City Duck
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Post by City Duck on Jan 26, 2024 22:27:36 GMT -5
I'm sure he's a very nice man but it literally took me an almost an hour to realize that Kevin Patrick wasn't there tonight. It was pure peaceful bliss.
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Post by PKO on Jan 27, 2024 6:47:25 GMT -5
I think it’s a shame they released him because I feel like he could have been well used somewhere, he was just clearly out of his depth as the lead commentator. He sounded timid and that’s not the attribute you want leading the charge. I’ve seen it said so many times but he really does seem like a nice guy so I hope it was a mutual decision for him to move on.
I said early in the thread they need to invest in the commentary team and it bears repeating. I think the most intelligent thing to do would be to train a woman to be the lead commentator; could Jackie Redmond do it?
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Post by Renslayer on Jan 27, 2024 11:10:18 GMT -5
Generally speaking, how do they train and develop their announcers?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 30, 2024 9:38:26 GMT -5
So we're ending up with Cole and the returning McAfee on RAW, and Graves (moving into play-by-play) and Barrett on SmackDown.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 30, 2024 9:41:47 GMT -5
So we're ending up with Cole and the returning McAfee on RAW, and Graves (moving into play-by-play) and Barrett on SmackDown. SRS is saying it's the opposite with Barrett being color guy, but what you're saying makes more sense. Honestly, if anybody can do it, I think Graves can. He's been around long enough, I have a feeling he'd surprise a lot of people.
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Post by Killah Ray on Jan 30, 2024 9:42:27 GMT -5
Man I liked Pat his last run, but with him literally not knowing a damn thing going on it's getting old really f***ing quick....
It's almost like he's playing a gimmick where former Colts players are awful at announcing...
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 30, 2024 9:44:24 GMT -5
So we're ending up with Cole and the returning McAfee on RAW, and Graves (moving into play-by-play) and Barrett on SmackDown. SRS is saying it's the opposite with Barrett being color guy, but what you're saying makes more sense. Honestly, if anybody can do it, I think Graves can. He's been around long enough, I have a feeling he'd surprise a lot of people. The PWInsider article he's referencing apparently has it as Graves being play-by-play and Barrett as colour, but I can't confirm it behind their paywall, so I'm only going off of a Reddit thread mentioning it that cites it as the source.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 30, 2024 9:47:01 GMT -5
SRS is saying it's the opposite with Barrett being color guy, but what you're saying makes more sense. Honestly, if anybody can do it, I think Graves can. He's been around long enough, I have a feeling he'd surprise a lot of people. The PWInsider article he's referencing apparently has it as Graves being play-by-play and Barrett as colour, but I can't confirm it behind their paywall, so I'm only going off of a Reddit thread mentioning it that cites it as the source. I honestly think either combination there would work, but I think Corey's probably more ready to take on the challenge of having to run the show.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Jan 30, 2024 9:54:10 GMT -5
I sincerely think that Michael Cole and Pat McAfee as a two man booth may be, for my personal tastes, the single worst commentary team to ever exist in professional wrestling. Woof.
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Renslayer
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Post by Renslayer on Jan 30, 2024 10:03:57 GMT -5
So for big shows like mania, will it be cole and Graves as the announce team?
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Post by saneiac on Jan 30, 2024 10:25:01 GMT -5
I’ve liked Barrett’s commentary with Cole, but I don’t know how it’s going to work teamed with Graves and both of them leaning Heel.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Jan 30, 2024 10:27:12 GMT -5
It's a shame Barrett got kicked. Thought he was awesome in color commentary and an absolute boon. We'll see how it goes with Graves with whomever plays what.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 30, 2024 10:39:37 GMT -5
It's a shame Barrett got kicked. Thought he was awesome in color commentary and an absolute boon. We'll see how it goes with Graves with whomever plays what. Barrett didn’t get kicked? He got moved to SmackDown, not out entirely.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Jan 30, 2024 10:41:58 GMT -5
It's a shame Barrett got kicked. Thought he was awesome in color commentary and an absolute boon. We'll see how it goes with Graves with whomever plays what. Barrett didn’t get kicked? He got moved to SmackDown, not out entirely. From Raw. He's going to SD! to be play or color with Graves.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 30, 2024 10:43:15 GMT -5
I sincerely think that Michael Cole and Pat McAfee as a two man booth may be, for my personal tastes, the single worst commentary team to ever exist in professional wrestling. Woof. Cole’s great now without Vince in his ear. Can’t think of a better play by play guy in the business currently. McAfee is entertaining but can get grating if he doesn’t reel himself in at times. There’s so many worse commentary teams in history just in WWE- think back to insufferable heel Cole as a commentator, paired up with past his prime Lawler. Or Mike Adamle as lead play by play. Or Coachman. Or later-years Matt Striker. There’s been some awful commentating in the last 20 years.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 30, 2024 10:43:20 GMT -5
Barrett didn’t get kicked? He got moved to SmackDown, not out entirely. From Raw. He's going to SD! to be play or color with Graves. Sorry, the way you worded your first post made it sound like you thought he was being removed entirely.
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 30, 2024 10:43:38 GMT -5
So they’re really just waiting out Cole’s retirement to bring in Vic Joseph aren’t they. They must not be confident in the thin bench underneath Vic.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 30, 2024 10:44:23 GMT -5
So they’re really just waiting out Cole’s retirement to bring in Vic Joseph aren’t they. They must not be confident in the thin bench underneath him. They should snatch back Hannifan whenever possible. He can be the long-term Cole replacement.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Jan 30, 2024 10:44:55 GMT -5
From Raw. He's going to SD! to be play or color with Graves. Sorry, the way you worded your first post made it sound like you thought he was being removed entirely. Apologies from me too for being unclear!
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 30, 2024 10:49:02 GMT -5
So they’re really just waiting out Cole’s retirement to bring in Vic Joseph aren’t they. They must not be confident in the thin bench underneath him. They should snatch back Hannifan whenever possible. He can be the long-term Cole replacement. He was fine but Vic is way better.
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