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| Interesting Todd Martin Article | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 16 2006, 03:34 PM (316 Views) | |
| Mad Dog | Aug 16 2006, 03:34 PM Post #1 |
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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Funny how comon sense this article is yet everything he says is 100% true. |
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| Viceroy Virus | Aug 16 2006, 06:02 PM Post #2 |
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The Return of Andre "The Fucking" Giant!
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Number 7 is a point I've been saying for the past few weeks. Commentators have been focusing on how how good a match is (not like RoH though, where every match is a "MOTYC" according to the commentators) and praising the competitors for putting on good match, and not putting enough emphasis on their victories - and why the match itself is a good match. It's good to promote a match and say how good it is, but there need to be a focus on who the winner is and putting them over. If it's done right, both wrestlers can get over from it. |
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| The Swigg Lebowski | Aug 17 2006, 08:15 AM Post #3 |
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Current Two Time DWB Champion
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I agree, the commentary has been teh shits for the longest time. They're more interested in putting over the "exclusiveness" of the type of match to the brand (This is some great cruiserweight action you'll only see on SMACKDOWN!!!) than any of the workers |
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| Mad Dog | Aug 17 2006, 08:20 AM Post #4 |
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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I disagree only because JBL has broken a lot of the announcing molds for the last decade or so. As long as he doesn't listen to "advice" from management he'll be their best color commentator since Heenan left. |
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| The Swigg Lebowski | Aug 17 2006, 08:42 AM Post #5 |
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Current Two Time DWB Champion
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I haven't heard much of JBL. I just now that's what's bugged me about Michael Cole, and now bugs me about Joey "little cole" Styles and Tazz |
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| Mad Dog | Aug 17 2006, 10:01 AM Post #6 |
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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JBL is an old school style color guy. He roots for the heels always but puts the faces over in the process. He'll talk about their successes elsewhere. He said it about Psicosis a few weeks ago "He was a champion in Mexico so you know he can get it done in the ring." He actually says wrestling and he talks about wrestling styles. Plus he mostly just talks about whoever is currently in the ring. Now the downside to this is the product is so sucky right now that he overshadows everything. So on a lot of shows you feel like you just listened to JBL talk for 2 hours and don't recall much else. I blame this on the product more than him though. |
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| dynamite kido | Aug 17 2006, 10:23 AM Post #7 |
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Harry Reems is my hero.
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JBL has been the first color guy in YEARS to actually talk about wrestling in detail. That's why I always enjoyed someone like Gorilla Monsoon on commentary. Weather you knew it was fake or not, Gorilla would always make legit points that made everything seem a lot better than it was. |
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| jamiegeist | Aug 17 2006, 12:45 PM Post #8 |
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Poops McGee
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On the subject of announcers, if I have to hear Joey Styles say the word "Extremists" one more time, I'm gonna fucking puke. |
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| Viceroy Virus | Aug 17 2006, 05:49 PM Post #9 |
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The Return of Andre "The Fucking" Giant!
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They need a pair like Monsoon and Heenan again. Monsoon got the wrestlers over and Heenan got the storylines over; plus, they were just a great combination and made listening to the matches fun. |
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