When commentators use "insider terms"

[Mighty NorCal]

/when wrestlers use them in promos. IE the chair shot I saw in a year 2000 WCW match last night and the commentator says "ohh man, that was STIFF" or when TNA shows a backstage segment, and AJ styles yells like a moron "he is at the GO POSTION, go get him, he is at the go position!"

Annoys the FUCK out of me. Probably second biggest wrestling pet peeve after guys watching the ref while timing a kickout on a near fall.

Just feels so unprofessional, and insulting to the entire point of watching the show. Here, let me wreck suspension of disbelief for you, just in case we were actually doing our job for five minutes, so we can make some fat pimple faced idiots feel "smart" at home.


Does this piss anyone else off?

 

[Lee]

Yes, my friend runs an indy fed and I visited it once and he knew I could talk (can't wrestle for shit) so had my critique someone's promo. In the promo he used the word jobber. Fucking hell.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Gotta agree, some things are better left to kayfabe.

 

[Miko]

I mark out! Nah, get a small kick from it, understand that most of the people that matter probably wont get it, nor care (I never did, pre IWC days). I might think "the great JR never stooped so low" wistfully from time to time.

 

[Lee]

In fact I can think of one good use of it and it was during Animal's last appearance in WWE. Booker T talks about the Road Warrior pop and then says that's what the guys called it backstage because it would be so loud.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

In fact I can think of one good use of it and it was during Animal's last appearance in WWE. Booker T talks about the Road Warrior pop and then says that's what the guys called it backstage because it would be so loud.

Different than what im talking about.


Its also extra fucking irritating when they do it in a contrived manner, to MAKE SURE people hear it and feel smart.

 

[Lee]

Ah right, I thought you meant as a whole but yeah I hate it. TNA do it a lot but a lot of WWF attitude era promos do too.

 

[Slash-LN]

I never really gave it much thought.

I remember when Marc Mero not only called Salvatore Sincere a jobber but also called him by his real name.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

They're using insider terms because they're shooting. Duh.

 

[Theo Mays]

Ref watching, oh yeah. That irks me to no end.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

Taz is always banging on about him 'putting guys over' with his commentary or Tenay not 'putting over' his jokes. Not that I expect much from Taz.

And in WWE, sometimes they refer to segments AS segments, which doesn't help the whole non-staging issue disappear.

 

[Coco]

"Stiff" and "go position" are fine with me. "Jobber" annoys me. "Kayfabe" would annoy me if Joseph Parks weren't hilarious.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

"Stiff" and "go position" are fine with me. "Jobber" annoys me. "Kayfabe" would annoy me if Joseph Parks weren't hilarious.

They do it specifically for those grotesque cretins who maintain there is a difference between "sports entertainment" and "PRO WRESTLING"

jus sayin

 

[BaconBits]

I like announcers who make armpit farts. I'd bet Taz is good at that.

 

[Miko]

^^ Sounds like a trick Jerry Lawler would use to pull underage girls

 

[BaconBits]

^^ Sounds like a trick Jerry Lawler would use to pull underage girls

I could see that.


I think they should let Lawler should go full on creeper. Attitude era junkies would LOVE that.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Its also extra fucking irritating when they do it in a contrived manner, to MAKE SURE people hear it and feel smart.

You mean like when Striker did this?

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[Coco]

They do it specifically for those grotesque cretins who maintain there is a difference between "sports entertainment" and "PRO WRESTLING"

jus sayin

So long as a) it's entertaining and/or b) I can reconcile it with my idea of kayfabe, I'm not too bothered.

I'm far more bothered by JBL's frequent outbursts. Worst commentator today.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

So long as a) it's entertaining and/or b) I can reconcile it with my idea of kayfabe, I'm not too bothered.

I'm far more bothered by JBL's frequent outbursts. Worst commentator today.

Can't express how happy I am to read this, mainly so I don't feel so alone.

His Republican attitude of always being the company man comes through too clear for my taste.

Get Zeb out of his management gig and throw him in. I know it won't happen, but one can dream.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

I too and tired of Mr. Layfield.

 

[Wolf Pac]

Yeah, I was watching ECW Guilty As Charged 2000 yesterday and it was so annoying when Joey Styles and Cyrus kept using "over", "gimmick", and other insider terms on commentary.

Styles really got on my tits when he mentioned The Anderson family weren't really related during CW Anderson's match. Seriously? He just killed CW's gimmick right there.