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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 30, 2022 23:22:06 GMT -5
Corey had some good ones too with telling Corbin to not crush up McAfee too bad cause he wants to be home with his wife on Fridays and how last time he drank on the job he got sent home for a week “Yeah but that was different. It was an airport.” I think Corey even said something about how he's going to go to his suite and drink into his feelings. Seems like he was poking fun at his crazy random twitter shit
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Post by the2ndevil on Jul 30, 2022 23:22:42 GMT -5
He sounded like he was only ever 2 seconds away from saying "and that's when I realized divorce was the best thing to ever happen to me" My boy sounded like a free man This made me laugh harder than it probably should have.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 23:24:10 GMT -5
Glad Cole sounded like he was having fun again. He's always been a genuine wrestling fan and so much of the hate we've given him was because of the idiot in his ear.
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Post by Andee9001 on Jul 30, 2022 23:25:32 GMT -5
It was the little things that really stood out. Acknowledging the camera man by name, calling the refs by name, the jokes with Corey and even that awkward moment before the tag match before Jeff Jarrett came out and he and Graves just bounced back without missing a beat.
I made the comment in the live thread that he seemed more comfortable calling Pats matches because tone wise he was exactly the same as he was at Mania. As the night went on and he continued to be class it hit me that Vince was at ringside during the Mania match and not in Coles ear.
If this Cole continues then i'm sure he will be a delight to keep listening to.
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Post by Andee9001 on Jul 30, 2022 23:26:21 GMT -5
And he got a well deserved chant at one point too
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Post by ayumidah on Jul 31, 2022 2:35:29 GMT -5
“Yeah but that was different. It was an airport.” I think Corey even said something about how he's going to go to his suite and drink into his feelings. Seems like he was poking fun at his crazy random twitter shit yeah he did when Cole was talking about going out later to celebrate McAfee winning haha
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Jul 31, 2022 3:45:30 GMT -5
The dude made even the boring or outright bad parts of the night tolerable.
As others said he sounded free.
Honestly in the past I had to go to alternate commentary or even mute the show b/c I would find it so unbearable and detrimental to what I was watching.
Tonight felt effortless. As it should. Cole owned the headset. And he had some great jabs at Corey (who actually took them w/o rebuttal). I'm slowly getting more, and more interested as we get more, and more things that make the product better/are common sense.
I'm probably gonna check out Raw on Monday. Never thought I'd say that without sarcasm.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 31, 2022 4:02:41 GMT -5
I didn't watch the show but I'm so happy that Cole is finally getting his due. No more of this "Oh no go watch this random Japanese house show from seven years ago that meant nothing, and listen to how good Cole really is" shit to have to convince people it was a Vince thing. Michael Cole has the chops, and has had the chops all along, now he gets to prove it.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 31, 2022 4:19:15 GMT -5
Haven't heard tonight but... like I said the few glimpses we got of Cole on his own over the years have shown dude's got a ton of personality and it's clear why they want him as the head pbp... it's just that like almost everything Vince was a psychotic Micromanager. I didn't watch the show but I'm so happy that Cole is finally getting his due. No more of this "Oh no go watch this random Japanese house show from seven years ago that meant nothing, and listen to how good Cole really is" shit to have to convince people it was a Vince thing. Michael Cole has the chops, and has had the chops all along, now he gets to prove it. This is one of the many times I was talking about >_> he was so good at Beast In the East.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 31, 2022 4:25:18 GMT -5
Haven't heard tonight but... like I said the few glimpses we got of Cole on his own over the years have shown dude's got a ton of personality and it's clear why they want him as the head pbp... it's just that like almost everything Vince was a psychotic Micromanager. I didn't watch the show but I'm so happy that Cole is finally getting his due. No more of this "Oh no go watch this random Japanese house show from seven years ago that meant nothing, and listen to how good Cole really is" shit to have to convince people it was a Vince thing. Michael Cole has the chops, and has had the chops all along, now he gets to prove it. This is one of the many times I was talking about >_> he was so good at Beast In the East. He was so good at Beast in the East but if you try telling that to someone you may as well be trying to sell them on late '80s David Bowie side project Tin Machine because it doesn't matter how much you hype it up, nobody is going to take your recommendation on that.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 31, 2022 4:36:11 GMT -5
Haven't heard tonight but... like I said the few glimpses we got of Cole on his own over the years have shown dude's got a ton of personality and it's clear why they want him as the head pbp... it's just that like almost everything Vince was a psychotic Micromanager. This is one of the many times I was talking about >_> he was so good at Beast In the East. He was so good at Beast in the East but if you try telling that to someone you may as well be trying to sell them on late '80s David Bowie side project Tin Machine because it doesn't matter how much you hype it up, nobody is going to take your recommendation on that. You say that like I didn't just go look up one of their songs >_>
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 31, 2022 5:15:51 GMT -5
All timer for him tonight.
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Post by thehottag on Jul 31, 2022 6:38:32 GMT -5
I always liked Cole, because I remember how good he & Tazz used to be on Smackdown 20 years ago. But because I haven't watched WWE outside a bar for 11 years, I didn't know it maybe he just didn't have it anymore?
THRILLED to know that's not the case. Hope he can go prove to the world how good he really is. Think Tazz is doing good over in AEW too... hope they can reunite someday.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Jul 31, 2022 6:40:29 GMT -5
The highlight for me was during the postmatch of Ronda/Liv. When he and Graves were comparing notes, it sounded like a real conversation between two people, not community theater actors reciting the script. It was a small but refreshing change.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Jul 31, 2022 7:08:25 GMT -5
Cole screaming about how Brock Lesnar was moving the ring with a “God Damned Tractor” might be the most genuine reaction he’s ever had on commentary.
He was as delightfully confused as we all were.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Jul 31, 2022 8:38:46 GMT -5
Cole's young enough (50 or so, which is bizarre given how long he's been there) that he can hopefully stick around for a good couple of years and fix his legacy like Tony Schiavone.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jul 31, 2022 8:44:05 GMT -5
Cole screaming to stop the slow murder of Brock Lesnar and changing to just say “He’s a monster!” Was all timer shit
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Post by PTBartman on Jul 31, 2022 9:05:04 GMT -5
I've always said I'd read a Michael Cole book if only for the King's heart attack chapter. Now there's a second chapteri really want. The man was on fire.
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Post by Ozman on Jul 31, 2022 11:54:12 GMT -5
I’ve always had Michael Cole in my top five of play by play announcers. He proved it at SummerSlam.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Jul 31, 2022 13:45:17 GMT -5
Cole screaming to stop the slow murder of Brock Lesnar and changing to just say “He’s a monster!” Was all timer shit COUNT FASTER
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