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.
JBL was fine IMO. He was the loud bombastic heel announcer, and complimented the babyface facets of Mauro very well. Otunga.....he just isn't ready for this whatsoever. I think he actually has some potential, but he keeps feigning enthusiasm. He doesn't know how to do that yet.
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.
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.
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.".
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
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!!
They both suck but Otunga is just horrible!!! They should release him and bring back Lawler. The Raw announce team is also horrible Michael Cole being the best one, their all so vanilla.
I knew JBL will ruin SD commentary.
People are now trashing Otunga just like they trashed Byron and Cole, But its JBL, he is the source. Remove him and SD commentary will be good again.
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.
Otunga is OK he doesn't really add much but he doesn't ruin the show either, JBL however is TERRIBLE, the worst fucking wrestling commentator of all time, a complete fake you can tell when he pretends to be excited or enthusiastic about something that it's an act.
I thought Otunga wasn't too awfully bad. He had a couple of good lines insulting Buffalo, particularly the Bills. JBL of course is still the ever-annoying JBL.
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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