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[The following is an opinion editorial written by Tom Guycott, and not a claim by any authority or professional in any capacity. Any opinions expressed herin are not neccessarily those of TPWW or any wrestling organization, affiliated or unaffiliated.]
My answer to you would be a mixture of the two under the assumption that you're pulling a Joey Styles and providing both play by play and color commentary in spite of what you said.
Your jobs are to both sell the story and put over the guys in the ring. Sure, you don't have to spew verbage to show people "you know all the movez", but it helps to not call everything "that" or "whatamaneuver" or even "sidewalk slam!" If you have an idea of the moveset, you don't sound so much like a tool not being able to actually call what you see.
Why should anyone care about the two men squaring off? Is there backstory? Is this their first meeting? Are they evenly matched? Is one a rookie? Are they former champions? Former friends? Long-time adversaries? Rivals looking to prove themselves?
If the face is a known brawler, mention it. The heel have a penchant to be a high-flier? Are both guys submission specialists? Does one guy have a nagging (kayfabe) injury that's a target for the other guy's finisher?
Again, *why* should I care that the two competitors are beating the hell out of each other, and are they worth my time?
You have to sound like you care- that what's going on IS important. It's one of the reasons someone like JR gets such high cred. I don't just mean voice inflections when something exciting is going on, but alluding to what I mentioned earlier about knowing at least some of their moves and being able to convey the actions and motives of the guys in the squared circle.
Let's use an example here. I'm going to go with Ric Flair (think of him in his prime). If it was your first time seeing him, and even more, one of your first experiences even watching wrestling, how would you know he's "the dirtiest player in the game"? Would you know that he's a bragadocious mat technician, or that he's working the leg of his opponent to apply his "patented Figure Four Leg-lock"?
You're setting up the rules for what we expect from the wrestlers in the match. You don't have to go overboard, just get the point across of who they are and what they do well. Hope I was some help. If you have someone doing color, you have less to worry about, but still need to get across to the audience the abilities of the wrestlers in question. Knowing the moves helps, but knowing "why" the moves makes it more interesting.
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