Throughout the last 20 years, WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross has often been viewed as the best skilled wrestling commentator of all-time, though talent reminiscent of Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan and Gordon Solie have also been praised by the older generation. Nonetheless, many often forget that former WWE CEO Vince McMahon was a lead play-by-play announcer for 25 years before transitioning to his “Mr. McMahon” character, and in line with ECW legend Bully Ray, the 80-year-old was the perfect to ever placed on the headset.
“I do know that is not a preferred opinion because Vince was very excessive but Vince could do the one thing that I don’t think anybody else did higher than Vince and there is reason for it. It was the stories that Vince told. It was the sound bites. It was the snippets because no person understood the story being told in the midst of the ring higher than Vince because they were his stories told through his characters. Thus, he could convey it on the announce table higher than anybody else for my part.”
Bully continued by sharing that JR, NWA broadcaster Bob Caudle, and AEW commentator Tony Schiavone were also amongst a few of his favorites, while his co-host Dave LaGreca claimed that WWE’s Michael Cole is the perfect play-by-play announcer within the history of skilled wrestling.
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