10 Really Strange Modern Wrestling Phenomenons
5. The Three Man Commentary Table
Invariably, the third man of any given three-man announce team is redundant. That it is the norm all these years later remains astonishing, especially since the commentary is so nauseatingly over-produced. How many mouths must Vince McMahon speak through?
Jonathan Coachman adds nothing. How can somebody so flummoxed by the product add any insight into it whatsoever? At least Booker T was involuntarily entertaining. This is some indictment of the Coach, since Book's spats with Corey Graves distracted us entirely from the onscreen goings-on.
Byron Saxton adds nothing, aside from the odd guilty laugh at his expense. More earnest and in-the-know than Coach, he is nonetheless a hapless comedy figure as a result of his being the only person to take grave offence at the most impotent of heel deeds. He is also very weird and artificial even by WWE's glossy standards, with an ability to beam on cue mere seconds after solemnly registering a Big Cass sneak attack nobody else gave a toss about.
The odd nothing match on NXT TV excepted - and even they serve a purpose, for the inexperienced reaches of the roster - Percy Watson adds nothing. Literally nothing, at times; he emits a vaguely surprised murmur at various points, but that's about it.
Even Todd Grisham once mustered an "It's...Christian". It is impossible to recall anything Watson has ever said.