sydneybrown Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I bring this up every time Cole's abilities are brought up. YouTube anything from the 1980 Shea Stadium show that WWE 24/7 aired forever ago. He and Mick Foley are just shooting the shit the entire time knowing Vince isn't listening and Cole is both laid-back and entertaining. It's easily some of his best work from start to finish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I really can't tell in hindsight if Taz and Cole or JBL and Cole were really that good in hindsight, or just eons better than King/JR's tired act with Coach thrown in. Either way, he'd be what, top 10 for longest ongoing WWE employees of all time without ever leaving or having a sabbatical/absence/run elsewhere. It's pretty fucking amazing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Just now, RolandTHTG said: I really can't tell in hindsight if Taz and Cole or JBL and Cole were really that good in hindsight, or just eons better than King/JR's tired act with Coach thrown in. Either way, he'd be what, top 10 for longest ongoing WWE employees of all time without ever leaving or having a sabbatical/absence/run elsewhere. It's pretty fucking amazing. I was gonna bring up the Taz pairing myself, and count me as someone who enjoyed it. And I think a sign they were legitimately good was how abysmal Taz was with Mike Tenay on TNA (in my opinion, anyway). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 JBL and Cole on Smackdown In 2006-2007 were great. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Yep, Cole helped reign in Taz a lot on commentary. With anyone else (JR or Styles also), he just put himself over constantly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Cole best (and maybe only) great call was his "The Streak.....is over" call at Mania 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Cole made the mankind title win seem epic as fuck. The streak ending was a great call as well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: I was gonna bring up the Taz pairing myself, and count me as someone who enjoyed it. And I think a sign they were legitimately good was how abysmal Taz was with Mike Tenay on TNA (in my opinion, anyway). Wasn’t it the Cole-Tazz pairing where Cole got upset with Tazz because he kept making gay jokes at his expense And complained to management, hence why they split them up? Or did I make up that story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: This should be on any Michael Cole list. The intensity of this segment is heightened muchly from it's length, but redneck bully Austin is as intimidating as Dr. D Davis Shultz and that is great praise from RAF. Heel Cole's run was so so painful, again muchly because of it's length and how much he was protected (and Mr. McMahon). I still have the PTSDs from the Guest GM Era. However, there were Cole highlights, usually when he shows ass, like: "The Cole Mine" - it still makes me chuckle. - RAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) Thankfully, I wasn't watching a lot of WWE during heel Michael Cole's reign of terror, so I don't have the PTSD from it that some of you do. Edited November 29, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 "The Streak... Is over" is the only Michael Cole call burned into my head. I do think, when he's not a heel, he's better than his reputation at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 His calls for the AJ Styles debut in 2016 and Brock Lesnar return in 2012 were horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 On 11/27/2019 at 6:06 PM, Elsalvajeloco said: Re: Brock Compared to literally 90% of the guys in UFC or were in the UFC at some point, his doesn't seem as bad. Sean O'Malley's doesn't even look like a real tattoo for example. Steven Peterson has a pretty bad one too. It's like he had 25 different ideas and decided to go with ALL of them. Chris Camozzi falls into this category as well. I am also not a big fan of Darren Elkins' The Damage tattoo. It's probably because I remember Elkins earlier in his career where he just had a small tattoo on his arm. Now he has that, The Damage in stitches, and a dragon his shoulder that almost touches the one on his chest. It's too much. Speaking of guys going with their nickname, if I didn't know Anthony Smith was nicknamed the Lionheart, I would think he just had a tiny flame on his chest instead of a lion. Kid Yamamoto (RIP) I thought had some cool shit later on after his career was pretty much done. He had a pretty nice one on his right shoulder (the cyborg-ish one) prior to getting the other work. Thiago Santos also has a hammer that says Marreta (which is Portuguese for you guessed it...sledgehammer). For whatever reason, I liked Alessio Sakara's tattoos because he already looked like a goddamn serial killer to begin with so that just makes him look even more intimidating. I thought Scott Jorgensen choosing to get all his work colorful and bright as hell was a wise decision once he finally got his vitiligo under control. Maybe this is cheating because he has really dark skin, but Israel Adesanya's tattoo of the African continent (apparently he has Nigeria outlined on it) looks pretty fucking cool. I do claim Gustafsson's wolf as a serious bad tattoo guilty pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) 33 minutes ago, worldcupfever said: I do claim Gustafsson's wolf as a serious bad tattoo guilty pleasure. If we're thinking of the same tattoo, apparently, that's a tattoo of his first dog (a pitbull named Tequila) he had when he was a teenager and eventually lost custody of after going to jail for beating up a biker gang with his friends. I didn't know Sweden was that rough and tumble. Between that story and Reza Madadi, I don't know what to think now. Edited November 29, 2019 by Elsalvajeloco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said: If we're thinking of the same tattoo, apparently, that's a tattoo of his first dog (a pitbull named Tequila) he had when he was a teenager and eventually lost custody of after going to jail for beating up a biker gang with his friends. I didn't know Sweden was that rough and tumble. Between that story and Reza Madadi, I don't know what to think now. Lots of biker gangs in Sweden and Norway. Viking heritage and all that happy horseshit. Anyway, on the subject of tats, no one has mentioned how frightfully expensive they are to get a good one. I've made it to 62 without any ink simply due to the fact that whenever the thought crossed my mind there was usually something else that I'd rather spend money on. (Usually a book, so I suppose that you could look at my collection and see what could have been full body art had I not preferred the printed word...) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 Moving this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Since Bray started wrestling as The Fiend, he's feuded with two people, Finn Balor and Seth Rollins. Both have since turned evil. Is feuding with the fiend a corrupting influence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, AxB said: Since Bray started wrestling as The Fiend, he's feuded with two people, Finn Balor and Seth Rollins. Both have since turned evil. Is feuding with the fiend a corrupting influence? While Daniel Bryan's done the opposite, bad to good. Hurt and Heal, indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 The Fiend is going to bring out 1990-91 or Ministry of Darkness Taker for a Saudi show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: The Fiend is going to bring out 1990-91 or Ministry of Darkness Taker for a Saudi show. I really liked how The Undertaker brought back his classic look for the last time when he defeated Sycho Sid for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 13. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 14 hours ago, caley said: Wasn’t it the Cole-Tazz pairing where Cole got upset with Tazz because he kept making gay jokes at his expense And complained to management, hence why they split them up? Or did I make up that story? I've never heard this personally. I thought they were friends behind the scenes and did that pilot for Sirius years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Bray Wyatt is the top merch seller now in WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 3 hours ago, AxB said: Since Bray started wrestling as The Fiend, he's feuded with two people, Finn Balor and Seth Rollins. Both have since turned evil. Is feuding with the fiend a corrupting influence? I so wish I could have confidence they were doing something like this intentionally, because I really like the idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Hopefully the Fiend doesn't feud with Big Show. Im scared what will happen to Big Show's personality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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