WWE TV 05/07 - 05/13

[KawadaSmile]

Had to start the thread early because I just saw this:

 

 

 

 

 

THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING?

[Boss Rock]

Tremendous.

 

 

And he'll probably just lose again.

 

[El-P]

This is a rib. This whole promotion has apparently turned into a huge rib. WCW 2000 have nothing on them anymore.

[Richeyedwards]

Laughter is the only acceptable response to this, there is no point trying to analyse this.

[Boss Rock]

If you view it as a comedy, it's hilarious. Anything else, and it's incredibly draining.

[TheDuke]

Wow this is awful.

[KawadaSmile]

Also: did Road Dogg forgot Almas and Sanity are on SD, or he just does not care?

[Boss Rock]

Probably just waiting until after Backlash. I hope.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

Hell yeah.

[Strummer]

 

LOL. They are doing Brock/Roman again at MITB. This is hysterical

 

[Mad Dog]

Is there a worse announcer, take experience level into it please, than Coach?

[KawadaSmile]

Is there a worse announcer, take experience level into it please, than Coach?

I'd go with Ranallo, although Coach's unwillingness to actually watch the fucking product and know what he's talking about at least on a surface level is indeed very annoying.

[KawadaSmile]

We are getting two MitB qualifying matches tonight:

 

• Sasha Banks vs Ruby Riot vs Ember Moon (holy shit)
• Finn Balor vs Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns (uhh okay)

[SomethingSavage]

Mauro irritates the shit out of me, especially on longer shows, with his constant shower of shitty references. But there's not a day of the week in which I'd ever think about ranking him below Coach - who is absolute bottom of the barrel for me.

 

Honest to god, I'd take Otunga's 2016 run at the booth over what we're getting out of Coach at the moment. There's exactly zero exaggeration in that statement.

[KawadaSmile]

Otunga's role in 2016 was actually funny. I would go as far as say that he and JBL carried Mauro to his best days ever. Him saying that Miz's life was just a bootleg version of his is an all-time burn to me.

[SomethingSavage]

I thought he was overlooked, for sure.

 

Otunga's reactions to the stiffer strikes and the harder shots always put them over the top for me. Sounded like a guy you'd sit next to at the bar, watching some fights & whatnot.

 

He was far from the worst they've had out there.

[Mad Dog]

I'm a loner here in that I like Mauro.

 

I've never liked Coach but currently it feels like he's forcing himself into conversations. His interjections don't feel natural at all. Kevin Kelly is kind of my benchmark for a bad announcer and I think he's worse than Kelly.

[Jimmy Redman]

Y'all are forgetting about Heel Cole real quick. #1 and the worst.

 

Also Striker was garbage after the first year.

[Mad Dog]

Oh yeah, I refused to watch WWE TV during heel Cole.

[C.S.]

I'm a loner here in that I like Mauro.

 

Mauro has his odd quirks and irritating habits, but he's still the best in the WWE currently by far.

 

You generally won't get that opinion on a board that worships the rancid Booker T though.

[Mad Dog]

 

I'm a loner here in that I like Mauro.

 

Mauro has his odd quirks and irritating habits, but he's still the best by far.

 

You generally won't get that opinion on a board that worships the rancid Booker T though.

 

 

I like that he actually talks like a human being. He doesn't speak WWE which makes him refreshing. He also seems to genuinely enjoy what he's watching unlike any of the main roster guys. Even Graves seems like he's been infected by Cole's shittiness.

[Mad Dog]

I also want to start the fire Nia, hire Viper band wagon.

[C.S.]

The difference, I think, is that Mauro is a legitimate professional commentator with decades of experience outside the wrestling bubble.

 

The others are rasslin' guys, or in Cole's case, a former news correspondent who has no passion for what he's watching or at least can't convey it.

 

Corey was great in NXT, but the micro-management on the main roster + much shittier commentary teams have taken their toll on him.

[KawadaSmile]

Cole is by far the best commentator in WWE and it's not even close. The issue with him is that he's got Vince and Dunn blasting him through the headphones, but when he's on a more "natural" setting - Beast in the East, UK Tournament - his commentary shines through.

[Mrzfn]

Cole is by far the best commentator in WWE and it's not even close. The issue with him is that he's got Vince and Dunn blasting him through the headphones, but when he's on a more "natural" setting - Beast in the East, UK Tournament - his commentary shines through.

 

Surely that's so "once in a blue moon" that it hardly matters though?

 

Count me with those who still like Mauro. Despite his flaws, I enjoy his enthusiasm and think it's genuine (albeit exaggerated).