MATT STRIKER Should be Promoted to the Main Shows

When I watch old matches, I'm struck with how much effort the commentators used to put on selling the reality of what we're seeing. They provide the audience with a combination of internal thoughts and feelings of the wrestlers, strategies, physiology and history in order to tell the story in the ring.

Today, the commentary has descended into bickering and a list of accolades of each wrestler, punctuated by the odd, "And Superstar X kicks out at two!"

However, one commentator who gives me some hope is Matt Striker. His commentary on Superstars and the old NXT is genuinely descriptive of what's happening in the ring, and can make a mediocre match seem good, and a good match seem great.

I'm excited to think of what he could do with some of the main talent on the main shows.

That said, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler can be a perfectly good commentary team if only they start doing their jobs properly instead of arguing like schoolboys throughout an entire match. I know conflict creates drama, but the conflict should always be in service of what's going on in the ring, not distracting the audience from it.