Thread: Renee Young now on Raw's announce team full time!
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Old 09-11-2018, 09:16 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by KIRA View Post
He was actually good in the UK tournament like really really good
Was he good as in good-good, or just good as in "it is refreshing to hear anything more organic than usual." What people say about the "WWE style" of commentators is very true, but I don't think Destor is actually completely off the mark. People have a tendency to overrate the performers when they feel that the office has had some negative influence.

Michael Cole sucked in 1999. He sucked in 2000. He sucked in 2001. He got a lot better with Paul Heyman producing him 2002, but not by much. He has always sort of sucked. He sucks more now and we feel sorry for him, because we know that he's told to say certain things and drive home the WWE party lines. But another thing to consider is this:

Vince McMahon has always had something to do with commentary. JR had to put up with this, Jerry Lawler had to put up with this, Bobby Heenan would have had to put up with it. Or, if they didn't, then it's because Vince felt like he didn't need to do that.

And by now, that's part of the art. You're a puppet at Vince McMahon's show. You're going to have to use verbiage that comes from him. The art is now in making it seem like it isn't your own, which Cole can't do very well at all. A great commentator in modern WWE should be able to put their own flare into it and deliver the information in a way that satisfies the communicative needs of the job, but is also entertaining.

When the commentary sucks, I do think it is a cop-out to blame Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn. I don't agree with them on commentary philosophically, so I think it would get better if someone else took it over, but I don't think it'll get as good as people think, because you are clearly dealing with individuals that are limited anyway.
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