Styles replaced by Adamle

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Source: PWInsider.com

It was just announced at today's Smackdown/ECW Taping in London, England that Mike Adamle is the new announcer for ECW. He is set to call tonight's entire broadcast.

The word going around backstage at the show is that Joey Styles will be moved to another area within the company.

Bit of a shocker to me. I'm not the biggest Joey Styles fan, but I'd prefer him over Adamle who lacks enthusiasm and doesn't remember the guys names (Jeff Harvey lol).

Your thoughts on this, guys?

[FoleyIsGod]

What a shame, Joey Styles is the voice of ECW. No matter what his detractors say, he adds passion to his commentary and his exchanges with Tazz are quite funny.

I just hope he replaces Coachman on Smackdown, as Coachman is useless and is no replacement for JBL, who is sorely missed.

[AnthonyM4]

I'm actually glad Joey is not on the announce team since he's not allowed to call the matches like he did in the old ecw. They allow Michael Cole and Jim Ross to call holds and not Joey and that's just mind boggling. I understand Joey Styles got an announcing job because of the good job he did at ECW One Night Stand. So if they liked how he called ONS then why the heck did they have him change the way he announces? I wonder what he will do now?

[klunderbunker]

I completely don't get this move by wwe. Styles actually commentates on the matches instead of just putting over the storylines like all of the other announcers. Adamle is nothing more than a puppet to have lines fed to him to say. Styles was one of the few things wwe had done right. He was one of the very few reasons to keep the old name. Now just turn it into some wwe produced named show. I think I'll keep the show muted from now on.

[Shocky]

God forbid someone actually pays attention to what is going on in the ring instead of plugging a T-Shirt every chance they get. Poor styles, truly one of the best announcers out there. Simply put, there was no way in hell he was going to last in the McMahon Circus, quite frankly, he's too smart for the job. Adamle is fucking terrible, beyond Coachman terrible.

[elijah ecw express]

adamle is just horrible he sucks on the mic and his voice is just boring. in his 30 seconds of mic time per week on raw for the last 2.5 months he has nearly forgotten his lines about twenty times. also styles was exciting and fun to listen to and most of all i will miss the comments on nunzio's feet.

[Deexter Jorgan]

for heavens sake?, the show was getting better and better and what did they do?, get rid of styles, no we dont need ecw to become a good brand we need to get rid of one of the two credible anouncers that we have that will increase ratings

honestly i dont understand why wwe has made this move, the brand was building into something amazing, adamle has no clue how to anounce wrestling and joey styles is being placed in a position where he will get buried for something else to do, seriously im really getting sick of the vince mcmahon power plays this really is annoying

[turbomonkey484]

ECW is gonna be really shit now.
i thought Joey styles was a really good commentator he was funny, clever and creative and he made ECW watchable. And now there replacing him with Mike Adamle who just seems so boring compared to Joey styles, and he has messed up a lot already. However this could actually make ECW quite funny, especially if Jess Harvey gets drafted there.

[klunderbunker]

Latest update: Styles is heading to wwe.com. Wow. Who did he tick off to be sent there? This makes no sense at all. Why would you let a guy that has the wrestling expericence on tv of one of taker's druids become lead commentater for a show? What Vince, or whoever made this move is thinking is completely beyond me. I can't wait to see what happens when Adamle completely bombs. Could be funny for a few weeks though.

[Deexter Jorgan]

What i don't understand is why didnt they just make it a three man commentary team like with coach, jr and king did back on raw?, the move to completely eliminate one of the most experienced broadcasters for a guy who has as much wrestling experience as a chin chiller on heat boggles the mind

what's next for styles?, is he going to run wwe.com or something?, who did he piss off to get this opportunity, i see him back on ecw within weeks coz adamlee is going to mess up too many names, like calling the underraker or bane, or bm spunk, the guy doesnt know what wrestling is and i dont see why hes even been given this opportunity, why not give him heat or something not wwe's c show, do they really want to kill the brand off?

[Slim Pickns]

Just when ECW was showing signs of greatness with Kane and Taker appearances and CM Punk winning MOTB, they go back to being amateur hour. I would like to hear what the reason is behind Styles being pulled from the booth before completely tearing this decision apart, but there had to be a better choice for a replacement. I could name at least three people who would be better and still not hurt wherever they are being pulled from/ Even throwing Maria in there would have been a better option.

[Cage917r]

This was an horrible decision for a couple of reasons. First of all Joey Styles is the voice of ECW and is not that bad of an announcer. Second, now they replaced him with a piece of crap, who they are paying too much and cannot announce for shit. Every time Mike Adamal comes on the screen, I want to mute the television because he obviously has no idea what he is talking about. I seriously dont think this will last because WWE/Vince will realize how horrible Adamle is and they will eventually move Styles back to the role. Basically, the only reason they are doing this is because they are paying Adamle so much money, for no reason, now they look like they have a reason. Bad Move.

[klunderbunker]

That's just it though. We've seen him on Raw. He can't handle even remember the wrestlers names when all he has to do it talk for 30 seconds in something that he's can simply memorize. How is he going to handle an hour long show which is sometimes live? The whole thing just doesn't make any sense. It's not like Styles was bad either.

[Slyfox696]

Thank God they got Styles off the commentating team. I've never in my life seen a broadcast journalist (thanks Bobby) so unenthusiastic about the show he was calling. Seriously, every time I listened to Styles, I thought about how mopey he seemed.

I don't know anything about this Adamle guy as a head commentator, but he's got to be better than Styles.

Thank God. Let Styles go mope somewhere else.

[SpiralHands]

This i s just plain wierd move. I think its probs just a tester to be honest to see if Mike can do it, they want him to try out something different and having him do it on the low key program of ECW isb better than trying and sucking on something like Raw and Smackdown. But if its permanent I thinks its a bad move Styles IMO has great calling skills and his in the original ECW was outstanding. I cannot see why WWE has done this nor what Joey is going to do now, but I shall miss him at the table!

[sadam34]

Im sorry, my jaw whakced the floor when i heard this news, Joey styles a superb announcer and of course one the few remaining ties to the original ecw and mcMahon is moving him to wwe.com, that terrible news but then that his replacement is that immobsil Mike Adamle,im shocked and appauled , i love tazz and joey on commentary, they were my favour annouce team due to coachman on sd and lawler whos gimmicks is a stale as val venis, utter disgrace

[Shoemeister]

This is, quite literally, unreal.

Adamle is an atrocious announcer. He does absolutely nothing to augment or enhance WWE broadcasts in any way, shape or form. He seems clueless all of the time and has no charisma.

Even through all of their trials and tribulations, Joey has continued to stick with ECW. He eats, lives and breathes that company - and then they go and do this? This couldn't have possibly been his choice.

Totally absurd. First WWE Kids, now this. Vince McMahon needs his frickin' head examined.

[TheOneBigWill]

Way to go. Leave it to the World Wrestling Entertainment corp. to figure out a way to kill off one of the last remaining original factors that made up E.C.W.

Joey Styles was, is and always will be the 'voice' of E.C.W. - Taz(z) is horrible as an announcer. I've never liked that decision, and sadly due to an apparent career ending injury, its all the guy can do. Styles is likely nothing to the W.W.E., and they feel more or less that people don't tune in on Tuesdays to listen to him.. so much as watch the action.

Congrats again to the W.W.E., they've managed to somehow make the announcing duo of Coach & Cole to look like the combination of Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan, when comparing them to the utterly horrible announcing team of Taz(z) & Adamle. :disappointed:

[Derf]

I don't even know what to say. Styles was amazing, an ECW origional, one of the last remaining things to the origionals. Mike Adamle sucks at his job, plain and simple. It won't change ratings for the WWE, it will only piss of the fans, and unfortunatly, the WWE will think of non changing ratings to equal success, and leave the change as is. This sucks big time. Words cannot describe how bad this sucks.

[Vee Dub Represent]

Thank God they got Styles off the commentating team. I've never in my life seen a broadcast journalist (thanks Bobby) so unenthusiastic about the show he was calling. Seriously, every time I listened to Styles, I thought about how mopey he seemed.

I don't know anything about this Adamle guy as a head commentator, but he's got to be better than Styles.

Thank God. Let Styles go mope somewhere else.


My god, we shouldnt be questioning taking Styles off the announce team so much as putting Adamle on (which im sure Sly agrees with).... we thought that Coach was shit, jesus christ! Anyone else would have been better.... ANYONE. Todd Grisham, the kid from the Tim White bullshit, Val Venis, Steve Blackman, The Zombie, Khali and Umaga, id rather listen to Jillian sing commentary for an hour than listen to Adamle's fucking voice.

As far as Style's sounding uninspired while commentating, remember that you wouldnt be the same man if you got your balls detatched and then fed piles of shit to commentate on. Of course its his job, but if I hate my job, I probably wouldnt give it 110% either. I bet that is how he feels. To prove my statement just listen to his commentary even as recently as ONS, its like night and day compared to now.

[klunderbunker]

Way to go. Leave it to the World Wrestling Entertainment corp. to figure out a way to kill off one of the last remaining original factors that made up E.C.W.

Joey Styles was, is and always will be the 'voice' of E.C.W. - Taz(z) is horrible as an announcer. I've never liked that decision, and sadly due to an apparent career ending injury, its all the guy can do. Styles is likely nothing to the W.W.E., and they feel more or less that people don't tune in on Tuesdays to listen to him.. so much as watch the action.

Congrats again to the W.W.E., they've managed to somehow make the announcing duo of Coach & Cole to look like the combination of Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan, when comparing them to the utterly horrible announcing team of Taz(z) & Adamle. :disappointed:


Hokey smoke I hadn't even thought of that part of it. The only time Taz does anything worthwhile is when he's bouncing off of styles. What in the name of all that is good and made of cheese is this commentary going to sound like? Adamle will botch more than Jess Harvey after a party, while Tazz rambles on about absolutely nothing. Great team.

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

So I just realized that I never said one of the things I wanted to in the first post, lol.

I forgot to mention that I think the reasoning behind this is the whole "anti-TNA commentator" thing that we've heard about. I remember hearing, I think it was from one of JR's things, that the WWE wants to go for a more calm way of commentating as opposed to the "scream at every moment like you're an idiot" Don West method, which I personally find appalling. We've seen instances of this ever since hearing that comment. Lawler and JR aren't freaking out as much and are trying to do the "quiet and solemn, wonder if its serious" thing lately. Styles has been almost monotone lately, especially in times when he would do just that - flip out like a retard lol, which a lot of people like (myself not included, but it was better than when he tried to be serious). WWE most likely feels that putting Adamle in the spot will make it so Tazz is the funny man and Adamle is the "straight man" to the duo. Putting Styles on WWE.com is probably, in their twisted mind, the way to "breathe life" into the failing website. The visitors to WWE.com have been dropping, so they probably think that adding an energetic interviewer or whatever might make it a more exciting site to go to.

Of course, its going to fail...but that's beside the point.

[Hart>HBK]

Adamle is horrible on the mic. His voice sounds boring, he always mumbles, he always makes mistakes, and he forgets the names of the wrestlers even in a limited time of talking. If he forgets the name of one of WWE's top stars when he only talks for 30 seconds (Jeff Hardy) how is he going to remember all the guys on the ECW roster? This is a huge mistake and he'll likely be replaced or the ECW brand will just fall apart.

[midgensa]

I am totally confused by this move. I know that WWE loves its storylines and such being promoted in a match and Styles is a great "move" caller, but this makes very little sense considering Adamle has seemed off whenever he has been on camera. I mean I will watch and see how it pans out, but I know I will miss Styles. If TNA has the money to make a move ... Styles would bring them insta-credibility.

[White_Machismo]

Man,this is horrible,Adamle is forgeting everybody's name and shit. Tazz has corrected him like three times. Bring back Styles. I know he isnt as good as he used to be back in original ECW since they put restrictions on him and how he calls the match. At least he knows how to call a match. Does this dude even watch wrestling?

[Shoemeister]

Good God.

I understand this is his first night calling play-by-play, but from everything I'm hearing, Adamle is terrible. As I said earlier, he has no charisma. He sounds terribly fake and uninterested. And clueless. Totally clueless.

Way to go, Vince.

[klunderbunker]

Actually I was pretty impressed. He wasn't gordon solie part 2, but it wasn't bad at all. Far better than what I expected. He did mess up a few calls but it didn't take anything away from the show for me. It was his first time in front of a live mic in the wwe. He has experience in this area from American Gladiators so at least he's not completely new. I'll give him 3 weeks then I'll make my judgement.

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Adamle sucked. Its pretty bad when TAZZ outshines you by a mile lol.

"Kick to the chest" - Adamle, when Undertaker does the "boot to the face"

"...applying the figure-four leglock." - Adamle / "Well its not really a figure-four." - Tazz

I'm not sure, but I think Adamle referred to Burke as Benjamin at one point in that match.



Terrible.

[justinsayne]

:lmao:AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you fucking kidding me, those fucking morons replaced Joey Styles with Mike Adamle!?!?, OMFG, they replaced one of the best commentators in the business with a guy who couldn't even fucking pronounce Jeff Hardys name right!?!?!? good fucking god, WWE I'm begging you just pull the fucking plug already, you clearly don't give a shit

Yeah I'm pretty sure I won't be watching ECW anymore, the one bright spot in all this is that at least they didn't replace JR with this douchebag:lmao:

[Mighty NorCal]

GOODness, so here we go with everyone piling on Adamle, because its the super cool awesome smarky thing to do, ESPECIALLY since he replaced the OH so overrated Joey Styles. Calm down guys.

Firstly, he didnt do bad at all. He may have mispronounced some names/moves, but chill the fuck out, it was his first damn night. And personally, I didnt hear what everyone is talking about. Me thinks people were just listening REALLY hard, waiting with baited breath to tear down anything they possibly could about his preformance. He fucking SHOCKED me, As I felt he did VERY well, especially compared to the first live promos he did. I think it really gives the show a more real sports feel, as he sounds more like a traditional announcer, and not a wrestling announcer. He doesnt oversell the shit outta everything, and I found that part at least, pretty refreshing. Im sure he will continue to get better. Everyone stop being so mad that one of their favorites got replaced. Tazz and Adamle fucking OWN coach and Cole (who are outright abysmal)

[Total Impact]

My problem with Mike is, he doesn’t know wrestling he really doesn’t know what to call, because did he actually call a wrestling move is whole time at the desk. I know its a work in progress, but the guy is not fit to call wrestling and they could of did better with Coach or Todd Grishman. Mike made the show more boring as it seemed like he never got into the show, and I doubt overall they could of found someone better than mike. But the WWE did accomplish one ting by taking away Joey and that is finally ending the old ecw-new ecw connection as it is now a WWE-ECW show with no real memories of the past.

[Danmen001]

Well, I am not quite sure what to think of this new "Calm down and talk about storylines" approach to announcing. Quite frankly, I don't like it. While I don't find Adamle the best, or as good as Styles.

For me, at least Style was the great. Absolutely hilarious and fantastic to listen to. "OH MY GOD", etc etc. I like Styles alot, and I am not sure why they are replacing him. I also find it stupid that they are going for this new form of broadcasting.

Mike Adamle was ok, when I heard him on Raw. He made quite a few mistakes though, I also found it funny when Jerry and JR had a little smug look about this new announcer lol. To be fair, he is pretty decent. How many of us can say we talked on live television, as a WWE worker, that wasn't acting up or overly nervous.

When I listen to this tommorrow (Different broadcast times in Australia), I will decide what I think of him for the first time.

[realblackhart]

I hate the move and think it isn't fair to the fans who love Styles. Styles is a part of the infrastructure that is ECW or what was left of it. Mike was horrible, I mean terrible. You can tell that i was killing Taz to the show with him. Taz carried him the whole way. I hope that Vince sees that Mike isn't cut out for the job and they bring Joey back. What is Joey gonna do, Heat? What an insult and a slap in the face. Mike doesn't have what it takes to call ECW, Old, New, or whatever the show is now.

[Slyfox696]

If TNA has the money to make a move ... Styles would bring them insta-credibility.Mike Tenay is far more credible, and much better, than Joey Styles ever thought of being.

Man,this is horrible,Adamle is forgeting everybody's name and shit. Tazz has corrected him like three times. Bring back Styles. I know he isnt as good as he used to be back in original ECW since they put restrictions on him and how he calls the match. At least he knows how to call a match. Does this dude even watch wrestling?Good point. Because, after all, if a guy isn't Bobby Heenan after being told he was going to call his first show mere hours before it happened, clearly we need to get rid of him.

Good God.

I understand this is his first night calling play-by-play, but from everything I'm hearing, Adamle is terrible. As I said earlier, he has no charisma. He sounds terribly fake and uninterested. And clueless. Totally clueless.

Way to go, Vince.How was he terrible? His commentary sounded much more real and he was so much more into it than Styles ever was.

Adamle on his first night > Styles on his last night

:lmao:AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you fucking kidding me, those fucking morons replaced Joey Styles with Mike Adamle!?!?, OMFG, they replaced one of the best commentators in the business with a guy who couldn't even fucking pronounce Jeff Hardys name right!?!?!? good fucking god, WWE I'm begging you just pull the fucking plug already, you clearly don't give a shit

Yeah I'm pretty sure I won't be watching ECW anymore, the one bright spot in all this is that at least they didn't replace JR with this douchebag:lmao:I'll say it again.

Mike Adamle on his first night > Joey Styles over the last few months.

GOODness, so here we go with everyone piling on Adamle, because its the super cool awesome smarky thing to do, ESPECIALLY since he replaced the OH so overrated Joey Styles. Calm down guys.

Firstly, he didnt do bad at all. He may have mispronounced some names/moves, but chill the fuck out, it was his first damn night. And personally, I didnt hear what everyone is talking about. Me thinks people were just listening REALLY hard, waiting with baited breath to tear down anything they possibly could about his preformance. He fucking SHOCKED me, As I felt he did VERY well, especially compared to the first live promos he did. I think it really gives the show a more real sports feel, as he sounds more like a traditional announcer, and not a wrestling announcer. He doesnt oversell the shit outta everything, and I found that part at least, pretty refreshing. Im sure he will continue to get better. Everyone stop being so mad that one of their favorites got replaced. Tazz and Adamle fucking OWN coach and Cole (who are outright abysmal)Amen NorCal. Amen. Rep coming your way if possible.

My problem with Mike is, he doesn’t know wrestling he really doesn’t know what to call, because did he actually call a wrestling move is whole time at the desk. I know its a work in progress, but the guy is not fit to call wrestling and they could of did better with Coach or Todd Grishman. Mike made the show more boring as it seemed like he never got into the show, and I doubt overall they could of found someone better than mike. But the WWE did accomplish one ting by taking away Joey and that is finally ending the old ecw-new ecw connection as it is now a WWE-ECW show with no real memories of the past.Vince McMahon almost never called moves by their name. Hell, even Gorilla Monsoon rarely called name moves.

Adamle did a very solid job.

[Cage917r]

Adamle had his ups and downs on his first show. There were times when he sounded really good and I was thinking i will be able to live with him as the announcer, then there was times were I was left this, "WTF?" He does need to raise his wrestling IQ if he is going to be doing this job, he needs to know the names of the wrestlers at least, and the names of most moves. You can be calling Morrison and Miz MNM, and he cant be calling Miz simply holding on to somebody's leg to make a tag an attemped figure four, you have to know what a figure four is. He has potential to be good, are there better people for the job yes, but it is Adamle's for now, they could have chosen somebody worse, so everybody is going to have to live with it and stop complaining, Adamle is the new ECW Announcer whether you like it or not, learn to live with it.

[reanimat3d]

i actually can't believe its happening, not only is styles being punted over to WWE.com, but he is being replaced by an absolute douchebag!
what the fuck, why would you replace joey styles with someone who has NO commentating experience within wrestling? it just doesn't make sense, at least push that guy up from heat? as least he can call a wrestling match.

[Burngun]

I don't care what anyone says, this guy was horrible. Its obvious he knows jack shite about wrestling. I don't care if people are defending him, he could have atleast done some research before he went out there. He made alot of mistakes during the programme:

''The Tazz''
''The Deuce''
Calling Miz ''Michael''
''Mike The Miz''
''The ECW on Sci-Fi''
''Jimmy''......*Long awkward pause*......Tazz: ''Jimmy Wang Yang''
''Kofi is from Kingston.....from Jamaica''
Calling a simple Leg Lock the ''Figure Four''

They could have atleast brought in somehow who knows something about the business he's working in.

[Mighty NorCal]

I don't care what anyone says, this guy was horrible. Its obvious he knows jack shite about wrestling. I don't care if people are defending him, he could have atleast done some research before he went out there. He made alot of mistakes during the programme:


Yes, obviously, because he messed up a few things, he obviously just knows nothing. The things people are saying here are incredibly dumb. Doyou guys REALLY fucking think he just doesnt know peoples names??? You think he hs been with the company for about 6 months now, and really doesnt even know peoples names??? What in the fuck do you think he does backstage every night, fucking watch ninja turtles???

Let me ask you all something. Are you perfect?? When geting ready for a test for a school, do you all score 100% each and every time you take a test?? Well you MUST, since I mean you do your "research" and all RIGHT???

He DOES know their names, and he DOES know the moves, and probably does a SHIT TON of reasearch backstage. Doesnt mean he will be a little off when he first starts out



''The Tazz''
''The Deuce''
''The ECW on Sci-Fi''


And this is the kind of frivolous shit I was talking about earlier. And really. "The ECW" kind of really makes sense, since ECW is based off of an entire seperate promotion. And really who the fuck cares??? I didnt notice him even say the above....you know who did?? People who WANTED to here him fuck up, and pick apart each and every little last thing that was "wrong" so they could cry about their favorite, Joey Styles, going away.


Calling Miz ''Michael''
''Mike The Miz''
''Kofi is from Kingston.....from Jamaica''
Calling a simple Leg Lock the ''Figure Four''


Micheal is The Miz's actual name. He first appeared in WWE as Mike "the miz" Mizanin. Maybe YOU should do YOUR research. Would everyone flip a bitch is JR refferd to Triple H as "Hunter Hearst Helmsley"...no I dont think so.

Kingston is a major city in jamacia. People may not have known that. Whats wrong with clearing that up for people? And he called the move an "attempted figure four leg lock"...which it couldve been. Like I said, I didnt even notice it, since I was too busy enjoying the wrestling instead finding little frivolous tick tack things to bitch about on an announcer his first night on the job.


You guys are seriouslytrying to say that the WWE, and Vince Mcmahon, sent this dude out there knowing nothing, not knowing names, not knowing any moves, with no research whatsoever....do you all understand how ignorant and stupid that makes you sound??? Seriously???

[HellBoundPower]

I watched ECW, knowing this guy was going to be announcing. I went in with an open mind, but after watching it, I have to say that I wasn't impressed with Adamle at all. The man seemed to not know wrestlers names, the names of any moves, and he just seemed nervous and completely out of it (which is understandable, seeing as it was his first broadcast). Tazz even seemed to be a little annoyed trying to correct him. It just seemed terrible from the very beginning. I hope this guy learns quickly, because it will really bring down the programming if he doesn't.

[NYSandman]

Firstly, I have NO CLUE who this man is that is replacing Styles. Maybe it's because I normally don't watch WWECW.

It's a shame because, besides Taz, he is the last reminant of the original ECW. Styles is a great announcer, and I have always been a fan. He really brought the original ECW to life, and was largely a part of its success.

His "Oh my GOD!" and "CATFIGHT" were akin to JR's catch phrases, and that helped greatly in putting guys over.

I really don't get the point of this. It seems like Vince wants to eliminate every last vestige of the original product.

From removing hard core rules matches to basically turning the ECW title into a meaningless pile of tin, Vince is keeping his track record of destroying the old competition, which is strange since he now own ECW/WCW.

Hope Joey makes a soft landing somewhere, as I think he still has a lot to give to wrestling. :(

[mynettv]

Joey Styles Still Works For Wwe. He Is The New Managing Editor Of Wwe.com.

Seriously, His New Job Has Ton More Prestige And Responsibilities Than Being The Announcer For Wwe's C Brand Show.

Vince Does Not Give A Damn About The Old Ecw. The Ecw Brand Has Zero To Do With The Old Ecw And That Is How Wwe Wants It.

Wcw Is Dead And So Is Heyman's Old Ecw.

[blackhart07]

This is the biggest joke since they started back up the old ECW. Styles is hands down the best announcer in the WWE. Yes better than Ross, and Cole isnt even close. Joey knows every move there is. He knows the backgrounds of people. He messhed well with Taz, and made Taz a better commentator. And for the people saying this is a promotion? Are you kidding me Stlyes has three months on his contract(correct me if im wrong). The WWE will probally let go of him. So they needed to build a new announcer. Styles was watered down from day one. HE couldnt shoot like he did back in ECW, he couldnt even call the dam moves, whats a wrestling match w.o moves? You could tell that he wasnt happy with his spot he had no passion calling his matches. I just hope he goes to TNA just so i can listen to him, he was my second favorite of all time next to Moonson.

[Slyfox696]

This is the biggest joke since they started back up the old ECW. I don't think Styles will do that bad on wwe.com. I wouldn't call it a joke yet.

Styles is hands down the best announcer in the WWE. Not even close.

Yes better than Ross, and Cole isnt even close. AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Joey knows every move there is. He knows the backgrounds of people.Who cares? It's not his job to be a walking encyclopedia or wrestling moves. It's his job to sell the story of the match.

You should watch some Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura commentary to see how it's done.

He messhed well with Taz, and made Taz a better commentator.Taz is terrible. Always has been. JBL with no announcing experience came in and was three times better. Using Taz as an example is poor debate form.

And for the people saying this is a promotion? It's a promotion for WWE fans. Now we got rid of Styles, maybe we can get someone who actually sounds like they give a damn to be there.

Styles was watered down from day one.So, what you're saying is that he cannot adapt his style like the good ones can, and instead can only do one form of announcing? And you call that good?

HE couldnt shoot like he did back in ECW, he couldnt even call the dam moves, whats a wrestling match w.o moves?If I wanted an encyclopedia of wrestling moves, I'd look at Wikipedia. A wrestling commentator is supposed to sell the story of the match, not know names of arbitrary and obscure moves.

You could tell that he wasnt happy with his spot he had no passion calling his matches.Which is why McMahon has removed him TWICE from announcing duties.

I just hope he goes to TNA just so i can listen to him, he was my second favorite of all time next to Moonson.Mike Tenay knows more about wrestling and moves than Styles could dream of. What you just said is contrary to everything else in your post.

[Mr. Eko]

Who cares? It's not his job to be a walking encyclopedia or wrestling moves. It's his job to sell the story of the match.

You should watch some Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura commentary to see how it's done.

Sly man, it's not the 80s anymore. No matter how hard Vince has tried to shape the last year or so around similiar 80s-styled sports entertainment kayfabe-o-rama, it hasn't improved their ratings.

Maybe I'm crazy in that I personally enjoy Joey Styles mode of calling matches. You apparently don't like it. That's fine, thats your opinion. That doesn't make your opinion gospel. Styles is one of the most respected commentators and wrestling personalities in all of the fan community. Joey Styles is fantastic.

It's a promotion for WWE fans. Now we got rid of Styles, maybe we can get someone who actually sounds like they give a damn to be there.

Really Sly? Really? You really think that fans want to hear Mike fucking Adamle? Really? ROFL

If I wanted an encyclopedia of wrestling moves, I'd look at Wikipedia. A wrestling commentator is supposed to sell the story of the match, not know names of arbitrary and obscure moves.

Damn, I guess Gordon Solie was a terrible commentator then.

Mike Tenay knows more about wrestling and moves than Styles could dream of. What you just said is contrary to everything else in your post.

I would not go that far at all Sly. Have you ever spent a good amount of time listening to Style's old commentating style? He has an extensive knowledge of wrestling history, and of it's moves and holds. Probably just as much as Mike Tenay, who you seem to be overrating because he was the only guy in WCW to know what a plancha was.

As for Adamle...meh. It wasn't great. It wasn't terrible though. He's on par with Macho Man in my book I'd say. Not exactly a fantastic commentator, but he's not unlistenable like some were (Who the fuck decided to give Steve "Mongo" McMichael a microphone?)

[Frankie]

I think it was a very bad idea on WWE's side Joey was one of the best and the second that Mike got on he screwed up very very very bad bad bad idea!!!!!!!!!!

[Slyfox696]

Sly man, it's not the 80s anymore. No matter how hard Vince has tried to shape the last year or so around similiar 80s-styled sports entertainment kayfabe-o-rama, it hasn't improved their ratings. Who said anything about the 80s? Does Jim Ross not use the same play-calling NOW?

Maybe I'm crazy in that I personally enjoy Joey Styles mode of calling matches. You apparently don't like it. That's fine, thats your opinion. That doesn't make your opinion gospel.Neither is your opinion gospel. In fact, if there was a "gospel" as far as wrestling in America goes, I would say Vince McMahon would be as close to it as anyone.

And he's taken Styles off TWO announcing jobs now.

Styles is one of the most respected commentators and wrestling personalities in all of the fan community. Joey Styles is fantastic.Only because he called that overrated mess that was ECW.

Really Sly? Really? You really think that fans want to hear Mike fucking Adamle? Really? ROFLGive Adamle three years (which is about what Styles had in the WWE), and he'll be better than Styles.

And, at least he sounds like he wants to be there, unlike Styles towards the end. That's my point.

Damn, I guess Gordon Solie was a terrible commentator then.Gordon Solie could call the story of the match, and did. Joey Styles could never do that.

I would not go that far at all Sly. Have you ever spent a good amount of time listening to Style's old commentating style? He has an extensive knowledge of wrestling history, and of it's moves and holds. Probably just as much as Mike Tenay, who you seem to be overrating because he was the only guy in WCW to know what a plancha was. Yes, I've heard styles, and no I'm not overrating Tenay. Tenay was regarded by MANY in the business to be the most knowledgeable mind in the business, as far is it came to general knowledge.

Styles only has the reputation amongst ECW fans.

[dingle]

I didn't think there could possibly be anyone worse at doing play-by-play than Kris Kloss of XPW. and then along comes Mike Adamle. I don't mind Joey Styles being replaced, b/c he and Taz never seemed to have much chemistry anyways. I agree with the guy above me, Cole and Coach are just gawdawful!

[chasingamy]

So I finally got around to watching this past Tuesday’s ECW. Having taken a break from the internet last week, I didn’t know going in about the skake-up at the announce table. It took me several minutes to get past my initial shock and disappointment. Joey Styles remained an enjoyable reason to continue watching the ECW ‘brand’ for me and I will miss him. I truly hope this move is a ‘promotion’. But part of me can’t help but think this is a way to get Styles off TV so we’ll forget about him and then they can simply release him in a few months.

Now I didn’t watch the show with the intent to scrutinize Adamle and though he hasn’t really impressed me in his previous PPV and RAW work, I don’t think he was as horrible as some people have said. Sure he made his share of mistakes. In fairness, it was his first night on the job in an unfamiliar role on an unfamiliar show. I think it’s somewhat unreasonable to expect him to be some wrestling expert or great commentator after only a few months with the company. I mean wrestlers spend many months in developmental before they’re ‘ready’ to be brought up. I think with time he can improve, and if he does we should be willing to admit that. In the meantime, hopefully Tazz can pick up the slack.

[OffTheRopRope]

With joey being off of 'ecw' it puts the final nail in the coffin for this bastardized version of the original E C DUB. Joey is a fantastic announcer, but after the 'One Night Stand' PPV's he hasn't been the same. There has been no 'OOOOOOOOOO MIIIIIIIIII GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWDS!!!' Or any of his catch phrases. Taz is as bad as Jerry Lawler, but at least Lawler has an occasional one liner he can throw in. Mr American Gladiators mike adamle shouldn't be anywhere near a live mike. He'd be great on the WWE 24-7 channel since he has a great voice over voice, OR he should have been started on some PPV pregame shows where no one cares if he is bad, but can still learn. Give him a segment where he interviews wrestlers back stage or whatever, just not on a live camera.
The only positive thing about mike adamle taking over for Joey, is so that Joey doesn't need to continuously relive the funeral of the original ECW ever night he is on, and NOONE will mistake the current ecw for the real version.
Good luck Joey and I hope you make WWE.com a bit better. Mike Adamle, clean up your resume because the constant travel that you will be going through is gonna take a toll on you real quick.

[Ballin247]

Mike Adamle SUCKS! I can't believe the douche-bag that does sunday night sports on NBC replaced Joey Styles! If they wanted a new announcer why not just throw in Todd Grisham? He's nowhere near as bad as Adamle and at least he knows the moves and the wrestlers names. If Coachman caught heat for doing a bad job on Smackdown replacing JBL than Adamle is TORCHED. I wonder if they will punish Adamle like they did Coach by making him take finishers from the wrestlers. He deserves a chokeslam and a Jamaican Buzz-saw after his horrible job. Hopefully they realize how big of a mistake this move was and replace Adamle asap. At least give us Grisham if we cant have Styles. He doesn't stand out as anything special but at least does good enough to not make you wanna smash your TV with a bat. Maybe they will give Scott Hudson a call. I always thought he was a pretty good commentator.

[majestic-marcus]

As much as I personnally feel Styles was the best commentator before he got completely censonered by WWE, he remained the best after aswell even if his heart wasn't as into it.

While I think his 'promotion' to WWE.com is going to end the same as Sandmans 'promotion' to RAW and I know how much of a disgrace this would be to wrestling, I am still going to give Adamle a chance and listen to him for about a month or two untill its clear how he'll end up.

Who here actually thinks there will be any change to WWE.com as a result of Styles, I think he could do it but you have to remember that everything gets passed by Vince first and he has never liked Joey which doesn't bode well for him.

[McCobbM]

Just when you thought WWE was done killing, and then urinating on the memory of ECW Mike Adamale shows up.
I did give him a chance, a 30 second chance at a neighbors illegal cable showing of The Royal Rumble. Even when i didnt pay for it, his commentary about "Jest Harvey"'s match that would give him a chance to "Win the Champion....the WW Chamionship"
Not many people noticed this, but he was being fed lines, and not only did he get them wrong, he said like half of Taz's lines and a few lines that were supposed to address him, Even saying "Reach out and Touch someone, Micheal!" And "You've got Some big shoes to fill", while speaking TO TAZ. I can't think of how he could be worse

[HailtotheKing]

Mike Adamle just needs to get used to the style of the WWE. He's been doing real broadcasting for so long that he needs to dumb his style down for "wrestling". All Joey Styles did was yell like a little girl.

[Soul Reaper]

I'm glad Mike Adamle is taking styles spot i'm watching ECW every week for now on just so I can hear him screw up. I hope he says things like The Tazz or The Duece or maybe even Jest Harvey. It so amazing Mike just started commentating and hes already made history for making the most screw ups in a debut. I've never heard anyone call the wwe title the wedf title before. Did anyone watch Miz & Morrison vs The Brothers of Destruction I think its probaly obvious that "Miz should touch Morrison's hand". Khali's wrestling is the equivalent of Mike's commentating. People who are saying give him another chance guess what I already gave him enough chances.

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

I'm glad Mike Adamle is taking styles spot i'm watching ECW every week for now on just so I can hear him screw up. I hope he says things like The Tazz or The Duece or maybe even Jest Harvey. It so amazing Mike just started commentating and hes already made history for making the most screw ups in a debut. I've never heard anyone call the wwe title the wedf title before. Did anyone watch Miz & Morrison vs The Brothers of Destruction I think its probaly obvious that "Miz should touch Morrison's hand". Khali's wrestling is the equivalent of Mike's commentating. People who are saying give him another chance guess what I already gave him enough chances.

Maybe they'll devote a whole Botchamania episode to Adamle if he does as bad or worse on tonight's ECW show lol.

I agree that, on his first day, a few mess-ups are ok, and that if he does better tonight, and better next week, then my confidence in him will go up...but so far, out of everything we've seen him do (last week's ECW and the numerous short segments on Raw), he hasn't given me any reason to believe that he's the king of all comebacks. Then again, the way kings are being thrown around recklessly in the WWE nowadays.....

[Soul Reaper]

Maybe they'll devote a whole Botchamania episode to Adamle if he does as bad or worse on tonight's ECW show lol.


If they seriously did that it would bring in high ratings. Crappy announcing=High Ratings.


No but seriously Mike did better this week then last but still he is crap IMO. So far nothings changed on wwe.com guess I better wait. I wonder what Styles is going to change. I have to admit I'm going to miss Styles strange voice. It always made me laugh but now I Mike who will hopefully make me laugh as hard as I did during his debut good times.

[Italian MVP]

Just another stupid move by the WWE, they just seem to be not caring at the moment. How can you get rid of the only thing left that was ECW. Not only that he was a good commentator. Mabye i would understand if they replace him with a well respectable guy that knew what he was doing, but Adamle??? Cmon this is a joke the guy knows jack crap and just should be fired. I doubt anyway wwe.com will change that much with styles added, very bad move WWE, just like the KOTR, just shocking.

[peazy420]

Man, this guy is freakin awesome. I never thought they would have an announcer so awful, that it made me want to watch Smackdown for the amazing banter between Coach and Cole. geez.

So, here we are going to praise the greatness that is Mike Adamle. Here we can talk about some of his better whitty comments.

My personal fav, came from his very first match.
"Oh Kofi, Jamacian me crazy!" nuff said. and aprently that is something he wants to catch on.

BEST ANNOUNCER EVER

*all the statments above are sarcasm. this dude is awful

[blackhart07]

Quote:
Originally Posted by blackhart07
This is the biggest joke since they started back up the old ECW.

I don't think Styles will do that bad on wwe.com. I wouldn't call it a joke yet.



He will probally do a great job with the website. He did run the ECW website, not to mention 1wrestling.com. I never said it wasnt going to be bad for WWE.com. Its bad that hes not announcing.

Styles is hands down the best announcer in the WWE.

Not even close.

And your reasons are?

Quote:
Yes better than Ross, and Cole isnt even close.

AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Cole has been full time on and off since 1999 and still isnt over.

Who cares? It's not his job to be a walking encyclopedia or wrestling moves. It's his job to sell the story of the match.

You should watch some Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura commentary to see how it's done.

I have watched plenty and Monsoon was hands down to be the best announcer of all time. I cant stand JR and King anymore. King hardly ever talks about actual wrestling anymore. He was great as a heel but now hes boring. I like JR, but its time for a change hes getting old, he should have past the torch to Styles.

If I wanted an encyclopedia of wrestling moves, I'd look at Wikipedia. A wrestling commentator is supposed to sell the story of the match, not know names of arbitrary and obscure moves.


Like i have been saying everyone has there likes and dislikes. I dont want to watch four very bad announcers that dont seem to be getting any better.

Mike Tenay knows more about wrestling and moves than Styles could dream of. What you just said is contrary to everything else in your post.
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And you know this how? Not to mention Tenay is older, and seen more. Do you think Tenay, Cole, The coach, Lawler, Taz, even JR could call PPV's for nearly two years alone? Styles didnt have any help and always called them great to.


Styles is one of the most respected commentators and wrestling personalities in all of the fan community. Joey Styles is fantastic.

Only because he called that overrated mess that was ECW.


You must either have not been watching the original ECW, or just dont give it the time of say. There stuff was far from overrated. Im sry they didnt have huge pockets.

Really Sly? Really? You really think that fans want to hear Mike fucking Adamle? Really? ROFL

Give Adamle three years (which is about what Styles had in the WWE), and he'll be better than Styles.

And, at least he sounds like he wants to be there, unlike Styles towards the end. That's my point

Are you kidding me? Go listen to Styles early stuff from 1995. You wouldnt even be able to tell that he has been announcing for that long. There is a reason why everyone says Adamle sucks.Did you hear how bad he was? And you want to tell me in three years he could call a PPV alone, not only that but call it good. Because thats what Joey did.

[DekuNinja]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It8nDlMxKiQ&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSkrGEdIOA&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Q8GXiVAjc&feature=user

as much as i hated styles leaving the table adamle just gave me a new reason to watch ecdub check this out

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It8nDlMxKiQ&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSkrGEdIOA&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Q8GXiVAjc&feature=user

as much as i hated styles leaving the table adamle just gave me a new reason to watch ecdub check this out

Hahaha. You're so getting some rep for bringing those vids to my attention.

While watching the show, I tried not to focus too much on Adamle, as I wanted to see the matches, but now, being able to just listen to what he's been saying, its even worse than I thought.

I really hope this guy either continues doing horribly and becomes a running joke, like watching how badly some wrestlers botch things, or that he just seriously improves.

[Straight_Edge_Mystic]

Yes, Adamle makes me laugh with his commentating, but to be a good commentator, you need to know how to tell a story, name the moves, and put the wrestlers over. There's more than that, but that's the general thing. Adamle can do none of that. Let's face it, JBL is a better commentator than Adamle. He knew what to do, granted the voice he used wasn't great, but he knew what to do. Adamle should leave before he makes things any worse.

[Mighty NorCal]

Ugh. I really tried to defend this at first, but Adamle was absolutely fuckin horrible teusday night. Bad. Ignorant. Laborious. Really tho. He sucked LOL.

He did it all. flubbed peoples names, began to say things, and then never finished his sentance, just real really bad. He reminds me of those people who try to fit in with a crowd of people watching a show, wether it be wrestling or football, and just knows NOTHING about whats going on, yet tries to fit in by acting like he does. those people are exceedingly annoying.

[Father:_Polley]

Adamle was awful at backlash on commentary - got the ref's name wrong, wrong moves, even Tazz said he did 'an Adamle' when Tazz called Kane 'Chavo'. Unlike Adamle, at least Tazz notices when he makes a mistake.

In my opinion, if Adamle doesn't improve, they really need to bring in someone who actually knows what they are doing. The likes of Grisham are awful as well, but at least they have a feel for what's happening. Maybe it's just because he's replacing STyles he looks bad, but he needs to improve quickly

[HellBoundPower]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It8nDlMxKiQ&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSkrGEdIOA&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Q8GXiVAjc&feature=user

as much as i hated styles leaving the table adamle just gave me a new reason to watch ecdub check this outI had to rep you for those videos. I was laughing for like an hour. It just shows how bad he really is. I mean, it's kind of biased because if focuses on just his mistakes, but there were so many that you can't help but focus on just his mistakes.Adamle was awful at backlash on commentary - got the ref's name wrong, wrong moves, even Tazz said he did 'an Adamle' when Tazz called Kane 'Chavo'. Unlike Adamle, at least Tazz notices when he makes a mistake.He was terrible. I can't believe they let him announce live, after all the mistakes and corrections they had to make when he was taped. If he doesn't improve in the next week or two, WWE will have to get rid of him. I'm begging them to bring back Joey Styles.

[punkscab]

To be completely honest with you ECW is shit, seeing people like Chavo Guerrero fighting in main events is crap and stupidly boring.
But then came the almighty Mike Adamle!!
Genuinely before i couldnt watch ECW without falling asleep, now i cant wait to watch it!
I seriously now am a fan of ECW just because of Adamle, everyones crying about Styles leaving but its soo funny hearing the retarded babble that comes outta Adamles mouth.
Cummon seriously saying things like "Reach out and touch someone Michael" and "Mike the Miz" is very funny and actually entertains me greatly watchin a complete muppet talking for an hour whilst "The" Tazz basically tries to carry the rest of the show. Its Hilarious!

[Milenko]

WWECW is horrible and it has only gotten worse. This guy is horrible. Hearing him talk makes me want to shove sharp objects in my ears to distract myself from the pain. I never thought i would say this but Coach needs to go back to the announce table and Vince (or whoever does it) needs to fire this guy.

[Ryukuma]

I don't have any bad opinions on this guy, I believe hes learning and he will get better. Personally Joey Styles can be very annoying to listen to. Adamle can be entertaining, and the fact he listens to tazz on various things during commentary is a good thing in my opinion. But I say good luck to him.

[Damolisher]

Christ, my younger cousins would do a better job than Adamle, and they're 9 and 12. Sure, they may not carry the maturity, but at least they actually watch wrestling. Anyone else notice that Adamle's called the company website "WW".com twice now?

[Rizza]

Yea Adamle is pretty bad but he has to get better though becuase he can't get much worse. Even though he has gotten better recently, i think it is gonna take some hard work to get this guy comfortable on a microphone.

[TomSmithUK]

Just a question guys, since the main site isn't reporting anything yet, was Adamle's walkout on ECW last night genuine. He didn't give a speech before it, just got up and left, the cameras didn't pan to it until Tazz followed suit. So was he genuinely upset/annoyed and decided enough was enough?

[nikvoodoo]

WWE has an article regarding the walk-out on their main page, So I'm guessing it has to be a work of some kind. Though what they are trying to set up is a complete mystery to me.

[Deexter Jorgan]

Its a work like the RAW situation on Monday, the wwe are trying something different working on shock value IMO, i feel that the situation works but i dont think it will make adamle any more credible, he needs time to grow as an anouncer but i dont think that people want to give him that time, yes hes terrible, yes they have to edit everytime hes on the broadcast booth, whose problem is it, well IMO the problem is Mcmahons, he thinks that this will generate more viewers but it wont, it just makes the product look bad

[jesseili]

If u ask me i think that he may actually be a good commentator but is actin bad just for a storyline knowin WWE i wouldn't be suprised but sayin that i wouldn't be surprised if he was really shit and there just tryin to make a quick cover story for him and Tazz walkin out

[HellBoundPower]

If u ask me i think that he may actually be a good commentator but is actin bad just for a storyline knowin WWE i wouldn't be suprised but sayin that i wouldn't be surprised if he was really shit and there just tryin to make a quick cover story for him and Tazz walkin outI was actually thinking that when I heard about him walking out. While it's kind of unlikely, it is possible. I just don't know why they would do something like that, instead of just having him be a normal announcer. Obviously he probably is bad, and they're trying to generate some kind of interest in him by doing this storyline. I just hope that something good comes out of it, and maybe he'll learn how to announce a little bit. Otherwise it's just a waste of air time.

[TomSmithUK]

Yeah I assumed that if the walk out was a shoot, that perhaps he was portraying himself as a bad commentator, but I can't see how it can possibly be an advantage storyline wise? Unless we end up with a Tazz 'punks out' all those who give Adamle stick *shudder*.

[HellBoundPower]

Yeah I assumed that if the walk out was a shoot, that perhaps he was portraying himself as a bad commentator, but I can't see how it can possibly be an advantage storyline wise? Unless we end up with a Tazz 'punks out' all those who give Adamle stick *shudder*.I think that storyline would make me willingly drink battery acid, and vomit up all my major organs. It would be horrible. I mean Adamle is horrible enough on his own. He doesn't need to bring Tazz's quality down as well. I'm just curious to see where this ends up going, because unless it either ends up with Adamle getting better, or him getting canned, it's just a waste of time.

[PsxMeUP]

Don't rip my head off just yet (I voted for Adamle being a bad choice), but I think Adamle has potential *ducks*

Right now he's horrible. He doesn't know the names of most elementary moves, like "drop kick" (he actually go that one wrong), and doesn't seem to know everybody on the roster by name, which reeks of unprofessional laziness from his part. BUT (and that a big BUT) he's amazing at reading script. Anything that he has to read, like an intro segment, he can't be matched in WWE. And correct me if I'm wrong but that's what Vince wants now. Problem is, Adamle doesn't seem to have a lot of written material during broadcasts. It looks to me like a lot of people are dropping the ball with Adamle in WWE. If I was in creative I'd write EVERYTHING Adamle is supposed to say during matches. Have Tazz comment on the match at hand and have Adamle read stuff about the plot and stuff. I'd instruct Adamle to shut up while things get interesting during a fight (leave that part for Tazz) and have him comment about the plot twists while things are quiet.

Just my opinion.

[myhighlander]

I voted "no" also, but my reasoning being that he is WAY out of his element. He is/was rather decent in the sports realm. He just needs some work on getting the "entertainment" angle. However, he is afterall a professional, so I believe the w/o was indeed a story in it's infant stages. It takes a really good announcer to appear very bad. I think he's just doing what he has been contracted to do. Afterall, ECW has gotten very weak as of late, so I guess they need SOME type of "gimmick" as a temporary filler right now. 2 years ago, it was going very nicely, THEN they had that #@$@$#@# draft, and messed everything up. Hopefully things will begin to improve soon.

[BlakStar830]

Everytime I see him, I expect the old-school American Gladiators theme music to break out and the eliminator to be the next event. That being said, I voted "bad choice" because compared to Joey "Mr. ECW" Styles, Mike Adamle didn't know a damn thing about wrestling. Part of me hopes that his walk-off was the result of a fan chirping the hell out of him until he reached his breaking point. But I have a feeling that this will be spun into something so that the WWE can justify paying him.

[WRESTLINGS BIGGEST FAN]

Joey Styles AKA "Mr. ECW" Has Been The Commentator For ECW For Years, It Feels Strange Not To Hear Him Yell "OH MY GOD......" Every Week. No One Can Replace Him As The Commentator For ECW. DON'T EVEN TRY.

[Frank the Frowner]

I only saw the Kofi/Shelton opener the other night, but from what I remember, Adamle did not seem that bad. I don't remember one screw-up, and he seemed like he was starting to get the hang of things. Not saying "Jamaican me crazy!" alone was a good start for him.

I still don't agree with them passing Josh Matthews over for Adamle. Matthews has done a lot of good work on the b-shows, and as someone who's been in the company for a while now (Tough Enough 1), he really deserves a spot on a major show. Adamle is much better suited in the role he had on Raw... I think in time, he could have grown into a poor man's Okerlund. Plus, as much as he had screwed up in the past, I'm sure he could read off a teleprompter just fine... he is a sports anchor in Chicago.

I do think Adamle has definitely gotten judged a bit too harshly so far. He seems like a nice guy, and it seems he was thrown into the situation he currently has. If they were planning this, they should have done at least a little prep work with him at WWE Headquarters. However, Adamle is also at fault as well. If you're getting paid $300,000, at least learn the names of the wrestlers. I think in time, he'll be just fine.

[Wrestlefan73]

Everybody needs to realize that the ECW we all remember is dead! Long Gone, and never coming back. You all should have known that on the VERY first show on Sci-Fi when "The Zombie" came out. Joey never fit into Vince's mold of the way announcers should be. You all need to give Adamle at least a chance. Everyone of us would be nervous as hell if we were put in his position. He did a good job when he did the original American Gladiators and in time with more coaching, he'll do fine with ECW.

[TomSmithUK]

Stevie Richards, Shelton Benjamin, Morrison and The Miz (who granted are awesome with a mic/on the commentary table). Only one of these had a relevent point, as Benjamin got the cheap shot on a rival, the others were seemingly random.

Did anyone sence that maybe WWE was shifting some of the load off of Adamle this week? The guest announcers have a lot of mic time and direct the flow of the commentary in a way the regular announcers wouldn't.

Is this the way to go?

[mcflyboy]

I think adamle has been getting a lot of heat, but I actually kind of like the direction this is going.

First of all, you have to realize that adamle was not a wrestling fan, and they pushed him into the announce booth way too soon. The fact that he has nothing to say about the matches except some silly one liners here and there is not his fault as much as it is the fault of the WWE for putting him in that position before he had a chance to really learn the wrestlers, the moves, etc. Not to say that he's perfect, but he does seem to be improving, for someone who doesn't really know the business. And again, you can't fault him too much for being put in the booth so early.

I think the WWE realized this, so they are capitalizing and turning it all into a joke. Which is a good way to handle it. Adamle seems to be in good spirits about the whole thing and is going along with it, now he's even going out of his way to say some ridiculous things on purpose. While this is going on, he can also learn the business better and improve.

So I'd have to give kudos for the management, this is a creative way to fix their own mess they created by putting him in the spotlight way too soon.

[Joker ' Ferreira]

Watch the last Dirt Sheet, Adamle is joking about his catch-phrases "Jamaican Me Crazy" and "Have Mercy", I guess he founds it funny and perhaps they will make him a good character in the near future, I don't dislike him at all.

[Papa Shango]

I also enjoyed Mike Adamle on The Dirt Sheet. I think he could be entertaining as a lovable loser backstage interviewer, like Todd Grisham used to be (before that haircut turned him serious and dull). But no matter how much you try to play off how bad Adamle is at commentating, there's no masking how legitimately incompetent he is. MAYBE if they had him sucking up to the heels like he did on The Dirt Sheet, it might work. But for right now, he really shouldn't be handed a live microphone.

[Roody Poo]

This is definitely a bad choice. Styles has way more experience in the wrestling business, and once you got over his annoying voice, you could appreciate his talent for calling matches. He was good at it.

On the other hand, Adamle is hilarious.

[wkendwarrior2003]

The guy does seem to be improving as time goes on. People need to give him a chance. He still has a long way to go, but he knows this, and with Tazz I think he will get better. I really don't have a problem with him at all. In fact, I'd much rather watch a match called poorly right now by Adamle than watch a match called by Michael Cole, a veteran commentator whom I absolutely cannot stand...