Vince McMahon: The Commentator

[XL]

I've been watching some of the early In Your House PPVs and my God does Vince suck at the table.

His ridiculous "breathless" voice when the action gets going really grinds my gears. And then there's the "1....2....YES! No." with every 2 count.

What did/do you think of Vince's commentary? Where would you rank him amongst the greats of yesteryear and today's current crop?

[Xero]

WHATAMANUVER!

[VSG]

He was a good colour commentator, something that is sorely lacking these days.

[Xero]

I liked him. He pushed things well and had decent timing. He was a little ridiculous at time and it wasn't masked like how JR was ridiculous at times so he came off a bit "groan-worthy" at times.

Average at worst, good at best.

[Xero]

He was pretty great when he and Ventura called that Battle Royal last year. But that may have been more Ventura than Vince.

[SaskatchewanChamp]

He was Good.

[Xero]

No one asked you, SzechuanBeef.

[dhellova guy]

He was ok, but corny at times.

[SaskatchewanChamp]

No one asked you, SzechuanBeef.

If I wanted your feedback, I would put a naked guy on the screen and see you type away at what you would do too him. I didn't post that, thus no feedback from you.

[Nicky Fives]

I all have to say is....... UN-BE-LIEVABLE!!!!!

On a serious note, Vince was a'ight

[Xero]

I don't want to ruin a fine thread made by my pal XL, so I shall post a picture of Vince McMahon to get things back on track.

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[XL]

Maybe I'm being a little overcritical. He is a decent commentator but the things I mentioned in the opening post just detract from him in my opinion.

Granted all commentators have their "thing". JR had "BAHGAWD" and Cole has "VINTAGE [insert name here]" but with Vince it was numerous times in every match.

[Testicle]

He was good, the things that need to get over, he got over. Sure he could be annoying at times, but don't base this just off of his pairing with King and JR.

[rated rjo]

I'll take Vince over Cole any day.

[jskinnyg]

You can't mess with Vinnie Mac... I enjoyed him on the mic...
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[Mooияakeя™]

WOW. WUDDYA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT!

[addy2hotty]

"HA HA HA HA!"

Apart from that laugh, he was pretty epic as a commentator when I first started watching. I remember him being outstanding commentating on the Undertaker attacking Hogan before Survivor Series 91 and when Roberts attacked Savage with the snake.

"THAT SNAKE BETTER BE DE-VENOMISED!"

But as time got on, he became far cheesier and biased towards the faces - Wrestlemania 10 and when Michaels flew from the rafters down to the ring were pretty horrid.

"OH WHAT A RIDE!"

[BollywoodSingh]

Technically, he was pretty terrible but I liked him on the mic. I liked his voice, but that might more due to nostalgia than anything else. I think he did a good job of getting things over. I would put him miles ahead of Michael Cole.

However, the whole "1....2....he's got him! No!" on every single pin attempt was too much. He would even do it on a simple suplex followed up by a pin attempt.

[bigslimjj]

I used to laugh everytime yoko or earthquake would sit on someone he'd yell really loudly."And down to the chest he goes!!!"lol brilliant.

[Loose Cannon]

I have a biased opinion because my fav times in wrestling was when he was on commentary, but I liked him. I love watching the old shows today and every time the other commentator would screw up or when a backstage interviewer would flub a segment, I always think Vince must of been pissed. It would be hard to sit next to the owner and do commentary.

[The Pope]

Vince McMahon - "Kane!, that's gotta be Kane!"

[thedamndest]

It depended on who his partner was. A little went a long way with Vince so having a strong partner was better. He didn't need to try to oversell a guy.

[AKin3D]

It depended on who his partner was. A little went a long way with Vince so having a strong partner was better. He didn't need to try to oversell a guy.

[NeanderCarl]

Vince worked very, very well with Ventura, Heenan and Lawler (and to a certain extent, Mr Perfect and Dok Hendrix). With other partners, not quite so well, but he is certainly an underrated announcer.

Sure, he got a little overanimated at times but I would far rather listen to a commentator who is excited and enthusiastic about the product than listen to the Cole, Lawler and Striker team make casual, cringeworthy quiet conversation and virtually ignore the match.

Vince was over the top, but he could make a squash match seem like the main event of WrestleMania. Plus he had an ethical authority about him as a moralistic commentator that was only surpassed by Gorilla Monsoon.

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

Jesse Ventura - SHUT UP MCMAHON!

[NeanderCarl]

Oh... myyyy... Goodness! Anything can happen in the Dubya Dubya Eff!

Un-BE-lievable!

[Kane Knight]

I loked him. I mean, I loked him more than I heted him.

[Droford]

I'll always remember "HES GONNNNNNA PUKE!" even though he wasnt commentating at the time he did it in his commentating voice.

[XCaliber]

From what I remember he was rather good but nothing special.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

He got on my nerves sometimes but he wasn't bad. He definitely added a lot of energy to everything.

[FakeLaser]

AHMED.... YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[voncouch]

He wasn't the voice of my childhood like Heenan and Gorilla, but he was the voice of the early days of Monday Night Raw. He could get a little goofy and, looking back, at times even groan worthy, but I think he did a good job setting the tone for the audience the WWF was going for in the mid 90s.

"WELCOME EVERYONE....TO MONDAY NIGHT RAWWWWWWWW!!!!"

"BAAAAAAAAAAAACK BODY DROP!!"

[Tazz Dan]

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[RiX1024]

I thought Vince was a decent commentator but he was a tad cheesey.

still not in the ranks of JR and Joey Styles.

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

I thought Vince was a decent commentator but he was a tad cheesey.

still not in the ranks of JR and Joey Styles.

he wasn't as good as JBL or Tazz

[Seth82]

when paired with Jesse Ventura on saturday nights main event I thought he was great

his announcing from the 70's was alright and not as whacky as he later got

[bostonbill41]

I miss the old days when Vince was on the Saturday morning show and they'd have promos for the local shows.

[Providence Peep]

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Black Saturday, baby! :y:

[Providence Peep]

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[Jordan]

He's the best IMO. It's his company and he put everything over the way he wanted it to be put over. He was insanely in love with HBK which was hilarious but really helped him out at the time. Sure he was corny but so is WWE for christ sake.

[owenbrown]

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[McLegend]

Vince was terrible. He was worse then Cole.

[Schlomey]

He was great. Predictable and laughable and not all that knowledgeable but makes up for it with emotion and vigor. He is up there with Dusty Rhodes..and I loved me some bicycle banter.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

123 New Champion YES......NO....he kicked out.

King and Vince make watching the Bret/Shawn Iron Man match so much more entertaining in repeated viewings.

[Providence Peep]

123 New Champion YES......NO....he kicked out.

"With authority!"

[Anybody Thrilla]

Vince was the man on commentary. Come on.

[Aguakate]

Vince was awesome as a commentator...his voice was very distinctive and gave alot of excitement to the shows. I wish he'd go back to doing so, but 99.9% sure he wont.

[NeanderCarl]

The cat is fully out of the bag. He could only go back to commentary again if, within the confines of kayfabe, he lost all authority over the company.

[Aguakate]

...the 10 minutes or so he did with Jesse Ventura a couple moths back were AWESOME...made me remember how great he was.

[Aguakate]

...Vince was AWESOME. Listen to him here:

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[Destro 2.0]

Anything to get rid of Micheal Cole and he had the perfect voice for it. Him and the King worked well together.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I liked him. He pushed things well and had decent timing. He was a little ridiculous at time and it wasn't masked like how JR was ridiculous at times so he came off a bit "groan-worthy" at times.

Average at worst, good at best.

He was pretty good. I wonder what it would be like if he had ever pulled a J.R. and did one of these numbers:
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Would probably sound "Pretty ROFL" coming from Vince.

[BizarroKing]

Vince McMahon was better than plenty of announcers, such as Mike Adamle and Art Donnovan.

[TazFTW86]

everytime Lawler said something to him or to make fun of the wrestler in the ring, he'd pull off the "i beg your pardon" thing, lol who uses that?? lol

[Aguakate]

Hahaha "I beg your pardon?"

Vince as an announcer would speak as if he was a 19th century English man...still, he was awesome.