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Post by Hulkster2001 on Sept 10, 2019 9:13:53 GMT -5
Is it Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby The Weasel Brain Heenan? Or is it Jim Ross and Jerry The King Lawler?
Both voiced childhoods and have called the best matches and infamous moments in WWE’s history, rather it be HBK superkicking Jannetty (then the latter diving threw the window) or Mankind thrown off the cell. Who will you chose?
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Post by Stuart? on Sept 10, 2019 9:27:54 GMT -5
Gorilla and The Weasel. Nothing will ever top that for me.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 10, 2019 9:46:08 GMT -5
I just watched the panel with JR and The King from Starrcast II, and they both said that whoever the audience grows up with and is familiar with, that will be their favourite commentators of all time.
I kid you not, kids who are 7, 8, 9 or 10 years old, will says years from now, that Michael Cole and Corey Graves were the best commentators they ever heard. Because that's what they know.
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Post by Gorilla on Sept 10, 2019 10:43:06 GMT -5
I also like Gorilla and Jesse.
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Post by FLUX on Sept 10, 2019 10:46:25 GMT -5
I preferred JR and Heyman to JR and Lawler, honestly.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Sept 10, 2019 10:57:23 GMT -5
JR and Lawler, dont @ me.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Sept 10, 2019 11:43:14 GMT -5
Is this a serious question? By a mile it's clearly Gorilla and Heenan.
JR was mostly heel when Lawler was good. If Lawler hadn't gone full puppies by the time they were a duo, it'd be closer. JR and Lawler didn't have the playfulness of Gorilla and Heenan. When they disagreed, JR often got fired up and Lawler would look like a troll. It came off as almost a shoot or off script and I don't like that much. Much like Graves or heel Cole, but they're worse at it.
I guess it's personal preference but I view JR and King as almost a one man booth with JR carrying it.
Ventura might be the technically best play by play man but as a heel he was too good. Almost infallible. His reasoning and points were too rock solid. I like my heel commentators getting comeuppance sometimes.
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Sept 10, 2019 13:09:54 GMT -5
Is this a serious question? By a mile it's clearly Gorilla and Heenan. JR was mostly heel when Lawler was good. Calm it on down son... What do you mean? Ross was heel for a minute in 96 thanks to fake Razor and Diesel (and that he had returned after getting Bell’s palsy). |
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Sept 10, 2019 14:01:41 GMT -5
Is this a serious question? By a mile it's clearly Gorilla and Heenan. JR was mostly heel when Lawler was good. Calm it on down son... What do you mean? Ross was heel for a minute in 96 thanks to fake Razor and Diesel (and that he had returned after getting Bell’s palsy). Yes and that was during the time when they had Vince with them. Lawler's best heel commentary in WWE was before it was just him and Ross, or so my memory goes. By the time it was just babyface Ross and heel Lawler, King was in full puppies mode. I should say heel or not a fixture for Ross. Either way, I feel like JR had just missed out on good heel Lawler. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 10, 2019 15:03:57 GMT -5
Definitely Gorilla and Bobby.JR/King were great together don't get me wrong but they cant match those two.
Gorilla/Bobby and Gorilla/Jesse are the pinnacle teams of wrestling commentary in my book.
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Post by LA Times on Sept 10, 2019 15:06:19 GMT -5
I also liked Mike Tenay and Don West
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Post by phantomdreamer on Sept 10, 2019 17:32:38 GMT -5
Ventura might be the technically best play by play man but as a heel he was too good. Almost infallible. His reasoning and points were too rock solid. I like my heel commentators getting comeuppance sometimes. Ventura didn't do play-by-play, he was a color commentator. |
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Sept 10, 2019 17:45:20 GMT -5
Ventura might be the technically best play by play man but as a heel he was too good. Almost infallible. His reasoning and points were too rock solid. I like my heel commentators getting comeuppance sometimes. Ventura didn't do play-by-play, he was a color commentator. My mistake. Best commentator. There were times however where Ventura would be so bang-on that he may as well had been a play by play guy. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 10, 2019 17:53:07 GMT -5
The two best heel announcers ever right here... 
They were never bland. Always entertaining and always staying true to that heel role. True pros at what they did. |
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Post by PJ on Sept 10, 2019 18:38:34 GMT -5
Gorilla/Heenan
Gorilla/Ventura
JR/King
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Post by MKSavage on Sept 10, 2019 20:32:03 GMT -5
This is a tough one, I liked them both but I will have to go with Brain and Monsoon. Though, I think Jesse and Monsoon were just as good.
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Post by The Brain on Sept 11, 2019 17:18:55 GMT -5
Had to share this... 
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Post by Mongo Bears on Sept 12, 2019 22:45:27 GMT -5
I must have Heenan
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Post by Nivro™ on Sept 12, 2019 23:05:32 GMT -5
All 4 were fantastic but Gorilla & Brain were so much better. They had a natural chemistry where they would feed off each other. JR & King were great but it never felt like a natural flow to me. If felt like they had to set up & feed each other lines/lead ins to get that witty remark. It was still great but too manufactured IMO
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Sept 12, 2019 23:42:05 GMT -5
I’m just not a fan of Gorilla
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