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Old 03-21-2005, 02:12 PM   #1
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Was "The Rock" by far the best wrestler when it came to mic skills?
Does anyone even come close to The Rock or even surpass him in mic skills ?.

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Old 03-21-2005, 02:13 PM   #2
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Chris Jericho and Christian are both pretty close to The Rock. Angle is slightly behind them
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Edge used to be good but now he sucks(IMO)
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Old 03-21-2005, 02:19 PM   #4
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Christian and Jericho are up there too.
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Old 03-21-2005, 02:27 PM   #5
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For the one millionth time it seems, Jericho is the only one of the level of the Rock. They both can take a shit in the middle of the ring and make it interesting.

Actually I'd go as far as to say Flair is up there also.
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Old 03-21-2005, 02:29 PM   #7
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Well yes and no. To me, you can't just look at mic skills in one way. Rock was great at getting the crowd to pop and chant along, but I don't think Rock ever told a "story" on the mic. He was like the DJ who's job is to get the crowd going and pump them up. Then he would make fun of guys like a stand up comedian and the crowd would laugh.

Ok, but they you have a Jake Roberts, who drew the crowd in and just mesmorized them as he spoke. When Jake spoke, you listend and you paid attention. His delivery of certain phrases and words was beyond good.

Then you have a guy like Pillman, who was kind of a biblical preacher of the mic. He had that raspy voice, that evil smile, the obnoxious expressions and his delievry would go from high to low and the crowd would eat it up.

Then you have a Blassie/Heenan, who could get a piece of string over if he wanted too.

So there's all kinds of mic work
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Old 03-21-2005, 02:40 PM   #9
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For the one millionth time it seems, Jericho is the only one of the level of the Rock. They both can take a shit in the middle of the ring and make it interesting.
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Old 03-21-2005, 02:46 PM   #10
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Rock's shit was stale for years until his most recent heel turn. Like LC said he's great at interacting with the crowd, but most of his stuff was the same thing over and over IMO. As far as pure mic skills go, I would put Triple H, JBL, and Foley above the rock any day.
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Old 03-21-2005, 02:54 PM   #11
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Old 03-21-2005, 03:12 PM   #12
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I would have to say that Foley and Jericho are up there...
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Old 03-21-2005, 03:22 PM   #13
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HHH is one of the best mic people in the WWE. He gets the fans so pissed off at him every time he goes out there.
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Old 03-21-2005, 03:27 PM   #14
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Foley is certainly one of the most versataile promo guys. He can do serious stuff or comedy just as well as the other. A real genius on the mic.

As for the Rock I found him stale for a few years as well but, especially when he was heel, he was the best.
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Old 03-21-2005, 03:29 PM   #15
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HHH is one of the best mic people in the WWE. He gets the fans so pissed off at him every time he goes out there.
You're retarded, aren't you?
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Old 03-21-2005, 04:47 PM   #16
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no, are you? Or are you just so anti-HHH that you can't appreciate the work he does? HHH has some of the best mic skills in the WWE today. Now if you're looking for the most entertaining on mic then yeah, I would deffinately go with Jericho or Christian.
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Old 03-21-2005, 05:02 PM   #17
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No one comes close to The Rock's mic skills. He is by far the best ever in that category

Jericho and Foley are distant seconds.
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no, are you? Or are you just so anti-HHH that you can't appreciate the work he does? HHH has some of the best mic skills in the WWE today. Now if you're looking for the most entertaining on mic then yeah, I would deffinately go with Jericho or Christian.
Yes, I'm so anti-HHH that I can't see how taking five minute to say a single sentence and being boring is called being good on the mic.
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Old 03-21-2005, 05:07 PM   #19
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I hold The Rock pretty much at the top because so much of his stuff was improv and I have great respect for a talent like that, and it pretty much only comes naturally. Mick Foley, Ric Flair, Chris Jericho and possibly Stone Cold are the only wrestlers who are in the same league.
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My Favorite mic wrestlers of all time consist of:

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Old 03-21-2005, 05:29 PM   #22
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As far as pure mic skills go, I would put Triple H, JBL, above the rock any day.
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Old 03-21-2005, 05:31 PM   #23
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JBL is the man on the mic. The best today no contest.
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Old 03-21-2005, 05:33 PM   #25
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Rock is the only wrestler that I have seen who can really get a crowd going. That's the most important aspect of a promo. When Rock talks people listen
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Old 03-21-2005, 05:50 PM   #26
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No, I disagree. When Rock talks, people get ready to pop and chant, they don't "listen" so to speak. They may listen for catch phrases and comedy lines, but that's not the same as listening to a Jake Roberts get on that mic and tell a story to an audience as the audience sat there is silence in awe.

Austin in the WWE can be argued in the same way as Rock.

But if you own that ECW DVD, put it in right now, yea right now, and watch the first Austin promo. Now that's how you deliver a promo without any catch phrases or cheap pops.
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Old 03-21-2005, 05:55 PM   #27
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I'll say this. Rock is the best "attention getter" in the history of the business as far as promos go. He's the "life of the party" kind of promo. I never liked them though cause he did the same thing every week.

IMO the best in history is Foley because he did everything and did everything A+
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Old 03-21-2005, 06:51 PM   #30
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i love the Rock's promo's. I think he is theb est, followed by:

Chris Jericho
Christian
Steve Austin
Vince McMahon
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Kurt Angle
Eddie Guerrero (altho its more his charisma than his mic skills which are great)
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Like LC said, Rock is a great hype-man, no doubt, but he isn't much to brag about in the way of promos. His stuff is repetitive, and is basically typical meaningless material over and over. It's all cheap pops for taglines and he doesn't DRAW the audience into the promo for any reason other than to listen for a catchphrase - like the secret word of the day on Pee Wee's Playhouse.
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Hmmmm, people that I would rank with Rock....hmmmmmmmm, in no paticular order:

Mick Foley
JBL
Raven
Jericho
Christian
Paul Heyman (though not a wrestler)

As far as honorable mention: Trish Stratus is the best female on the mic I've ever seen.
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Old 03-21-2005, 08:10 PM   #33
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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?
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Old 03-21-2005, 08:20 PM   #34
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At the risk of upsetting a fair bit of people on this board, I really don't see what's so great about Christians mic skills. He just whines a little, says something that 9th graders would say, and that's about it.

As for the best. I agree with most of what people have said but I gotta throw the Hot Rod in the mix. Every time I saw him I wanted him to grab the mic.
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HHH has some of the best mic skills in the WWE today.

Ok, look, everybody's just naming the people that they mark out for. I'm just saying that HHH has a job to do every time he goes out to the ring or appear on tv and that's to make the audience hate him. And he gets the job done on the mic and in the ring. He does his job so well that they're are people out there that log on to message boards and complain and make outrageous claims about HHH day in and day out. "HHH is champ because he married the boss's daughter!!!111!!!11!" or "HHH is holding the whole rest of the roster down. He' even holding down people on SD!" Sounds like he's doing his job to me and doing a damn good job of it if people are constantly talking about him and making excuses why he's the champion. Anybody take a look at why Trips is the Champ on Raw right now? He is the champ because he's the best heel on Raw right now. It's always better to have a heel as a champ because it makes viewers tune in to see if the good guy will be beat the bad guy who steals victories anyway he can. Who else on Raw are you going to have do it? Edge? Yeah, right. Ric Flair? Great past champ but even Flair understands the buisness needs to progress. Kane? He's lost so many matches really nobody really takes him seriously. Plus the last/only time he was champ was in like 1998, seven years ago. Christian? He's good and a heel champion in the making but his time isn't right now. He needs more build up. A heel Randy Orton? He might be able to get away with it but from I've read he wants to stay as a face and the fans are responding to him less and less. Who's left? Sylvan Granier? Rob Conway? Tomko? Snitzky? HHH is the best heel (including mic skills, ring ability, and ring psychology) on Raw right now and that's why he's the World Heavyweight Champ.
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He could make people laugh the most but there are many good promoers that are past him.
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Yes, my problem is retards.

You're my problem.

Man, you're a real pissy person. Are you PMSing or something?

It wouldn't kill you to lighten up. Or at least respect other people's opinions without insulting them.
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And he gets the job done on the mic and in the ring. He does his job so well that they're are people out there that log on to message boards and complain and make outrageous claims about HHH day in and day out. "HHH is champ because he married the boss's daughter!!!111!!!11!" or "HHH is holding the whole rest of the roster down. He' even holding down people on SD!" Sounds like he's doing his job to me and doing a damn good job of it if people are constantly talking about him and making excuses why he's the champion. Anybody take a look at why Trips is the Champ on Raw right now? He is the champ because he's the best heel on Raw right now.
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HHH is the best heel (including mic skills, ring ability, and ring psychology) on Raw right now and that's why he's the World Heavyweight Champ.
That really doesn't say much. It's like saying he's the most intelligent man in Alabama, it's pretty easy to do. WWE is arguably at it's lowest point ever in many aspects, and he's on top - big accomplishment. Lift him up and put him in a time when wrestling had a plethora of actual talent, and he'd be lost.
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