OT: ESPN now covering WWE
It's been a long time coming.
Former WWE announcer and backstage interviewer The Coach is the man covering WWE.
We are kicking off @WWE #SummerSlam weekend with @TheCoachESPN. pic.twitter.com/35JYPkVH65
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 22, 2015August 23rd, 2015 at 6:09 PM ^
Will have to check out
August 23rd, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
College Gameday is a must for me. Love waking up to CGD in the morning.
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
The average MGoBlog post has more useful information than you'll hear out of Chris / "Herbie" / Corso (FFS ...) in two hours. They hardly ever say anything truly interesting. I suppose some of the "pageantry" (signs, etc.) is fun.
I'd have to say that this is a step up from some of their programming (poker games).
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^
This is worse than covering competitive eating, video games or poker. At least those involve actual competition. WWE is a soap opera.
August 23rd, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^
Gameday does actually analyze matchups and do what you said they should do. They don;t break down advanced stats by any means and may not do it in the fashion you prefer, bit they do it. And I love it, except I'm worried that Chris Fowler, who was th best part of the show IMO, is gone this year.
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
WWE is basically a homo-erotic daytime soap opera. Not really my thing.
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August 23rd, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
Coach had a 6-48 record in WWE. His matches were him getting beat up as a comic relief match. He was an announcer and backstage interviewer first.
There was an event last night and the women's match was the second main event and it stole the show. The women's matches are better than most of the men on the main roster.
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
Cant Espn at least bring back bowling, billiards, or hockey before this?
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Maybe we really are in the end days?
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
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Not trying to convert you to be a fan at all, but nearly everything in life is scripted.
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August 23rd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
Is anyone really surprised by this?
I was back in Michigan visiting family over the last month after having lived out of the country for a few years...turned on the boob tube and was just aghast at the stupidity that is ESPN...
But its a simple formula...take an attractive woman, add an ex-player and a writer/reporter and mix in a bunch of lame jokes and you've got pretty much everything I saw on ESPN. All that was missing was the laugh track.
WWE should fit right in...
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
Another great Takeover last night.
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
August 23rd, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
NXT reminds me of WWF back in the day, just some quick promos and then get straight to the matches. An hour show is enough to satisfy my wrestling itch. I can't do the weekly Raw marathons.
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
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Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns, Wyatt, Owens, Neville, Zayn, Itami, Balor, Enzo and Big Cass, and now Apollo Crews... This is going to be something awesome for the fans!
And I didn't even mention the women! The NXT Four plus Paige... We're in the middle of the best years right now.
I would say, if you were a fan, sign up for the free month and watch Summerslam tonight and a few episodes of NXT. NXT is everything that was good about wrestling in the past.
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
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The guy justs twists his face up a little and Michael Cole starts wetting himself talking about "the lunatic fringe". Just gives the guys entire persona a weak feeling to me, even though I know logically he's a quality performer. Fuck Michael Cole.
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
yeah - they need to let him be himself.
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
What? In their golden era? now?!?! I think their ratings are what? in the 3s? I've been a fan since 1989 and I cant watch Raw for very long. Its just bland to me. Everyone looks the same. No one that just beams charisma. The attitude era from a ratings and money stand point is the golden era to this point. The WWE network is amazing though. I've watched everything up to the mid 90s and its just great as I remember.
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First off, Michael Cole sucks balls. And it makes a huge difference in the product when compared to JR (especially in his NWA days) or Monsoon/Ventura.
Second, personality is lacking compared to the good old days. Wyatt has it. Rollins has it. Brock/Heyman have it in spades between the two of them. Most of the other guys come off as lame and scripted. Any mention of "the WWE universe" in a promo just fucking kills the tension.
I'd like to see NXT elevated to an actual rival/competitor. Replace the B-level stories/matches on Smackdown with their own show. Move some of the better workers who aren't getting a big push (Ziggler, Cesaro, and maybe the Miz if you are short on heels) and raid TNA's best guys to kill them off completely (Wolves, Magnus, EC3, maybe Bobby Roode). Add a harder edge since you don't have to appeal to the Cena/kids crowd as much and you might have something really big (two solid but distinct national promotions under one umbrella).
Also, they need to go back to using managers (look at the pop Heyman gets and he's the only one really on the roster) and seriously upgrade and use the tag team division. Sad when a couple of mustachioed douches on unicycles winning the NXT title is actually more compelling than a four team title match at SummerSlam (which is basically just two teams with zero personality, the Dancing Black Guys vs. the Masked Mexicans).
August 23rd, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
With the tag team division the way it is right now, it would not surprise me at all to see them make a serious push for the Young Bucks.
August 23rd, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^
I was mildly intrigued by the idea of Global Force but when they immediately partnered up with Dixie I knew that shit was going nowhere. Can't imagine it would take much to sign those guys. WWE could probably scoop up the Wolves pretty easily as well.
They just don't seem to prioritize the division at all anymore. They had to bring the New Age Outlaws back from the scrap heap just to hold a title match a while back. The Rhodes brothers thing was an okay pairing but Dustin is too old and I think basically retiring. They had a quiet Swiss dude posing as a xenophobic American just to create something approximating a team identity not long ago. Compare that to a time when you had The Rockers, British Bulldogs, Hart Foundation, Orient Express, Demolition, Nasty Boys, Bolsheviks, Bushwhackers, etc. all active at pretty much the same time. NWA had Road Warriors, Steiners, Midnight, Rock&Roll, Doom, etc. as well.
Now it just seems like the corny ethnic pairings division. No personality, no real storylines, and just one match per card for the title, often with 3 or 4 teams thrown together at once because nobody gives a shit about the outcome.
You could have teamed up, say, Neville and Balor, given them a persona or maybe a manager, and done something interesting. Instead one guy is down in NXT and the other is stuck in limbo as a mid-card stuntman who will eventually fade away like Kofi Kingston.
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Never got into the masked stuff, really. Was always more of an NWA fan in the old days, started to dip my toe in the ECW waters through Terry Funk (his '89 feud with Flair is still probably my favorite thing as a fan) and around the same time bailed on WCW when they basically killed off the Horsemen and put everybody and his mother in the NWO (then had to split the NWO because it was too big, then had Russo bury the company).
So every once in a while I try to see if there is a viable alternative/rival to WWE. I've got my eggs in the NXT basket for now, and hopefully Vince is listening and can make it into a legit competitor. Can't imagine it would be bad for business if he could create something like the Monday Night Wars under one roof.