WWE’s Commentary Team

Written by Radi Lewis Jr.

One of the most important parts of professional wrestling is the commentary team. The commentary of a match, storyline, or angle can really add to the drama of the match or it can totally distract from the match. Jim Ross is the perfect example of someone who added drama and emotion to a match, someone who can make the viewer at home feel the emotion of the point he is supposed to be getting across. And of course, WWE, well what do they do with Jim Ross? They fire  and humiliate him in his hometown on many occasions, and then proceed to replace him on air with Michael Cole.  As of right now, we have 3 people on commentary team: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and JBL. So, whats to complain about, you have 3 people who offer different sensible perspectives on the matches and stories in the ring right? Of course not! That would mean the commentators would actually have to focus on their JOBS and storytelling what is going on in the ring  using their voices.



WWE is all about storytelling, I mean professional wrestling is all about storytelling, it is basically a male soap opera. If you watch Raw, you would feel like you are losing brain cells listening to the commentary team. They talk about the most nonsensical things you could possibly imagine while watching a wrestling match. They talk about comedy, food, and even take "SELFIES" while a tag team match is going on. WWE’s motto is “ We are not wrestling, We are “Sports Entertainment”, apparently, they forgot about the sports part, and clearly the entertainment part. Let me paint you a scenario, when WWE books an injury angle, and/ or attack, how do the commentators react to said angle? You would think, well clearly, they put raw emotion, anger, into the storylines that WWE is trying to convey to the audience correct? If you thought that, well you are probably more smarter than most of WWE officials. According to Vince Mcmahon, this is what you do, What? that’s stupid, have them talk in MONOTONE voices and put no energy into the big angles.

Am I the only one who thinks that turning the commentary team off would just increases the value of a match by a thousand percent? Here is a tip for WWE, hire commentators who actually watch their own shows they are COMMENTATING! Jerry Lawler is someone who has admitted in interviews that he doesn't even watch Smackdown, NXT, or any other show besides Raw that  he is not on. That makes no sense, why can’t the commentary team be logical, call the matches, and add drama to your storylines? Oh I’m sorry, would that mean that WWE actually would put EFFORT into every single aspect of their show? Once again, Vince Mcmahon to tell us fans that he knows what is good for us right?