Just John 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2006 Tonight's SD episode inspired me to inquire about this. What are some examples of announcers shamelessly protecting kayfabe? Besides Jimmy Yang never having a match on SD... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2006 Probably not exactly what you're looking for, but Monsoon calling every jobber a youngster . . . regardless of how long they've been around or how old they look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10 Pounds 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2006 They did the "newcomer" thing for Harley Race, even though he was a multi-time champion. Everytime the crowd is silent "because they're in shock". Crowd being half and half at Wrestlemania 18. The kids are loving the Gobbledy Gooker. When your hear wrestlers calling spots, but they're really "talking trash" to each other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tominator89 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2006 When a spot is blown, it's a high risk manuever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2006 On the jobber note, I just can't take it seriously when an announcer shills a newcomer for going over a "veteran" like Val Venis or Scotty 2 Hotty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2006 "traditional fans" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2006 John Cena being "controversial" rather than "not over with anybody but women and children". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2006 When a spot is blown, it's a high risk manuever. Well it's just them usually using it in regards to missing. They aren't just going to say "RVD fucked up". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2006 'Ah don't know if he got all of it..' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papacita 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2006 I remember once during a Kane/Snitsky match, Lawler said something like "these fans are really loving this match" while in the background you can CLEARLY see the crowd doing the wave. I thought that was pretty funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasbeen1 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2006 Announcers acting like they didn't know who Steamboat was during his run in the WWF in the early 90s, just a few years after being the IC champion, stealing the show with Savage at WM III. Hundreds of other examples, just anytime an announcer "forgets" something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dlb19338 Report post Posted October 4, 2006 The WWE claiming they moved WM7 indoors to the LA Sports Arena to "protect" Sgt. Slaughter from anti-Iraq threats when in reality they couldn't sell out the Coliseum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masked Man of Mystery 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2006 I remember when Matt Morgan came back with the stuttering gimmick, and they acted like he had never been in WWE before, despite being in a WRESTLEMANIA match Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2006 I remember when Matt Morgan came back with the stuttering gimmick, and they acted like he had never been in WWE before, despite being in a WRESTLEMANIA match ... Matt Morgan was never in a WrestleMania match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masked Man of Mystery 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2006 I remember when Matt Morgan came back with the stuttering gimmick, and they acted like he had never been in WWE before, despite being in a WRESTLEMANIA match ... Matt Morgan was never in a WrestleMania match. My bad....I could've sworn he was in the Taker handicap match at 19. At the very least he was there, on Smackdown no less....and he was in Survivor Series, sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2006 I'd gathered you meant that match. Show and A Train. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 Similar to calling jobbers "youngsters", when Carlos Colon appeared at the Royal Rumble one year Gorilla Monsoon called him a "youngster" even though he was well over 40. I also remember laughing my ass off at an early episode of Monday Night Raw when Rob Bartlett asked Vince McMahon "Who's this guy wrestling Shawn Michaels? Some guy they dragged off the street?" and Vince had to stammer and say something like "He's a young man who's enjoyed a bit of success here in the WWF," or something like that, referring to a jobber HBK was squashing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 Similar to calling jobbers "youngsters", when Carlos Colon appeared at the Royal Rumble one year Gorilla Monsoon called him a "youngster" even though he was well over 40. To be fair, this was Monsoon saying this in the early 90s. At that point, Moses was a youngster to him. [Ok, an exagguration...but you know what I mean.] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 On the lines of young wrestlers, I was watching a show from 2000, and JR called Benoit and Jericho "youngsters with bright futures ahead of them." Never mind they had each been wrestling for 10 years or more by then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruiserKC 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Announcers acting like they didn't know who Steamboat was during his run in the WWF in the early 90s, just a few years after being the IC champion, stealing the show with Savage at WM III. Hundreds of other examples, just anytime an announcer "forgets" something. Along those lines...announcers from previous organizations that have amnesia when they came to the WWF/E. A prime example...Rod Trongard in the late '80s (former AWA announcer) saying on an episode of Prime Time Wrestling, "I have never seen the Rockers". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 On the lines of young wrestlers, I was watching a show from 2000, and JR called Benoit and Jericho "youngsters with bright futures ahead of them." Never mind they had each been wrestling for 10 years or more by then. Jericho, I can forgive. Sure, he had been wrestling for a while at that point, but he has an extremely young looking face for his age. Benoit though? Dude doesn't even look young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 They did both go on to win World Championships so the bright futures part wasn't entirely inaccurate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Anytime a WWE announcer starts putting over how great the tag team division is...you know there's only like three teams left on the whole roster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I was watching GAB 06 yesterday on OnDemand and it was funny to hear Cole explain why the crowd was chanting boring during the Finlay/Regal match "The crowd was expecting Bobby Lashley!" "you know, it actually sounds like they're chanting Bobby!" no Cole, they are bored with this matchup...sorry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I realise this question's about three months behind now...but a Finlay Regal match was boring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 the WWE crowds don't want a Finlay/Regal 15 minute wrestling clinic...Cole was right, they wanted to see Bobby Lashely. Personally, I enjoyed the match, it was very old school, but that shit doesn't fly with the WWE type of crowd. Well maybe it would fly in Chicago, New York, Philly or Toronto, but not wherever the hell they were for that event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I loved Regal v. Finlay. Of course I'm biased as hell, but still. The show was in Indianapolis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 another big problem with regal-finlay despite the mat wrestling aspect was that it was 2 heels in there so they had no one to get behind and they hated both of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I don't think that's really an excuse if the match is boring. If the action's hot, they'll get into it no matter who's in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 it was a good match, but it wasn't THAT kinda match. An 8 minute match on Smackdown, sure, but not a 15 minute PPV match....not those two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
