I have had the fortunate pleasure of having the time to watch some old matches of the WCW and WWE the past couple of days and I have noticed a major difference between wrestling of old and the current state of the announcing in WWE.
There is not at much excitement as there used to be coming from the announce team. I am not trying to bury Michael Cole (there are plenty of other forums here that do it very well). He is actually a good announcer(if you leave him out of the storyline). I am just stating, I think the product needs to be looked at from an announcing point of view.
The announcers are out there to help further along the Face or Heel gimmick of performers, but if you watch some of the older matches, it didn't matter what the performers were (heel or face) the announce team called the matches with such excitement and enthusiasm. And didn't try to blatantly bury talent.
I feel that this is something that is missing today. Excitement and enthusiasm within the announce team. Any thoughts????
There is not at much excitement as there used to be coming from the announce team. I am not trying to bury Michael Cole (there are plenty of other forums here that do it very well). He is actually a good announcer(if you leave him out of the storyline). I am just stating, I think the product needs to be looked at from an announcing point of view.
The announcers are out there to help further along the Face or Heel gimmick of performers, but if you watch some of the older matches, it didn't matter what the performers were (heel or face) the announce team called the matches with such excitement and enthusiasm. And didn't try to blatantly bury talent.
I feel that this is something that is missing today. Excitement and enthusiasm within the announce team. Any thoughts????