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Revision as of 01:38, 21 July 2015
A photo of WWE color commentator Michael Cole.
A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. The term is of North American origin. The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports, on the teams and athletes, and occasionally light humor. Color commentators are often former players or coaches of the sport being broadcasted.
Though not always the case, in professional wrestling, the color commentator is usually a "heel sympathizer" (or a supporter of the "bad guys") as opposed to the play-by-play announcer, who is more or less the "voice of the fans" as well as supporters of the "good guys" (or babyfaces). Though both are supposed to show neutral stance while announcing, the color commentator (especially when they support heels) are usually more blatant about their stance than the play-by-play announcer. Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan pioneered the "heel sympathizer" for color commentary in wrestling. Both Jerry "The King" Lawler and JBL later made successful transitions into those roles, though Lawler has since shown more sympathy for faces (partially due to being over with fans after nearly 40 years in wrestling) while JBL has since returned to active wrestling. ECW Commentators, Tazz and Joey Styles tend to be completely neutral; in addition, combine both aspects of play-by-play with color commentary.
Famous color commentators, past and present
Professional wrestling
- Rob Bartlett
- Booker T
- Jeremy Borash
- D'Lo Brown
- Carlos Cabrera
- Jonathan Coachman
- Michael Cole
- Jim Cornette
- David Crockett
- Tony Dawson
- Bill DeMott
- Ted DiBiase
- D'Angelo Dinero
- Mick Foley
- Terry Funk
- Superstar Billy Graham
- Hector Guerrero
- Alfred Hayes
- Michael Hayes
- Bobby Heenan
- Curt Hennig
- Paul Heyman
- Mike Hogewood
- Scott Hudson
- Kevin Kelly
- Todd Keneley
- Pat Kenney
- Jack Korpela
- Stan Lane
- Jerry Lawler
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- Lita
- Marc Lloyd
- Mark Madden
- Brad Maddox
- Lee Marshall
- Shane McMahon
- Steve McMichael
- Shawn Michaels
- Ernest Miller
- The Miz
- Pat Patterson
- Brian Pillman
- Roddy Piper
- Dave Prazak
- Bruce Prichard
- Tom Prichard
- CM Punk
- Raven
- William Regal
- Dusty Rhodes
- Alex Riley
- Steve Romero
- Jim Ross
- Rick Rude
- Vince Russo
- Bruno Sammartino
- Byron Saxton
- Randy Savage
- Hugo Savinovich
- Al Snow
- Scott Stanford
- Stevie Ray
- Matt Striker
- Sunny
- Tazz
- Mike Tenay
- Vampiro
- Jesse Ventura
- "Cyrus the Virus"
- Don West
- Larry Zbyszko