15 Worst Catchphrases In Wrestling History
2. "Vintage [Insert Wrestler Name Here]" - Michael Cole
Is there a single person out there who genuinely likes, or even tolerates, Michael Cole's obsessive "Vintage" cheers? Anyone? Bueller??
It's not bad for announcers to have their own catchphrases. Jim Ross had his "slobberknockers" and "bah gawds" and "broken in halves" and people ate it all up like the words had just been slathered in J.R.'s signature BBQ sauce. But not everyone is Jim Ross.
Cole, for instance, lacks the timing, passion, knowledge, effusiveness, and personality to make a catchphrase work. Because it would never feel organic. His constant claims of witnessing a wrestler's "vintage" moments in the ring certainly didn't.
Like many of the things Cole said on commentary -- "oh my", "not this way", etc. -- it was the result of him both trying way too hard to have his own "thing" and an inability (or strict instructions not) to improvise. And so even though the guy wasn't on camera, you could practically see the buzzword coming.