If there was any way to make Smackdown more of a drag, adding Lawler on commentary is it. The man's an absolute wrestling legend, no doubt, but his best days in the booth are clearly behind him and I would shit myself if I heard him come out in a podcast or something and say that he hasn't totally been phoning it in for years and actually gives two shits about today's product. I mean, I get Vince is old as fuck so to him, Lawler on commentary doesn't seem slow as shit and completely out of tune with the real world but if you're target demographic is the kids, having that fossil calling the "action" is shit.
As for the new commentary teams, my biggest peeve is that Renee Young isn't being given a shot to call Smackdown. That would make that show so fucking fresh with just that one move. To hell with Lawler. Cole, when they aren't trying to make him the number one heel in the company, I can handle and JBL I have no problem with, other then you can tell he's being fed a lot of his lines these days, some of them sounding like they're coming from Vince's mouth directly. Renee knows her shit, which just makes her that much more of a babe, and she adds youth to the broadcast team. Experience is good, yes, but adding somebody to to the booth who isn't in their 40's would be pretty cool too. Easier for me to relate to them personally, then fucking Lawler who sounds like the shit in the ring makes him want to take a nap just as bad as I do. I won't go on about Lawler anymore, or Renee but I will point out lastly, the obvious fact that she is a woman and that a woman to my knowledge has never called Raw or Smackdown fulltime, so their is some potential in that I think. I dunno, I'm not in marketing or TV or anything obviously, but Renee is on twitter, she seems pretty cool, maybe she could connect with the younger female fans and something could grow out of that. I know AJ and Paige sell a shit load of shirts, it's not just young boys out in the crowd. Maybe if they put a little more effort into the WOMENS division (scrapping the term Diva would be a good start) as a whole, gave them writers that gave a shit, had producers not just interested in perfectly timed titty shots, and had a female perspective calling the action, people would actually have a reason to give a shit. This kind of turned into a off topic rant and I don't know why I'm going so in depth on something that means nothing but I'm sorry, you got some good talented ladies down in NXT, it would be a shame to see them come up to the main roster, get punted in the stomach and pinned upside down by Alicia Fox, covered in a fucking orange soda and then be relegated to backstage skits with Santino.
Enough about the women, back to the announcers. I'll keep it short, I would have retired Lawler. I would have added Christian to Raw. If shit didn't go sour with Punk, he would have been like my Randy Savage or Joe Rogan. Him on commentary a few years ago is actually what got me to start watching again, but anyways. The reason I'm going with Christian, he's charismatic, he's not old as fuck and this is a good way to keep him on camera but out of the ring. I'd try and get him on as a trainer somewhat too, this giving him a birds eye view of what hopeful trainees should look out for and try to do. On Smackdown, I would have added Renee. As for PPVs, I thought about that too and again, fuck Lawler. Why not have guest commentators for PPVs? Not necessarily outside guests, but if there is an injured wrestler or a wrestler not scheduled to wrestle, have them co-host the action. Hell, I would have the whole gang, Cole, JBL, Christian, Renee and a guest call the PPVs. Make that shit seem like a party, let them enjoy themselves. I've never heard Saxton so I can't say but my mind was made up on this shit a while ago anyways.
