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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 27, 2016 19:46:26 GMT -5
If the name doesn't ring a bell, he was the main play-by-play commentator for NXT for most of the last couple of years (including the Takeover: Brooklyn and Takeover: Respect shows) and had been doing PBP for Main Event in recent months, most notably getting his phone stolen and damaged by Kevin Owens. Unfortunately, he fell out of favour in NXT for previous PBP commentator Tom Phillips, and with the way Phillips clicked with colour commentator Corey Graves, as well as Mauro Ranallo jumping in line ahead of him for SmackDown, it didn't seem like there was much room for Brennan to go back up the career ladder. So, it seems he's been removed from WWE.com's roster list, which lists all the commentators, and changed his Twitter handle back to (what is presumably) his real name. The guy did his job well enough, I guess, in that there were rarely any complaints about the guy like there is about Michael Cole.  |
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Post by Lancers on Apr 27, 2016 19:49:41 GMT -5
Kevin Owens won't have to hide from him backstage trying to score interviews.
RIP in Piece Rich Brennan
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Apr 27, 2016 19:50:58 GMT -5
He was fine. He already has a mini-me on NXT. I'll wait for more info in terms of why he was released, assuming that he was released.
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Post by Reflecto on Apr 27, 2016 19:54:43 GMT -5
If the name doesn't ring a bell, he was the main play-by-play commentator for NXT for most of the last couple of years (including the Takeover: Brooklyn and Takeover: Respect shows) and had been doing PBP for Main Event in recent months, most notably getting phone stolen and damaged by Kevin Owens. Unfortunately, he fell out of favour in NXT for previous PBP commentator Tom Phillips, and with the way Phillips clicked with colour commentator Corey Graves, as well as Mauro Ranallo jumping in line ahead of him for SmackDown, it didn't seem like there was much room for Brennan to go back up the career ladder. So, it seems he's been removed from WWE.com's roster list, which lists all the commentators, and changed his Twitter handle back to (what is presumably) his real name. The guy did his job well enough, I guess, in that there were rarely any complaints about the guy like there is about Michael Cole. Not sure about the Twitter handle part of this- but Rich Brennan's profile is still on the WWE NXT roster of the WWE.com list. |
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 27, 2016 19:54:47 GMT -5
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 27, 2016 19:55:48 GMT -5
Alex Reyes is here for a suitable replacement ...you mean that isn't Rich Brennan? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 19:56:04 GMT -5
Commentary is hard and the way they did it in nxt up until recently was useless some shows It'd be what seemed like a random collection of 3 or 4 announcers between a pool of Rich,Tom,Corey,Jason Albert,Riley,Renee,Regal and Saxton.Its tough to get better when you don't get consistent work.
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Post by Lancers on Apr 27, 2016 19:56:33 GMT -5
Alex Reyes is here for a suitable replacement Is he Rich Brennan's non-union Mexican equivalent? |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Apr 27, 2016 20:30:04 GMT -5
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Post by bootytea on Apr 27, 2016 20:53:48 GMT -5
One minute you're pestering someone eating their salad, the next you are out of a job. Life sucks.  |
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Post by Dub H on Apr 27, 2016 21:06:34 GMT -5
Somewhere,Kevin Owens rejoices
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 21:21:28 GMT -5
I was just thinking about the massive number of commentators, ring announcers, interviewers, and talking heads currently employed by WWE, and how superfluous most of them were.
Sucks for Rich and he wasn't bad at his job, but they've got too many people filling the same roles. Especially with the in-ring announcers.
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Post by Paco on Apr 27, 2016 22:39:51 GMT -5
No! Not Milhouse!
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Post by saintpat on Apr 27, 2016 23:03:10 GMT -5
In termination, you have a name in NXT.
His name was Rich Brennan.
His name was Rich Brennan ...
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Post by The Spelunker! on Apr 27, 2016 23:06:47 GMT -5
I actually liked Rich. This is vaguely disappointing. They have a lot of talent waiting in the wings though for when they current top guys step aside.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Apr 27, 2016 23:27:22 GMT -5
Dammit, I was hoping that eventually one day the entire announce team would just consist of Rich Brennan/Alex Reyes pod people.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 27, 2016 23:48:26 GMT -5
One minute you're pestering someone eating their salad, the next you are out of a job. Life sucks. Clearly Becky played politics to get him fired for interrupting her salad time  |
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Apr 28, 2016 1:25:55 GMT -5
Clone#1974 has been sent back to the test tubes.
I hope Tom Phillips stays. He's goofy as all hell but him and Graves work well together.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 28, 2016 1:32:47 GMT -5
I was thinking "Aww that's a shame, I liked him on 5 Things".
Then I realised that's Kyle Edwards.
I liked Rich but still...
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Post by Chuck Conry on Apr 28, 2016 1:39:49 GMT -5
I knew a commentator named Richy, I guess you could say he was alright. Saw him on the WWE Network holding a mic on a Wednesday Night.  |
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