According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Samoa Joe’s work on commentary this past Monday on RAW drew “high praise” from WWE officials. They felt his interaction with Jerry Lawler was excellent.
As previously reported here on eWn, Dio Maddin is off WWE television in order to sell the “attack” angle from Brock Lesnar several weeks ago. Joe was used in the commentary role this week as he’s currently recovering from a broken thumb. He will be returning to in-ring action once his thumb heals.
It should also be noted that Jerry Lawler’s return has been well received backstage. WWE officials feel he’s been delivering better than expected and has helped Vic Joseph get the rhythm of RAW commentary down. The only thing Lawler has been told is to stay away from dated cultural references. The RAW brand is currently trying to target the more youthful demographic and push new stars.
Hey WWE if you want to stay away from "dated cultural " things, force Vince in to retirement. He couldn't attract anything young even if he was driving an ice cream truck with a free hour of fortnite
Joe was pretty good. He has quick wit and his voice is just a natural for commentary.
They need to remove King. He has the voice for it and he can have a highlight or 2 still, but for the most part he knows nothing about some of the current talent and still tries to use his awful......awful jokes.
I thought Joe did very well. When his ring days or over I could easily see him sliding into that role and doing great at it.
King on the other hand. It was painfully obvious at times that he knew nothing about the people he was commenting on and was barely even watching what was going on in front of him..
Joe has a built in career ready for him when he's done wrestling. He was great on the Backstage clips I saw of him as well. Dude is just a great speaker.
Years ago, they had the Big Slow do commentary and he was also excellent at it. His career was obviously over but they kept bringing him back for whatever when all they needed to do was plant him behind the mic. Now Samoa Joe is doing an excellent job and watch them drop the ball again.
Joe was incredible, but how many guys have been incredible in short stints in years gone by, and as soon as they get settled into the full time gig it all gets flushed down the toilet? Too many. I'd love to be able to say he's got a long career ahead of him if he can transition to commentary that strong whenever he calls it a day, but he'll never get to display that much intelligence when he's sitting there week after week being produced to within an inch of his life. Put him on NXT with Nigel and all will be right with the world (Not that you need two of them serving that exact same sort of role, but you still know it would be awesome).
Samoa Joe should be WWE champion. Not a commentator. He's great at EVERYTHING and it only illustrates what's wrong with that company.
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