New Joey Styles interview......his role expanding to other areas...

[Kizzo 0]

He did a very good job at Wrestlemania IMO...I think he is learning pretty fast...

 

Highlights...

And it was also very interesting for me because I’ve never called just one match on a show before. It took a tremendous amount of pressure off of me. It gave me the opportunity to prep for only one match in the new WWE story-telling style I’m trying to master. I’ve gone back and watched the match probably three times now, and I think I was story-telling, and not doing play-by-play, which is what WWE wants from me. Overall I think it was the perfect way to make my WrestleMania debut. I think it was better for me to call just one match so I could put all of my focus into that match. And for the hardcore wrestling fans, and for the ECW fans, they probably felt it was the best match of the night.

I think what I’m most excited about is being involved with all of the new media – being involved with the video on your cell phones, the on-demand channel WWE 24/7, new programming on WWE.com – I think I’m as excited as a marketer, which is what I am at heart, about the new media as I am about being on RAW.

 

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[Guest hasbeen]

He did a very good job at Wrestlemania IMO...I think he is learning pretty fast...

 

Highlights...

And it was also very interesting for me because I’ve never called just one match on a show before. It took a tremendous amount of pressure off of me. It gave me the opportunity to prep for only one match in the new WWE story-telling style I’m trying to master. I’ve gone back and watched the match probably three times now, and I think I was story-telling, and not doing play-by-play, which is what WWE wants from me. Overall I think it was the perfect way to make my WrestleMania debut. I think it was better for me to call just one match so I could put all of my focus into that match. And for the hardcore wrestling fans, and for the ECW fans, they probably felt it was the best match of the night.

I think what I’m most excited about is being involved with all of the new media – being involved with the video on your cell phones, the on-demand channel WWE 24/7, new programming on WWE.com – I think I’m as excited as a marketer, which is what I am at heart, about the new media as I am about being on RAW.

 

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The best announcers, old timers like Solie and Russell, could tell the tale and call the action at the same time. Wrestling fans aren't as dumb as some would want to think, and don't need to be hit over the head with a point, many times in some angles, for it to sink in.

[Kizzo 0]

Monsoon could too...but who the hell is Solie and Russell.....

[Guest Princess Leena]

Lolz.

[Hawk 34 0]

How can you not know Solie?

[cabbageboy 0]

How can you not know Lance Russell?

 

(But then I'm from Louisville, which is old school Memphis territory)

[Guest rralvarez]

Personally, I think the WWE announcing is a shadow of it’s former self. I grew up watching the WWE back in the mid eighties and late 90s, so my ultimate duo would have to be either Venutra / Monsoon or Heenan / Monsoon days.

 

I think, at his best, a commentator should add to a story line. He should not only “tell the story”, but serve as a pro- active narrator; engage us into believing a given wrestler really is PISSED off or has NEVER felt pain like that figure four in his career (on some ol’ “Never Ending Story” grandpa status!).

 

I think the epitome of an announcer is shown on an old SNME episode. In a segment of Piper’s Pit, Cowboy Bob Orton and Piper get into a confrontation with Cousin Elmer and Hillbilly Jim. At some point in the dialogue Piper tells them that a derogatory comment he said earlier was a direct quote from Ventura. Thus, Hillbilly Jim challenges Ventura to “come to the ring and say it to his face.” Sure enough Ventura comes and makes the interview even more interesting.

 

I could site Ventura doing stuff like this many times. If you remember it was Ventura who produced Andre The Giant during the infamous Hogan shirt ripping, cross breaking, Wrestlemania III setup, interview during Piper’s Pit.

 

I realize that announcers are not always going to be so involved in every story… yet it’s the essence I am commenting on. The announcer’s ability to captivate in his own right; paralleling the wrestlers.

 

-Ramses

[Hawk 34 0]

How can you not know Lance Russell?

 

(But then I'm from Louisville, which is old school Memphis territory)

 

Yeah but Solie was on national tv each week and is constantly praised by Ross.