I've got a reason to listen to SmackDOWN now...

**Corkscrewed** · 06-17-2006, 02:10 AM

JBL is GREAT as an announcer. A little repetitive at times, but tonight was fantastic. I loved the banter between him and Cole. It finally sounded like the old announcing teams. You know, where one of them was totally pro-face and the other was totally pro-heel?

Heck, JBL is the closest thing to Heenan since Lawler in his prime (which was like... a decade ago, frankly). When he was totally rooting for Regal and Finlay, I was laughing my ass off, especially when the leprauchaun came out.

I dunno if he's retired, but he definitely needs to be SD! announcer for a while, and come back to announcing after he retires (if he returns to wrestling after his injury).

JBL was gold this week.

"I'm Michael Jordan and you're Will Purdue."

"I've got an AMEX card. I'm gonna buy that little bastard."

"Booker T's following his plan, it's just taking him a little longer than usual."

And if I'm raving over what some of you call mediocre announcing, then maybe it's because compared to the announcing over the years, which has seemed uninspired, JBL is a breath of fresh air.

06-17-2006, 02:10 AM	#1
Corkscrewed Posts: 18,357	I've got a reason to listen to SmackDOWN now... JBL is GREAT as an announcer. A little repetitive at times, but tonight was fantastic. I loved the banter between him and Cole. It finally sounded like the old announcing teams. You know, where one of them was totally pro-face and the other was totally pro-heel? Heck, JBL is the closest thing to Heenan since Lawler in his prime (which was like... a decade ago, frankly). When he was totally rooting for Regal and Finlay, I was laughing my ass off, especially when the leprauchaun came out. I dunno if he's retired, but he definitely needs to be SD! announcer for a while, and come back to announcing after he retires (if he returns to wrestling after his injury). JBL was gold this week. "I'm Michael Jordan and you're Will Purdue." "I've got an AMEX card. I'm gonna buy that little bastard." "Booker T's following his plan, it's just taking him a little longer than usual." And if I'm raving over what some of you call mediocre announcing, then maybe it's because compared to the announcing over the years, which has seemed uninspired, JBL is a breath of fresh air.