[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by darkpower Personally, I didn't like the King heel thing, because all he does is say "I didn't see anything" or have someone else say "I saw it right there, King" to him because he denies that someone did something that everyone else (even other heel commentators like JBL) would see. The way he plays it is annoying to me, and the way JR plays off of it is even worse. I guess I'm in the minority here. But here's the thing: If the rumors are STILL true that JR will retire sometime this year, then definitly the King has to go too, because he seems to make anyone else besides JR look like a retard (not in a kayfabe way, but as in a "I don't want to see you liked as a good commentator in the WWE and I'll go out of kayfabe to DO it" way). So, assuming that they DO that (and I doubt they would, but one can dream), then I would say do whatever you can to get Mark Madden back. As much as some people may have HATED him, I didn't find him all that bad in WCW. And he's looking, so he might be a good fit in the WWE and RAW. Now, I'm STILL a big proponent to see WWE give Tony Schivoni whatever the fuck it takes for him to come back (jewels, gold-plated hummers, whatever), because seeing as how RAW is still Vince's "baby", and Schivoni wanted to give Nitro a "big show feel" (in whatever way), the marrage would actually pay off. Plus, you can get him into a possible angle about his Mick Foley becoming champ comment, where the heel Vince (whenever he reveals himself as undead) calls Schivoni on it, and when Tony says he was only doing his job, Vince retaliates by trying to get one of his hired cronies to go against him in a match and then have some wrestler save him and start a feud based on that comment (maybe Mick Foley himself, saying that Tony's comment was the BEST thing he ever got because of the immediate effect it had). I wouldn't bring that other guy back they had during the 2000 year in WCW because that guy sounded like he needed some throat operations. So yeah, I would be happy with a Schivoni/Madden reunion sometime down the road on RAW. Now, if the Larry Zybisco thing is true, and assuming JBL would like to return to the ring, it could end up with either a Schivoni/Madden and a Cole/Zybisco thing, or have the ORIGINAL hour one Nitro crew on RAW (Schivoni/Zybisco) and Madden/Cole on SmackDown (why I would want to hear a Madden/Cole team, I'll never know. I'm just trying to predict things here).

I get what you're saying about King as a heel, but I think that is more to do with JR playing off him poorly than King being a bad heel guy. King did call Cena getting hit from behind by King Booker. I think JR just needs to stop being so dismissive of heel King by being so agreeable with him. When King was like "I don't see Cena being overpowered, I see his face turning red," JR should have been all " BAH GAWD! How dare you, King?!? Cena is a stud!" I mean, stepping down to the heel has its place, but I think JR was still treating King as a face commentator, despite him going heel for the show.

Tony Schiavone gets way too much shit, he was apparently a good commentator when he wasn't trying to shill it as the biggest show ever. I'm not going to touch on Mark Madden. I've never really listening to him (to my knowledge), but general consensus seems to be he is pretty terrible.

The WWE doesn't need to look outwards for their commentating talent. They have more than enough available to them. I mean, just look at their play-by-play guys: Michael Cole, Joey Styles, Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews. And that is probably in order of how the WWE sees them, too. The WWE also has JBL, Tazz, Jonathan Coachman, Jack Korpela, Brad Armstrong, Al Snow, Michael Hayes and Paul Heyman under contract in the colour department. Josh Mathews can also work colour. Tommy Dreamer has done colour before, but he's an active wrestler, so I'm ruling him out.

Personally, I'd love to see them put Michael Cole and Tazz together again. They just worked brilliantly together. Put them on SmackDown!, as that is where they are known for their previous stint together. Joey Styles can get promoted to RAW, because let's face it, he's the best play-by-play guy the WWE has. JBL is the best colour guy, and they love him, so it seems logical John Layfield sit beside Styles. That leaves us with ECW, which now needs to replace both it's play-by-play and colour commentators. In the play-by-play role, I'd have Josh Mathews become the permanent guy. Next to Styles, he is the best guy under contract. Beside Mathews I'd stick Paul Heyman. He would work great with Mathews, in my opinion, as Mathews has a wrestling background, so at least one member of the duo does.

You can pretty much stick them wherever, actually, but the teams of Joey Styles and John Layfield, Michael Cole and Tazz and Josh Mathews and Paul Heyman seem like the best adjustments to the commentary teams.