#JBLRuinsEverything (For wrestling fans)

Dear world,

I openly admit that I, The Super Duper Senior, am a wrestling fan. I've been a fan ever since before I could talk properly. No matter how long I've watched wrestling, there have always been 4 elements that can make or break a match; the wrestlers, their gimmick, their skills and those who call the matches, known as commentators.

Commentators can really set the mood of a match. The breakdown of how they work go as followed; there are normally 2-3 three of them, 1 or 2 are considered neutral and/ or face (good guy) announcers and one that is a heel  (bad guy). There were times when the mixing of the 2-3 announcers is magic with examples being  the team of former wrestler Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan or Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler but then there were times when the announce teams just either didn't have the right chemistry (TNAs Mike Tenay and Tazz) or the announce team is too face and/or heel (Jerry Lawler and Heel Michael Cole). This leads us to the subject of this blog... John Bradshaw Layfield.

And yes, he does talk like this...

Though the current announce team for "Monday night Raw" isn't anything to right home about with Michael Cole and Byron Saxton as face/neutrals, it's dragged down by JBL, who isn't just a heel announcer, he's a heel announcer to the zenith degree. It's bad enough that this team barely calls the matches to begin with but JBL's constant putting down of face wrestlers, kissing ass for heel figures and putting down his fellow announcer are like nails on a chalkboard. There are times he begins to sound like a bratty child throwing a temper tantrum. I know most of you readers are thinking, "Isn't that what heel announcers do?" I normally would say "Yes, reader, yes it is..." but here is an example of how irritating JBL can truly be...

BS: "Roman Reigns is riding on a wave of success"
JBL: "I wish a wave would come by and take you away, Byron."

or

MC: "The authority strikes again"
JBL:"It's their world, Maggal, either get with it or get rolled over"
BS: "But is it fair, JBL?"
JBL: "Oh, boo hoo, Byron, That's  the way of the world. Quit crying about it!"

Look, I don't hate JBL. He's an alright wrestler and if he was able to be himself as an announcer, he probably wouldn't be terrible. I feel like part of the blame goes to Vince McMahon because he's known for telling announcers what to say through an earpiece. With what JBL says, or what he's given to say, it's so inane and childish that it takes away from matches, making RAW or any wrestling event he's announcing on near unbearable.

I remember wrestling trends on twitter saying things like #BigShowPleaseRetire and #KaneRuinsEverything and so I came up with my own, #JBLRuinsEverything.  Is it petty? Probably. Will it create change in JBL or WWE commentary? Probably not. Does it bring me joy to say this when JBL says something stupid? Damn yes!!