Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 31 minutes ago, Matt D said: It's annoying the footage of Vince giving himself an award after Wrestlemania isn't on YouTube anymore. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Unpopular opinion time: Michael Cole isn't a bad announcer. He just calls matches how Vince likes them to be. I felt his commentary for Bryan/Orton/Batista and Team Cena/ Team HHH in 2014 are good examples of him actually selling the match well. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Magnificent 7 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I keep hearing “nip-up” on wrestling commentary lately instead of the proper “kip-up” and I’m convinced the Mandela Effect is messing with me. Until the last few weeks I’ve never heard it called a nip-up. What the fuck is going on? This is the biggest evidence that we’ve slipped into an alternate reality since Dolly not having braces in Moonraker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 54 minutes ago, Six String Orchestra said: Unpopular opinion time: Michael Cole isn't a bad announcer. He just calls matches how Vince likes them to be. I felt his commentary for Bryan/Orton/Batista and Team Cena/ Team HHH in 2014 are good examples of him actually selling the match well. There's a show on the network, I believe from Japan, with an unproduced Michael Cole, where he is quite good. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 The first UK shows are also unproduced Michael Cole and he's quite stellar in them. I still can't get over how Michael Cole only ended up in the WWF because he was friends w/ Todd Pettingill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ace said: There's a show on the network, I believe from Japan, with an unproduced Michael Cole, where he is quite good. Wasn't that the show where Balor won the NXT title from KO? I can't imagine anyone being good with Vince screaming in their ear. Edited November 28, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRR Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Thought it was “Beast in the East” but I could be wrong. Unproduced Michael Cole actually being pretty great is no secret. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Did not realize that, in addition to the songs I already knew, Kevin Sullivan used to come out to Nobody's Home by Deep Pueple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 3 hours ago, D.Z said: My take: The Aquabats got fucking jobbed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, sabremike said: My take: The Aquabats got fucking jobbed. There is always hope Vince gets mauled by the cat with two heads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 2 hours ago, The Magnificent 7 said: I keep hearing “nip-up” on wrestling commentary lately instead of the proper “kip-up” and I’m convinced the Mandela Effect is messing with me. Until the last few weeks I’ve never heard it called a nip-up. What the fuck is going on? This is the biggest evidence that we’ve slipped into an alternate reality since Dolly not having braces in Moonraker. I feel like I've heard both for decades, FWIW. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 The Kip-up was invented by Billy Gunn. The Nip-up was invented during prohibition. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) I've heard both terms used for the same thing interchangeably forever. I don't know which is right. According to wikipedia's kip-up entry they're the same thing. Although, that one is disputed for lack of sources~! There's also a nip-up entry. Both are in the dictionary. Definition of nip-up : a spring from a supine position to a standing position Definition of kip-up : a kip executed from a supine position on the mat in tumbling Edited November 28, 2019 by Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 9 hours ago, Six String Orchestra said: Unpopular opinion time: Michael Cole isn't a bad announcer. He just calls matches how Vince likes them to be. I felt his commentary for Bryan/Orton/Batista and Team Cena/ Team HHH in 2014 are good examples of him actually selling the match well. Cole's fantastic and fuck anyone who says otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Time to ignore the family and watch classic Survivor Series. Oh and that Impact episode where Kurt Angle hosted Thanksgiving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, MORELOCK said: Cole's fantastic and fuck anyone who says otherwise. This sounds oddly familiar... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 Figured more posters will see this here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) Carrying on that trail of thought, Happy Thanksgiving to American posters on this great message board xxx. Edited November 28, 2019 by The Natural 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 11 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Wasn't that the show where Balor won the NXT title from KO? I can't imagine anyone being good with Vince screaming in their ear. His work in the early NXT when they became the replacement for FCW was much better than his main roster work at the time. This was probably a year after the awful heel announcer run. Even his heel work on the NXT Redemption season was good because it wasn't overproduced and every was just having fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 3 hours ago, The Natural said: Figured more posters will see this here. So, has anybody ordered A Little Bit of the Bubbly? I'm very tempted to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Gonna leave this here as well as in the MLW thread, maybe it'll get more eyeballs on it. Thanksgiving Fusion is on Youtube tonight: https://mlw.com/2019/11/27/fusion-on-thanksgiving-preview/ Some wrestling for your Turkey Day 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Cole fits the archetype as to what Vince want's in a commentator, so in that respect, he's good. I guess? Still think Tom Phillips is the best they have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Michael Cole was fucking terrible when he debuted. his run as a heel was arguably the all-time worst announcing moment. he has never been above mediocre IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Cole is a lifer, a company man, and good at his job for what it is. He's not a legend. There is no Michael Cole call that gets replayed on even WWE's social media. No wrestler hopes Cole calls their match because that's the announcer they grew up listening to, even though for many of them he is. The times I've enjoyed his announcing he's been straight play by play with almost zero personality, which is a skill unto itself but doesn't lend itself to gaining legendary status. My memories of Cole's career without looking anything up are: 1) Getting destroyed by Brock. 2) That one time he got shredded. 3) Eddie Guerrero/Kurt Angle from Mania. 4) When he thankfully turned face after Lawler died. 5) Orange singlet. For a twenty year career, that's not a heck of a lot. Full disclosure, I wasn't watching regularly between 2002 and 2009 but I've gone back and watched the big moments. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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