Michael Cole Tells Pat McAfee What It's Been Like Working On SmackDown Together
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- Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2021
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Michael Cole in a track suit in the blue gaming chair is quite a sight.
It almost feels like a cursed image
its a fuckin vibe
I didn't even recognize him not Ina suit
Maggle looks so different when he's chill.
Love it lol
"The heist of the century!" is one of my favorite calls from Michael Cole.
I think that's the JBL line not michael cole
@@jacobd.carlos588 its a Cole line
@@Dave_ja_vu jbl
@@kobeisgoated29 go and watch it again I promise you it's Cole, this is a Mandela effect people saying it's jbl.
It’s a cole line. Jbl went “this is brilliant”
“Double you double you E!” Gets me every time 😂
Bro i rewinded it like 3 times and giggled every time😂
🤣
One of the least funniest things to laugh at. It’s not that funny.
i dont get it
I was thinking the same thing 😂
Hearing Cole say this about how he has to deal with several people in his ear,defend his co-commentators when they make a mistake and the fact he's doing middle management and looking after all the commentators makes me respect him alot more, used to find him annoying but it's not him it's the people in his ear!!
he's the best right now! Cole deserves his flowers..Pat is learning quick and adds so much to smackdown
I agree Cole would be way more entertaining if Vince wasn’t yelling in his ear all the time.
Also don’t forget…was probably the most hated heel on the roster for a decent amount of time.
@@kevinshook2762oh you mean that fued against Jerry 'The King' Lawler yeah that wasn't very good and shouldn't have done it in the first place !!
@@jamessatherley2022 feud was garbage but you can’t deny how hated he was.
I love seeing Michael Cole feeling free enough to talk without someone in his ear, but he does look like someone who arrived at a frat party to pick up his son but he was offered a beer so he decided to stay and tried fitting in
He looks out of place, and yet they’re all talking up to him, he really is like a Dad at his son’s party. I expected one of them to say “Hi Mr Cole” sheepishly at least once
@@benmcgill2018 really? he seems pretty chill honestly haha
He’s like a dad that stumbled upon a group of students who started taking sports lol
🤣🤣
😂😂👌
Tazz and Cole was an awesome combination. Then after that I found no one was good with Cole till Pat showed up
Cory was pretty good
@@yungdrakodademn1379 nah his heel persona is too cringe
@@yungdrakodademn1379 cory was good but pat took it to another level
Here comes the pain Cole!
Jerry the king Lawler
Michael Cole is legendary. He’s not my personal favorite but there’s no denying his work ethic and his resume. The man has been around since the attitude era and Michael Cole is definitely The Voice of WWE.
I got to admit. I think Michael Cole will go to AEW and if he can be himself, he’s going to be awesome
@@the_elmeister That would be EPIC (Michael Cole Voice) lol
Same. I've always preferred Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
@@the_elmeister he won’t , him and Bruce got that “this is fake” thing going on with them . They don’t love the work that’s actually put into it . Let him stay at the soap opera show wwe . Aew is fine without him .
@@the_elmeister Cole has Pat now and I think he is happy working with Pat as well as having fun with him too.
This is fascinating. Wrestling fans and Michael Cole (the character, not the person) don't really have the best relationship, but over the years he's become a staple in WWE. The actual person behind the character is intelligent, well-spoken, mature and an expert in his field.
I'd rather see the actual person instead of the character.
@@fhb3 You can mostly blame Vince for that one
The dude covered wars before working for wwe I believe
I rewatched the infamous Rey Mysterio/Eddie Guerrero match and Cole talked about how he adopted 2 kids, mad respect
@@oddishhonor He covered the Yugoslavian civil war for about nine months in the mid-1990s
I love Cole and McAfee, you can tell when Pat came on Cole got more excited and his passion came back. Not saying anything negative but you can tell for awhile Cole was just going though the motions. So it's glad to see them just be them and show emotion and be excited etc. Plus this show is awesome too! So shout Aht 🙌 👏
At the tail end of this interview watching now n totally picked up that vibe too. Also considering what he said his schedule was, dude was prolly just tired
Yeah man it's noticeable for sure. I think he's having more fun now.
Definitely. I haven't seen Cole this excited in a while. Its like he's having fun again. It doesn't hurt fans that are back. Im sure he feeds off the live reactions .
@@ryanhall1215 Agreed. What gets me is whenever I hear people critique his roboticness and bring up other announcers it was like. "You realize they were never having as heavy a workload right? And they didn't last as long as he has either."
I mean the dude has lasted a quarter century being micro-managed to oblivion while having an insane old man screaming in his ear. No crap he sort of lost passion. I'd like to see 99.9% of people handle that grind and pressure, even these other announcers they bring up. Except for Jim Ross, none of them even come close to the level of workload that was put on his shoulders.
Pat came on Cole....
After learning about some of the things Cole has done before WWE I always had respect for him. During the European nxt tour he was great and when The King went down with his heart attack Cole was professional and kept moving forward.
No
@@Pennywise467 Dude you broke two ankles at once, I didn't even think that was possible.
@@loficat4993 two different plays
@@loficat4993 he didn’t break his ankle he sprained it
@@Pennywise467 yea
I love AJ, man. He's so supportive.
so much this, yeah the other people I know I made a mistake.. yeah all 6 of em :)
AJ's like my friend who doesn't understand wrestling but still gets into it
@@leebarfoot9603 that made me laugh so much 😂,
Last time i saw cole become this passionate was when he was with taz on smackdown's ruthless aggression era
The best 🥲🥲🥲
Left smack down years ago....came back for Pat. Never disappointed! Cole is classic!
Between Cole and pat it is fuckin ELECTRIC!!!
Cole is a dumpster fire lol
Smackdown is a very solid show to watch, Monday night raw is pretty boring to watch plus there’s no NFL game on Friday so it gives me time to tune in to watch
@@chuyozuna2398 NFL needs to takeover , ESPECIALLY since it's only 6 months a year , while both the NBA & Fake fighting runs year long .
@@TheDON914 “takeover” bro have you not seen the ratings, the NFL blowing out both the NBA and WWE out of the water, NBA ratings are so down bad that the NBA decided to stop airing prime time games on Thursday cause they couldn’t complete with TNF ratings
Michael Cole’s contribution to the WWE is invaluable. Some of the most iconic and historical moments are due to his dedication as a commentator. He narrates the story
Much respect to Michael Cole. He gets a lot of shot but he's a staple in the business. Met him a couple times and he was solid AF
Yeah I think his role naturally attracts it. His job is to be a school and he does his job well.
“Yeah all 6 of them” is aj’s best quote.
hate him or love him, michael cole is one of the most professional company men in WWE history
Yes ,he should be inducted into WWE hall of fame
@@jakebrandystapleton7062 Absolutely will someday and deserves it.
in wrestling history
@@patandrew3530 Nah, he's an "actor" remember?
They point it out sometimes on Botchamania, but my personal favorite moments are when something gets questioned of Cole’s speaking, or grace under pressure, and he just laughs because he was a war correspondent for 3 years.
I remember the story of Cole being really mad that Pat showed up to Mania with shorts and a suit when they first met. It’s funny how much respect they’ve clearly found with each other now. Just goes to show you Pat will clown around a lot and probably rub serious people the wrong way, but deep down he has respect for the work people do and he shows it long term!
Michael and Pat have some amazing ass chemistry. I don’t care if it’s “fake”, they seriously make each other better. Michael’s the hard veteran commentator who is respected, and Pat is kind of this crazy youngin who has Michaels respect and love. It really shows how great they work off each other.
Michael Cole’s conversational voice sounds NOTHING like his announcer voice. Kinda nuts
Thought I was the only one who noticed
Fr I have mad props for him
That’s my Miguel
Micheal cole was way better in the ruthless aggression era
I was watching in another window trying to recognize the voice but yea, its so different
The amount of information they have to review before each show…… respect!!!!
I have noticed a few of Pat's screw ups and the awkward little silence and you know Michael Cole is whispering to him or something. But I LOVE them together. I really really enjoyed how Pat has gotten Michael Cole out of his shell a little bit.
When was this 🤔
Sleak L
Pat michinoku driver mcafee
Yeah
His honesty just made me a huge fan of him.
1:18 Yeah...loved this part where he considers his job title fake.
I have been to a few live shows now. It always amazes me just how different it is when you don't hear the commentary. It really makes you appreciate everything they do. With that being said it would be cool to get him on the show more often
Have you caught the ad breaks where someone gets thrown out the ring.
While they are recovering, on the arena floor the home viewers are looking at geico insurance
I’ve always wondered about that, it obviously makes sense it’s too loud to hear but I feel like unless you’re right up front it’s probably pretty difficult to actually see what’s going on
Michael Cole has called two of my all time favorite moments in wrestling history, Mankind winning the title and Daniel Bryan winning WrestleMania
That second part tho 🗑
Yea dude that Mankind call 👏👏👏
Miss Foleys baby boy
@@TheDON914 Bro, that "The Miracle kid on Bourbon Street" is objectively one of the greatest calls EVER. EVER.
The mankind moment was something special
Cole and McAfee are without question my favorite announcing team in WWE by far!
Cole seems like a great dude very well spoken
Jacob O’Donnell L
He stumbles his words a lot
@@enigmaticpersona7561 ok
@@enigmaticpersona7561 Nah
Respect
Michael Cole is one of the greatest commentators in pro wrestling history. People don't appreciate him much.
He really is, he is overshadowed by Jim Ross and I mean Jim is better, but Michael is no slouch.
Correction, greatest "actors" in all of "Sports Entertainment". 🙄
Michae Cole is someone I used to not respect at all but over the years I’ve come to realize just how good he actually is at his job.
Lol it's not really your fault. During the early PG era, that heel persona they had him use was insanely annoying, especially when they had that "anonymous general manager" stuff. Michael Cole not acting like a heel is so much better than him doing his best impression of being a heel. I'd go as far to say that Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler would've been a lot better if they had Lawler stay heel while Cole took over JR's role as the face.
He's terrible at commenting. I respect the person tho . Big props for him .
But he's not good .
Facts, its like he was ultimate heel commentator
@@dylana.9057 bruh he’s the goat stfu
@@pipebombzz186 Been watching since the 80's and honestly I loved Michael Cole's heel run. For my money, the only person better than him as heel commentator was Bobby Heenan
You can’t forget jerry “the king” lawler as a great commentator after his run as a WWF/E superstar
No way, it was obnoxious, knowing he's a creep in real life.
He was talking about straight commentators, the ones who call the action. Lawler and Pat himself are color commentators.
Respect the hell out of this guy for how he handled the Lawler Incident. Never forgot seeing that live
What happened
Pat has infused life back into wwe commentary !
He’s slowly infusing life in the overall product
I AGREE I LOVE HIM IN COMMENTARY THE WAY HE DANCES TOTALLY COOL
Not only Pat ,Corey Graves also.
@@unclebuddy1040 nah the show is still pretty bad but he is good at his job .
He has
Cole has paid his dues, he’s always been good, but people still hate on him, Cole A beast!!
No he gets hate cause he’s trash ha ha. T he only reason he has a job is cause Vince loves him for some reason
@@billythekid22220 do you just spend your day replying to everyone's comments on RUclips in a negative fashion?
@@MajorBologna1 yep
@@billythekid22220 let’s see you do better, you jobber
@@billythekid22220 owning up to it doesn't make it any less pathetic bro
The Brian Williams shade from AJ is gold!!!!
The way he says “WWE” will always bother me🤣
It doesn’t bother me I just think it’s really funny😭😭
The way he says anything will always bother me
@@billythekid22220 nobody cares tho
@@camogodz lol forsure
WWE still bothers me. I think some of the mystique and allure died when they lost the WWF name.
Everything Cole has done & put his self through with WWE when it comes to announcing & acting, he definitely will go into the WWE Hall of Fame
He is such a good actor I did not realize how much he did for the company. It was great to see him outside that role and being honest.
Never forget Coles great line “the beast is starting his pound and ground on Roman Reigns”
Always been a Cole fan and this solidifies it for me.
I use to not like Cole very much but as I grew up I started to understand that it wasn’t always him but the people telling him what to say. Honestly so much respect to Cole and also Pat for coming in and really bringing a breath of fresh air
Pat is bringing life back into Cole's commentary. With JBL, Booker or Graves it seemed too "chummy". A lot of inside jokes and them being parodies of themselves. Pat McAfee is such an over the top character himself that he makes Cole serious by default, but also Michael Cole can be more serious than before because is so histrionic. They kinda remind me of Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura. I think Pat McAfee is the best partner Michael Cole has had, Tazz being a close second.
Yeah, just as Pat pointed out, WWE commentary started becoming kind of stale because everybody was kind on the same tone.
A funny, kind of semi serious tone.
Pat arrived and brought enough of the oddball over the top commentary for Cole to go back to being the ''professional'' next to the "bragin idiot".
As you said, I was never a big fan of Gorilla Mansoor and Jesse Ventura because Mansoor would GO THERE and be a partisan ''face'' commentaror. McMahon was by all intent and purpose, just a commentator and nothing more, true neutral figure and Jesse was the bragin one.
It's clear Pat has grown up with the product and took that out and decided to go with it in his own commentary, and the way Cole was allowed, thanks to Pat over the top reactions, to be the neutral one has really elevated the commentary.
Cole and Booker were fun.
Cole and JBL 2007 was cool too.
The commentary is always a highlight on SmackDown. Pat and Cole work wonderfully together. It’s also insane how hardworking Cole is both on and off air, dude is an animal.
I'll never get sick of Pat McAfee.
And Cole is a legend.
I love to hear Michael Cole's voice on commentary in WWE. One of the best out there in sports entertainment.
God, I appreciate & love Michael Cole a lot more than I ever have lol. Dude is just a stand up, genuine guy. My goal to get to the WWE one day as a Commentator.
1:18 Yeah...VERY genuine. ESPECIALLY at being a REAL commentator am right?
One thing I can always count when watching smackdown is enjoying pat on commentary dude brings a different type of life to the desk this man is awesome
Cole is a pretty cool guy. Very underrated as an announcer
1:18 He's not an "announcer", he's an "actor" that's been acting as a "fake announcer" for a "fake sport" with a "fake name".
Not sure if this was mentioned in the pod (was a long day)...but heel Michael Cole doing the "anonymous Raw GM" bit was heel gold.
This guy is a LEGEND BIG RESPECT
Michael Cole you are making all of us proud of you, knowing that you and I from both from the same city raised here you make me proud
There's times I go on the network and pull up a show from 98 and it blows my mind how Cole is still commentating today
I wish the entire staff of McAfee Show would be wrestling characters ..."BOSTON CONNOR"
It's crazy to see how open people in wwe are nowadays, I remember watching 10yrs ago and believing that the characters are who they were. Obviously to point, definitely knew there wasn't a guy coming back from the dead to wrestle but we just never really saw their personal lives.
Great job guys ! You are awesome on smackdown pat !!!
I have so much respect for Cole. He is a good man
Michael Cole is a believer of the product and if he believes it. It's true. He makes the product come true to the viewers at home. I admire him for the last 20+ years
The best part of Smack down for me and my dad is watching pat dance to Nakamura's entrance song
I thoroughly enjoyed hearing this little snippet of what it takes in the shoes of an announcer like Michael Cole.
michael cole is mad underrated. hell of a guy.
Never disliked or liked Michael Cole before this interview but I'm a fan of him now never knew he did so much and wears so many hats much respect
The moment for me was the UK Tournament in 2016. If you have access to Peacock or the WWE Network (if you're outside the US) I'd encourage you to watch it. During that he wasn't restrained and they let him do his own thing. It was basically how he's been since Pat came along, much more engaged and loose because he didn't have Vince in his ear demanding he do this and that. Since then I've had a lot of respect for him because I sort of understood, wow, he's very good but he'll let them make him look bland to be a company guy. Then you add in how much he does behind the scenes, that takes a lot of self-discipline and effort. Which is funny considering people like to paint it as he's terrible and doesn't care.
@@kyletucker3811 him and tazz were great together
@@kingdan2164 bro Tazz and Michael Cole was a farkin awesome combination
I’ve always enjoyed duo commentary between Tazz & Cole, but I’ve also enjoyed the trio of Corey Graves, Byron Saxton & Michael Cole. But now with the duo between Cole & McAfee it’s entertainingly awesome. Especially when Pat gets excited and listens to Shinsuke Nakamura’s theme and dances to it…..
😁😄🤣😂😁😄🤣😂😁😄🤣😂😁😄🤣😂😁😄🤣😂
And when he mentions Rick Booooooogsss
Nice interview
I love this channel
Thanks Pat for this great show!
One of a kind Pat....100%
michael cole has been doing this since the attitude era 🔥 he's earned my respect
Micheal Cole was awesome today
cole and mcafee just works so well together. how can you not love this pairing.
My favorite person on commentary is Cole. All of his calls on WWE always makes me go goosebumbs
Best I ever heard Cole was the NXT UK tourney where he didn’t have Vince in his ear
that was Triple H in his ears :O
This may be the greatest thing any wrestling fan can watch
Thank you Cole
Im watching Wrestling for about 30 years now and all i can say is: Thanks to all people who involved in that. They all work so hard to giving us fans a great time. People who disrespect that should shut up :D
Michael cole = legend
AJ’s shot at Brian Williams was great 😂
Michael Cole is so great! Like a lot of others commenting, I couldn't stand his character for a long time, but that was because you weren't supposed to. There's a huge difference between not liking someone in the WWE because they're not good at what they do versus not liking them because you're not supposed to and they're great at making you dislike them.
Been hearing that voice my whole 22 years in existence lol during smackdown or on the ps2 he’s a legend
Let it sink in Michael Cole has been there longer than Jim Ross was
Michael Cole has inspired me personally to do commentary in the future.
I really don’t care what people say. Yes, I worship JR, but Cole really works hard when Vince is away from his ear.
He will be in the Hall of Fame soon. Vintage Cole. Period.
Hope you succeed in your endeavors, brother. Follow that dream!
^
hiring pat mcaffee as an announcer was the best thing wwe did in years. I had no idea who this guy was before he started but he's excited about everything and I love it!
Cole a legend and cole and pat an dope team together
Great segment but the line that had me laughing was Pat mumbling about how they fucked up the State Farm sponsorship lol
AJ looked upset at Pat when Pat wasn't giving himself enough credit.
Love this interaction 💪🏽
Michael cole was incredible in pats match he was seriously into it
Pat brought out what taz was able to back in the ruthless shreds era. Taz and Michael were comical gold on commentary, Pat and Michael are also gold on commentary
Michael Cole is great, doesn’t get enough credit.
I don't watch the WWE as much as I used to, but Michael Cole was always one of my favorites. He will be missed!!
man i did not expect michael cole to be this chill. seems like a real good dude.
Surprised Cole’s even allowed on this show and that there aren’t WWE spies hiding in the potted plants or under the tables ready to fire someone.
Pat works for with WWE so it's cool there boardcast partners
Everybody's in cahoots here right now but I can't wait to hear him rant when WWE is no longer his employer.
Cole has pull so he can do what he want within reason. Takes time to build it but after 25 years of working his ass off and getting his dues beat into him by Vince, eventually he becomes the boss in his area.. Which he now is when it comes to the international and domestic commentary team they have.
Michael Cole is the absolute man. Pat is very smart for learning everything from this guy. Couldn’t have a better role model for the position he is in.
This man is a legend hands-down 25 years in June they better do something for him
Right now my favorite commentary duo is Michael Cole and Pat McAfee they mesh so well together
Pat and Cole are great together. Like seriously "next-level" great! I've enjoyed Jimmy Smith a lot more than Adnan Virk (not trying to harp on the guy but he was really bad) but McAfee makes even bad Smackdowns watchable. It's too bad Adam Cole went to AEW because I would've loved to see their feud develop on the main roster (Adam Cole is the GOAT of this era).
I couldn't stomach happy corbin if it weren't for Pat
I wish Nigel Mcguinness was with this Duo. Nigel an Pat playing off each other would be outstanding
Pat and Michael are the perfect commentary duo. You guys make SmackDown just that much better.
Mike's a legend!
While I generally thought of Cole as a WWE bot going through the motions on commentary, Pat has definitely brought a more human side out of him since coming onto the show and it seems like Cole is finally starting to show signs of enjoying himself out there.
Michael Cole destroying smarks and the IWC 0:38 - 1:30
Really enjoyed Cole here. It’s cool to hear his perspective. And Tracksuit Cole is my kind of dude.
OG Michael Cole.
What a legend.