Xero
11-24-2009, 11:42 AM
I've watched the Tombstone on Cena a few times from last week's RAW, and there's one glaring problem. When it happens, all Cole does is call it "another Madison Square Garden moment" then goes into a spiel about Survivor Series and if Cena can retain after the Tombstone.
My problem with this is that this should be built as something huge. You have the World Champion and WWE Champion in the same ring at the same time and one of them takes the others' finisher. Cole should have been pointing out how important it really was and what it means between the two.
Striker tries to save the call by suggesting it was a message of domination, but it goes no where.
My question is, does this fall on Cole or does it come to Vince wanting them to push Survivor Series and not what should have massive consequences in Kayfabe?
Now, this is the only way to explain it, and even then, someone like JR would have gone out of his way to make it seem more important than just an afterthought, which is how I thought it came off. I think if King had been out there he may have been able to save it because he has more leeway in the way he can call things. The fact that Striker is still relatively new to the spot probably contributed to it, but again, even he tried to save it.
So, am I looking for too much here? I'm not really over reacting, because I know in the end it's not a big deal, it's just something that bothered me when I first saw it with commentary.
Starts around 7:25:
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Really, I think this topic comes down to the importance of commentary in wrestling and how they've really lost touch with how to push things from the booth.
My problem with this is that this should be built as something huge. You have the World Champion and WWE Champion in the same ring at the same time and one of them takes the others' finisher. Cole should have been pointing out how important it really was and what it means between the two.
Striker tries to save the call by suggesting it was a message of domination, but it goes no where.
My question is, does this fall on Cole or does it come to Vince wanting them to push Survivor Series and not what should have massive consequences in Kayfabe?
Now, this is the only way to explain it, and even then, someone like JR would have gone out of his way to make it seem more important than just an afterthought, which is how I thought it came off. I think if King had been out there he may have been able to save it because he has more leeway in the way he can call things. The fact that Striker is still relatively new to the spot probably contributed to it, but again, even he tried to save it.
So, am I looking for too much here? I'm not really over reacting, because I know in the end it's not a big deal, it's just something that bothered me when I first saw it with commentary.
Starts around 7:25:
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Really, I think this topic comes down to the importance of commentary in wrestling and how they've really lost touch with how to push things from the booth.