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**AareDub** · 03-21-2005, 09:10 PM

I agree that the Rock is great at hyping people up, but he was always very reptitive. The few times he actually threw in something new you ended up with phrases about purple monkey's nipples and cockatoos assholes, etc.

Take a look at Jericho back in WCW when he was doing his loophole bit, it's some of the best mic work I've ever seen. Jericho tends to be a bit repetitive in the WWE, but I'd rank him far above the rock in what is actually said on the mic. Others in this category would be Raven and Foley. Those 2 in ECW were brilliant.

People can argue forever on which style is better, but that's a different topic I suppose. Do you want somebody who says the same thing and gets the crowd into it so they can repeat it? or do you want somebody who entertains (or gets heat from) the crowd with fresh material every night?

03-21-2005, 09:10 PM	#33
AareDub I Hate Bottles Posts: 4,362	I agree that the Rock is great at hyping people up, but he was always very reptitive. The few times he actually threw in something new you ended up with phrases about purple monkey's nipples and cockatoos assholes, etc. Take a look at Jericho back in WCW when he was doing his loophole bit, it's some of the best mic work I've ever seen. Jericho tends to be a bit repetitive in the WWE, but I'd rank him far above the rock in what is actually said on the mic. Others in this category would be Raven and Foley. Those 2 in ECW were brilliant. People can argue forever on which style is better, but that's a different topic I suppose. Do you want somebody who says the same thing and gets the crowd into it so they can repeat it? or do you want somebody who entertains (or gets heat from) the crowd with fresh material every night?