Lt. Palumbo
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Sept 9, 2020 20:47:37 GMT -5
Was the comment cringy - yes. Does he need to reign this kind of crap in - yes. Do I want to see him lose his job - no. I enjoy JR on commentary for the most part. To my taste he adds gravitas to proceedings. It's not just that one comment though. He's just not been THAT good AND he throws in comments like that. If Tony and Cody really feel some sort of responsibility to JR, then have him just do PPV or the occasional big time Dynamite or some other job in the company. Re:"Just not that good". As I say I enjoy him. Definitely still enjoy him more than any main roster WWE commentary. Was fond of various folks on commentary for nxt at various points. Potentially still enjoying current JR more
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markymark
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by markymark on Sept 10, 2020 11:49:29 GMT -5
Its me or JR was tolerable last night on Dynamite?
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Post by toodarkmark on Sept 10, 2020 12:01:03 GMT -5
Its me or JR was tolerable last night on Dynamite? I made a similar thread months ago, and realized that JR has good nights and bad nights. I too noticed he was better last night. The heat affected the commentary team as much as the wrestlers. Jim probably was told some things to avoid, and felt more comfortable. I also, in having a similar thread, that JR represents a certain kind of viewer. Excalibur speaks to me because Im an indie nerd, but JR speaks to a certain audience, and sometimes people have to understand that comes with some warts.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2020 17:52:55 GMT -5
Its me or JR was tolerable last night on Dynamite? I made a similar thread months ago, and realized that JR has good nights and bad nights. I too noticed he was better last night. The heat affected the commentary team as much as the wrestlers. Jim probably was told some things to avoid, and felt more comfortable. I also, in having a similar thread, that JR represents a certain kind of viewer. Excalibur speaks to me because Im an indie nerd, but JR speaks to a certain audience, and sometimes people have to understand that comes with some warts. AEW has been my first time seeing/hearing Excalibur but he very quickly became my favorite commentator It made it even more awesome when he was on the AEW podcast and talked about learning move names from the Fire Pro Wrestling games and even worked on some of the japanese-to-english translations for it
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Fade
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Fade on Sept 10, 2020 17:58:23 GMT -5
I made a similar thread months ago, and realized that JR has good nights and bad nights. I too noticed he was better last night. The heat affected the commentary team as much as the wrestlers. Jim probably was told some things to avoid, and felt more comfortable. I also, in having a similar thread, that JR represents a certain kind of viewer. Excalibur speaks to me because Im an indie nerd, but JR speaks to a certain audience, and sometimes people have to understand that comes with some warts. AEW has been my first time seeing/hearing Excalibur but he very quickly became my favorite commentator It made it even more awesome when he was on the AEW podcast and talked about learning move names from the Fire Pro Wrestling games and even worked on some of the japanese-to-english translations for it Didn’t really know Excalibur before AEW. Didn’t like him at first. He improved a lot rapidly. Just recently he came back, you felt the difference. He’s the voice of AEW. No doubt.
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Laces
Bubba Ho-Tep
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Post by Laces on Sept 10, 2020 19:09:31 GMT -5
I loved JR when I was a kid (about 12) because he explained the moves while Lawler was horny on main...now I love Excalibur because he explains the moves and...well you get it.
My biggest issue with JR was on last year's Halloween Dynamite when he asked if Kenny Omega was mentally ill because he dressed up as Sans from Undertale and you could FEEL Excalibur being incredibly uncomfortable.
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