Michael Cole is particularly frustrating, because the WWE had the best plat by play announcer in wrestling history in JR. So many great moments in the WWE's history can be partially attributed to the great calling of JR calling it as he sees it- down the middle and respecting the athletes in the ring as they go about their business. Vince's heel turn with JR didn't work simply because the fans did not want to see it - JR was their guy calling the shots and taking them along for the ride. Nobody wants to see John Madden suddenly turn around and call the NFL crowd a bunch of jerks so it made little sense why it would work in the WWE. Now some may point out that none of this is actually Michael Cole's fault, and nor is the fact that Vince has treated JR like dirt for much of the time that he's been employed by the WWE. For some reason, McMahon has always had an antipathy towards the 'rassilin' school of thought and JR may have epitomised much of what he thought was wrong with the business. But then, Michael Cole is not a good announcer: as a play by play commentator his knowledge of moves can best be described as 'vague going on obscure'. Either the wrestlers move sets have been severely curtailed ever since JR left the building or Michael Cole skipping on some of the details. For all that Cole probably would have missed out on this list but for the fact that during his heel run he made an habit of burying talent that could have been going somewhere in the WWE because apparently that would get him heat as a heel as well as help the Miz out by getting him out as champion. All it did was portray Miz as a weakling who had the backing of a sycophant. When he turned face again after admirably handling Jerry Lawler's heart attack live on air (something he does deserve plaudits for), we were hoping for Cole to return to a more objective play by play announcer, but now he just seems more intent on burying many of the heels.
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