Classic announcer lines that made moments...

[Xero]

Name some announcer lines that made or made a moment better/more epic.

WrestleMania 14, Austin/Michaels, JR: "HE GOT IT! THE STUNNER! MIKE TYSON IN! AUSTIN IS THE CHAMPION! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! THE AUSTIN ERA HAS BEGUN!"

Seriously, that is JR at his best as far as being a hype man goes.

[CSL]

JR - Hell in a Cell KOTR 98
JR - The 'Old Stone Cold' returns to save some WWE guys from the Alliance. JR's commentary combined with the crowd going apeshit was fantastic

[NeanderCarl]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Bobby Heenan after Shawn Michaels turned on Marty Jannetty.

[NeanderCarl]

"I knew he was gonna do that! I knew he was gonna do that! He don't need Jannetty!"

[U-Warrior]

"Look at that, he jumped through the window. What a coward!"

[FourFifty]

Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing. During the HBK concussion deal NOTHING was said, and it made the moment.

[94 SVT Cobra]

brock lesnar, when he missed the shooting star press at wrestlemania...

Taz...OH MY GOD!

[NeanderCarl]

"Goodnight America, Goldberg's the champ."

[NeanderCarl]

Every single line uttered by Bobby Heenan during the 1992 Royal Rumble match. Monsoon played his role perfectly too.

[BigDaddyCool]

Rellik is killer spelled backwards!

[D Mac]

Tony Schivonte after Hogan turned NWO.

"Hulk Hogan you can go to hell." :lol:

[The MAC]

hhh on commentary " I'm 'bi' a lot of things but bi-lingual isnt one of them"
seconds later : did I just say that?
JR: Yes, and we're live.

[Theo Dious]

Every single line uttered by Bobby Heenan during the 1992 Royal Rumble match. Monsoon played his role perfectly too.

Heenan: What did you say? You talking to me?
Monsoon: Yes!
Heenan: What did you say?
Monsoon: No one who has ever drawn numbers one through five has been there at the end!
Heenan: I told you to shut up!

Best Rumble ever, and at least half of it was due to the commentary team.

[JH]

heenan & monsoon = greatest announce team ever

[thedamndest]

Vince McMahon on commentary, after so much as a body slam: ONE, TWO AND HE GOT HIM...no, no, I thought for sure he had him there...

[Halbowsky]

Vince: Bret Hart screwed Bret Hart

[Heros Welcome]

*Brock superplexs Show to have the ring implode*

Cole: O MY GOD!

Taz- HOLY SHIT!

[Mr. JL]

after Michaels won the title from Brewt at Mania 12.

Vince: Shawn Michaels' boyhood dream has come true!

or something to that effect.

[Big Vic]

Bill Demott had some Classic lines. But none made any moments.

[Mr. JL]

Yeah, it was pretty funny when he'd make fun of Josh.

[Big Vic]

Josh: What do you think Cena's FU stands for?

Bill: Free Yukon

[Lock Jaw]

"I have lost my objectivity!"

[Loose Cannon]

I always love Tony's line at Fall Brawl 97 when Hennig turned. "What is he doing...They've swerved us" Seems bland just reading it, but it was a great call.

Heenan and Monsson at Mania 8 when Warrior returned was a classic

The whole WCW announce crew in I think 97 when Luger won the Title from Hogan on Nitro.

sorry I can't remember the exact lines

[Johnny Vegas]

LUGER WON THE TITLE! LUGER WON THE TITLE! LEX LUGER WON THE TITLE!WrestleMania X-7: (JR) OH, AUSTIN GOT THE STUNNER..MY GOD THE STUNNER! AUSTIN'S GOT THE LEG HOOKED.......OH THE ROCK..I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! THE ROCK KICKED OUT OF THE STUNNER!! OH MY GOD! That shit was sooo great bc no one ever kicked out of the stunner and I wanted Rocky to win that match :y:

[KingofOldSchool]

Mike Tenay: "Just who is the leader of the nWo?"
Bobby Heenan: "I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if Tony Danza comes out."

[The Naitch]

Taz: HERE COMES THE PAIN!

Michael Cole: BIG EVIL! RED DEVIL!

[Fox]

JR: "You can do it, kid! This is your chance!"

King: "Get up, Taker!!!"

-Jeff Hardy vs. Undertaker - Undisputed Title Ladder Match - RAW 02

[Jordan]

Best ever... King of the Ring 98 - Taker throws Manking off the top of the cell - "GOOD GOD HE'S BROKEN IN HALF!"

[Halbowsky]

Lawler: "It's...it's the millennium, JR! 10! 9! Ahh! 6! 5! 4! We're counting down! 3! 2! 1! Wha? What? What?"

Y2J: "Welcome to RAW is JERICHO!"

Sorry, I had to add Jericho's line in there. One of the very few times I cried while watching wrestling. I got so caught up in the moment.

[Lock Jaw]

lol crying when watching wrestling.

[Mr. JL]

lol

[Mr. JL]

I couyld possibly understand crying if there was a sad segment or a something that was welll done. But crying during a wrestler's debut is pretty LMFAO

[TerranRich]

Heenan poking fun at Tito Santana was always classic. :D

[The MAC]

lawler: the rich get rich and the poor get...children

[The Naitch]

Lawler: "It's...it's the millennium, JR! 10! 9! Ahh! 6! 5! 4! We're counting down! 3! 2! 1! Wha? What? What?"

Y2J: "Welcome to RAW is JERICHO!"

Sorry, I had to add Jericho's line in there. One of the very few times I cried while watching wrestling. I got so caught up in the moment.


LOL

[Mr. Nerfect]

Heenan: What did you say? You talking to me?
Monsoon: Yes!
Heenan: What did you say?
Monsoon: No one who has ever drawn numbers one through five has been there at the end!
Heenan: I told you to shut up!

Best Rumble ever, and at least half of it was due to the commentary team.

Bobby Heenan was fucking great.

Dammit! I also wish the WWE would get rid of Jonathan Coachman (in the commentary role, I mean), and bring back Bill DeMott. The guy may not have been the best trainer, and he may not have really caught on in the ring, but fuck if he wasn't a great colour commentator. His DeMott's Turning Point things on Velocity used to be pretty awesome.

Josh Mathews is also a great commentator. When Hacksaw had the mic on Heat, he immediately stopped his thought, and said "Whoa, Hacksaw's about to say something!" and let the man speak. Mike Tenay and Don West should be taking notes.

[Mr. Nerfect]

JR: "You can do it, kid! This is your chance!"

King: "Get up, Taker!!!"

-Jeff Hardy vs. Undertaker - Undisputed Title Ladder Match - RAW 02

I miss it when Jerry Lawler used to be an asshole that would root for the heels. I know Lawler is popular, but that's the kind of shit that got him there in the first place. No reason to have him act like a good guy now.

It would often feel like King was going for the heel sometimes, specifically because JR was going for the face. King also understood why the bad guys were cheating their asses off, while JR was like your average fan, wanting to see his favourites win, without having the experience of having walked through the fire.

And then, even though they had their completely different views, if JR was punked out by Tazz, or something, King would stand up for him, and their friendship really stemmed from their rivalry. It was great when JR and King were two entirely different personalities: One honest and righteous, and the other sleazy and slimy. Now they are almost interchangeable.

Fuck, these great commentary memories are making me hate the current WWE.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The WWE needs to put its commentators on a moral scale. Kind of like political leanings. You have your far left-wing, but you also have your Democrats that lean a little more towards the right. There are extremely conservative Republicans, but you also have your left-leaning more tolerable ones (sorry).

Commentary should be the same. Jim Ross should be as face as a commentator can get. To the point where he is so nice, he is even good to the heels, and admits their strength. Joey Styles seems like a far face character, in my opinion, too. More analytical and less emotional than JR, though. Michael Cole and Todd Grisham are your smarmy, arrogant play-by-play guys.

Cole does not play the good guy sympathizer well. His bias is too strong, and it's awkward. He should be more of a little shit who kisses his boss' ass. He should stop acting like he's marking out as much as he does, and take a more calm, journalistic approach to his commentary. He can talk about The Undertaker's success at WrestleMania in journalistic awe, and statistically quote Batista as one of the greatest World Heavyweight Champions of all-time.

Todd Grisham is a little shit, and is actually entertaining while he's doing it. Grish is actually a funny guy, and would be great as a heel colour commentator, who just sits on the commentary team because he's hosted Soccer broadcasts before. Grish as the arrogant golden child commentator would be pretty fucking good, in my opinion. Josh Mathews should be the work horse of the team, with Grisham making things easier with his humor.

Lawler should be an asshole, Tazz should be more based on how good someone is in the ring than their storyline positioning, and Jonathan Coachman should not get along with Cole, and talk about how he's a better play-by-play guy than Cole, and he never even calls a move. Of course, Coach should also go back to being an on-screen character, and Bill DeMott should be rehired for commentary.

[Halbowsky]

lol crying when watching wrestling.

Umm...I was 16 at the time? Guess I'm not gonna get away with this one

[The Show Off]

"As God as my wintness he has been broken in half." -Jim Ross (after Mankind was thrown off the cage)

"Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes" -Bobby Heenan (after Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble)

[Innovator]

Jimmy Bower: falls count anywhere in the building. You can pin your opponent on any flat surface.

CM Punk: So that means these guys can pin each other on the chest of Allison Danger?

[Mr. Nerfect]

CM Punk is a deceptively funny man. With the SmackDown!/ECW talent exchange in place, Punk should take over from Jonathan Coachman as colour commentator, except for when he needs to wrestle.

He should also scout matches more often, and even take nights off to do commentary for the evening on ECW.

Fuck, let the man do Heat when Josh Mathews is busy doing whatever it is he does for the company when they don't use him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Paul Heyman pretty much made Rhyno in the WWE with his commentary. "GORE! GORE! GORE!"

Fuck, Rhyno was great in 2001.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, I loved Heyman's "GORE! GORE! GORE!"

Now you have Don West doing it. "He just hit him with the Gore, Gore, GOOORE!" Terrible. And Rhino signing off his promos with it is terrible too.

[GD]

Wrestlemania 21

Lawyler: no fight it michaels, don't listen to these fans.

[Linkbowler]

Paul Heyman pretty much made Rhyno in the WWE with his commentary. "GORE! GORE! GORE!"

Fuck, Rhyno was great in 2001.

Heyman's best line for me was the night of ECW joining the Invasion.

"Feel this moment. FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, JR, FEEL THIS MOMENT!"

[St. Jimmy]

2002 Royal Rumble. Austin cleans out the ring, timer is counting down, Austin is smiling in the ring - Triple H's music hits.

JR: "Oh. My. God..."

[Russenmafia]

I miss it when Jerry Lawler used to be an asshole that would root for the heels. I know Lawler is popular, but that's the kind of shit that got him there in the first place. No reason to have him act like a good guy now.

It would often feel like King was going for the heel sometimes, specifically because JR was going for the face. King also understood why the bad guys were cheating their asses off, while JR was like your average fan, wanting to see his favourites win, without having the experience of having walked through the fire.

And then, even though they had their completely different views, if JR was punked out by Tazz, or something, King would stand up for him, and their friendship really stemmed from their rivalry. It was great when JR and King were two entirely different personalities: One honest and righteous, and the other sleazy and slimy. Now they are almost interchangeable.

Fuck, these great commentary memories are making me hate the current WWE.

Lawler was at his peak in WWE when he would have a mic during his entrance before a match and totally rip on the crowd. He did this at a PPV once and I was gutting myself with laughter.

Royal Rumble 1992, the one Heenan quote I remember more than any of that match

"You've gotta be fair to Flair" (which he said when Flair was getting his ass kicked in the Rumble)

[Disturbed316]

JR: GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! IT KILLED HIM! AS GOD AS MY WITNESS, HE IS BROKEN IN HALF!

King: Oh god dont throw him off the other side and...OHHHHH! Thats it, he's dead
JR: GOOD GOD, GOOD GOD! WILL SOMEBODY STOP THE DAMN MATCH....ENOUGH'S ENOUGH!

[NeanderCarl]

Heenan (When Piper came to Flair's rescue): Thank you, Piper! It's a kilt! I never thought I'd hear myself say this! It's not a skirt, it's a kilt.

Moments later when Piper turns on Flair

Heenan: You no-good low-life... it's a skirt!

[Vastardikai]

Heenan: Shawn Micheals is making guacamole out of El Matador!
Monsoon: HE IS NOT!
Heenan: Look at his tights, they're green!

[PorkSoda]

I always enjoyd JR's commentary during the Taker/Flair match at Wrestlemania 18.

JR: Perhaps the most baddest man in the land....Ol Booger Red....
King: Can I ask you, what the hell is a Booger Red?
JR: I'll tell you tommorow.

[Volare]

Talk about Heenan...I remember when he would ALWAYS get on the Hart family...

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[Stickman]

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[The Mackem]

Big fan of Ventura

'I know Hogan and Hogan will stoop to any level if it means Hogan comes out on top'

[The Mackem]

'He'd clothesline Elizabeth if it meant winning.'

[The Mackem]

Ventura: 'Now that's illegal! Hogan was eliminated'

Monsoon: 'So what!'

Ventura: 'So What? If they'd done that to Hogan, Monsoon, you'd have been totally irate'

[The Mackem]

yeah Rumble 1989 rocked

[Good Ol JG]

It's not really classic, but during the whole "Finger Poke of Doom" and the 45 minute beating the nWo put on Goldberg afterwards, I'll never forget Tony Shiavone saying "What the fuck is going on here?!" That still cracks me up.