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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 11, 2024 18:05:51 GMT -5
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jan 11, 2024 18:12:45 GMT -5
i'm not saying fire the guy but please just put him backstage. he is hard to listen to no matter who you put him with.
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Post by City Duck on Jan 11, 2024 18:18:42 GMT -5
I'm sorry but I just reacted like Lakers fans finding out that Darvin Ham could get fired
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Post by Perd on Jan 11, 2024 18:19:16 GMT -5
I haven’t seen much talk about him. Which I’m taking as a good thing. But just to be clear, Wade is awesome on commentary, right? Just want to make sure we're on the same page.
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Post by City Duck on Jan 11, 2024 18:20:20 GMT -5
I haven’t seen much talk about him. Which I’m taking as a good thing. But just to be clear, Wade is awesome on commentary, right? Just want to make sure we're on the same page. I would die for him
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Post by PKO on Jan 11, 2024 18:33:56 GMT -5
I haven’t seen much talk about him. Which I’m taking as a good thing. But just to be clear, Wade is awesome on commentary, right? Just want to make sure we're on the same page. He’s fantastic.
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 11, 2024 20:02:06 GMT -5
Kevin Patrick’s problem is that he comes across as too cookie cutter. He’s a one dimensional friendly guy. We’ve never seen/heard him angry. I would imagine they’re giving him rope because Michael Cole sure as hell needed it when he started, and Cole knows that.
Either way though, he should’ve never been promoted and it should’ve been Vic bumping up from NXT.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 11, 2024 20:53:04 GMT -5
The big problem with Kevin Patrick is his defining character trait is, "Out of breath," and that's incredibly grating to listen to.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 11, 2024 22:01:16 GMT -5
Kevin Patrick is really best at backstage interviews. He's not the guy to sell big moments or big matches the way they need sold. Which is fine; you can't slot anyone in the play-by-play spot in pro wrestling and have it work out like magic. But you look at someone like Michael Cole or Excalibur in AEW and KP isn't in that league.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jan 11, 2024 23:45:47 GMT -5
Quoting myself from last week's smackdown thread:
Kevin Patrick sounds like when you were a kid playing with action figures and doing your own commentary. You don't want to really shout because you'll get in trouble so you do this weird gasping voice.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 11, 2024 23:55:03 GMT -5
I haven’t seen much talk about him. Which I’m taking as a good thing. But just to be clear, Wade is awesome on commentary, right? Just want to make sure we're on the same page. Wade and Cole are my favorite commentary team after Schiavone, Excalibur, and Taz, and they're the best commentary team WWE's had in at least 15 years. They have amazing chemistry together, and Cole in particular has just been completely revitalized since Vince isn't around to yell in his ear anymore. Seriously, the difference between "Corporate Mouthpiece" Michael Cole and "Actual Wrestling Commentator" Michael Cole is night and day.
Vic Joseph in NXT is also really good and that's in spite of Booker T being his commentary partner.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 11, 2024 23:55:56 GMT -5
Kevin at least has another gig doing MLS with Apple TV so he's not going to be left with nothing if this doesn't work out. Hopefully he can find something to do there though even if it's not on commentary.
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Post by DMO- on Jan 12, 2024 0:01:52 GMT -5
Quoting myself from last week's smackdown thread: Kevin Patrick sounds like when you were a kid playing with action figures and doing your own commentary. You don't want to really shout because you'll get in trouble so you do this weird gasping voice. holy shit I relate so hard to this! LOL
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 12, 2024 0:04:31 GMT -5
That headline is hysterical.
I imagine Vince said something along the lines of, "If that son of a bitch doesn't get better, I'm going to eat his children, goddammit!"
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 12, 2024 8:47:44 GMT -5
Quoting myself from last week's smackdown thread: Kevin Patrick sounds like when you were a kid playing with action figures and doing your own commentary. You don't want to really shout because you'll get in trouble so you do this weird gasping voice. Patrick just sounds way too happy about everything. He needs to show other emotions too, especially when a heel does something heinous.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 12, 2024 9:34:14 GMT -5
The big problem with Kevin Patrick is his defining character trait is, "Out of breath," and that's incredibly grating to listen to. I had that issue with Don West, which is why I never got into him the same way a lot of people did. I at least got his appeal, though, and he was good at selling enthusiasm, it was mostly the breathlessness on account of shouting a lot and trying to repeat everyone's promo lines obnoxiously that brought him down a few pegs. Still, he was a very experienced salesman, and he brought that to his TNA tenure. Patrick lacks that credibility by comparison.
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Post by BRV on Jan 12, 2024 9:48:41 GMT -5
I think Kevin Patrick is perfectly fine, if not quite good. FAN's reaction:
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jan 12, 2024 11:24:27 GMT -5
He’s got the perfect phone sex voice with his whisper talking and then random euphoric orgasmic shouting.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jan 12, 2024 12:55:49 GMT -5
Patrick’s problem is that Corey Graves tends to talk over him a lot and largely carries the comversation on the table, often leaving him behind.
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Post by Fade on Jan 12, 2024 13:15:33 GMT -5
Quoting myself from last week's smackdown thread: Kevin Patrick sounds like when you were a kid playing with action figures and doing your own commentary. You don't want to really shout because you'll get in trouble so you do this weird gasping voice. holy shit that’s spot on hahahaha
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