Masson26 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I am having an issue with backstage interviewer "looking awful" in interview segments and cant figure out what the problem is. The two in question are Tony Chimel and So Cal Val, both who have good mic skills and i am pushing as personality's and using as backstage inteveriews. Any idea what the problem is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teh_Showtime Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Its usually due to low overness I believe. I get the same notes when wrestlers I push are in segmnts with popular workers. Ex: E pop Brett Starr flirting with B+ popularity Nicky Champion's C+ pop love interest, Alicia Strong. Drew me the note recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20LEgend Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have the interviewer not rated for this reason, because I don't think anyone is going to say that they thought a segment was ruined by So Cal Val or Tony Chimel people don't even think about the interviewer the angle is solely based on the person or people being interviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHK1978 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have the interviewer not rated for this reason, because I don't think anyone is going to say that they thought a segment was ruined by So Cal Val or Tony Chimel people don't even think about the interviewer the angle is solely based on the person or people being interviewed. I agree with this, after all how could So Cal Val ruin anything. Seriously though there have been interviewers who have ruined segments just because they were horrible at their job. I really can't think of any off the top of my head other than the guy that does the interviews for the company that is shown on my public access station. That is natural because everyone in that promotion is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Its usually due to low overness I believe. Doesn't have to be 'low' overness, just a wide disparity in overness levels. It also seems to have to do with role. If you want to mitigate that to a degree, have the interviewer in a 'support' role and not as a catalyst. I've gotten the note in my diary game in pretty much every segment Yuko Okui has been in because she has zero overness in the US (at least at the start). I have the interviewer not rated for this reason, because I don't think anyone is going to say that they thought a segment was ruined by So Cal Val or Tony Chimel people don't even think about the interviewer the angle is solely based on the person or people being interviewed. Present day? Probably. But that wasn't always the case. Remember, there was a time when the backstage interviewer was prominent (Okerlund, Gene). Nowadays, there seems little point of even having backstage interviewers unless you need someone to cower in front of a monster heel or throw softball setup lines for a charismatic worker to crush. Great way to train up your future commentators though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masson26 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have interviewer as supports rated on microphone. as for the interviewer ruining things...Mike Adamle referring to Jeff Hardy as Jeff Harvey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rone Rivendale Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Maria brought down alot of interview segments for me when they were having her do the 'ditzy' gimmick. It CAN matter if their gimmick hurts the flow of the interview. But if they are just bland, it doesn't hurt anything. IMO anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henderson Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 See any Pamela Paulshock interviews when she was with WCW. Totally dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampulator Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Doesn't have to be 'low' overness, just a wide disparity in overness levels. It also seems to have to do with role. If you want to mitigate that to a degree, have the interviewer in a 'support' role and not as a catalyst. I've gotten the note in my diary game in pretty much every segment Yuko Okui has been in because she has zero overness in the US (at least at the start). Present day? Probably. But that wasn't always the case. Remember, there was a time when the backstage interviewer was prominent (Okerlund, Gene). Nowadays, there seems little point of even having backstage interviewers unless you need someone to cower in front of a monster heel or throw softball setup lines for a charismatic worker to crush. Great way to train up your future commentators though. I'll try that later, but there's another way to resolve it-have the whole angle as a minor angle. TV Interviews are often good restroom breaks for people watching live or at home. That being said, there has been many times where only the worker did the angle himself or herself. Doesn't seem like a bad idea either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappyboy Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 See any Pamela Paulshock interviews when she was with WCW. Totally dreadful. Funny. I liked her in that capacity and not just because I thought she was hot. That was actuallty the part that impressed me the least about her. She was too cookie cutter for me to find her sexy. Even though I was clearly supposed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampulator Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Funny. I liked her in that capacity and not just because I thought she was hot. That was actuallty the part that impressed me the least about her. She was too cookie cutter for me to find her sexy. Even though I was clearly supposed to. I didn't even remember who she was. After looking it up on the series of tubes, I think i know who she is... I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crayon Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I agree with this, after all how could So Cal Val ruin anything. Seriously though there have been interviewers who have ruined segments just because they were horrible at their job. I really can't think of any off the top of my head other than the guy that does the interviews for the company that is shown on my public access station. That is natural because everyone in that promotion is horrible. Jeremy Borash would always ruin segments for me. For some reason the guy just chaffs me the wrong way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I have the interviewer not rated for this reason, because I don't think anyone is going to say that they thought a segment was ruined by So Cal Val or Tony Chimel people don't even think about the interviewer the angle is solely based on the person or people being interviewed. Yeeaahh, no. You're wrong. It is very possible for an interviewer to drag down a segment. Happens a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappyboy Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Jeremy Borash would always ruin segments for me. For some reason the guy just chaffs me the wrong way To each his own but I've always liked Borash. Especially when he's with the faces. He does a great job at playing buddy buddy with the good guys. First Paulshock, then Borash. What's next? Somebody going to down Scott Hudson? It's almost like you guys want me to start throwing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan93 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 To each his own but I've always liked Borash. Especially when he's with the faces. He does a great job at playing buddy buddy with the good guys. First Paulshock, then Borash. What's next? Somebody going to down Scott Hudson? It's almost like you guys want me to start throwing things. I did hate Scott Hudson lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rone Rivendale Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I often use Scott Hudson as my Color guy in real world mods when I do 0/0/0/0 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Century Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 To each his own but I've always liked Borash. Especially when he's with the faces. He does a great job at playing buddy buddy with the good guys. First Paulshock, then Borash. What's next? Somebody going to down Scott Hudson? It's almost like you guys want me to start throwing things. I don't remember Paulshock, but then again I didn't watch much WCW back then. Borash is/was awesome (I don't know if he's still in TNA, I haven't watched TNA in 7 months) and played off of each of the wrestlers' gimmicks in the interviews. But IMO Scott Hudson was horrible. His voice was grating and his mannerisms were cheesy, but for some reason I've always thought that he was a decent heel announcer, but a horrible interviewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Century Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I don't remember Paulshock, but then again I didn't watch much WCW back then. Borash is/was awesome (I don't know if he's still in TNA, I haven't watched TNA in 7 months) and played off of each of the wrestlers' gimmicks in the interviews. But IMO Scott Hudson was horrible. His voice was grating and his mannerisms were cheesy, but for some reason I've always thought that he was a decent heel announcer, but a horrible interviewer. Oh, I remember who Paulshock was, she was actually a pretty good interviewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Oh, I remember who Paulshock was, she was actually a pretty good interviewer. You know, you can actually just edit your previous post...? No need to reply to yourself 1 minute later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Century Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 You know, you can actually just edit your previous post...? No need to reply to yourself 1 minute later. Er, sorry for the double post, I'm out of it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayelek Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Michael Cole interviewing The Rock was always annoying to me way back before Cole was at the commentary desk. Mostly because Rock taking the time to mock Cole seemed unnecessary and lame. But then, I'm not a huge Rock mark, so that could be a part of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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