WWF New Generation Vs WWE In 2020: Which Was Worse?
10. Commentators
Jerry Lawler was once an unstoppable force on the booth.
A piece of sh*t so potent that he diluted the damage done by Bobby Heenan's late-1993 exit from the company, 'The King' was an impeccable heel analyst alongside Vince McMahon's bombastic babyface. When he wasn't cracking wise about the heroes, he was getting into feuds with them - he got literal horsesh*t over when he walked in it ahead of his Kiss-My-Foot match with Bret Hart, and plotted with several villains over the year from his position of relative power ringside.
McMahon himself was strong too. He infamously threw his headset down in disgust after the chronic In Your House 4 went off the air, but never let that frustration show when the red light was on. Yet, it's his clear confidence in believe he's best at selling the show that pollutes the product today. Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe, Corey Graves and (still) Lawler are lousy interchangeable catchphrase comics that are indefinable as human beings from one segment to the next. As supposedly rational anchors, Michael Cole, Tom Phillips and Vic Joseph have no authority because the product itself as immune to rational thought.
The desk is a disaster area at present. Even when WWE tiptoed towards bankruptcy in 1995, the opposite was true then.
Which Was Worse?: 2020