This is the Busted Open Podcast.

Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast,

Our Masters Class, and we're here

with our Masters of the Ring, Bully Ray,

Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer, don't forget, you can only hear the Masters class right here on the busted open podcast.

And today's episode is about the art of the pro wrestling commentator. We just all heard the big news that

Joe Tessitour from ESPN is going to be a play-by-play guy for the WWE.

Another attempt at a mainstream major sport commentator moving into the world of pro wrestling.

But we're going to talk about the art of commentary and how important they are. So bully, let's start with you, especially in your Hall of Fame career.

Who were the commentators that you felt best explained and best described your Hall of Fame

career?

Before we go any forward, I'm going to say good luck to this Joe Tessitore guy. I'm really not familiar with him, but it's like history is

taught us and dictated to us and in the world of pro wrestling whenever they bring in a

sportscaster from the you know quote-unquote real world you know baseball

football wherever and you put them at the announce table they typically don't

work out in the world of pro wrestling do they Dave you know what bully you're right

Mike Adamley Jimmy Smith ad non-verk those are to probably the biggest examples recently that just didn't work when they came into the world

of pro wrestling. And then we take a look at how the world of pro wrestling turns

to itself whether that's like a a Booker who's on announce or anybody else, the tall kid that Tommy used to work with.

What's his name, Joe?

Nick Joseph.

That seems to always work out a little better.

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