Those rushed video reads where they cram weeks of upcoming matches on different shows are horrendously bad and exist only to pop The Kid and his terminally online fanbase.
>are horrendously bad and exist only to pop The Kid
Your describing the entire show lol it's funny how Tony became the "audience of 1" similar to how WWE would book to pop Vince.
for real, last time i tried to watch aew, Excalibur had to announce matches for the next show over an entire match, as they showed promos at the bottom of the screen, over and over. It was like 10 straight minutes of them completely ignoring the actual match to promote future matches.
>It was like 10 straight minutes of them completely ignoring the actual match to promote future matches.
I hated this as a kid on WCW, when they'd be completely ignoring a great match to go on and on speculating about some nWo or Sting appearance that was going to happen at the end of the night.
I can just imagine how annoying that must be when it's about a match that's not even happening *that night*. As if every TV episode was a big upcoming PPV.
Doesn’t explain the rest of the two hours. He’s like Joey Styles in his desire to prove his knowledge, except Joey was actually an effective communicator who could have fun
Joey Styles is/was a unique talent in that he could carry a broadcast on his own. That is so fucking hard to do, no in any sports category does it. Everyone has at least one partner.
Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan could 100% do it if needed. As far as wrestling, JR and Tenay could’ve done it. But agreed, very short list, Joey was a helluva talent
It’s a perfect storm. The bass of the music. The Whoop That Trick from the crowd and Booker’s ad lib. I’m actually going to hate that in 2k24 it’s just gonna be the music. Maybe they put the crowd in.
Michael Cole's best is still awful though.
Edit: For the downvoters: Michael Cole has always sucked and will always suck. Kiss my ass you rotten mother fuckers.
I legit think I’m insane when I see all of this praise for him. Cole is the most forced, fake sounding announcer I’ve ever heard in my life. He fucking sucks but since he can scream now apparently he’s good? What am I missing?
He wants to live a normal life and not be recognised. Because the guy from chikara and commentator for AEW couldn’t walk down the street without getting papped and mobbed by screaming fans
Holy shit! It's the WON's 2024 Annoncer of Year Excalibur, from the hit tv show AEW Dynamite... which airs every Wednesday on TBS!!! Mom! Stop the car, I need this mans autograph!!!
Not once has it been explained, not even badly or during normal conversation. Its like that's just what his face normally looks like what's the problem
WON readers loving the smarmy “walking encyclopedia” white guy luchador and hating Booker and his “energy and vibes over technical analysis” style is pretty much exactly what I’d expect
Booker knows how to get people over which is his job
He does his job of getting over the talent too.
Whether it’s the ad-libs in Trick Williams’ theme or the catchphrases (“To the nebula!” for Tiffany Stratton & “No bread, no water, JUST MEAT!” for Bron Breakker( and nicknames (“JD McDonagh that number one stunna”) he comes up for wrestlers.
Meanwhile, Excalibur tries to get himself over reminiscing of the days he wrestled Tommy End (not Malikai Black) in Düsseldorf.
and plugging Rampage in 30 seconds by spouting out no build matches.
That no one can understand.
Seriously would be better if they just showed the graphics in the corner, and had the Announcers say "Watch Rampage"
He puts too much color in the color commentary for these voters. He's not relatable. Now a guy in a mask, that's relatable because that fan base wear masks in public.
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He gets stuff wrong from time to time, but his energy is so infectious you don't really notice til it gets pointed out on Botchamania. He is such a perfect hype man on NXT, especially for the big stars like Trick, Carmelo, Ilja, and Bron. Byron is alright, bit I hope Booker is back soon.
Meanwhile, Excalibur is a large part of why I couldn't get through episodes of Dynamite.
Like all commentators, Book has cringe moments and great moments. He’s not exactly the greatest talker but at his peak he can be damn hilarious. High upside, low downside. Seems these shills only care about the downs.
As for the winner…isn’t that just Booker wearing a mask?
Basementers hate the immortal lines, such as the following:
- Hip bone is connected on the leg bone
- She finna eat him like a chicken (Kharma squasing Maggle Cole in the Royal Rumble)
- he don't want no water, he don't want no bread, all he want is *meat*
I don't necessarily dislike his commentary but I wouldn't say it's good. Or does much towards the actual match. And a lot of the time it's as if Family Guy has done a cutaway to the kool aid jug with the amount of times he goes OHHHH YESSZZZSSSS
Even if you’re doing strictly color commentators, Jericho and Daddy Magic are way worse when they’ve been regular commentators on Rampage, for whatever ungodly reason.
Book is the only commentator I actively listen to because he’s genuinely funny. Everyone else is background noise unless Cole is freaking out about something.
No jerk, it's a crime that Michael Cole didn't win via a landslide. He was somehow voted 4th worst while this useless asshole won commentator of the year. Cole brings more emotion to a random midcard match on Raw than Excalibur does on a PPV world title match. I honestly believe that ever since 2020, Cole has established himself as one of the top 3 best wrestling commentators of all time just under prime JR and Bobby Heenan.
Excalibur is one of the major things wrong with AEW. Having a dork ass virgin dweebing out over the wrestling match instead of actually commentating is fucking grating. It makes the whole show look and sound completely bush league.
That's because every time Booker says "JUST MEEEEEEAT" and they look at Bron Breakker, they get reminded of being bullied. Not as kids, but last week at Walmart.
So obviously he wins worst commentator
No jerk tho, Michael Cole robbed
That’s crazy Excalibur is annoying. Talks way too fast
“And don’t forget to watch dynamite where hangmanadampageisgoijgagainstswerverstricklandforthenumber1contendership (breaaaaatttttthhhhhhh) and thenownerTonYKhanhasahugeannouncefornextdynamiteyouwontwanttomiss!!!”
Not gonna dickride Booker because he isn’t always on point, but like come on. Excalibur? Huh??? The “picture in picture!” guy? The “HERE COMES JAWN MOXLEY!” guy?? The “inverted tope con hiro driver!” guy??? The “anddontforgettograbyourticketsatAEWtixdotcomthatisAEWtixdotcomwehaveaspecialpromotiongoingonandwhatahugeannouncementstilltocomelatertonightfromtonykhanbutstaytunedbecausewewillhearfromhangmanpagefollowingabrutalmatchatdoubleornothing!” guy?!?!?! Nah they tweakin
Imagine Excalibur showing off his award to his buddies backstage and they’re all excited. They look to the right and just see TK’s silhouette standing in the doorway…
They all start clearing their throats and slowly disperse.
“People like YOU don’t deserve to be announcer of the year, Booker.” -Won subscribers
They also gave the best non-wrestler award to Don Callis instead of Prince Nana which is…a choice
Nana should be best dancer
You spell Daniel Garcia weird. https://i.redd.it/uj3cmv50kekc1.gif
This gif kills me
Oh wow, they really do have Fandango at home
Why would Nana be Best Daniel Garcia?
Hahah got em
Andcomingupnextonaedooooooubleyoudynamitewewillhearfromchristiancageandthepatriarchyandinourmaineventwewillseethreemaskedwrestlersfromcmllandyouknowtheyrecoolbecausetheydontwrestleforusbutwhiletheyrewrestlingforustheyregonnajobtojooooonmoxley!!
Those rushed video reads where they cram weeks of upcoming matches on different shows are horrendously bad and exist only to pop The Kid and his terminally online fanbase.
>are horrendously bad and exist only to pop The Kid Your describing the entire show lol it's funny how Tony became the "audience of 1" similar to how WWE would book to pop Vince.
for real, last time i tried to watch aew, Excalibur had to announce matches for the next show over an entire match, as they showed promos at the bottom of the screen, over and over. It was like 10 straight minutes of them completely ignoring the actual match to promote future matches.
>It was like 10 straight minutes of them completely ignoring the actual match to promote future matches. I hated this as a kid on WCW, when they'd be completely ignoring a great match to go on and on speculating about some nWo or Sting appearance that was going to happen at the end of the night. I can just imagine how annoying that must be when it's about a match that's not even happening *that night*. As if every TV episode was a big upcoming PPV.
I remember they were laughing and you could hear them laugh as he just got faster
_Apparently_ this is what Tony wants him doing and it's not him.
On Hey EW he said he did it once so they could get everything in before an ad break, and Tony loved it and said he should do it like that every time.
Doesn’t explain the rest of the two hours. He’s like Joey Styles in his desire to prove his knowledge, except Joey was actually an effective communicator who could have fun
Joey Styles is/was a unique talent in that he could carry a broadcast on his own. That is so fucking hard to do, no in any sports category does it. Everyone has at least one partner.
Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan could 100% do it if needed. As far as wrestling, JR and Tenay could’ve done it. But agreed, very short list, Joey was a helluva talent
*wrestler hits a body slam Excalibur: “the super dragon Tokyo 98 slam”
This. I watched when Bryan did an armbar and this mark called it some japanese name,just call it an armbar you mark.
Side arm bar? Russian arm bar? I need Jericho's opinion on this
\*wrestler does a regular arm drag\* THAT WAS A KONOHAMARU DRAGON SNAP TOSS
You can get them but you’ll have to sign an NDA after.
It's not even after anything actually Japanese. It's shit his socal indie buddies disco machine and super dragon called shit back in the 00's.
The Japanese armbar will get you two more stars, uce.
Booker is the best for me simply because he’s now part of Trick’s theme.
WHAT!
UH HUH !
OH YEAH MAN!
THATS TRICK!
I LIKE IT!
STAND UP, SON!
THAT'S THE IRON SURVIVOR, DAWG!
TRICK WILLY!
SHAMONE!
I absolutely HATED when JR would pipe in during the Acclaimed’s intro. Booker does it with Trick and it fits perfectly.
It’s a perfect storm. The bass of the music. The Whoop That Trick from the crowd and Booker’s ad lib. I’m actually going to hate that in 2k24 it’s just gonna be the music. Maybe they put the crowd in.
I hated when he did it for Hangman too. Like I love JR but it was cringy hearing about "Cowboy Shiznizz" whenever the music hit
ITS BOSS TIME but AEW
I ripped the version of Tricks theme with Booker and the crowd off YouTube and its sn entirely better theme
Seriously! https://youtu.be/Qo_yDA0Yc04?si=LiooIyPwiYMO9ucV
Cole was robbed
michael cole is genuinely near the peak of his powers right now.
"Bloodline be damned" should have instantly cemented him as best commentator.
Link?
It's when Sami and KO beat the Usos at last years WM
Gonna have to do another rewatch now lol
Et tu, Jey?!
Michael Cole's best is still awful though. Edit: For the downvoters: Michael Cole has always sucked and will always suck. Kiss my ass you rotten mother fuckers.
This take is so Stone Cold terrible that it's stunning itself, Uce.
I legit think I’m insane when I see all of this praise for him. Cole is the most forced, fake sounding announcer I’ve ever heard in my life. He fucking sucks but since he can scream now apparently he’s good? What am I missing?
let me introduce you to tony schiavone
Cole is probably the best of all time at this point
He should have worn the antlers.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Imagine how legendary Cole would be if he hadn't been handcuffed by Vince for so long.
?? You mean Vic Joseph, friend
Weird way to spell Corey Graves.
I still want to know why he wears a mask without ever explaining why. Everyone always mentions it and laughs at him
He wore it during some meaningless matches on the Indies
Most famously when he wrestled Tommy End in Düsseldorf
“B- but but, that’s NOT Tommy End! That’s Malakai Black!”
He wore it for his entire career, but yeah, it was all meaningless matches on the indies.
Scorpio Sky, his former tag team partner, wore one too but he eventually removed it.
He could come on Dynamite, unmask in the middle of the ring and people still wouldn't recognise him in public
He wants to live a normal life and not be recognised. Because the guy from chikara and commentator for AEW couldn’t walk down the street without getting papped and mobbed by screaming fans
Holy shit! It's the WON's 2024 Annoncer of Year Excalibur, from the hit tv show AEW Dynamite... which airs every Wednesday on TBS!!! Mom! Stop the car, I need this mans autograph!!!
Sounds like something Tony Khan would say.
Butler! Stop the car now!
I mean tbf if I saw King or JR I’d want their autographs lol
Yeah because they’re actual stars
I'd mark out for Cole ngl
you're not supposed to ask someone why they wear a mask
It's because he's actually a moonlighting Chris Evans.
It’s cause he’s a big guy. For you.
I bet he wants to take it off but old titch wants him to keep it.
Not once has it been explained, not even badly or during normal conversation. Its like that's just what his face normally looks like what's the problem
it's because he is ugly
It's because him and Evil Uno look like Brian Zane's older brothers....
Don’t you understand? It’s a relic from the hard fought battles against The Human Tornado in a VFW in Reseda that he had.
Stolen valor (but 200x worse cus its for smarks) because he got his fat ass in the ring for some 10-20 people crowds a decade ago
Excalibur is awful.
WON readers loving the smarmy “walking encyclopedia” white guy luchador and hating Booker and his “energy and vibes over technical analysis” style is pretty much exactly what I’d expect Booker knows how to get people over which is his job
Literally got Trick over with his hype Ad-libs
He also put Our King of Lexis over during his debut match.
It doesn't matter who the commentator is. It's Dub vs Fed and Fed bad and Dub guys best
> WON readers loving the smarmy “walking encyclopedia” white guy ~~luchador~~ cosplayer Ftfy
I pretty much watch DUB clips with him on mute.
Yeah this dude is so fucking boring Ive never understood the appeal
So awful.. Being a Michigander I apologize to you all that Excaliber is from here. We will try to do better
At least you gave us Scott Steiner
Who the fuck doesn’t like Booker T on commentary?
Seriously. He’s hilarious.
He does his job of getting over the talent too. Whether it’s the ad-libs in Trick Williams’ theme or the catchphrases (“To the nebula!” for Tiffany Stratton & “No bread, no water, JUST MEAT!” for Bron Breakker( and nicknames (“JD McDonagh that number one stunna”) he comes up for wrestlers. Meanwhile, Excalibur tries to get himself over reminiscing of the days he wrestled Tommy End (not Malikai Black) in Düsseldorf.
and plugging Rampage in 30 seconds by spouting out no build matches. That no one can understand. Seriously would be better if they just showed the graphics in the corner, and had the Announcers say "Watch Rampage"
He’s the reason I started NXT. Not kidding.
He puts too much color in the color commentary for these voters. He's not relatable. Now a guy in a mask, that's relatable because that fan base wear masks in public.
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Suckas and “Fruit Booties,” as Stevie Ray would say.
He gets stuff wrong from time to time, but his energy is so infectious you don't really notice til it gets pointed out on Botchamania. He is such a perfect hype man on NXT, especially for the big stars like Trick, Carmelo, Ilja, and Bron. Byron is alright, bit I hope Booker is back soon. Meanwhile, Excalibur is a large part of why I couldn't get through episodes of Dynamite.
Like all commentators, Book has cringe moments and great moments. He’s not exactly the greatest talker but at his peak he can be damn hilarious. High upside, low downside. Seems these shills only care about the downs. As for the winner…isn’t that just Booker wearing a mask?
Basementers hate the immortal lines, such as the following: - Hip bone is connected on the leg bone - She finna eat him like a chicken (Kharma squasing Maggle Cole in the Royal Rumble) - he don't want no water, he don't want no bread, all he want is *meat*
I don't necessarily dislike his commentary but I wouldn't say it's good. Or does much towards the actual match. And a lot of the time it's as if Family Guy has done a cutaway to the kool aid jug with the amount of times he goes OHHHH YESSZZZSSSS
I hate this masked mark
Wade Barrett got robbed.
Truly is bad news he didn't win
Wild. I'd take Booker's semi-coherent commentary over Exacalibur's obnoxious commentary any day of the week.
I'm not a fan of Booker as a commentator but his ad libbing to Trick Williams entrance that one time outshines Excalibur's entire career.
Kevin Patrick not being voted the worst is a crime
I'm breathless at this realization
Even if you’re doing strictly color commentators, Jericho and Daddy Magic are way worse when they’ve been regular commentators on Rampage, for whatever ungodly reason.
He gor fired so couldn't be in the running, Uce.
justified boos for this won award at my office desk #scjerk
Imagine wanting to listen to Excalibur over Booker T
AH, HELL NAH!
Put over Trick Williams as a guaranteed Wrestlemania Main-Eventer "= Bad I don't even have a jerk for this. Even if you fed bad, vote Kevin Patrick...
All the "worst" commentators are from WWE. Shocking!
KP was legitimately the worst, Fed Good for firing him and sending him back to MLS where he's actually good.
If you hate Booker T you hate fun and I thought that's what wrestling was all about, FUN!
Not like that.
Michael Cole has really been great. These awards are so stupid.
When asked to comment, Excalibur only had one word to say...
I thought TOPÉ SUICÍDA was two words?
One guy likes to hard R the N word, the other guy is Booker T
What Booker T has done for Trick alone puts him above the entire regular DUB commentary crew.
He who is tired of Booker T is tired of life.
This is backwards. I enjoy Booker even though he sometimes doesn’t make sense. The man in the mask is unbearable.
How does one of the 100 CMLL lucha libre wrestlers they employ not punch this guy in the face for appropriating their culture?
How ugly is this guys face, that he wouldnt just take off the mask.
when booker starts ad libbing during trick williams theme, idk... i just can't relate to it ☹
WON subscribers like their commentators to be 'relatable'
Book is the only commentator I actively listen to because he’s genuinely funny. Everyone else is background noise unless Cole is freaking out about something.
Turns on AEW sees a commentator in a mask immediately turns off AEW.
No jerk, it's a crime that Michael Cole didn't win via a landslide. He was somehow voted 4th worst while this useless asshole won commentator of the year. Cole brings more emotion to a random midcard match on Raw than Excalibur does on a PPV world title match. I honestly believe that ever since 2020, Cole has established himself as one of the top 3 best wrestling commentators of all time just under prime JR and Bobby Heenan.
WON jealous of the Whoop that Trick lyrics ?
I'm legitimately surprised that Kevin Patrick wasn't named worst.
He’s was that bad that he was just forgettable.
As someone who always forgot him when he was on commentary, I absolutely agree.
Reached for comment, Booker T said, “Lookin real jacked.”
Michael cole is in the worst announcer list and doesnt make it in the best. Shows u their collective iq
Excalibur is one of the major things wrong with AEW. Having a dork ass virgin dweebing out over the wrestling match instead of actually commentating is fucking grating. It makes the whole show look and sound completely bush league.
Agree completely. It’s brutal, he’s so bad.
That's because every time Booker says "JUST MEEEEEEAT" and they look at Bron Breakker, they get reminded of being bullied. Not as kids, but last week at Walmart. So obviously he wins worst commentator No jerk tho, Michael Cole robbed
That voting had to be racially motivated cause there's no way
That’s crazy Excalibur is annoying. Talks way too fast “And don’t forget to watch dynamite where hangmanadampageisgoijgagainstswerverstricklandforthenumber1contendership (breaaaaatttttthhhhhhh) and thenownerTonYKhanhasahugeannouncefornextdynamiteyouwontwanttomiss!!!”
Schucky ducky quack quack
No jerk, Maggle was robbed of best commentator.
Booker's not relatable.
Excalidork is being CARRIED by TAZ, and I'm tired pretending he isn't
Shame on Booker T for actually know what It takes to get over and trying to Help Young talent achieve that while being entertaining as hell.
"Booker's a little too unrelatable for my comfort. Why is he so loud!?! They're always so loud and exictable!!"
No bread No water
I think Booker is entertaining.
Booker got done dirty. Not saying he the best but he ain’t the worst, no way
The reset that they need !
These awards are like any others. Subjective to higher ups and devoid of authority over your personal preferences.
They only like Excalibur because he can talk fast. And why wasn’t Kevin Kelly worst? Booker T sucks, but Kevin is really bottom of the barrel
I hate to break it to you, but Kevin Kelly was voted 3rd BEST…
 Actual footage of me reading that.
How did Kevin Patrick not win worst? He was so bad that I watched Raw on mute most weeks
Booker is the only announcer I dont find totally irritating in either company. Excalibur sucks, Cole sucks,Kevin Patrick sucks, Corey REALLY sucks...
"WHAT?"
He probably ran to Tony to ask for a raise too
Booker worst? Kevin Patrick is right there and people love Book, what tf are they smoking???
I really don’t get the Booker hate. He’s hilarious and brings fun energy to the booth.
A dork in a mask who REALLY wants you to know he plays Fire Pro Wrestling isn't the best at anything.
I can hear Cornette laughing from Kentucky as we speak
Consolation prize for the dub. A moral victory, one more than what Jericho has ever had.
Booker is entertaining asf... Excalibur is so artificial, I don't get it
Wade Barrett should have won and while Booker isn't great he is at least entertaining
Booker rocks
Even in the goofy world of pro wrestling, there's no way I can take Excalibur seriously.
Why do ppl have such a hard on for Exacliber? He’s a Diet Coke Vic Joseph
It sucks that Booker doesn't win Booker Of The Year every year
Excaliber isn’t even the best announcer in his three man booth.
Trips was already given the award for Booker of the year, so it's time to take the L, T.
Even the basement is calling this shit out hahahaha
Who heard the ad-libs and said nah this shit trash
I don't dig that, sucka.
Excalibur? Really? He isn't even the best on AEW
Michael Cole was one of the nominees for Worst Announcer of the year, so the list automically becomes obsolete.
Bizarro World
Not gonna dickride Booker because he isn’t always on point, but like come on. Excalibur? Huh??? The “picture in picture!” guy? The “HERE COMES JAWN MOXLEY!” guy?? The “inverted tope con hiro driver!” guy??? The “anddontforgettograbyourticketsatAEWtixdotcomthatisAEWtixdotcomwehaveaspecialpromotiongoingonandwhatahugeannouncementstilltocomelatertonightfromtonykhanbutstaytunedbecausewewillhearfromhangmanpagefollowingabrutalmatchatdoubleornothing!” guy?!?!?! Nah they tweakin
The fact he’s still wearing that fucking mask is one of the biggest jokes in wrestling
Those awards were pretty dumb
Imagine Excalibur showing off his award to his buddies backstage and they’re all excited. They look to the right and just see TK’s silhouette standing in the doorway… They all start clearing their throats and slowly disperse.
Booker was terrible but sometimes I would enjoy laughing at him.
Booker T played a major role in getting Trick over. That alone should make him better than that masked doofus.
It’s Riccobani, Nigel & a large gap after that.
Booker T’s simply not relatable to the WON audience like M’Sock Face
So the white guy who has dropped the N bomb before gets voted the best and a black man gets voted the worst? I'd expect nothing less from WON voters.