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Mike Tenay is a damn good commentator. I think he needs to be a third man, though. I'm not sure how good he is, but I was reading someone that suggested TNA hire Scott Hudson to be their lead play-by-play guy. Was Hudson any good? They also suggested canning Don West (well, moving him to a different role within the company) and putting Jim Cornette on as the color guy.
Would an announce team of Scott Hudson, Jim Cornette and Mike Tenay be any good? I'm not too familiar with the guy, but I haven't heard anyone ever ranting over Hudson as a commentator.
I think Michael Cole would also make a great third man commentator. The most I've ever enjoyed Cole is when he is calling something like the Royal Rumble, and he pulls out all these facts and figures about it that I did not know. The guy's a legit journalist. He can do that sort of stuff really well. I suppose he just works fine as a play-by-play guy when he is with Tazz or JBL, though. He's never been super good, though.
Another guy I really like as a colour guy/third man, is Jack Korpela. He seems like another goof they hired out of nowhere, but the guy knows his shit. One thing he is fantastic with, is pointing out what the wrestlers have been up to recently. When two guys face off on Heat, he will mention when they last met, what the result was, and all that stuff. He's also good with lots of facts and statistics and stuff. He obviously researches his work and is trying his best.
Josh Mathews is going horribly to waste, too. The man can do both play-by-play and color phenomenally. He's a mark for the word "plethora," though. If anyone should be working with Jonathan Coachman, it should be him. He can do play-by-play, but while working with Coach, it also ensures there is a wrestling mind at the table.
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