The King Of Swing Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 WWE commentary is beyond rotten, it's actually ruining entire shows for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2014 i agree, they are just a rtalking advertising service at this point...it isn't gonna change either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Rey Mysterio being filmed on a Nokia 6630 and the "Free Rey" message gets a lol from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSF Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 In regards to the commentary, we have been spoiled in the past.  Monsoons knack at making even the silliest angles seem important and real. Heenans comedy. JR's passion and intensity. Vince's over the top selling Ventura's knack of being able to play off anyone. Even Lawler in the late nineties was far more interesting character than the shell we have now.  Problem is the current team have been around so long. Lawler has been a commentator on and off for about 20 years. Cole around 15 years. Its mad when you think that JR was there for less than 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 19, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 19, 2014 Monsoon was a shocking announcer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 19, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2014 Monsoon was a shocking announcer.Behave you tart. Monsoon was brilliant. Yeah, in hindsight there was a lot of bluster and bullshit, but he made you believe what you were watching and he enhanced big matches. He had incredible chemistry with Jesse and Heenan which even made shit squash matches entertaining. Monsoon was a seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Au Posted August 19, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) So, all I could think about during the Brock/Cena match at Summerslam, aside from how brilliant and one sided it was, was how skinny Brock's legs are looking.  Turns out I'm not the only one:  https://twitter.com/search?q=brock%20lesner%20leg%20day&src=typd     Edited August 19, 2014 by Au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 19, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 19, 2014  Monsoon was a shocking announcer.Behave you tart. Monsoon was brilliant. Yeah, in hindsight there was a lot of bluster and bullshit, but he made you believe what you were watching and he enhanced big matches. He had incredible chemistry with Jesse and Heenan which even made shit squash matches entertaining. Monsoon was a seller. He wasn't a seller at all. He spent half of his time burying everything, you Norman. Constantly going on about how people will never get a submission or making people look stupid by going on about how they didn't hook the leg (when WWF house style is that you only hook the leg on the finish) and all that kind of shite.  He was funny with Heenan, but he wasn't a good announcer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 19, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2014 He wasn't a seller at all. He spent half of his time burying everything, you Norman. Constantly going on about how people will never get a submission or making people look stupid by going on about how they didn't hook the leg (when WWF house style is that you only hook the leg on the finish) and all that kind of shite.But that kind of shite got you invested in the match. Like when he would berate the referee or talk about limbs you didn't know existed. It added to the feeling that what you were watching was real and what he was delivering was an analysis. It was utterly perfect for that era of the WWF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 19, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 19, 2014 He shouldn't be doing it at the expense of talent though, making them look daft. His cliches did my head in too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Its mad when you think that JR was there for less than 10. Where have you got that from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The British Bushwacker Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 The #freerey thing is laughable, please free poor Rey from his contract which guarantees him a nice healthy paycheck whilst he sits on his arse because his knees are knackered  Vince would be right to fuck him off, he's not been entertaining in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) Lesnar has had pretty skinny legs since he came back from UFC. I assume it was a case of dropping mass from legs to make him more nimble when he was doing MMA. Or I could be talking nonsense Edited August 19, 2014 by WyattSheepMask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznor Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Not having any of this Monsoon besmirchment; he was great, and ideal for the time!And a small part of that was for some of the reasons why Butch thinks he was shite. The hooking the leg comments were a great touch, which often put over how cocky the heel was, and gave the belief that all these mid-match nearfalls could be legit if only they did hook the leg.  Likewise with the acknowledging that rest holds weren't going to force a submission. Nobody ever believed they would've anyway, but Gorilla always made sure to emphasise the wearing-down effect they had, which gave them a purpose in the story of the match, and made the fans cheer for the babyface to get out of it sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSF Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Â Its mad when you think that JR was there for less than 10. Where have you got that from? Â Â Â Fuck knows but its completely wrong, apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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