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Taz is out of TNA

Postby Everlong » Apr 16, '15, 8:58 am



No idea if he's still a decent announcer, but he HAS to be better than what they've got going on in the WWE. Who'd be interested in seeing him back?
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby Locke » Apr 16, '15, 9:12 am

WHAT'S TAZ DOING IN THE.. err.. WARZONE, KING?!
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby VaderBomb » Apr 16, '15, 11:36 am

Taz could make for a solid NXT commentator, or he could replace Cole on Raw and we could have Booker T, JBL and Taz running the show.
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby KaiserGlider » Apr 16, '15, 11:53 am

Does this mean we'll get to here "Well... here comes the pain!" again!?
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby Hanley! » Apr 16, '15, 12:11 pm

VaderBomb wrote:or he could replace Cole on Raw and we could have Booker T, JBL and Taz running the show.


That sounds ... so awful. :lol Three obnoxious colour commentators bickering with nobody to reign them in.

I never thought Taz was as terrible as a lot of people made him out to be, but he wasn't great either. If I was WWE, I wouldn't be in a hurry to bring him back. I don't think it's a big loss for TNA either; more of an opportunity really. Changing the voices of your wrestling broadcast is a good way to rebrand the show somewhat, and stepping away from Taz and Tenay could be a good thing for TNA.

I'm just wondering who fills that role now. Do they hire a new announcer, or do they try to fill the position with a retired wrestler? If the latter, does this person come from their staff, or from the indies? From the top of my head, I think Abyss could possibly make a decent colour guy (outside of the Abyss gimmick obviously).
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby Kirbi » Apr 16, '15, 3:16 pm

^^^

I like the Abyss idea, but also, I liked Taz. :(
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby Westcoastvibes » Apr 16, '15, 5:59 pm

Taz had too much freedom in tna. He is good when he is controlled but once he gets some slack in the rope he starts rambling like jbl.

I dont want him back in wwe announcing but i wouldnt mind him replacing demott's role in nxt
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby Messiah » Apr 16, '15, 7:42 pm

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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby PorkChop » Apr 17, '15, 3:29 pm

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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby Racing Guy » Apr 19, '15, 5:57 pm

Taz wasn't great at commentary or even "good" but he can't be worse than what we have now.
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Re: Taz is out of TNA

Postby HardcoreLegend » Apr 29, '15, 5:38 am

I liked him back in the Smackdown days, but in TNA I wasn't a fan, especially his heel work.
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