The True Monolith pointed out this story about Joey Styles not getting to commentate on Wrestlemania. This is a real shame. Joey has come into the WWE, originally to add authenticity to the One Night Stand PPV. And he hit the ball out of the park, and has done ever since, in my opinion. Clearly Vince and the rest of the WWE braintrust are down on him for some reason, putting him in a 3-man team with The Coach was not really a mark of trust.
I do see a little of what they are saying here. It is true that when Jim Ross came in as play-by-play man, he did't quite gel. I think though that was the product more than him. He never seems to have got the respect he deserved from the WWE for how well he sold their product. Same is happening to Styles.
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The unspoken hint is that Styles is great as a commentator. He can call any move, any grapple very easily and can do the hyperbole with the best (His ECW commentary is fantastic), however it seems that he doesn't sell the story. Sadly this says more about WWE tha anything else. vince pushes Sports entertainment, sadly Joey is too much a wrestling lover. I think he will do well & will obviously do the One night only II PPV later this year, but watch him be stuck in JRs shadow.
Shame
You can't sell some of the stories the WWE would like him to at the moment, because they are, frankly, rubbish.
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