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[sek69]

I love that they are basically doing a soap opera love triangle story with Rhea, Iyo, and Askua as the jealous ex. 

[sek69]

Props to the guy sitting behind the commentary team with a Sid Vicious shirt. Who said the English didn't have good taste.

[JRH]

On 8/25/2025 at 7:51 AM, Blehschmidt said:

Thank You!

I would take a Herb Abrams/Mark Madden commentary team over having to listen to Booker T's nonsense. He is unbearable.

More proof that just because someone has good mic skills, doesnt mean they're a good commentator (see also Randy Savage, Mick Foley, and Nick Bockwinkle).

[C.S.]

6 hours ago, JRH said:

More proof that just because someone has good mic skills, doesnt mean they're a good commentator (see also Randy Savage, Mick Foley, and Nick Bockwinkle).

To be fair, Mick Foley was yelled in his earpiece constantly by Vince, and he eventually quit over it.

Hard to be a good commentator when a mentally unhinged sex trafficking fecal fetishist is hurling abuse at you for two hours straight while you're on the air, having to speak, concentrate on the match, and take in a million other things all at once.

[JRH]

Kelly Osbourne is not happy with what Becky Lynch said on RAW:

I dont really see the problem here, she didnt say anything negative about Ozzy, just Birmingham.

[The Thread Killer]

2 minutes ago, JRH said:

Kelly Osbourne is not happy…I dont really see the problem here, she didnt say anything negative about Ozzy, just Birmingham.

In Kelly’s defense, her Father just died so there is a valid argument to be made that the “too soon” rule applies to Becky’s promo.

On the other hand, Kelly Osbourne is not exactly blessed in the self-awareness (or general intelligence) departments. My personal favourite highlight from her was after Trump got elected the first time, and in a show of solidarity with Latino people she righteously asked on The View: “If you kick the Latino people out of the country, who is going to clean your toilet, Donald Trump?”

[NintendoLogic]

Does Booker T really have good mic skills? Other than his catchphrases, I mainly remember him for the worst attempt at a British accent in history as King Booker.

[C.S.]

3 hours ago, NintendoLogic said:

Does Booker T really have good mic skills? Other than his catchphrases, I mainly remember him for the worst attempt at a British accent in history as King Booker.

I don't think his British accent was meant to be good or accurate though.

Kind of like Broken Matt and whatever the fuck accent that was supposed to be.

[JRH]

5 hours ago, NintendoLogic said:

Does Booker T really have good mic skills? Other than his catchphrases, I mainly remember him for the worst attempt at a British accent in history as King Booker.

He was able to get "Can You Dig That,,,SUCKA!" over as a huge catchphrase at least.

[The Thread Killer]

7 hours ago, NintendoLogic said:

Does Booker T really have good mic skills? Other than his catchphrases, I mainly remember him for the worst attempt at a British accent in history as King Booker.

Booker T might not have been a good promo in the classic sense of the word, but he connected with fans. He had charisma. He had personality, and in the immortal words of Jules Winfield…personality goes a long way.

[sek69]

There's always a place in wrestling (IMO at least) for the over the top David Crockett LOOK AT HEEM TONY style color commentator marking out like someone at home would. I get how he's not going to be everyone's cup of tea but he cracks me up.

[flyonthewall2983]

He reminds me a bit of Dusty on commentary

[Blehschmidt]

37 minutes ago, flyonthewall2983 said:

He reminds me a bit of Dusty on commentary

I'll take "Going to the Pay Winduh" and "He hit'em with a commode lid!' over "Shucky Ducky Quack Quack" and "Awwwww Yeah Mannnn!!" (repeated 75 times per show) any day of the week.

[The Thread Killer]

Clash in Paris time.

Bronson Reed rockin the Pimp Fur Coat. Nice. Reed should probably go over here, but he probably won’t. I just hope Roman gives him a lot, and it’s a good match.

[The Thread Killer]

Well, Roman certainly gave Reed a lot. That was a really good match, and I can only assume from the post match beat down that Reigns is going on another extended break. Reed definitely got his heat back.

The tag title match was decent. Looks like they are finally going to pull the trigger on breaking up the Street Profits, which is long overdue if you ask me. Not to be mean spirited but Dawkins is clearly the Jannetty of that team.

[TheDuke]

On 8/29/2025 at 1:50 AM, sek69 said:

There's always a place in wrestling (IMO at least) for the over the top David Crockett LOOK AT HEEM TONY style color commentator marking out like someone at home would. I get how he's not going to be everyone's cup of tea but he cracks me up.

"SHE LIKES IT! SHE LIKES IT!"

[conker8]

Great French crowd and thank god they didn't sing the national anthem this time.

[The Thread Killer]

That crowd was crazy and that show massively over-delivered. Cena vs Paul was  miles better than I expected.

[sek69]

Iyo vs Vaquer is gonna be a banger, and I assume there will probably be some fuckery from Asuka involved costing Iyo the match. 

[DMJ]

Haven't watched the main event yet, but I did think Cena/Paul was good for what it was.

I disliked the Cody match for a number of reasons and I could see the argument that this match was more of the same with them going overboard on the "movez" and finisher kickouts. But this match worked more than that one because it didn't have also be a No DQ grudge match, wasn't coming off a "let's just pretend the past 5 months didn't happen" face turn, and didn't go 35 minutes. 

This match went long, sure, and I certainly wouldn't call it a masterclass in psychology or storytelling or pay-offs. It was Cena and Paul doing every single move in their repertoire and some that were in other people's. If that doesn't sound like a good time to you, steer clear.

I theorized that Cena was washed based on his work from the Rumble up till last month and that this was the real reason he was choosing to lean-in to bad tendencies (as a way to get heat in a meta sense by working at half-speed, calling his spots even more, only doing finishers, etc.). It now seems those decisions were less about his physical drawbacks and more just a risky decision to change his in-ring style as a heel and it was just a bad call. Oh well. 

What is more interesting is that this is the first match - unless I'm mistaken - in which Logan Paul didn't do any real heel tactics or take any shortcuts. There were no brass knucks and no run-ins. Michael Cole was putting him over big on commentary. Are we heading for a Logan Paul face turn? Would the audience accept it? I'm not sure how effectively they can position him as a babyface...but I don't think its impossible. I'm curious what would happen, for example, if they ran Logan Paul vs. Brock Lesnar. They're both pretty polarizing figures and its unclear how the audiences will react to Lesnar once he is on TV more and more. The initial pop may have been one of genuine surprise from his appearance and not necessarily a "Welcome Back" reaction. Meanwhile, the more Logan Paul appears on TV, the less he's a "non-wrestler" and the more they can build him up on commentary as a  guy who is brash, arrogant, maybe too self-possessed...but also fully-invested in wrestling and no longer taking shortcuts to be the best. And, toe-to-toe, Logan Paul is going to go in as the underdog from a visual standpoint.