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Watched SmackDown for the first time in ages. Man, Mauro Ranallo brings a different energy to proceedings. Jerry Lawler sounded like classic King on commentary as a heel. Hearing Mauro's style makes me think that they could use a more conventional babyface announcer in there to interact with King, but Byron Saxton isn't that guy. I'd still give Ranallo and Lawler a chance on their own.
I trusted Ranallo as a play-by-play guy. He could actually get over as a voice for the company. Michael Cole is great at relaying information to people, but he doesn't plant the seeds for that information to grow into fandom in the listener's minds. Move Cole from commentary and have him do another job within the company. He could even remain on-air as a manager or just doing the WWE.com interviews. Or move him to SmackDown and have Mauro call RAW.
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