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JBL and Otunga

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#1 ·
Awful the pair of them, JBL just shouting over Ranallo and Otunga contributing nothing good on commentary
:Out:kobefacepalm
 
#2 ·
JBL is just annoying. I can't stand the guy a lot of the times, he gets on my nerves. Otunga is just like another Byron Saxton, completely irrelevant and doesn't need to be sitting at the commentary table. It should be Mauro and King. Which I know King isn't all that great these days, he's at least tolerable as a heel though.
 
#6 ·
Heel Lawler and Mauro were a much better team.

JBL was a great commentator back in 2006-2007 but he should probably be a GM or a manager these days. The likes of Saxton and Otunga are way too generic. Matt Striker and Joey Styles were way better at it. Even Tazz would be better than JBL/Otunga.
 
#30 · (Edited)
I missed SD's live debut, but I'm pissed to hear that they sacked Lawler so as to have Bradshaw and Otunga on there, since Bradshaw is a far cry from what he used to be and Otunga (understandably) sounded bored out of his mind the first time he did SD's commentary.

Heel Lawler and Mauro were a much better team.
This x100. In addition to finally being a heel again, you could tell that Lawler was definitely firing on all cylinders again because he syngerized with Ranallo so well that he even started calling him "M.R." as a callback to calling Jim Ross "J.R.". :D
 
#8 ·
I don;t get how JBL was so great in 07 and now he has gone to shit, I do not get it.
Otunga isn't ready, he had only been commentating for like 3 weeks. I would have put Regal over Otunga
 
#9 ·
Get rid of jbl - he is just loud and arrogant to the point of not being a good heel but just being a terrible commentator.
He does not need to shout at everything that happens or tell us it's smackdown live 50 times a show!!

He is awful absolutely awful.
 
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#17 ·
If I have to choose between a giant douche and turd sandwich, I'll take JBL, the giant douche over Lawler, the turd sandwich. At least this move gets JBL off of RAW and Lawler off my screen. Commentary just got less terrible overall between the two shows.
...Otunga is just there. I can't get angry over someone when I barely even register that he exists.
 
#18 ·
I thought the commentary team was quite good. More slick than RAW's.
 
#19 ·
Any enthusiasm I had for the show was slowly sucked away by Otunga's clueless rambling and JBL's incessant shouting.


The action (despite some botches and Ziggler going over) was fine, but commentary makes or breaks a show.



Lawler may be past his prime, but I'd take him and Mauro as a twosome over the current setup any day.
 
#21 ·
IMO Anyone with a standard American accent sucks at commentary.

Look at all the greats
JR, Lawler, Tazz, Heyman, Regal, Ventura, Monsoon, Heenan etc.

Compared to
Saxton, Otunga, Cole, Mathews, Striker, etc.

The only exception I can think of is The Coach, but then again he's not even that good he's just better than what we have currently.
 
#25 ·
I have to agree, they really ruined the Smackdown commentary staff. David fucking Otunga? Really? I'd rather you brought back Taz instead of this jabroni. I never really liked or disliked JBL until this brand split, but if SD wants to have a chance at being parallel with Raw, he's not going to cut it. They make the show boring, and their job is the opposite. Both of them need to be replaced before everyone gets complicit with how awful they are
 
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