Henchmen4Hire
Main Eventer
Joined on: Jan 12, 2016 23:48:35 GMT -5
Posts: 1,311
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Post by Henchmen4Hire on Apr 21, 2017 19:25:33 GMT -5
What bugs me about WWE's interviewers is that they're essentially "hot spanish-soap-opera-looking chick that takes crap from the talent" or "generic dude who asks generic questions."
I wish the interviewers had distinct personalities. I feel bad not recognizing who these people are because they're treated like wallpaper despite technically being part of the show. Let them banter with the wrestlers, let them have their quirks.
As an extension, the referees could have quirks too. A famous example of this is Tirantes who very clearly favors the heels and does stuff like slow-counts and even overlooks egregious rule-breaking.
The closest I ever get to recognizing a ref is that guy who is like "Come on, guys! Come on now, break it up! Come on guys!" and then when a wrestler gets in his face he's like "Don't worry about me! Don't worry about me!" See, and it might be the same guy or two different guys, I don't know!
On the interviewer side of things, maybe they can have a snide one that helps spark feuds and further storylines, etc. Maybe a young guy who gets ribbed by the wrestlers for wearing goofy shirts or having a stupid nosering lol
Just spitballing here.
The question rises though, do saucy interviewers or referees even fit within WWE's current programming? Maybe there's no room for spunk on that side of things? And that's fine I guess, I'll just quietly keep ogling Charlie Caruso, unable to focus on anything that's being said while she's on-screen lol
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Post by LA Times on Apr 21, 2017 20:57:36 GMT -5
It would help me tell the difference between Cathy Kelley and Charley Caruso, Tom Phillips and Mike Rome, Dasha Fuentes and that new girl, etc.
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Post by punksnotdead on Apr 21, 2017 21:34:33 GMT -5
I think Dasha and Charley are both absolute smoke shows and I don't know that I even care if they talk as long as they just stand there a few times a night on Raw/SD. In a world where we've pretty much moved away from the women who look like Trish and Eve Torres, I think it's important to squeeze in truly sexy women wherever possible. Nothing against the competitors. I think Becky Lynch is hot girl on the soccer team sexy, but you also need your hot cheerleaders too.
But to your point, I don't think Vince wants that, as proof from how he treats his commentators. He doesn't want them to have personality, or flair (WOOOOO!!!). It's not about them. They're background noise to the product in the ring, at least that's the way I view Vince's interpretation of those roles. Plenty of people seemed to sh*t on Mauro for being so colorful but I thought it was awesome.
Personally, I'd love for everyone on the card, including the announcers, interviewers and commentators to play a character. We get some of that from Corey Graves, and JBL does whatever the hell it is JBL does, but beyond that, those elements of the show are cardboard personality types. Look at Daniel Bryan. He goes right after the talent and I think it's great. Dasha passive aggressively questions the heels some times but I'd love to see it go a full step further and have her be confrontational with them. I think Lucha Underground is kind of the mold for this kind of stuff, but, again, I don't think WWE wants that to happen.
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Post by hbkjason on Apr 22, 2017 3:21:36 GMT -5
They need to give personalities to the wrestlers first then worry about the supporting cast.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Apr 22, 2017 4:18:16 GMT -5
I think they're fine the way they are.
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Apr 22, 2017 16:06:01 GMT -5
Only downside is if they've got personality its gonna overpower weak personality wrestlers like Apollo Crews.
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