of Byron Saxton. He is not Riley bad, but he so dull and boring, indescribably so. He should be off commentary anywhere in the company for good I don't know why they have such an obsession with having a three person announce team, there are too many voices. Rich Brennan and Corey Graves play perfectly well off eachother, Graves is certainly the stronger of the two but I have certainly heard a lot lot worse than Brennan (e.g. Riley). If they insist on three people it should be Corey, Brennan, Young. Yes Young isn't perfect at it but its refreshing to hear a woman's voice on commentary and I think she does perfectly fine and has room to improve with it. Just get Saxton out of there for god sake. Not as painful as Riley but still terrible I like Saxton but I don't know if it's my British ignorance or what but sometimes I can't tell whether it's him or Graves talking so that becomes a bit of an issue for me. Brennan is doing very well but he needs to stop with the "MY GOODNESS!!". He says it on nearly every big move.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 23, 2015 10:57:09 GMT -5
Brennan is doing very well but he needs to stop with the "MY GOODNESS!!". He says it on nearly every big move. That should be a Booker T-exclusive thing. Nobody can slur out an "OH MAH GUUDNEZZZZZZ" like the Bookerman.
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Post by Heinz Doofenschmirtz on May 23, 2015 11:23:35 GMT -5
Graves has done this for only six months. He's the Sasha Banks of announcers, a quick study, naturally gifted, and works hard. I'm enjoying the hell out of him.
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Post by MrElijah on May 23, 2015 12:13:27 GMT -5
What is it about new announcers and being good? JBL was great once. King was great once. Even Taz was good. Is it a natural tendency just to stop trying? Because a voice keeps yelling at them to have fun, dammit!
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