>Jesse Ventura went viral for being critical of the Steel Cage format throughout the match, especially his anger at Priest winning by walking out of the cage. The 2004 WWE Hall of Famer also drew criticism for claiming Mike Tyson “took a dive” during his fight with Jake Paul, and for showing general confusion during the broadcast. Sources reported that no one backstage was really angry at Ventura as people were laughing during his Priest vs. McIntyre rant. However, word now is that these unfortunate happenings led to a change in Ventura’s on-screen status.
>WWE held its 40th edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event on July 12 from State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The primetime special opened up on NBC and Peacock with Jesse Ventura and Joe Tessitore, as they have done on previous SNME episodes.
>The Body was never seen again after delivering his signature delivery at SNME XL. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that officials have “toned way back” on Ventura’s role with the company.
>Ventura’s aforementioned issues at the SNME special on May 24 were described as a “fiasco,” and it seems there is still heat on the 74-year-old stemming from his commentary, despite there being a barrel of laughs backstage that night at the Yuengling Center in Tampa. Sources now report that the call was made to not let Ventura do commentary because of that night.

cant wait to hear the shoot interview he does on Gaytch

>>18312816 (OP)
>Wrestling Observer Newsletter

>>18312816 (OP)
He was right though. Being able to walk out the cage door and win is bullshit.

>>18312836
Being able to win by escaping the cage is always retarded, who cares if it's door vs over the top?

>>18312875
Bruno’s fault because he refused to job

>>18312816 (OP)
>The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports

>>18312816 (OP)
Do they not understand how a heel does commentary? Are they unfamiliar with how Ventura does color?

Fucking marks.

>>18312816 (OP)
>company’s entire existence is based on “going viral”
>one guy genuinely gets them that and they shut him down
what did (they) mean by this

He started shitting on priest and HHH got scared and said

"FIRE THIS UNION NIGGA NOW"
KEk

>>18313171
Does WWE even use heel commentators anymore? I thought it began phasing those out when the booing for Cena started.

>>18312875
The whole point of a CAGE MATCH is that you're locked in with your opponent and can't escape. What's the fucking point if they unlock the door for you?
At least climbing over the top is risky.

I like Ventura but he's obviously going senile
That's all there is to it really
of course Dave needs to sell shit so he'll pretend there's heat on him, as if anybody but his tranny audience gives a shit when grandpa starts deadnaming them

>>18314263
Corey Graves and Wade Barrett are still heel commentators

>>18314312
>Beating your opponent so bad you can just walk out of the cage
Literally based anyone that says otherwise is low test

>>18314348
That's why you can still pin or submit them in the cage. It's stupid and anyone who says otherwise is low braincells.

>>18314327
In the loosest sense. They have babyface favorites and constantly put over babyface achievements. It's not on them as Corey can let loose. I'm sure it's just changing of the times due the curtain being pulled too far back. Nigel on Collision is the closest to a true heel color guy.

>>18312816 (OP)
>also drew criticism for claiming Mike Tyson “took a dive” during his fight with Jake Paul,
but that's what happened, there's several spots in that match Mike pulled a punch on the twerps open face

>>18314325
how is he going senile? the problem is that everything in wwe is so controlled that they can't handle someone being unscripted and calling out the stupid logic that's baked into kayfabe now

Another thinly vailed Hogwheels thread

Why does Cornette have such a problem with Ventura? Jesse's commentary is gold but this faggot acts like he killed his dog

>>18315283
>why does schizo cornette have this arbitrary problem with somebody

>>18315283
I think Cornette has a problem with commentators or anybody on broadcast who don't put over the matches especially when the matches suck or make no sense
I mean he's not wrong, it's particularly when the wrestling or the stipulation aren't good that the commentator must do his job to the best, otherwise why is he here
I didn't get it at first, but it's pretty clear in his recent TNA saga, Cornette spent a good portion of his life going crazy trying to fix shit he thought sucked and blowing up at everybody who didn't give enough of a shit to try as well

>>18314625
There are heel commentators in every promotion besides the slopshop.

The actual reason WWE doesn't use heel commentators anymore is because they don't want anyone saying anything negative of their shitty babyfaces who can't get over.

>>18315331
ironic given his booking in ROH sucked ass lmao

>>18315283
Sour grapes. Some oldhead employed in the WWE while he's ex-communicated. Same reason why he shits on Heyman, albeit more in the brotherly way. That said, it's not like Heyman has a venue to fling shit back to him so Corney operates under carte blanche. The only oldhead that get a pass is JR who is unironically worse than Ventura in 2025.

>>18315283
>why is Cornette a retard
gee man I dunno

>>18312816 (OP)
have no idea why they even brought him back. yes i know who he is im not a zoomer. but hes been gone from the wwf for over 35yrs. and his last commentator gig in wcw wasnt anything to write home about. its not like people are clamoring for his return. seems like a waste of time to bring him back at all because at his advanced age he could croak at any time

>>18315613
True. If you even bother using him in the first place just let him say whatever he wants and get "the whole package" instead of restricting him.
Magic of Ventura happens when he's let loose.

>>18315616
>Magic of Ventura
when people claim certain commentators were golden on the mic like heenan, gorilla, jim ross or ventura it really never translates to hearing them doing modern day commentary. yes, many were great years ago but 20 or 30+ years later and they usually suck. heenan and ventura both were terrible in wcw, jim ross is terrible now

>>18315613
HHH is a mark.

>>18315681
This. Back when they were younger, their minds and thought patterns were different. The world and the company was different. Wrestling and the way people thought about it was different. Bringing the golden guys back when they're more reserved, lost all their fire and test, and they're not allowed too say this or that in a corporate environment will always result in trash.

>>18312816 (OP)
Everything he said is true

They were done with him after I DON'T DRINK COFFEE

>>18312816 (OP)
>Sources reported that no one backstage was really angry at Ventura
>and it seems there is still heat on the 74-year-old
They're not angry but there is still heat on Jesse Ventura. Top notch reporting from Dave Meltzer as usual.

>>18312836
>>18312875
>>18314312
The logic of leaving the cage to win is that the feud has gotten to the point where you don't want to grab a hold or put the guys shoulders on the mat for three seconds, you want to beat the guy senseless to the point where he can't leave the cage under his own power but you can. WWE is sterile wrestling for children and retards so they can't make the point of matches to commit violence so they always got it wrong.

>>18315703
Seems like the only constant here is that WWE produces >>>/trash/