What makes a good announcer?

[CSL]

I'd guess maybe as long as you have "life"/interest/tone/enthusiasm in your voice, have a decent knowledge of how a wrestling match works as well as "the moves"/holds etc but try not to call every single thing that happens (especially during quick sequences), don't try to get yourself over (especially at the expense of any of the "performers"), know/understand what it is the promoter and the match is trying to get over and what they want from you, watch anything from 1997 through 2003-4 and listen to JR and steal things (obvs not like "BAH GAWD SLOBBERKNOCKER" or anything like that), read Gordon Solie's book, don't shit on the guys in the ring even if they're the drizzling shits, have some info on them etc. Dunno. Probably stuff from guys like JR you could read about online somewhere.

[mhirn3]

Originally Posted by CSL I'd guess maybe as long as you have "life"/interest/tone/enthusiasm in your voice, have a decent knowledge of how a wrestling match works as well as "the moves"/holds etc but try not to call every single thing that happens (especially during quick sequences), don't try to get yourself over (especially at the expense of any of the "performers"), know/understand what it is the promoter and the match is trying to get over and what they want from you, watch anything from 1997 through 2003-4 and listen to JR and steal things (obvs not like "BAH GAWD SLOBBERKNOCKER" or anything like that), read Gordon Solie's book, don't shit on the guys in the ring even if they're the drizzling shits, have some info on them etc. Dunno. Probably stuff from guys like JR you could read about online somewhere.

That makes a lot of sense CSL. I have tried to pick up little things here and there mostly from JR as I am a HUGE fan of his work. I think that at first because I was nervous I tended to call just the moves as a fallback because i was having a hard time making generalized conversation.

I have a couple of dvds to do in post production tomorrow and one live this weekend and will def try and use some of your guys' tips. Thanks to all of you.