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Old 08-08-2005, 06:57 AM   #13
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I don't mean to doubt the awesomeness that is Bobby Heenan, but sometimes the greatest enhancement of all is being surprised and truly shocked at what is going on. This wouldn't have worked in WCW, where the title was basically a political asset, and it would have eben really hard to make it seem credible and exciting when it was knowingly killing the company.

Right now, I think the WWE could use a little more surprise with their commentary. Tell the team Lesnar will be back in about two months, and instruct them not to critise him, and whatnot. Do this with all debuting talent, etc. and then have Lesnar come in that night, or the week so you genuinely get a "WTF?" feel going. Don't tell the commentators when a title is changing hands, unless it seems like a bad move. Nunzio taking the belt from London would have been a good choice of surprise title win. Heidenreich & Animal winning the WWE Tag Team Titles probably would have been a bad surprise win.

I think it really would differ between your commentators, though. JR is probably the "markiest" commentator you will find. That's not exactly a bad thing. He can sell anybody winning anything, and make it seem surprising, Jerry Lawler being surprised by a guy holding a belt they shouldn't would probably be more of a negative surprised reaction.

Not sure if I've illustrated my point here, but I think it depends on what's happening and what's going to happen that commentating decisions need to be made. Commentating could be an artform in the WWE if done right, and it would mak a real master to get all the information to the commentators at the right time. Telling a commentator that a title switch will happen justa few minutes before the end of a match could really help the commentator get the excitement pumping through them. Particularly if they thought it would be retained. Instead of doing that surprise switch where THEN the commentators talk about how exciting it was, the excitement building earlier could enhance the match.

I dunno, I'm probably not making much sense.
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