Corey and Byron were awful tonight.

[Perd]

I mean even worse than usual. Just nonsensical bickering back and forth all night long. Without even a hint of wit or charm to any of it. The worst part of a horrible show.

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I can feel Corey slowly starting to turn into JBL and I don't like it one bit.

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Corey and Byron were awful tonight.

As opposed to...?

Dec 17, 2017 23:02:11 GMT -5 Perd said:

I mean even worse than usual.

Oh.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Byron is awful every night.

Byron is awful at all times.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Which is a shame because Byron has made strikes on Smackdown

Corey was in full snide dickish mode and just hit rebuttals when there was no need

I didn’t get to watch the whole thing from beginning to end but what I did see and hear I wasn’t liking

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I let a lot of shit go, but I couldn’t handle Byron during the special referee tag. Just awful to listen to.

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They made some of the matches unwatchable. Just awful.

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The bits I caught weren't amazing I admit, but as I've said before, they're so far and away better than he alternatives (New Japan, LU, Ol' Buckets o'cash) that I can listen to them without too much bother.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Dec 17, 2017 23:07:39 GMT -5 @returnofthestryker said:

The bits I caught weren't amazing I admit, but as I've said before, they're so far and away better than he alternatives (New Japan, LU, Ol' Buckets o'cash) that I can listen to them without too much bother.

I will take Kevin Kelly admitting he jerks it to anime during a New Japan dads match over Vince stoking lopsided, unbearable arguments between everyone at the table all night.

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I didn't see all of the ppv, maybe 1hr max and from what recall Graves wasn't on point like usual. Idk what's up with him lately.

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Dec 17, 2017 23:16:06 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Dec 17, 2017 23:07:39 GMT -5 @returnofthestryker said:

The bits I caught weren't amazing I admit, but as I've said before, they're so far and away better than he alternatives (New Japan, LU, Ol' Buckets o'cash) that I can listen to them without too much bother.

I will take Kevin Kelly admitting he jerks it to anime during a New Japan dads match over Vince stoking lopsided, unbearable arguments between everyone at the table all night.

This is very much a 'weird horses for weirder courses' argument. I find some odd meta joy in hearing the various interpretations of Vince's mad headphone ramblings.

[Allie Kitsune]

The first thought is that Vince is the one screaming all the bullshit in Byron's ear that he has to say...

...but what if it's Cole?

[fw91]

Corey relies too much on putting down Byron. He's been fine on RAW

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Byron goes without saying...but Corey Graves has always been terrible, imo.

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

Byron is terrible and has no business being near the booth, but f*** me, Corey isn't much better when he spends the entire time bickering with him. It reminds me a lot of how Mike Tenay and Tazz used to bicker constantly on Impact because Tazz was on a whole other planet and Mike Tenay just wanted a nap.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Dec 17, 2017 23:18:49 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

The first thought is that Vince is the one screaming all the bullshit in Byron's ear that he has to say...

...but what if it's Cole?

Cole has always played the Vince role on NXT specials and such, so if you go back a few years to that NXT team you can see what Cole coaching Byron and Graves sounds like. And it's a whole f***ton better than this crap.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Dec 17, 2017 23:16:51 GMT -5 @kn said:

I didn't see all of the ppv, maybe 1hr max and from what recall Graves wasn't on point like usual. Idk what's up with him lately.

Workload could be getting to him or he’s being micromanaged to the letter

Either way he’s been off his game for a while and relies too much on put downs, snarky comments or some ole bullshit. Some of it is to entertain Vince and some of it is just him falling on his face

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Dec 17, 2017 23:37:05 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Dec 17, 2017 23:16:51 GMT -5 @kn said:

I didn't see all of the ppv, maybe 1hr max and from what recall Graves wasn't on point like usual. Idk what's up with him lately.

Workload could be getting to him or he’s being micromanaged to the letter

Either way he’s been off his game for a while and relies too much on put downs, snarky comments or some ole bullshit. Some of it is to entertain Vince and some of it is just him falling on his face

It's funny how you can see guys shift from their normal selves to their more Vince-like versions. Graves withstood a while but once that brand split happened, yikes.

[Chiral]

Corey's chasing Vince's opinion too hard and it's really noticeable.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Dec 17, 2017 23:40:48 GMT -5 @kn said:

Dec 17, 2017 23:37:05 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Workload could be getting to him or he’s being micromanaged to the letter

Either way he’s been off his game for a while and relies too much on put downs, snarky comments or some ole bullshit. Some of it is to entertain Vince and some of it is just him falling on his face

It's funny how you can see guys shift from their normal selves to their more Vince-like versions. Graves withstood a while but once that brand split happened, yikes.

Yea, say what you will about Cole but he coached Phillips and Graves up well in NXT.