how much do commentators know prior to a match?

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Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126 I remember reading in Death of WCW about how the WCW announcers half the time didn't know what the fuck was going on (especially during angles) and that's ONE reason they were so horrible.

That's probably because WCW didn't even know what the fuck was going on, and something tells me if you sat Schiavone down and ran down every second of a match, he still wouldn't get it. What a fucking tool.

Also, I know the WCW and WWE had/have meetings before the show (which Jerry Lawler said in his book that he doesn't attend) that go over certain things. I'd imagine things like Loopy said... run ins, debuts, maybe even new moves. The line-up/format sheet has been mentioned more than once on WCW and WWE TV, and Joey Styles used to "throw it out the window" all the time in ECW.