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Mauro Ranallo

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#1 · (Edited)
Now, I'm not gonna say he's a bad commentator because he's far from it, very professional and knows his stuff, and is quick and knowledgeable, but sometimes I find myself cringing at his strange random phrases and analogies and puns, especially when they're said in such a serious tone, by a serious commentator. Anyone else find this?

Example being this week on Smackdown during the Breezango/American Alpha match, he said "the WWE schedule prevented Breezango from attending fashion week but I'm sure they have DESIGNS on knocking off the tag team champs." That's just one of many examples.

If anyone has any other examples, post them.
 
#5 ·
Who knows what is Vince and what is Mauro right now.... you can tell Mauro is struggling because of having Vince in his ear though.
 
#24 ·
Agreed with this. Not sure what all these dicks are going on about.

His announcing voice can be eh, a little over the top sometimes; but he's very quick witted and knowledgeable of all the moves. None of these schmucks (including Cole) could hold his jock strap.

How else would we know that AJ Styles is doing an Ushigoroshi? Otherwise it would be a "Fireman's Carry Neckbreaker"

:tripsscust
 
#20 ·
"AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE AN UPPERCUT PARTY CAUSE AN UPPERCUT PARTY DON'T STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seriously, I don't care if the guy did MMA, he's awful. His analogies are worse than anything Cole has ever said.

The only likable announcers in WWe currently are Graves and McGuiness.....probably has to do with them being former wrestlers....
 
#21 ·
Mauro Ranallo is really good but he needs partners who are actually good as well. JBL and Otunga are not that. Adding Tom Phillips as "host" doesn't help either. There's a reason why the 205 Live team of Ranallo, Aries, and Graves is the best commentary team in WWE right now.
 
#22 ·
Mauro is a legend, this guy called some GOAT fights in Pride and has done some wild shit with Bas Rutten over the years, his potential is completely being brought down by how strict the wwe/vince is, and how horrible his surrounding cast is. I mean seriously, do we really need 4 commentators for a 2 hour show? What happened to having 2? How the hell hasn't Otunga been canned yet and Tom Phillips is nothing but some super shitty new age michael cole in his early days. If they had any sense they would have just put Ranallo and Jerry the King duo for SD, the entire show would instantly rise in entertainment value
 
#25 ·
IWC turning on a once beloved figure. Shocking.

The pop culture references he tries to throw in can be grating, but he's still far and away the best play by play guy they've had since JR.

Also, lol @ people essentially saying that he's "selling too much". Would you rather he no-sell the mid and undercard matches like the Cole/JBL/King Raw team would constantly do a few years back?
 
#27 ·
People in the IWC bitching about people in the IWC turning on an IWC favorite.


Only WrestlingForum yo.


Anyways, while he isn't quite on the level where he was pre-WWE (most likely Vince in his ears) and his constant pop culture references can get a little excessive, he's still the best commentator they have by leaps and bounds.
 
#29 ·
I'm not as high on him as I once was, I like the guy, and he's knowledgable, and yes he is the best commentator WWE have had in a long time...but that has an asterisk next to it seeing as all the other commentators suck.

He tries too hard to be cool and some of his lines are so dumb and annoying. Like when Nikki smashed Natties head into the mirror, rather than sell the damage he just had that 7 years of bad luck line.
 
#31 ·
He far and away the best commentator on the SD team. He adds some drama and inticipation but he's heading down the JBL route of using the same catchphrases every week, case in point "MAAAAAAAAAAAAMMA MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIA", that's plenty Mauro.

I'd love a PPV commentary team of Mauro Ranallo and Cory Graves (who is excellent).
 
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