Main event commentary
By Scott Keith on 16 July 2019
Hey Scott,
One of the big differences that's struck me recently between NXT and the main WWE product is the live description of what's happening on screen. The commentators on the main roster shows and PPVs hardly stop for breath, constantly talking about the back story
of the match and hypothesising about what the wrestlers on screen are thinking and feeling. Meanwhile the commentators in NXT (and in other companies) just describe what's happening in the ring and let the workers tell the story. Is this the Vince effect?
Does he not trust his main roster workers to be able to tell a story on their own in the ring? Does he not trust the viewer to understand the story being told in the ring? Is this type of commentary now an accepted part of the 'sports entertainment' product
that we'll be stuck with when Vince is long gone?
of the match and hypothesising about what the wrestlers on screen are thinking and feeling. Meanwhile the commentators in NXT (and in other companies) just describe what's happening in the ring and let the workers tell the story. Is this the Vince effect?
Does he not trust his main roster workers to be able to tell a story on their own in the ring? Does he not trust the viewer to understand the story being told in the ring? Is this type of commentary now an accepted part of the 'sports entertainment' product
that we'll be stuck with when Vince is long gone?
Your blog is great. Thanks for all the excellent work dude!
It's 100% a Vince thing and basically everything you say is exactly what he thinks according to everyone who's worked for him.