Michael Cole & Pat McAfee Talk The Evolution Of WWE Since Vince McMahon Stepped Down 

It’s a lot of guys in that business that had so much charismas but was forced to be corny.

I mean think about it, if you had an old guy screaming in your ear in the back and you couldn't react to that screaming you'd probably be insufferable as well. 😂

I remember there were two instances when I realized that Vince was the problem. The first was when Cole had to call Lawler's heart attack. Cole's professionalism combined with his heart and ultimate enthusiasm when he announced Lawler would recover at the end of the show absolutely won me over as a Cole fan. The second was Cole's call at Beast in the East. Finally hearing Cole building up the matches as he saw them, building up wrestlers, even mentioning their work in Japan prior to WWE was a revelation. Having been a fan of Cole's work with Tazz when they called SmackDown - their call of Eddie Guerrero's (RIP) championship win over Brock Lesnar is still one of my favorite calls of all-time - I realized right then that all the insufferable, repetitive shilling during their regular matches had to be due to Vince. I'm so happy that we finally get to see an unleashed Cole on a regular basis.

Cole miners unite

You're a Cole Miner 😁

Ross and Lawler

@@johnmcclain2145 I'm assuming you were more of a RAW guy than SmackDown

COULD IT BE!??

@@theshield2207 oh my !!!

The most iconic WWE announcer voice is Jim Ross

No doubt. Watching old 1990s matches vs 2016 matches and its clear it was the same person, different voice. Watching Cole in the early 2000s Smackdown was a totally different experience.

@@SogenOkami Guess who was boss in the 90s, Maggot enabler?

And tell me, maggot enabler, who was in charge in 2005? In 1995? In 1985? Oh, I forgot. The delusion that those were never Vince's vision, but this diarrhea is.

@@SogenOkami Vince owned the company since the 80s lol

Vince McMahon Jr. >>> Mark Madden >>> Michael Cole Deal with it!

Theres been stories of vince literally screaming into the ear piece while the commentator is supposed to be talking…SIMULTANEOUSLY. Im surprised he hasnt left to be a big time showhost yet tbh, late 90s you can see this guy lookin like a season 1 tim mcgee, evolution did this man great

@@loganwagler7997 Michael Cole was solid on smackdown from 2002 -2008 raw made him into a joke for a while smh

@@loganwagler7997 yea bro that man deserves his flowers

@@JANIKOWSKII craziest part is him having to work with jbl all those years and never requesting to be raws third guy or somethin

It's mostly been better only because of Vince being gone

Connor being an absolute stooge outta nowhere too

Pats the only likeable one on the shoe and even then that’s a stretch.

And he loves PBR. A man of true value

Agreed, I was always a Michael Cole hater (don't love him on commentary, but nowadays I know a lot of that was on Vince, not on Cole) but I gotta say, I love him on this podcast. I don't even watch podcasts at all, but I watch Pat and the boys. Cole is always a welcome addition.

@@lanceupperrcut Yes yes, believe what the dirtsheets tell you. You don't wanna end up looking 'not smart'!

If only someone cared

@Robert Reital I mean tbf the show is on once a week 😂unless he was on house shows but idk I never seen a house show

@@thamerkules8081 52 weeks in a year. 52 X 25 = 1300 shows

😂😂😂😂😂😂. yeh who ain’t that’s shits dead. Micheal cole couldn’t tie J Rs boots

@@ski8615 Yeah You Sound Dumb As Hell, 25 Years & Only Missed 2 Days Of Work. On Top Of That How Many Times Has JR Switched Commentary Jobs Over The Past Decade? Cole Still Works For The Top Wrestling Company In The World. Michael Cole Is The Most Consistent Commentator Period, Meanwhile WWE Has Replaced His Partners Over 17 Times Over The Years, Michael Cole Is The Goat, Go Have A Seat In The Hater Section Please.✌🏾

I have never been a WWE fan so I've never heard of him. But the dude is extremely charismatic. You can tell he has a very quick wit too. Cool dude. Wanna hear more from him.

He had strings but now he's free.

You know he covered a war right

You missed out when Cole and Tazz had a radio show on Howard 101 on Sirius Radio. You'd be shocked. It didn't last due to Vince, was a really great show!

Yea…you’re not a lifelong fan

​@@hamiamsandwitch6571 he also covered Waco

Dude has always gotten a bad rap as a person because he does his job as he’s asked to. Which most everybody does just not on a public scale.

@@Matt-cr4vv give him a shot now without Vince in his ear. His commentary has evolved leaps and bounds in the past few months

@@metalhead95123 he just rambles about indies more "he was the PBW champion, he won the JWJGP Cup" lmao

That was the plan for him for alot of his career, from dweeb, to heel.

Same lol when he would fill in for king or jr I would be pissed. He’s the best now

I was watching a WWE show from back in the day he was such a nerd the blonde tips and all lmao like when he first came around and was doing backstage interviews

@@zacktyler485 hell yeah bro , those were the days 😂

I find it funny how the people I hated the most as a kid I actually admire the most now. Cole, Edge, Cena and HHH!

Idk about that. I liked cole with king and tazz

@@mkhanman12345 Cole carried Tazz, Coles heel run with king was special, they didn't end it right though

You’re in luck my friend!

He's the play by play guy.. didn't he replace J.R?

@@southbeachtalent He replaced the whole wrestling business with "JOHN CENA IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME JOHN CENA IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME JOHN CENA IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME"

@@southbeachtalent yeah I think ure right about that. Well jr I meant lol

and becoming the best damn wrestler in all of wwf no mercy!

Translation: I have no standards.

There is….that rumor 😨

You were sort of right lol

@@thewhisperinggeek4303 I was extremely disappointed not to be jamming to Seven Nation Army for a McAfee entrance for the rumble itself. Listening to him on commentary was a breath of fresh air. Would've been better if he was an entrant in the Rumble and pull a Cole and Lawlor from years ago lol

Pat would be better off with Joey Styles or Mike Tenay if you can get those two to come out of retirement.

S'marks with daddy issues just will not stop Vince Bad'ing

@@MPHswayze VDS

Heel Cole making a brief appearance.

And cole wasn’t there

@@MediCali951 he was the first smack down commentator in 99 that was the peak of the attitude era

@@LILFATTY303 right what is this kid talking about lol

@@MediCali951 cole been there for like 25 years

@@LILFATTY303 he clearly was born after the attitude era making a silly statement like that

Oh yeah kittle absolutely has a future in it if he wants it

Which is sad.

And a Michigan win would just top it all.

He's actually really nice and cool on TV now

The bloodline has me feeling Ucey

@@royalty843 one of the best storylines in a LONG time

HHH's booking has been pretty meh honestly. The storylines are at least interesting, but they aren't any better than the stuff Vince was putting out.

honestly if there was ever a time for that to happen again its coming up a lot of people i know who havent watched wwe since they were kid have started giving it looks bc of people like pat and logan. Ideally those people will see someone they fall in love w when watching for those guys and start to follow more and more

and w triple h properly setting ip the company to be funny to be serious and to be badass again giving everyone something to buy into

He was saying Game Time for HHH periodically in 00, 02 as well. Thankfully he stopped.

Oh sweetie I'm sure you'll be a great butt smoocher one day. Keep working on it, complimenting Maggot Cole is good practice!

Cole is a certified G And a bonefied stunt And you can't...teach...that

Sure...If you don't count Heenan, Monsoon, Ventura, McMahon, J.R., Lawler, Graves, McAfee, Schiavone, Coach, Styles, Tazz or Mauro Ronallo. I mean...take those guys out of the equation and Cole could probably rank in the top 10.

The panda is gonna get u...☠️

@@johntruxal432 no clue what you are referencing but ok. Also are pandas immune to .308 asking for a friend

@@FedUpVet wwf is the world wildlife fund , the reason why it's called the wwe and not the wwf...the wwf logo is a panda bear. Just say you don't know professional wrestling since you are unaware off the wwf issue/lawsuit that created the name wwe...

Yeah, I love that he's not discriminating against people with low IQ scores here.

hes great but not JR

JR was allowed to be himself way more than Cole

@@tawmydukes The maggot could've quit whenever he wanted.

That's not how doodoo is spelled.

Yeah, HHH loves Pat too so I'm sure he'll do something fun with him. Just like the Adam Cole stuff.