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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 4, 2022 4:59:38 GMT -5
He’s got a different voice in his head now, an utter wrestling nerd that’s been waiting 25 years to flex on ‘em.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Sept 4, 2022 7:01:43 GMT -5
I like this timeline where both Michael Cole and Tony Schiavone are getting a second chance and are being enthusiastic
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Post by 67 more on Sept 4, 2022 7:05:25 GMT -5
I like this timeline where both Michael Cole and Tony Schiavone are getting a second chance and are being enthusiastic I heard Tony Schiavone say gamengiri the other day and it threw the shit out of me
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Post by bob on Sept 4, 2022 9:36:10 GMT -5
this awful run as a heel announcer making the show borderline unwatchable didn't help it's really weird hearing Cole be consistently very good, and not recapping something that happened like 10 minutes ago and speak in words/phrases that only made sense to Vince Yeah being good now doesn't retrospectively make his previous work any better. His heel run was as bad as it gets. However there's enough evidence now that was more on Vince than Cole. Has Graves improved at all? He was great on NXT. yes: he's not yelling at Saxton every 5 seconds, speaking the words and phrases that only make sense to Vince and even calling out heels when he thinks they went too far
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Post by XIII on Sept 4, 2022 9:57:11 GMT -5
Commentary was waaaaaay better on the show yesterday. Cole is actually good without the crypt keeper yelling at him and Graves was surprisingly decent and helped put over a lot of the action, especially during the Sheamus/Gunther match.
So it turns out Vince was f***ing up commentary too. Dude is/was trash at his job, but we already knew this.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 4, 2022 10:15:45 GMT -5
I never thought Cole was anywhere near as bad as most people thought he was. He's had genuinely great calls in the past. His commentary during the Daniel Bryan VS The Authority storyline was always on point. His work during the MYC and Beast in the East received a lot of praise, so we knew the f***head Slayer always had it in him. Not many things make me tempted to go back to WWE but for real hearing Cole getting to be as good as he can be finally is one of the key things
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 4, 2022 12:23:49 GMT -5
I like this timeline where both Michael Cole and Tony Schiavone are getting a second chance and are being enthusiastic I heard Tony Schiavone say gamengiri the other day and it threw the shit out of me Yeah, like, he knows move names have always been one of his weaknesses, so he's made something of an effort to learn more of them.
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Post by 67 more on Sept 4, 2022 12:25:28 GMT -5
I heard Tony Schiavone say gamengiri the other day and it threw the shit out of me Yeah, like, he knows move names have always been one of his weaknesses, so he's made something of an effort to learn more of them. And Schiavone, when he didn't know the move name, would always try his best to describe what happened and what move it was similar to, rather than a Vince McMahon WHATTAMANEUVER
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Post by mcstoklasa on Sept 4, 2022 16:39:27 GMT -5
I'm so glad that Maniac screaming in Coles ear is gone
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2022 17:31:07 GMT -5
I'm so glad that Maniac screaming in Coles ear is gone Now he has that maniac Pat McAfee screaming in his ear on SD. I kid, I like Pat!
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Post by Ozman on Sept 4, 2022 22:25:57 GMT -5
Michael Cole is easily a top five play-by-play announcer of all time.
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Post by msc on Sept 5, 2022 6:55:57 GMT -5
Cole's been notably chiller since they hooked him up with Pat McAfee, they clearly get on well working together - but since Vince left, it's like the shackles are off.
Seriously, his commentary during that Sheamus/Gunther match was some of his best ever work. Really putting the point across that Sheamus is one of the toughest wrestlers he's ever seen, so if Gunther was dominating that, that was unprecedented and scary to our veteran commentator. He really put over both guys huge.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Nov 26, 2022 22:47:26 GMT -5
He's been on that pure shit tonight with throwing out a freaking Apollo 55 reference.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Nov 26, 2022 23:16:25 GMT -5
A reference to Sting’s Squadron for crying out loud!
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Nov 26, 2022 23:28:37 GMT -5
Hey, whatever happened to the guy who started this thread?
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Post by PTBartman on Nov 26, 2022 23:33:17 GMT -5
I truly feel bad for not considering Michael Cole one of the goats. He’s probably the best going today in terms of consistency and storytelling. It was awesome to hear him running through history. He’s like a hybrid PBP and color guy. He’s awesome. He was hitting on the all cylinders on the men's War Games.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Nov 27, 2022 1:50:05 GMT -5
This was my first show I watched since the regime change and I thought commentary was pretty good. Loved Cole's rundown of Finn and Styles' history in Japan. Graves was pretty good too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2022 2:31:26 GMT -5
I warmed on Cole when I heard him call Beast in the East.
Dunno if the guy is even considering retirement or anything like that, but I do know he's been at it a long time and I'm glad he's hopefully going to get to spend his final years as an announcer doing it his way.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2022 7:59:43 GMT -5
Vince McMahon has blood on his hands for wasting Michael Coles talent for 25 years.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 27, 2022 9:06:42 GMT -5
it reminds me a lot of Tony Schiavone having a renaissance in AEW. once you remove the external reason the guy was bad (WCW being so shit nobody could possibly care anymore, Vince screaming in everyone's ear) he really gets to shine.
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