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WWE: Why Michael Cole Is the Best Heel in Wrestling
On March - 22 - 2011
"Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention please? I've just received an email from the anonymous Raw general manager..."
By the time those words are finished, Michael Cole's weaselly voice is barely audible, over the waves of boos and catcalls showered upon him by thousands of WWE fans. In a span of just a few short months, Cole has gone from being a mediocre-at-best play-by-play man for Monday Night Raw to parlaying that into a heel announcer character not seen since the heyday of Bobby Heenan.
Cole is smarmy and arrogant, but he's also smart in his character, which has enabled ...