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Hack-Man wrote:

> Michael  wrote:
> | Hack-Man wrote:
> | > Gottfried Janik  wrote:
> | > | Michael wrote:
> | > | > Gottfried Janik wrote:
> | > | > | >>Last Tuesday here in Germany they Show Raw.
And there Jim Ross, is this 
> | > | >>for real?
> | > | > | > Nope.  It's an angle (and so was SCSA's
"firing" for that matter).  JR 
> | > | > got a little more legit-sounding emotion than most into
his "I Quit" 
> | > | > speech, though.  Might be because Bischoff is not
well-liked backstage.
> | > | 
> | > | Thanks alot, The King and JR are great Commentators, tbe Commentators 
> | > | here in Germany are not so good. 
> | > | > Worse than Jim Ross?  Now I *really* feel sorry for you.
> | 
> | So, in you honest opinion, who's a good commentator?
> 
> Gordon Solie was the best.
> 
> If you're talking about people alive today, I'd go with Mike Tenay,
> Joey Styles, Dan "The Dragon" Wilson, Scott Hudson, Steve Prazak,
> Jesse Ventura as the "A" level group (I've lumped Play-by-play and
> color commentators together). 

Sounds pretty good, though I haven't heard Wilson.

> In the "B" group I'd put Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Mick Karsh,
> Dale Spear.  
> 
> In the "C" group I'd put Jim Ross, Tazzz, Ernest Miller, Paul
> Heyman, Lee Marshall, Mean Gene, and the Tony Schiavone from the
> past five years or so.

Even with what Ross has to call these days, I'd put him in the "B" list 
at least.  And putting Ross, Tazz, and Paul E. on the same level as Tony 
Schiavone of the Bischoff years on the same level is just plain wrong.

Just MHO of course.  And I do think Cole & Tazz outdo Ross & Lawler, 
though to be fair, they've got better stuff to call.

> The "early 1990s Tony Schiavone" would be somewhere between
the "A"
> list and the "B" list.

Michael


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