World Wrestling Entertainment/Characters/Commentators: Difference between revisions

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== Announcers ==

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Large Ham]] (The winner of the bout... and '''''NEW!!!''''' World Wrestling Federation Champion!)

* [[Hammy Herald]]

* [[Non-Action Guy]]

 

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Idol Singer]]: In [[Real Life]].

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Tall Blond And Bishoujo]]

 

* [[Hammy Herald]]

* [[Non-Action Guy]]

* [[Very Punchable Man]]

 

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Mr. Kennedy

* [[Butt Monkey]]

== Commentators & Backstage Personalities ==

 

* [[Badass Decay]]

* [[Casanova]]

* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Lawler has admitted in [http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_55004.shtml a 2011 interview] that he hasn't been interested in calling matches for years and the only reason he still does announcing these days is for the paycheck.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Hates being called "Burger King".

 

* [[Arch Enemy]] / [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Wether it was [[Kayfabe|for show]] or [[Real Life|for real]], Ventura ''hates'' [[Hulk Hogan]].

* [[Badass Mustache]]: Prior to hosting ''Conspiracy Theory''

* [[Gorgeous George]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: As a commentator, he would wear one from time to time.

* [[Retired Badass]]: Became a successful politician after left wrestling.

* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: As a commentator.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Was set to feud with Hogan for the WWF Championship, but was forced to retire due to blood clots in his lungs.

 

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Big OMG]]

* [[Say My Name]]: "[[Stone Cold Steve Austin|STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!]]"

 

* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: WWE's revamp of ECW was looking downright [[Crazy Awesome|awesome]] when it was announced that Joey would be heading up the announcing team for it. Shame about [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|what it became]].

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The nerdy-looking, [[Meganekko|glasses-wearing]] journalist/commentator? Once legitimately [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punched]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|out]] John Bradshaw Layfield.

* [[Worked Shoot]]: One of the most infamous examples, when he "quit" his commentary position and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1MJBO6k3a0 proceeded to take Vince McMahon and the entire professional wrestling industry to task]. Note - skip to 5:54 in the overly-long clip.

 

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Bald of Evil]]: Post-Heel turn.

* [[Evil Minions|Evil Minion]]: To Eric Bischoff

* [[Nice Hat]]: Briefly wore a white cowboy hat during his feud with JR.

* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: Austin nixing him from the Raw announce team with a stunner when JR came back pushed him to side with Bischoff.

 

* [[The Artifact]]: Was one of the original season 1 Tough Enough competitors and as of today, the only one employed.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: During [[Michael Cole]]'s feud with [[Jerry Lawler]] in 2011, he got to join the Raw announcing team alongside [[CM Punk]] and Lawler on a number of occasions.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: During the original Tough Enough, he was known for having a beautiful moonsault.

 

* [[Action Survivor]]: He was a former pro-wrestler himself.

* [[Annoying Laugh]]

* [[Evil Brit]]: Sported a heelish attitude during the final three years of his stint, even sympathising [[Owen Hart]] in his feud against [[Bret Hart|his big brother Bret]].

* [[Quintessential British Gentleman]]

* [[Sidekick]]: To [[Vince McMahon]]

 

* [[Badass Decay]]: Used to be an actual wrestler, now...well.

* [[Base Breaker]]: Half of the IWC loves him for being a [[Smark]] and mentioning things from wrestler's indy days, the other half thinks he's the most annoying commentator alive and needs to shut the hell up.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Even when in his pseudo-heel persona, he's never really mean to anybody, he's just over the top in praising everyone that he comes off as creepy and toady.

 

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Non-Action Guy]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3cYHHISZgE A series of vignettes] with [[Hulk Hogan]] highlighted this, as Hogan had to train Gene to participate in a wrestling match against Mr. Fuji and George "The Animal" Steele at a house show in Minneapolis in 1984. For his part, Gene was more interested in cigars and sleeping in than training, prayers, and vitamins.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhrfZ1EJlpc There's a reason he's called Mean Gene.]

* [[Take That]]: A fairly impressive one to Eric Bischoff on the 10th anniversary show of Raw: "Eric, maybe if you'd have shut up and learned how to run your company, we'd be celebrating the 10th anniversary of [[WCW|Nitro]]."

 

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: [http://pottymouthcole.ytmnd.com/ THIS... Just, this!]

* [[Villainous BSOD]]: Everytime he is reminded of the "Kiss My Foot Match" his expression COMPLETELY drops.

 

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Was a member of the wrestling team, the Fabulous Freebirds.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[I Have Many Names]]: Briefly known as Dok Hendrix.

 

* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Even his broadcast partners (Tazz and [[Jerry Lawler]]) openly mocked his terrible commentary skills.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]

* [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]

 

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: 4-time Emmy-winning sportcaster that ''really'' has fun with both his jobs.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Josh Matthews. They're commentary basically consists of them snarking at each other in addition to calling the matches.

 

* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: Few expected him to become number one contender to the cruiser weight championship. Fewer expected him to win it yet he did, held on to it and successfully defended it in Tokyo.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: "Smackdown announcer number one!" He got better.

* [[Jobber]]: One of the more well known examples, has lost to the lowest of the low, which was probably why Stephanie made him an interviewer.

* [[Laughably Evil]]: As part of Kaentai.

* [[Cue the Sun|Rising Sun]]: One of his finishing moves.

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Dull Surprise]]: "It's...Christian."

 

== General Managers ==

* [[Beeping Computers]]

* [[Bullying the Dragon]]: Namely, [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], [[Jerry Lawler]], and [[John Cena]]

** [[Word of God|According to a former assistant to the Creative team]], they had intended on revealing who it was, but Vince had lost interest and suggested they just reveal it was Laurinaitis "with a throwaway line backstage".

 

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]

* [[The Rival]]: To [[Vince McMahon]], in [[Real Life]] as well as storyline.

 

* [[Accidental Public Confession]]: Type 1. His [[Villainous Breakdown]] caused him to reveal his intent to screw [[CM Punk]] at the ''Royal Rumble''. The board of directors didn't like that very much.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Teddy Long, [[CM Punk]] and [[John Cena]]

* [[Yes-Man]]: Called one by [[CM Punk]].

 

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: And he employed them, too.

* [[Worked Shoot]]: Heyman's signature style of promo, not to mention multiple [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments of Awesome]] for him. Pick a Heyman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswZ73WETpc shoot] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xzLijve40 promo]. ''Any'' Heyman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XnzZXpVHMs shoot promo].

 

* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: He ''was'' the General Manager of Smackdown!

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[The Woobie]]: The man has taken a lot of crap after losing his job to Laurinaitis.

 

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[The Artifact]]: She's less a Diva in the modern-day sense (although she is [[Hot Mom|quite attractive for her age]]) and more of a call-back to the old school valets/managers of yesteryear.

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap|Slap]] [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|The Son Of A Bitch]]: Gives one to [[Michael Cole]] after he "won" the Dance off.

* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]