[RATED-RKOFRANKLIN]

JBL and Micheal Cole were not huge during their early years in the WWE. For over a decade Micheal Cole was the worst WWE commentator with no fan base. He was face for over a decade, but still often booed because he had not talent on the mic. He was boring as hell. However, Micheal Cole becams a heel in 2010. Since than his fan base grew extremely fast. He is a very good heel. I hated him as a face, and wanted him out of the WWE. Now I want him to stay as long as he stays a heel.

JBL was a nobody for many years. Later he was a part of the APA. He didn't have a huge fan base outside of the team. Later his fan base grew once he turned heel. He quickly became the WWE Champion and one of the most hated heels in WWE history. His full potential was unleashed as a heel.

 

[machine_man]

Definitely JBL. Going from the midcard to holding the WWE title for 280 days is huge. Michael Cole on the other hand went from being an annoying face commentator to an annoying heel commentator. While Cole's heel work is great, it doesn't make his actual commentating any better in a technical sense. If he's gonna keep up the act, he either needs to tone it down at the table or move on and just be GM or a manager. His ranting often detracts from matches actually.

 

[kobra860]

Definitely JBL. Going from the midcard to holding the WWE title for 280 days is huge. Michael Cole on the other hand went from being an annoying face commentator to an annoying heel commentator. While Cole's heel work is great, it doesn't make his actual commentating any better in a technical sense. If he's gonna keep up the act, he either needs to tone it down at the table or move on and just be GM or a manager. His ranting often detracts from matches actually.

This. Plus JBL was far from a ring general so he was fortunate to work with great people like Eddie Guerrero, The Undertaker, and Kurt Angle who were able to compensate for his mediocre ring skills.

 

[666_The_Game_666]

JBL for a guy who for years got shit gimmicks to become a main event guy for years is huge though i liked him more in the APA than the JBL character. Cole just has a gimmick and still sucks as a commentator