World Championship Wrestling/Characters/Commentators

Lists the various announcers, backstage personalities, commentators, and authority figures throughout WCW. Please limit associated tropes to the individual's time in the WCW.

David Penzer (1995-2001)

 * Arch Enemy: Chris Jericho, who attacked him, during a loosing streak, every time he announced the winner's name. To be fair Jericho always bought him new suits.
 * Hammy Herald
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Tacky Tuxedo: Instead of the traditional black, Penzer often wore a vibrantly colorful cummerbund and bowtie with his tuxedo.

Gary Michael Cappetta (1989-1995)

 * Cunning Linguist: Spoke English and Spanish.
 * Hammy Herald
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Red Baron: 'The World's Most Dangerous Announcer'
 * Sharp-Dressed Man

Michael Buffer (1997-2000)

 * Battle Cry / Catch Phrase: "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!"
 * Hammy Herald
 * Large Ham
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Sharp-Dressed Man

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Raymond Louis Heenan, 1994-2000)

 * Action Survivor
 * Everything's Better with Bob
 * Ill Boy: In Real Life
 * Jerkass
 * Motor Mouth: Served him well as a commentator.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Red Baron: 'The Brain'

"Mean" Gene Okerlund (Eugene Okerlund, 1993-2001)

 * Bald of Awesome
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dirty Old Man: During WCW's Final Years.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Red Baron: 'Mean Gene'
 * Seen It All: In an interview with Harlem Heat, Booker T, calls out Hulk Hogan and accidentally makes use of his N-Word Privileges. While Booker was embarrassed and manager, Sherri couldn't help but laugh, Gene just turned around and interview Stevie Ray without missing a beat like nothing happened.

Mike Tenay (1994-2001)
An interviewer and announcer
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Combat Commentator
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Non-Action Guy
 * The Smart Guy: They don't call him "The Professor" for nothing. He has a vast and impressive knowledge of the wrestling business, wrestling history, and wrestling maneuvers.

Tony Schiavone (Noah Anthony "Tony" Schiavone, 1985-1989, 1995-2001)

 * Combat Commentator
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: He infamously said that Mick Foley as WWF Champion would 'put a lot of butts in seats' sarcastically, leading to millions of fans switching over to watch Foley win the belt on Raw.
 * Its the Best Trope Ever: He proclaimed almost everything to be 'The greatest in the history of our great sport!'
 * Large Ham Announcer
 * The Nicknamer: Gave Mike Tenay his.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Porn Stache: Early in his career.
 * Product Placement: Shilling WCW itself.

Eric Bischoff (Eric Aaron Bischoff, 1991-1999, 2000, 2001)
WCW Executive Producer and later the company's President.
 * Alternate Company Equivalent: Of Vince McMahon, both as an announcer and as the "Evil Boss" he went on to become. Though they played different types of "Evil Boss".
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: The guy is a legit martial artist and held a couple of titles.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: His on-screen persona during the late 90's, a la WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
 * Fan Nickname: Sleazy-E.
 * Girl-On-Girl Is Hot: He apparently had a threesome with his rather attractive wife and a stripper.
 * Handsome Lech

Vince Russo (Vincent James "Vince" Russo, 1999-2000)

 * Ascended Fanboy
 * Author Appeal: For some unknown reason, Russo loves pole matches.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * Grey and Gray Morality
 * Jerkass
 * Smug Snake
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist