torriefan4life
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Post by torriefan4life on Feb 22, 2016 13:59:47 GMT -5
Why is the Raw announce team doing PPVs now? I think that is the worst main announce team that WWE has ever had, and yet you have MR & The King who are actually trying to bring some excitement into the product on Smackdown, and they don't get to call the PPVs. There is no way that the Raw announce team helps keep viewers every Monday night, because they often lead me to turning Raw off every Monday as of late.
Do you like the current Raw announce team?
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 22, 2016 14:09:26 GMT -5
Everyone knows the Raw team is the drizzling sh*ts. Mauro is amazing. Everything he does is going to continue to be better than everything that happens without him. Heel King is also comfortably better than whatever the JBL tries to do out there each week, and Byron actually talks on Smackdown. It's not even close.
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Post by J12 on Feb 22, 2016 14:13:09 GMT -5
They just don't care anymore, and King is kind of a heel now, so putting him in there with JBL and Cole would make Cole the only babyface, and no one actually considers Cole a babyface.
Byron is absolutely miserable out there, and it's got a lot more to do with Vince and company being in his ear than it does him, because he was perfectly tolerable on NXT. He's not a great commentator, but he's also not nearly as bad as WWE programming makes him out to be. JBL is atrocious, and has been for the entirety of his second run at the desk.
The biggest issue I had last night was taking the most talented commentator they have to choose from and putting him out there for what essentially amounted to 15 minutes before shoving him off for Cole. It didn't do anyone any favors. It made Cole sound worse than he already does, because he's so blatantly inferior to Mauro. Putting them back to back just further ingrains that in people's minds.
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Post by ohernan6 on Feb 22, 2016 14:18:34 GMT -5
Mauro sounded great on the Pre-show. I think Mauro will eventually take over RAW and become a legend — and I'm talking on JR's level. He's that good, but it's going to take time...
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Feb 23, 2016 6:51:24 GMT -5
They've been wanting to get Lawler off commentary for a while now, to the point now where he is strictly calling Smackdown. They're getting Mauro on as much as they can but he won't be replacing Cole anytime soon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 7:45:27 GMT -5
Mauro NEEDS to be commentating on RAW and PPVs.
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Post by King Richius on Feb 23, 2016 8:08:53 GMT -5
I can't stand the Raw announcers. SmackDown is better with Mauro but still needs improving.
Call me old school, but I always preferred two man commentating teams with one impartial guy who calls the action and either a face or heel color guy who keeps the storylines moving within the match context. My ideal team would Mauro with a 90s style heel Lawler on color (not the 2010s version who has to grunt and groan along with the wrestlers whenever they do a power move or take a hard hit).
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Feb 23, 2016 10:32:00 GMT -5
Taking away lawler is the best decision they've made. His commentary is so dated and cringeworthy.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Feb 23, 2016 11:00:08 GMT -5
Lawler has been fantastic since he turned heel. It's just like old times and Mauro is simply amazing those guys should be on Raws.
Also it's embarrasing to think that Saxton now gets to call PPV's its totally undeserved.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 24, 2016 15:46:26 GMT -5
The Raw announce team has been doing PPVs for the past couple of years now
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torriefan4life
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Post by torriefan4life on Feb 24, 2016 15:51:10 GMT -5
The Raw announce team has been doing PPVs for the past couple of years now No, The King was off Raw for all of 2015 and he called every PPV last year.
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Post by A-Rob on Feb 24, 2016 16:27:25 GMT -5
I hate the Raw announce team. Mauro & Jerry Lawler should call PPVs.
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Post by Negan™ on Feb 24, 2016 16:34:24 GMT -5
Mauro and Lawler should call everything. As long as Lawler is a heel.
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Post by John1234 on Feb 24, 2016 17:37:50 GMT -5
Michael Cole is the brown stain on the underpants of the world. All he is is Vinnie Mac's mouthpiece
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Feb 25, 2016 18:45:57 GMT -5
It's just a shining example of the job economy and the world today. Mauro is better then MOST announcers WWE has ever had, you'd have to be deaf to not be able to hear that this guy is great at what he does and EXCEEDINGLY better then anybody currently....and yet Bryon Saxton is part of the PPV announce team but not Mauro....WHY is that??
Because Mauro is better at his job he can't join the team yet...until Michael Cole decides he's done road blocking the announce position which clearly CLEARLY Mauro should have.
I forgot, because WWE has been complacent with mediocrity for 10 years, Michael Cole has had a job....I hope we have an empty chair moment of silence when he decides to hang it up. What a gift to the airwaves he's been.....smh
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Feb 25, 2016 19:06:29 GMT -5
Michael Cole is the brown stain on the underpants of the world. All he is is Vinnie Mac's mouthpiece No no no.....that is JBLs spot. I firmly believe the negative crap that comes from jbl about guys like styles are directly from vince.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Feb 26, 2016 11:45:28 GMT -5
I guess I'm in the minority of people that finds Mr. Mauro "Retweet City" Ranallo to be annoying? He sounds like an American John McCririck. I liked having Cole back on SmackDown that one time last week.
I still enjoy Lawler, Cole and JBL. While Byron Saxton just takes up space on both Raw and SmackDown. Half the time he goes silent and I forget he's there... then he'll say something completely stupid or make an "ohhh!" noise when someone hits a big move.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 11:51:08 GMT -5
In terms of commentary, Mauro & Josh Barnett can make almost year old replays of New Japan Pro-Wrestling more entertaining with their commenting then JBL, Cole & Saxton can do. That says something, that two guys just watching a video providing a voice over can do a better job than three guys in person.
That said, Mauro needs to be on Raw. And it needs to be two commentators, a clear face and a clear heel. That's a proven method that works.
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Post by Kamikaze on Feb 27, 2016 4:44:27 GMT -5
Tazz was awful imo, not a big fan of Byron.. Mauro and JBL please.
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Post by Midnight on Feb 27, 2016 14:56:05 GMT -5
I say put Heel King, Ranallo, and Cole on RAW!
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