Coach's Heel Turn:

[Guest OnlyMe]

For years, Jonathan Coachman has been one of the most irritating people in WWE. His constant shilling of other storylines, at the expense of the match he was currently calling became pretty irritating, and he was a pretty bland guy. He had no personality or charisma, and had no ability to make me care about a match, wrestler or angle. In short: He sucked. WWE agreed, since there were a couple of occasions when Jim Ross was taken off TV in favour of The Coach, but never managed to sustain his role on the show.

 

But then... it happened.

 

Continued...

 

 

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[Guest The Real Nosferatu]

He's still a millions time better than Mark Loyd. ANyone who gets made fun of by michael cole needs to hang it up.

[Guest OnlyMe]

He's still a millions time better than Mark Loyd. ANyone who gets made fun of by michael cole needs to hang it up.

 

You are correct, but that's still not saying much for the guy.

[Guest The Real Nosferatu]

Coach I guess IS That bad. The only things Ican remember of his 4 years in WWF/E is Rock making him his bitch.

[Guest Retro Rob]

Coach always seems to be OK when with someone other than Jerry Lawler. The same could be said for JR. What does that tell you?

[razazteca 0]

Both look good with inferior co-workers. The only time Coach was remotely entertaining was the time he was working with D-Lo..........Teddy Long must work on Heat!

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I recently conducted an interview with "The Coach" here is it:

 

: So how long have you been following Pro Wrestling?

 

Coach: What the fuck is Pro Wrestling?

[Guest The Real Nosferatu]

HIGH-Larious

[Jobber of the Week 0]

My mom noticed Coach is looking pretty pumped compared to what he used to and assumed he was going to become a full-time wrestler.

 

Coach's heel turn was never perfection to begin with. The reason we talked and laughed about it so much is that it's a guy that the crowd never cared about in the first place, so turning him heel didn't make a single person care any more.

[razazteca 0]

Almost as good as the Mike Tenay heel turn in WCW.

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

I was at Summerslam. I had no clue where that came from. I saw Coachman and I was shocked. Granted, not much shocks me wrestling wise these days, but I was too confused to appreciate. I didn't know why Coach would turn. My focus wasn't on the match. For the remainder I just would look back and forth at the people I was with and say "What the hell?" I guess they accomplished what they were going for... it made no sense, but turned out alright, I guess, but no need for the PPV match. I was happy about Brand Only PPVs cause I thought my favorites like Hurricane would finally make a PPV, so guys like Christian would be on the show NO DOUBT, rather than questioning if he could make the cut this show. The only thing the brand only PPVs have proven is they feel they need to fill a slot with at least one non-wrestling match. That's the streak. It happened at Bad Blood, it happened twice at Vengeance, they even carried it over to the mixed brand Summerslam and now it will happen for the FOURTH STRAIGHT PPV with Unforgiven. I am almost positive that it will happen at No Mercy, along with the Survivor Series rumors. In fact, looking at that, that will mean at every show this year except Backlash, a competition of non-wrestlers will have taken away one match, from cards that are supposed to "expand the wrestling", with Armaggedon still pending:

 

Rumble: Dawn Marie fights Torrie

No Way Out: BISCHOFF vs. Austin

Wrestlemania: Vince/Hogan plus Tag Team is cut for Cat fight

Backlash: One skips

Judgement Day: Bikini Challenge

Bad Blood: Triathalon

Vengeance: 2/3 McMahon Main Event

Summerslam: Bischoff/Shane

Unforgiven: JR/Coach at least, probably Shane

Survivor: Proposed Match (in case people would think spoiler)

 

That is way too many. It was interesting once in a while, such as St. Valentine's Day Massacre, people wanted to see Vince get his ass beat. It's nothing new anymore... stop wasting showtime.

[buffybeast 0]

I don't think Coach sucks as a commentator. He's effective at what he does, no more or less. I think he lacks charisma and that certain intangible that makes decent commentators good or even great.

 

As for his heel turn, I agree with the author of this thread, it went from good to terrible. There is almost no change in his commentating style on HEAT which makes his turn appear pointless. His entire persona needed to change, including his style on HEAT.

[Slingshot Suplex 0]

"His constant shilling of other storylines, at the expense of the match he was currently calling became pretty irritating"

 

 

I thought that trait was a requirement of anybody on the WWE announcing team?

[Guest OnlyMe]

I thought that trait was a requirement of anybody on the WWE announcing team?

 

To a point, yes. He took it to extremes, and really seemed to not care about the match.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

I was at Summerslam. I had no clue where that came from. I saw Coachman and I was shocked

 

Exactly how I felt.

 

I love Coach as a heel. Before, the guy would be lucky if he could a reaction from the crowd, now as a heel, he's great at drawing crowd heat, plus making fun of JR tonight was fucking gold.