Commentator Vince-isms
 

Vince McMahon is the best and worst commentator of all time. He was easily detestable and almost pretended to know nothing about wrestling as well was a complete "corporate phony".

But he was brilliant in that he was good at swaying a narrative, had a great commentator's cadence and flowed nicely with the match.

That being said, he had certain turns of phrases that were just great, and for me are ingrained in wrestling lore.

Add your "Vince-Isms" in this thread, because there are a lot to choose from.

In short TPWW Wrasslin Forum, which is your favourite go to Vince line?


My personal fave was him calling Bret Hart (most specifically) "The most scientific WWF wrestler of all time". I just thing it is easily the most hilarious explanation of a technical wrestler. Is he doing equations before the match? Why were technical wrestlers always referred to as "scientific" wrestlers. It is completely idiotic. Yet as a kid, I knew exactly what he was saying, and I guess makes sense, but what the hell. The man is crazy.

Whatamanuever

I enjoy "Illustrious"

Austin always busts that out and you can tell it was because Vince was always saying it around him.

"In any event..."

hahahaha

One! Two! And he got him...no no!

SHHHHAAAAAAWWWWWNNN MIIIICHAAAEEEELLLS, THE BOY TOY, YEAH! WHOA-HO-HO-HO, HE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME, YEAH!

Please, Bobby Heenan!

Welcome.

We got a capacity crowd.

Oh, No!!!

THE COVER! 2 AND...no, no. I thought he had him.

i'm imagining these all in Vince's commentator voice.

Un-be-leivable!!

A favorite of mine was of Vince doing the old school Royal Rumble inductions, especially Hakuuuuuu.

Aren't we all? Glad I'm not the only one.

C'mon ref, get in there!

What a son of a bitch! (only said once, and bitch was bleeped. The call is great because of why.)

"Let's go to the ring!"
or
"Let's go backstage where Sean Mooney is standing by with (insert name here)!"

Always said as if whoever was in the ring or waiting backstage was the most exciting thing or person imaginable.

Kind of wish Cole did that, acted like things mattered.

"He just hit hall of famer Pat Patterson!"

"THAT'S GORILLA MONSOON!" Vader attacking Monsoon is far and away one of by favorite moments ever.

1-2-DIDHEGETHIMNOHEKICKEDOUT!

I like when there's like an awkward moment and he has to no sell it, but you know he's going out of his fucking mind "behind the camera"

My least favorite Vince-ism is at every Royal Rumble everybody "joined the fray" ....every fucking person "joined the fray".....fuuuuuuuuu

lmfao

When i'm done work I'm gonna watch a bunch of New Gen stuff and die and contribute far too much to this thread.

When he starts every show with a WELCOME EVERYOOOONE!

WELCOME EVERYONE TO MON-DAY-NIGHT-RAWWWWWW WE ARE LIIIIIVVE!!!!

"Bobby Heenan!"

I swear to God I remember this to the excess of ONE! TWO! THREE! HE GOT HIM! HE GOT HIM! MARTY JEANETTY IS THE NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIO- NO! I CAN'T BELEIVE IT! SHAWN MICHAELS KICKED OUT! HOW DID HE DO IT!!!

Some anatomical terms I learned from Vince was solar plexus and sternum.

Also..."HE'S HAMMERING AWAY" and "HAHAHA GO GET EM RAZOR!"

lmfao yes

AND SPEAKING OF THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN TED DIBIASE

I'm just realizing pretty much everything he said was awesome because he is gimmicking his voice and cadence so hard.

BAM BAM BIGELOW TO SQUARE OF ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE BRITISH BULL DOG

I'm also reminded of the first Rumble that Austin won, when he was in the ring by himself and the clock wound down and Bret's music hit, Vince just yelled YES! YES! YES! That may have been the same one that had Jake's return where he just yelled JAKE! THE SNAKE! ROBERTS!

Vince as a commentator is the equivalent of Hulk Hogan. Bit technically good at the job but enough of a character that he's remembered as a specific kind of awesome.

Yeah I'd agree with that. It is awesome that he was able to "play that character" and transform so seamlessly into heel vince. He did it years before in the Memphis territory when the WWF did some work with Lawler and he was pretty damned good at it then. I think it was in '93.

His campiness is matched by none, and crafted perfectly.

High impact maneuver

It involved an attempted chair shot by Jake.

Was that when he was blind?

It was at the end of a Saturday Night Main Event, after Jake vs Savage. Jake was ready to chair shot the first person coming through the curtain. It would have been Elizabeth, had it not been for... The Undertaker? That lead Vince to call Jake a Son of a Bitch.

LISTEN TO THIS OVATION!

THE CAPACITY CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET!

OMG I died yesterday when he SPOIIIIILER DON'T READ told Shane that he was gonna fight Undertaker in a HELL IN A CEUUUUUUUUCCCCCHHHHHHHH

the same Throaty Vince voice is always used in the ppv intro videos.

Subtle but I like how vince pronounces dates lime in the Austin Tyson showdown , therefore on March twenty nine.... instead of saying the 29th. Shows us how above us he is


For the record gorillaisms > vinceisms

WILL YOU STOP!

Right in the breadbasket

Vince's commentary during the early Saturday Night's Main Event is the greatest thing ever. He's so over the top biased towards the faces, especially Hogan.

It was great because he was so face biased that he would stay stupid shit and Jesse would just friggin lambaste him.

His commentary during the Hogan.vs Orndorff match from Jan 87 was ridiculous

I'm assuming he let out a big OOHHHH YEAHHHHH! during Hogan's comeback

He's an effective as the one-legged man in the ass kicking contest.

That's Gorilla Monsoon baby. -1 from Griffendore.

watching hogan vs orndorff in the cage match. Hilarious. Vince is just flatout angrily cheering hogan

Read the post above it fat trek. Fucking asshat

hey don't be mean guy

Never to you gorgeous dale, but you can obviously read so that puts you on a different level than fat damon

Norman. Is that you?

Psycho reference?

"Par Excellence!"

"I'm gonna have you thrown outta here"

I'm convinced that Vince was turned on by HBK's stripping act.

"Look at that oh yeah HE IS SEXY!"

Has anybody said "INTO THE BUCKLE!"?

OH WHATTA RIDE

DOWN TO THE CANVAS

I love how Vince would never refer to "Wildman" Marc Mero as either "Wildman" or "Marc Mero," but rather he would just constantly yell "WILDMANMARCMERO!!" as one big word at least 50 times during each Mero match.

Yes. Perfect.

He really wanted him to be Johnny B Badd. Maybe saying the name fast was his way of making it sound like it was a play on words.

Hiplock blocked reverse 1..2. NO!

I miss hearing the term "Solar Plexus" uttered every monday night. I dunno if that was Gorilla or Vince or both

Vince would seldom refer to Vader by his name, it was always "The Mastodan!!!"

Scientific: informal: systematic; methodical.

synonyms: systematic, methodical, organized, well organized, ordered, orderly, meticulous, rigorous