WWE: 5 Phrases That Michael Cole Uses That We Are All Sick Of

1. "Vintage..."

Michael Cole Vintage used to be such a nice word before Michael Cole got his hands on it. It used to mean something of the past of high quality- which means that Michael Cole not only overuses the word, he actually had its meaning wrong too. With Michael Cole I think what he is trying to say when he calls a manoeuvre "Vintage Orton/Undertaker/Punk/etc." is 'classic'. However due to the fact that Michael Cole uses all the darn time and with every single guy on the WWE roster the word 'vintage' does not really mean 'classic' but something far different. 'Typical'. When John Cena does a shoulder block Cole may describe it as 'Vintage Cena' but the crowd are thinking of it as 'Typical Cena'- not extraordinary or interesting but just what he does all the time. In fact, the hostility of John Cena with the crowd is partly to do with the fact that Cole continues to say 'Vintage Cena' during his matches which only emphasises things like the Five Moves of Doom and how tiresome it can get. The fact of the matter is that 'Vintage' is actually making perfectly good wrestling moves look just dull, because it makes them seem like they have been seen before and are not important to the match in question. The sooner Michael Cole stamps that evil little word out of his vocabulary, the better.
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