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Post by slappy on May 6, 2010 1:56:31 GMT -5
He was actually doing pretty well in during his short tenure on ECW as the antagonistic Color-guy. Hey, it's African-American.
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Post by The Future on May 6, 2010 8:27:14 GMT -5
I love him with all my heart. His nicknames are elaborate, clever, and sometimes actually stick.
He doesn't sound like a washed-up giggling queen...and he isn't a little smarmy self-possessed tool who can't speak in anything but idioms, cliches and WWE taglines.
He's the best we've got in the WWE today.
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Post by wabarrett on May 6, 2010 14:54:11 GMT -5
1. Striker is better than Cole and King in my opinion.
2. Todd Grisham is actually the least annoying out of the four of them.
3. = SD announce team beats RAW announce team.
4. There is nothing wrong with Cole saying 'Vintage!' J.R, one of the best commentators ever, has many repetitive, overused catchphrases.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2010 15:02:21 GMT -5
1. Striker is better than Cole and King in my opinion. 2. Todd Grisham is actually the least annoying out of the four of them. 3. = SD announce team beats RAW announce team. 4. There is nothing wrong with Cole saying 'Vintage!' J.R, one of the best commentators ever, has many repetitive, overused catchphrases. I think the difference between JRisms and Coleisms, is that JR actually used them with a bit of context, and they were always there for a reason. Ever since WWE cottoned on to the fact that fans found "Vintage [insert name/object here]" to be Cole's main trait, and in turn he himself found out, they've cranked up the volume on it, to the point where it comes across as Cole just trying to get himself over. When you're getting calls like "vintage high knee" when Punk hits his running knee in the corner, and "that was a vicious and vintage leg drop" when 'Taker did his apron leg drop on HBK at WrestleMania... well, then it's just "vintage" for the sake of saying "vintage."
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Post by Matthew Stovell on May 6, 2010 22:55:49 GMT -5
In all honesty before 'Vintage' became such a fad here and in the wwe, my only memories of Cole using it would be when Taker did his apron leg drop, and that was in 2003 I seem to recall.
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Post by Nix Hex on May 7, 2010 0:50:43 GMT -5
I love Strikers announcing..Some of the comments he makes are so great..Like when Cody Rhodes did the Alabama Slam on SD.."The Alabama Slam that's hardcore" haha He's by far the best announcer in WWE
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 7, 2010 1:09:56 GMT -5
I think he's horrible.
A) His facts are wrong like %75 of the time. Now, if he's being fed lines that's only half his fault, but if people like us who's job ISN'T to spew facts out loud about WWE can know when he's just flat out wrong, he should do more research.
B) His voice is annoying. He's borderline yelling at times where yelling is not needed.
C) The things he says are just so corny, cheesy, nauseatingly rhyming and just flat out absurd.
He's a worse commentator than he was a wrestler. And he was a BAD wrestler.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2010 13:42:29 GMT -5
I think he's horrible. A) His facts are wrong like %75 of the time. Now, if he's being fed lines that's only half his fault, but if people like us who's job ISN'T to spew facts out loud about WWE can know when he's just flat out wrong, he should do more research. B) His voice is annoying. He's borderline yelling at times where yelling is not needed. C) The things he says are just so corny, cheesy, nauseatingly rhyming and just flat out absurd. He's a worse commentator than he was a wrestler. And he was a BAD wrestler. OK, fair enough that you dislike him as a commentator, as people have mentioned the same points as you in the past on that one... but in what way was he a "BAD wrestler"? And so bad that it deserved capitalisation? I couldn't name you a classic Matt Striker match or anything, but he got the job done. He had some tremendous selling skills. I always remember the Monkey Flip he took from RVD at WrestleMania 23. Wowzer. But yeah, what was so bad about him? I thought his gimmick was excellent for a heel, and it really got a chance to shine during the dark days that were ECW circa 2006.
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Post by James Hardy on May 7, 2010 14:04:57 GMT -5
He has actual personality, which seems to be lacking in most announcers these days.. and he obviously has knowledge of the business which also helps.. so in some ways he is a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately for me, he's really annoying at times.. and a lot of his chime-ins about his past as a Wrestler bother me. "I've been in that move before, believe me it hurts".. I could do without that type of stuff.
Overall though, he probably is head and shoulders the best announcer WWE has right now.
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Post by James Hardy on May 7, 2010 14:12:01 GMT -5
In all honesty before 'Vintage' became such a fad here and in the wwe, my only memories of Cole using it would be when Taker did his apron leg drop, and that was in 2003 I seem to recall. Cole, always used "vintage", for many different moves and wrestlers. I think people only started to catch on to it though when he moved to RAW. Which is why it was odd to me when it became some new fad around here, because I always had noticed Cole's over usage of the word when no one else seemed to. I guess it goes to show how many people don't watch SmackDown.
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Post by Nix Hex on May 7, 2010 14:24:44 GMT -5
Yeah I know he's used vintage for more than just Undertaker..That whole vintage whatever crap is so stupid..I really hate Cole..I didn't mind him back in the late 90's early 2000's..But then he just got annoying as hell.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 7, 2010 19:15:28 GMT -5
I think he's a great announcer
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Post by missedgehead on May 7, 2010 22:38:10 GMT -5
I enjoy his work. Better than Cole for sure
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Post by thegenius on May 7, 2010 22:51:28 GMT -5
Matt Striker was a great wrestler, but if he didn't get that commentating job, he would have been fired years ago. It's sad, cause he definitely had the skills. But the size was a factor, I think he would have made a great IC Champ. He was definitely over with the teaching gimmick.
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Post by J12 on May 8, 2010 1:42:46 GMT -5
I don't mind him in certain situations, but for the most part, he gets on my nerves.
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Post by pineappleexpress on May 8, 2010 8:39:36 GMT -5
He was god awful at WrestleMania. Kinda made me a bit sour on him.
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Post by T1 on May 8, 2010 9:13:15 GMT -5
If anyone ever met Matt Striker, they would know that he is BY FAR the nicest person in the entire company. When waiting to get in to Royal Rumble '08, the guy came out and hung out with every SINGLE person. He made sure that everybody was happy and got both a pic/auto and was giving little kids motivational speeches...so "prick" does NOT apply to Matt Striker.
On commentary, the man is clearly the best in the business right now. Admittedly, that's not saying a whole lot but he is very good. Clearly knowledgeable about the wrestling business, charismatic, and enthusiastic. I admit there are times when he can be cringe-worthy, but he's generally the best there is at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2010 10:08:48 GMT -5
He's the tallest midget of the announce team.
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Post by wabarrett on May 8, 2010 11:45:59 GMT -5
In all honesty before 'Vintage' became such a fad here and in the wwe, my only memories of Cole using it would be when Taker did his apron leg drop, and that was in 2003 I seem to recall. Agreed on that.
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