8 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 18th)
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5. People In Glass Houses
Its weird to be in a situation where you feel the need to defend Michael Cole, but when it comes to being criticized by JBL and Booker T for your announcing, then someone has to step in. Coming out of a commercial break, Raw went to its paid sponsor ads, but Cole clearly didnt get the segment, sitting silent for a few seconds before saying, Hi, 1, 2, 3 before reading the ad. Almost immediately, JBL jumped on Cole, welcoming him back from commercial, followed by Booker telling him to wake up. These two guys can barely speak a full sentence without tripping over their own words, with Bradshaw a shell of himself and Booker unable to understand what the Freebird Rule is. Sure, Vince was probably in their ear telling them to give Cole a lot of grief, but come on. Cole gets a lot of flack from fans, but for something like that, he should be given a pass.
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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
