Terry
Nitro Member
Ok, so I have been known to watch a little wrestling on tv....anyone else? Reason I ask is recently Joey Styles was replaced as one of the commentators who worked with Tazz by Mike Adamle. I did notice in his first 2 broadcasts that Adamle seemed very uneasy and very poorly versed on the sport he was supposed to be announcing.
But oh my, the firestorm from the wrestling fan world over Adamle on ECW! here's a link to just one of the hundreds of blogs, boards, etc. concerned with wrestling all hammering Adamle.FORMER ECW STAR TEARS APART ADAMLE REPLACING STYLES - alt.pro-wrestling.wwf | Google Groups
I think the parallel is quite interesting--Adamle has long-standing respected announcer credentials in sports that he is familiar with. Same deal with Paul Page--I think he was considered quite competent in sports that he had covered in the past, but came into NHRA Drag RAcing extremely unprepared and with no background in the sport to fall back on. And just so everyone understands I'm not trying to drag up the PP complaints again, I must say he has certainly gotten better. I just thought that the true, loyal fans, be it WWE or NHRA, expect to have the tv world give them the best for their sports. Kinda interesting I thought.
But oh my, the firestorm from the wrestling fan world over Adamle on ECW! here's a link to just one of the hundreds of blogs, boards, etc. concerned with wrestling all hammering Adamle.FORMER ECW STAR TEARS APART ADAMLE REPLACING STYLES - alt.pro-wrestling.wwf | Google Groups
I think the parallel is quite interesting--Adamle has long-standing respected announcer credentials in sports that he is familiar with. Same deal with Paul Page--I think he was considered quite competent in sports that he had covered in the past, but came into NHRA Drag RAcing extremely unprepared and with no background in the sport to fall back on. And just so everyone understands I'm not trying to drag up the PP complaints again, I must say he has certainly gotten better. I just thought that the true, loyal fans, be it WWE or NHRA, expect to have the tv world give them the best for their sports. Kinda interesting I thought.