Aiden English Moves To Commentary Team

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

For 205 Live at least.

www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-205-live/2019-01-22/article/aiden-english-joins-the-wwe-205-live-commentary-team

Beginning tonight on WWE 205 Live, SmackDown Superstar Aiden English joins Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness as a guest commentator through WrestleMania season. English will still compete on SmackDown LIVE, but he’s seizing the opportunity to show off his abilities at the announce table.

WWE 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick explained his decision behind the addition of The Drama King.

“The McMahons have been shaking things up on Raw and SmackDown LIVE, so I’m going to follow suit,” Maverick said. “Aiden English is an active Superstar and is very opinionated, and I believe those opinions and perspective will add to the current commentary team, only adding to the entertainment value of The Most Exciting Hour of Television.”
Senior Director of On-Air Talent and Raw commentator Michael Cole also praised the move.

“We wanted to do something special for WrestleMania season, and Royal Rumble week kicks off the Road to WrestleMania,” said Cole. “We’ve been working with Aiden at the WWE Performance Center to see if he has the chops, and it turns out he’s pretty good.”

Don’t miss Aiden English’s debut as part of the WWE 205 Live announce team tonight!

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Guess training for that explains why he just plain vanished from SmackDown.

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I can see him being pretty good at it, but he also has value as a lower card guy so I hope he does keep wrestling as well.

[chronocross]

Damn Rusev beat him so bad he went to commentary.

[realist]

Jan 22, 2019 10:52:49 GMT -5 @dax said:

I can see him being pretty good at it, but he also has value as a lower card guy so I hope he does keep wrestling as well.

I agree.  But he was as his most valuable as a hype man for Rusev, but apparently WWE didn't see it that way.

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Jan 22, 2019 11:01:26 GMT -5 realist said:

Jan 22, 2019 10:52:49 GMT -5 @dax said:

I can see him being pretty good at it, but he also has value as a lower card guy so I hope he does keep wrestling as well.

I agree.  But he was as his most valuable as a hype man for Rusev, but apparently WWE didn't see it that way.

Jeez, what a pointless break up and feud that was.

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Michael Cole is "Senior Director of On-Air Talent"?

This could explain some crap.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Jan 22, 2019 11:32:08 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Michael Cole is "Senior Director of On-Air Talent"?

This could explain some crap.

To be fair, he’s the guy who brought Nigel in as a commentator for the UK Title tourney and then made him a part of the NXT booth.

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Jan 22, 2019 11:42:16 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

Jan 22, 2019 11:32:08 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Michael Cole is "Senior Director of On-Air Talent"?

This could explain some crap.

To be fair, he’s the guy who brought Nigel in as a commentator for the UK Title tourney and then made him a part of the NXT booth.

Oh.

Shoot, that stabs my snarky comment right in the kidneys, don't it. ;p

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Jan 22, 2019 10:53:56 GMT -5 chronocross said:

Damn Rusev beat him so bad he went to commentary.

Rusev beat him so bad he disappeared for months and then went to commentary.

[Error]

Jan 22, 2019 11:42:16 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

Jan 22, 2019 11:32:08 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Michael Cole is "Senior Director of On-Air Talent"?

This could explain some crap.

To be fair, he’s the guy who brought Nigel in as a commentator for the UK Title tourney and then made him a part of the NXT booth.

Yeah, he runs commentary for everything but RAW.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Jan 22, 2019 11:32:08 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Michael Cole is "Senior Director of On-Air Talent"?

This could explain some crap.

Don’t confuse the person backstage with the onscreen version

[MrElijah]

Jan 22, 2019 12:21:23 GMT -5 Error said:

Jan 22, 2019 11:42:16 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

To be fair, he’s the guy who brought Nigel in as a commentator for the UK Title tourney and then made him a part of the NXT booth.

Yeah, he runs commentary for everything but RAW.

No wonder it sounds better than RAW's. With much grief as I give Cole when he's on the call he seems to be doing better backstage.

[A Platypus Rave]

Jan 22, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

Jan 22, 2019 12:21:23 GMT -5 Error said:

Yeah, he runs commentary for everything but RAW.

No wonder it sounds better than RAW's. With much grief as I give Cole when he's on the call he seems to be doing better backstage.

I mean even when he's allowed more freedom he does better.

I remember people enjoying Cole's Beast in the East commentary.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Jan 22, 2019 14:35:52 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Jan 22, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

No wonder it sounds better than RAW's. With much grief as I give Cole when he's on the call he seems to be doing better backstage.

I mean even when he's allowed more freedom he does better.

I remember people enjoying Cole's Beast in the East commentary.

Yea, I thought it has been established that Cole isn't as bad when he doesn't have Vince in his ear and he's better backstage in directing the other commentators

[MrElijah]

Jan 22, 2019 14:35:52 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Jan 22, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

No wonder it sounds better than RAW's. With much grief as I give Cole when he's on the call he seems to be doing better backstage.

I mean even when he's allowed more freedom he does better.

I remember people enjoying Cole's Beast in the East commentary.

Eh, he's take it or leave it on his own for me, but I did like his barely hiding the fact he was a Meiko mark during the MYC.

[Dub H]

Jan 22, 2019 11:05:54 GMT -5 @dax said:

Jan 22, 2019 11:01:26 GMT -5 realist said:

I agree.  But he was as his most valuable as a hype man for Rusev, but apparently WWE didn't see it that way.

Jeez, what a pointless break up and feud that was.

The worst part is, Aiden was getting crazy heat, he could have been a solid midcard Heel.

This is why WWE is divided into Main Eventers and Nobodies.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

English I think will kill it at this role, but I can't help but feel unless he asked for this role or really wanted to do it, that breaking up Rusev Day was such a stupid move in the end. Helped NO ONE.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jan 22, 2019 14:35:52 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Jan 22, 2019 14:34:27 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

No wonder it sounds better than RAW's. With much grief as I give Cole when he's on the call he seems to be doing better backstage.

I mean even when he's allowed more freedom he does better.

I remember people enjoying Cole's Beast in the East commentary.

Cole is probably the most criminally underrated commentator in wrestling. Any time he's given even a moment of freedom, he's great. The guy has talent and charisma, and lest we forget, heel Cole was run into the ground but it was mega f***ing over and he was really good at it - it's just that a lot of people hated the things he was being asked to do (in some cases only after a point).

A lot of the Cole hate feels like a hangover from years ago before people knew just how much micro-managing went on with commentary. Many folks don't seem to yet grasp that Cole is the f***ing author insert, not someone with any control over what he gets to say.

Also, Renee has stated more than once that the reason she got to be on commentary - and regardless of how you feel about her commentary, it's a woman, full-time, in the booth, which is something very notable - was because of Cole's pushing.

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Jan 22, 2019 14:52:19 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

English I think will kill it at this role, but I can't help but feel unless he asked for this role or really wanted to do it, that breaking up Rusev Day was such a stupid move in the end. Helped NO ONE.

Rusev and Lana were going to be fine no matter what, but it should've at least cemented Aiden as a Ciampa-esque scumbag heel in the midcard.