Heel Announcers Played Out?

[RKing85]

if done right, and that's a big if, there will ALWAYS be a spot for a heel announcer in pro wrestling.

[deezy]

Whos actually heel anymore?

They all flip-flop more than a waffle house.

[Christian Small]

Well out of the 3 I'd say Corey Graves has more right to be a heel than Cole or Saxton. Graves was at least a heel before having to retire from the ring.

[deezy]

Graves act like a contrarian, which is why I preferred King in that role. He didn't quickly dismiss a comment he made, he kept his talking points in sound bytes and justify his words in a more humorous way.

[rocketking]

The biggest difference, to me, is that the wrestlers today don't have real characters anyway. At least, not once the bell rings. So even though the announcers don't "call the match" as much as they used to, they also spend less time telling the story of the match - because the story (until the finish) is usually that two guys are wrestling. So it's not as easy to be a clear-cut heel or babyface announcer when some of the biggest heels in the company like Rollins, Styles and Owens don't cheat (again, until the finish) anyway.

[groovyphoenix]

Heel announcer not neccessarily played out, but they need to be heeling on the baby face to get folks to hate, not the whole crew! JBL is played out I hate anything he does. Listening toe CWC to me is right now heaven! Ranallo and Bryan rock as announcers, they are both genuinely "fans" calling the matches and educating us. I love that! I liked that about teh WCW announcers too, it shows they are engaged, makes ME pay more attention and admire the match.

I want to mute JBL and anything he says he antagonizes and bitches about ther other announcer not the match itself. I got tired of it rather quickly.

I guess I like the old time announcing more then the new kind because Ranallo to me is the best of the game right now between him and Cole.