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Post by Badstreet USA on Apr 21, 2006 19:50:34 GMT -5
i never see why there is so much hate for him out there on the internet.
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Post by Scott Joyce on Apr 21, 2006 19:57:36 GMT -5
I actually thought he was a good commentator.
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Post by Diabolo on Apr 22, 2006 3:58:12 GMT -5
Hated him! horrible commentator all that 'ooooh my' stuff after nearly every move and pinfall was just annoying and he either couldn't or wouldn't allow Bobby Heenan to shine. He rarely responded to anything the Brain said and on the odd occasion he did, he would try to make the Brain seem stupid and unfunny.
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Post by Tim on Apr 23, 2006 22:54:36 GMT -5
He was one of the greatest announcers in the history of our sport!
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Post by Alpha Clash on Apr 24, 2006 4:34:40 GMT -5
Remember, Tony was getting fed lines by Bischoff during his last run in WCW. And you wonder why the things he said sounded bad??
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Post by Scott Joyce on Apr 24, 2006 14:13:23 GMT -5
Yeah he was fed a line about Mick Foley winning the title on Nitro one night thinking it would hurt RAWs ratings but in fact it helped the WWFs ratings. He made a comment that "Tonight on RAW Mick Foley is going to win the WWF title, that'll put butts in the seat." Well it put alot of points on RAWS TV ratings.
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Post by Alpha Clash on Apr 24, 2006 23:37:16 GMT -5
Eric had a brilliant mind at times.....but also was a major idiot as well. I don't blame Tony for the Foley incident....it was Bischoff's stupidity.
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Post by Scott Joyce on Apr 25, 2006 10:35:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I believe he was told to make the comments about Foley.
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Post by Diabolo on Apr 25, 2006 13:23:51 GMT -5
But he also sucked in his run with the wwe - the guy simply can't and couldn't measure up with the greats of commentary.
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Post by Alpha Clash on Apr 25, 2006 16:14:06 GMT -5
True but remember that an announcer is told what lines to follow and in generalities what to say and not say. It Tony is told to act vanilla next to Jesse Ventura, Tony will act vanilla to save his job.
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Post by Scott Joyce on Apr 25, 2006 18:38:34 GMT -5
Tony had alot to give but I dont think he was giving the opportunity because the commentators he worked with were greats and then he worked for Bischoff who is a real jerk to some of the workers in the industry.
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Post by Burnham on Apr 26, 2006 7:20:54 GMT -5
I liked tony schiavone, i thought that he was a good commentator!
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Post by Alpha Clash on Apr 26, 2006 20:09:06 GMT -5
Tony had alot to give but I dont think he was giving the opportunity because the commentators he worked with were greats and then he worked for Bischoff who is a real jerk to some of the workers in the industry. Very true, Scottingraham. Tony did shine in his early days with the NWA though when he had Gordon Solie teaching him a few tricks. Not a bad guy to learn from. |
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Post by Scott Joyce on Apr 26, 2006 21:30:21 GMT -5
No doubt Gordon Solie was one amazing commentator and he was the rule for commentating IMO.
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Post by Alpha Clash on Apr 27, 2006 13:56:39 GMT -5
He was...the measuring stick. I pop in a couple of old NWA tapes and here Gordon & Bob Caudle calling a card. Magic!
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