Is it just me or is JBL becoming progressively terrible on commentary

[Bad News Gertner]

JBL is my favourite wrestler of all time and I enjoy him on commentary for the most part, but lately all he does is shout out points that go nowhere and talk about nonsense. I don't really care if Cole and JBL talk about the match since I can see what's going on, but JBL is just getting bad. Like Booker T bad.

[NormanSmiley]

yes, jbl sucks. and really always has. there may be some hope for you yet

[Bad News Gertner]

JBL is the greatest ever. Just needs to chill a bit.

[NormanSmiley]

he got jaw jacked by joey fucking styles. change your POV

[Bad News Gertner]

Congrats.

[NormanSmiley]

mazeltov

[whiteyford]

Isn't he Vinces mouthpiece?

[Blonde Moment]

Seems like he is taking Lawlers old position as annoying fucktard.

[ron the dial]

the entire announce team currently sucks ass

[#1-norm-fan]

yes, jbl sucks. and really always has.

Good Lord. First the Hogan debacle and now this!?

I'm starting to think I won't be voting NormanSmiley for best poster at next year's Spammy Awards.

[Bad News Gertner]

If that isn't a wake up call, I don't know what is.

[Savio]

My favorite match he called:

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I was tearing up with his deadpan delivery

[Droford]

the entire announce team currently sucks ass

That can't include Regal from NXT.

Also kind of liked the new guy on Main Event

[Asmo]

Awraite Maggul.

Completely agree. It's not just you.

[XL]

He's becoming a soundboard.

[Shisen Kopf]

Good ol JR needs to come back and he can argue with JBL about who has the better hat. That would be good to great tv. 8.5/10

[ron the dial]

That can't include Regal from NXT.

Also kind of liked the new guy on Main Event
referring strictly to cole/jbl/king.

[voncouch]

I guess I'm alone, but I like him. The team needs a heel announcer. And since Lawler has the heart attack sympathy and Michael Cole as a heel was absolutely awful, I'm glad he's there. He's no Bobby Heenan, but he'll do for now.

[Skippord]

why can't he pronounce the name Michael?

[Heisenberg]

He was golden at the ECW ONS 2006 PPV cutting a promo. I've mostly tried to tune out all of commentary if I can. I was a Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan guy

[The Condor]

He seems drunk half the time but I find him entertaining. His commentary during Los Matadores matches is amazingly funny.

[BigCrippyZ]

JBL is my favourite wrestler of all time and I enjoy him on commentary for the most part, but lately all he does is shout out points that go nowhere and talk about nonsense. I don't really care if Cole and JBL talk about the match since I can see what's going on, but JBL is just getting bad. Like Booker T bad.

Sometimes I feel like he's an awesome heel commentator and then he'll go off on some weird tangent and talks about nonsense. A lot of times, it seems the three man commentary team often are all trying to talk over each other, not listening to one another and all making completely separate points. It's like listening to a bunch of dumb kids argue and it's usually pretty awful.

[Bad News Gertner]

Listening to JBL Cole and Lawler is like watching The View .......not that I watch the View or anything....

[Emperor Smeat]

Isn't he Vinces mouthpiece?

Been rumored or dirtsheeted for a while that he's the sole person Vince speaks to on the headsets during shows.


JBL's not completely horrible and still believe he fits better with Cole than Lawler does but do agree that he''s been slowly getting worse overall compared to his past stuff.

[XL]

He seems drunk half the time but I find him entertaining. His commentary during Los Matadores matches is amazingly funny.

If you find "He's a real bull, MACKLE!" and "FEAR THE BULL, MACKLE!" to be comic genius.

[Innovator]

I still think he needs to pass a concussion impact test every week on camera before he starts commentary

[Innovator]

If you find "He's a real bull, MACKLE!" and "FEAR THE BULL, MACKLE!" to be comic genius.

The one time I popped for it was when Cole was throwing to a commercial before their match and right as they fade to black, you hear JBL go "...FEAR THE BULL"

[NormanSmiley]

the entire announce team currently sucks ass


this

[Black Widow]

Yep.

Just bring punk back as his replacement since he doesn't care to wrestle anymore.

[erickman]

they need to bring josh back to smackdown and just leave him and jbl on smackdown only and just keep king and cole on raw.

[The Condor]

If you find "He's a real bull, MACKLE!" and "FEAR THE BULL, MACKLE!" to be comic genius.

When he starts rattling off bull fighting history and European matadors' names in a deadpan delivery it's pretty good.

[mike adamle]

I remember sometime toward the beginning of the year there was a Raw that Lawler was sick for and it was just Cole and JBL and I felt like JBL (and Cole) was a lot more tolerable without Lawler. It's like JBL & Cole get mad lame trying to relate to Lawler.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Never been a big fan of him as a wrestler, but I remember thinking he was great on commentary. Then I watched my first Raw in forever and he was pretty terrible. I don't blame him necessarily, but I do blame whoever is feeding him lines.

[Bad News Gertner]

He just needs to stop yelling all the friggen time. Bobby Heenan was great because he constantly fed those sarcastic one liners like he was having a normal conversation and JBL does that great as well when he actually does it. I enjoy him on Smackdown way more than Raw because he chills out.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Generally when they actually get so sit back and call matches they produce better stuff than they do talking about random angles while ignoring matches altogether. I don't get how that makes for a good experience for anyone. Talk about the angles between matches and through vignettes, let us actually get behind the low-card guys...although you know they even ignore the matches with upper-card guys half the time.

[Savio]

Heyman needs too come back and Announce with JR.

[Lock Jaw]

Dunno, the only thing he really did that bothers me is when during the Usos entrance he would yell "O!!" everytime, and then say "COME ON MAGGLE!"

It was like... dude, shut up and let me hear the fans saying "O".

[Juan]

I don't think I pay enough attention to the commentary to even notice/care

[whiteyford]

Used to enjoy him putting guys over, usually lower/mid card guys and I enjoyed his stuff in his last run with just Cole/Mathews, think a 3 man team just doesn't work with the guys they're using.

[Lock Jaw]

Anyways, he still makes a much better heel commentator than Michael Cole.

[Mr. Nerfect]

JBL is fucking great. Fuck you all.

I think it's generally agreed upon that the Michael Cole/JBL tandem works better than the Cole/JBL/King trio. Maybe they can remove Jerry Lawler from commentary and have him take on a different role. He can be a permanent panelist on the RAW Backstage Pass show, do commentary on Superstars, host his own talk show, be a backstage interviewer, etc. I'm not saying release the guy, but maybe just tweak his role. Cole and JBL then handle RAW and Renee Young can join them for Divas matches. If they want a third person to join the booth from time-to-time, have it be Paul Heyman when Brock Lesnar isn't around.

The same goes for SmackDown. Cole, JBL and Renee Young. Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton can keep doing what they're doing. If they want to give Renee Young more time in the booth, she can join the rotation down there too.

[Savio]

A woman? In the booth? ewwwwwwwwww.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Good ol JR needs to come back and he can argue with JBL about who has the better hat. That would be good to great tv. 8.5/10

And JBL can show J.R. how to make a fortune in the stock market with his BBQ sauce and help J.R. perfect his BBQ Skittles idea.

“I just barbecued my hat!”
-Jim Ross