Is there a worse commentator than Mark Madden?

[A Platypus Rave]

Dec 10, 2019 18:31:57 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I haven't and don't think I will ever hear someone worse than Rob Bartlett.

Yep...

Dude is the bottom of the barrel commentator.

He makes a lot of the early Raws entirely unwatchable... and makes me realize that as bad as commentary is now... it could be a lot worse...

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Dec 10, 2019 21:24:25 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Dec 10, 2019 18:31:57 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I haven't and don't think I will ever hear someone worse than Rob Bartlett.

Yep...

Dude is the bottom of the barrel commentator.

He makes a lot of the early Raws entirely unwatchable... and makes me realize that as bad as commentary is now... it could be a lot worse...

Macho and Vince basically drowned him out after the 1st episode

His stupid impressions and not paying attention to anything was grating even as a kid watching that

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

I don't know if Madden is the absolute worst of all time, mostly because I can't stand listening to terrible commentators enough to attempt ranking them, but when it comes to major promotions during "boom periods", he's definitely scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[J. Hova]

I decided I hate myself and started watching Starrcade 2000. I tapped out at the Bam Bam vs. Mike Awesome Ambulance Match. To call Madden's commentary bad would be an insult to all bad things. I mean this wasn't Starrcade 1997 or 1983 by any means with in ring performances, but listening to that blubbering idiot slobber all over the microphone while trying to get himself over at the expense of the other commentators and in ring talent is just an abomination.

[Chainsaw]

Nope. Not for me at least. He's the worst.

[Cyno]

I never saw Mark Madden commentary first-run as I had already checked out on WCW for WWF full-time by the time he started. But I subjected myself to some of his commentary out of morbid curiosity and the hype is real. He's f***ing terrible.

[67 more]

Worst commentary performance I've ever heard is Lanny Poffo for NJPW. Completely lost, made the exact same jokes every night, could only draw parallels to 80s WWF, had done zero research. All of that is forgivable. What's not forgivable is that he openly admitted on air that he hadn't been paying attention.

It's just... Damn, dude. At least try.

[ogreknee]

I hate matt "i'm marking out bro" striker

[Beebs is the Final Girl]

Madden and Bartlett are why there is a Mute Button.

[CMPunkyBrewster]

The answer to this, and every other "worst announcer" question, is always Mauro Ranallo.

He's so bad, he makes me wish wrestling and sports didn't exist, just so I wouldn't have to hear him. He actively makes me hate that humans can speak.

[Fundertaker]

Dec 10, 2019 20:04:21 GMT -5 @jdogindy said:

Dec 10, 2019 18:31:57 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I haven't and don't think I will ever hear someone worse than Rob Bartlett.

Can you imagine a three man crew of Mark Madden, Rob Bartlett, and Art O'Donovan?

There's a version of hell in which the 3 of them are commenting on every wrestling match at the same time, all the time.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Dec 10, 2019 18:46:18 GMT -5 chrom said:

Josh Matthews.

He went out to try and pick a fight with everyone who criticized his terrible commentary.

Josh is somebody who actually needed Vince in his ear. Vince could keep him somewhat under control.

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Dec 11, 2019 6:17:33 GMT -5 CMPunkyBrewster said:

The answer to this, and every other "worst announcer" question, is always Mauro Ranallo.

He's so bad, he makes me wish wrestling and sports didn't exist, just so I wouldn't have to hear him. He actively makes me hate that humans can speak.

I find Mauro super obnoxious but I wouldn't even call him the worst commentator in WWE at the moment. Not when you have Corey Graves just constantly burying everything, Michael Cole being a total robot, or Jerry Lawler Jerry Lawlering.

Granted I guess there's something to be said for having at some point or other having liked the work of all three of them while I really can't say the same for Mauro.

[ojsampson]

Dec 10, 2019 20:07:13 GMT -5 cjh said:

Dec 10, 2019 19:56:52 GMT -5 XIII said:

Mark Madden may be the single worst announcer in sports history and I’ve seen some impressively bad announcers. My theory is that he got the job because he lied to Bischoff and said that he was related to John Madden.

He got added to Nitro during the Kevin Sullivan era in 2000, so Bischoff was gone at the time.

I'm not sure about how he got hired at WCW, but he wrote for the magazine and was a regular on the WCW Hotline for years before he started on Nitro.

He has the highest rated sports broadcast in Pittsburgh. He knows what he’s doing and doesn’t sell wrestling short. He prominently features it as equal to real contested sports.

I am a fan.

[johnnyk9]

He should’ve never replaced Heenan

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Vince and Josh Mathews are worse.

[chronocross]

Dec 11, 2019 2:08:40 GMT -5 ogreknee said:

I hate matt "i'm marking out bro" striker

I appreciate his enthusiasm and effort, but I couldn't stand him on commentary, real cringe worthy stuff IMO.

[wildojinx]

Bartlett at least had one funny line: "Slim Jim: For when you dont care what part of the cow you're eating" (Now I wonder if Slim Jim got upset at the WWF for that line).

[nickcave]

2002 and beyond Jerry Lawler is my pick for the worst but I know that might be a minority opinion

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Dec 11, 2019 15:42:17 GMT -5 nickcave said:

2002 and beyond Jerry Lawler is my pick for the worst but I know that might be a minority opinion

While be been very bad, he not Madden or Bartlett levels bad. Honestly Madden is the one guy I can't find one single thing positive to say about for anything he has done.