10 Big Changes To Make TNA Great Again
6. Change The Commentators
Professional wrestling commentary is pretty bad across the board at the moment. Corey Graves and Mauro Ranallo provide respite, but aside from a few outliers, almost every company in the business (from the smallest indy promotion to WWE themselves) is plagued by subpar commentary. There’s nothing worse than sitting through two hours of David Otunga on a Tuesday night, but TNA are no better.
Josh Mathews is a borderline unbearable play-by-play guy. He spends his time talking about pretty much anything other than the match that’s going in front of him, and instead of adding to the action and selling the story, he’s talking about Twitter or commenting on a wrestler’s haircut.
His partner, The Pope, is just as bad, and has never truly adapted to the role. Clumsy, awkward, and dispassionate, Pope sounds lost at sea in the announce booth, and don’t get me started on his pronunciation of the word “suplex”.
This needs to stop. Immediately. Perhaps Pope and Mathews have value in other roles, but they’re a tiresome announce team who only detract from the action, and often make getting through Impact an incredibly tedious process. Replace them with a couple of guys who know how to tell a story, sell the moves, and engage the viewers rather than compel them to change the channel.