We've seen glimmers of hope over the last decade in guys like James Mitchell in ECW and TNA and more recently Larry Sweeney in Ring Of Honor. Good male managers.. heck even good female managers that can really talk, like Sunny back in the early 90's as a good example.. where has this tradition gone? With WWE's usual love and awe for big muscle bound seven foot monsters you think the tradition of a good entertaining mouthpiece would be aline and well, but no.

TNA showed how well a mouthpiece can work in the James Mitchell, Abyss combo when Abyss first debuted, Sweeney shows how well a mouth piece can work even for guys that CAN talk like Chris Hero. WWE employs a few guys, I know, that are great talkers but range anywhere from good to yawn in the wrestling department. Matt Striker has found his place as a color commentator, but he made a fantastic manager.. when WWE let him actually speak.

What do you think is the reason managers have been slowly going extinct over the last like.. ten years? It's something I'd love to see change.

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