7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 29th)
3. Sounds Like A Rerun
The pitfalls and pinnacles of repetition apply to announcers as well. Some announcers made entire careers by repeating the same catchphrase over and over. Jim Ross My God! is so iconic in part because he yelled it so often and so convincingly. But JBL demonstrated Monday night that the tank was empty as Raw wore on. During the Neville versus Sheamus match, he blurted out three times in a five-minute span something along the lines of, Enjoy Neville while you can, because you dont know how long hell be around. It was in reference to the dangers of his high-risk style, but that didnt make it any better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO5SQ5uvxIE Unless Vince was in his ear telling him to say it repeatedly, someone need to tell him to stop saying it after the second time it happened. Its little things like those that can take you out of the moment, which is never a good feeling.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
