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I'm Brllnt!
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That 1 night Boioker did commentary on Impact...I hope he does it like that at least 1 night...
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Book On The Commentary ? Damn A Reason To Watch SD
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Wait, what?
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Good for him. He should be a good addition to the broadcast team.
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yes. yes. yes.
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Shame about Striker, just too 'fan-y' in the booth. He didn't do the 'storytelling' bit much either.
Didn't bother me but I'm sure it bothered the Big Cheeses, head honchos and main men. |
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Striker could also still be working Superstars. He calls the SmackDown! matches with Jack Korpela. |
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Another thing: SmackDown! might have just been a trial for Booker T, to see how he sounds in the booth. If the WWE liked him, they might have him do RAW, and Striker could be back next week.
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Hey Mister!
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Really enjoyed the main event. Much better than I thought it would be. I like how they acknowledged "yeah, kelly kelly is awful, edge is losing the title", and made a whole story out of it.
And then Kelly Kelly goes and puts on a great performance. Was very impressed with her. Hope she stays in this feud with vicki, and this kayfabe firing doesn't put her on raw. |
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I hope that next week, Drew McIntyre gets right in Vickie's face, and demands that she hires Kelly back. When Vickie is all "Who do you think you are?" Drew is all "I'm The Chosen One! What are you going to do, Vickie? Fire me? One call to the Board of Directors and you are gone. You're going to reinstate Kelly, and at the Elimination Chamber, I am going to take the World Heavyweight Title off your boyfriend."
Come on, that would be bad-ass. But yes, I was very impressed with the main event. Kelly Kelly worked her ass off, and I've been impressed with pretty much all of the ladies recently. I can't wait until Kong gets in. Alberto Del Rio also really impressed me. He's getting it, and he's reminding me a lot of Kurt Angle -- a legit bad-ass that's a bit goofy, but still has this undeniable credibility. I'm looking forward to Del Rio's eventual match against Kofi Kingston. Part of me wonders if they will put the IC Title on Del Rio to boost interest in the World Heavyweight Title match at WrestleMania. Jack Swagger and Heath Slater impressed me this week with the little things they were doing in their respective matches. On the topic of commentary: I've got to be honest -- while I like Booker T, I didn't really like his commentary this week. I missed Matt Striker. There were spots where I was like "I know Striker would have the answer to that question." I'd rather see Michael Cole fuck off and leave Mathews, Striker & Booker T to call SmackDown!. |
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Hey Mister!
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Dunno, Drew strikes me as the kind of heel who wouldn't give a shit, and play up the bad boyfriend heel persona.
I will admit that it would be great, but I'd be pretty surprised if they did it. Also, the ziggler vs edge feud is about as good as the kane vs edge feud was bad. |
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Ziggler really stepped it up on the mic tonight. Maybe it was just because he was in there with Kelly Kelly, who is by far the worst actor in the WWE. But it made Ziggler look awesome.
I'm thinking the McIntyre face turn might come just because there seems no point in teasing it, he's got a pretty cool shirt that could sell well if he were a good guy, the Elimination Chamber could use another babyface, and there are heaps of heels on the SmackDown! side of things. The crowds seem more responsive to McIntyre as a face than they do McIntyre as a heel. I think he might be better at generating face heat for himself than he is at generating heel heat. |
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Hazardous to Your Health
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A touch disappointed with the latest Corre theme, feels like a watered-down version.
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Save_Us.sandwich
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I really hope Striker isn't done for, he's actually one of the best Play-by-Players they have right now. He's a bit comparable to Joey Styles, both are actual Wrestling Announcers, instead of "Sports Entertainment Storytellers" with kayfabe characters.
I think one thing Striker got screwed on unfairly, was when Michael Cole started ragging on him for knowing what the Cattle Mutilation was. All of a sudden, he was the target of every fairweather Cole smark in the IWC, cuz, y'know, Cole being the second coming of Gordon Solie because he's portaying a heel character & everything. ![]() or I could be totally wrong, maybe it's a bad thing when an announcer knows his shit. |
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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He should have been fired for saying, "I'm marking out bro!".
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Over Like Rover
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Why?
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Why?
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CSL beat me to it by a few seconds, it seems.
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Over Like Rover
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That's what it seems. In truth I stopped time about 3 hours ago right after posting that have been drawing various stick men playing sports since. I restarted time about a minute ago.
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I'm pretty sure we'll see Matt Striker on RAW to replace Jerry Lawler while Lawler plays a more active role in storylines. Yeah, Josh Mathews is usually King's replacement, but does it make sense for RAW to have the announce team that SmackDown! has, minus one big star?
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Well, I stopped time to complete five stages of Angry Birds, but unfortunately that was only 2.4 hours ago. I guess that is why your post came up first.
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As someone who is taking journalism with hoped of being a play-by-play man someday, I love Matt Striker. Yes, the "I'm marking out, bro" was a little much. But most of the time, Striker lends insight to the matches, puts over both heels and faces, and actually analyzes what's going on.
I think a move to Raw, if Lawler is in fact finishing his run, would be great. As good as Micheal Cole has been, Lawler has been flat. Outside of his current storyline, Lawler doesn't offer much in terms of balancing out Cole's heelish ways. Striker, being the objective, knowledgeable wrestling geek he is, would offer a nice counter to Cole. It makes sense. The best WWE broadcast teams had balance in the heel/face aspect. Monsoon/Heenan, Ross/Lawler, Ross/Heyman. I'd love Cole/Striker. |
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Hopefully King gets his WrestleMania moment this year, so we get a February and March without him in the booth.
Regardless of if Lawler plans on retiring, I think it would still be beneficial for the WWE to create a new "sound" for their shows. Matt Striker could be a huge part of that. |
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Hey
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Feeling Oof-y
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Was I the only one hoping that Rosa Mendes was gonna turn heel on Hornswoggle and join Del Rio?
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Feeling Oof-y
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I kinda like the idea of his first title being the WHC. That said, it's been ages since we had a double champ.
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