History Wrestling / MichaelCole

** Also Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, who, ever since the Thunderdome era, wastes no time in making fun of him and calling him an Idiot every chance she gets.

->''Vintage (insert name here)!"''

** Vintage [Insert anything here]

** Oh my!
** Lookitlookitlookit! (likely not intentional, but still)
** You are watching [[Wrestling/WWERaw the longest-running weekly episodic program in television history]]!
** You've gotta be kidding me!
** No! Not this way!
** And a [clubbing blow/big boot/ steel chair/ etc.]...to the skull of [insert wrestler name here]!!!
** The best pure striker in WWE, Wrestling/TheUndertaker! His entrance is absolutely ''bone-chilling''!
** During his heel run, whenever Daniel Bryan showed up, expect Cole to say "He's a vegan!" and "...the minor leagues!" Every. Single. Time.[[note]]After JBL joined him, though, it was more JBL mentioning the vegan thing when commentating a Bryan match. "World's Toughest Vegan!"[[/note]]
** ''("New email" jingle)'' "Can I have your attention, please? ''(rampant booing)'' I have received a message from the General Manager!" "AND I QUOTE"
** Listen to this place! (whenever the crowd gets really loud about a certain event or wrestler in the ring) [[note]]Cole's been known for letting people hear fan reactions and going silent to let the viewer hear that the fans are into something.[[/note]]

** [[Wrestling/SashaBanks It’s Boss Time!]] and [[Wrestling/RomanReigns HERE COMES THE BIG DAWG!]]
** It's [[Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} Fight]] [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Night!]]

* NeverMyFault: The following Raw after he screwed over Lawler to help The Miz, he tried to turn it around Lawler, stating that it should be ''him'' who's apologizing instead.

** FavouritismFlipFlop: Cole's former favoritism towards Cena has made him turn on Superstars he's shown favor for in the past. Cole took amusement in Cena's verbal abuse of Vickie Guerrero a heel who Cole admires and has an attraction to. Cole went on to belittle Vickie when she slap Cena when she had enough of his verbal onslaught. He would often do this depending on whether the person in question was feuding with The Miz.

* TookALevelInJerkass: During his stint as commentator on ''NXT'', which started his heel turn.
* TookALevelInKindness: After Jerry Lawler suffered a real life heart attack on the September 10, 2012 episode of ''Raw'', Cole chose not to continue with commentary for the remaining hour of the show out of respect to Lawler, only providing updates to television viewers on his colleague's condition throughout the episode, which resulted in him becoming a face again.

->''"[[MadLibsCatchPhrase Vintage (insert name here)]]!"''

** Subverted after [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Jerry Lawler's heart attack]].

* CheapHeat: As a heel, Cole would interrupt babyfaces (such as Wrestling/TheRock, and [[{{Troll}} get off on the fan booing]] to draw heat. In Miami, after interrupting Rocky on his birthday, he proudly shows off a Boston Celtics jersey (who were beating Miami in the NBA Playoffs) to ''massive'' [[JustForPun heat.]]

!! "May I have your attention, please! I have received a trope from the General Manager!"

''"[[MadLibsCatchPhrase Vintage (insert name here)]]!"''

** Wrestling/DominikMysterio. Having been a long-time commentator of Wrestling/ReyMysterio's wrestling career, Dominik is a major sore spot for him and gets the worst of Cole's vitriol whenever he's onscreen on a show Cole is commentating on.

* JerkassToOne: Following his post-Heel days, he remains neutral, but the one person he shows the most disdain towards is Wrestling/DominikMysterio ever since the latter turned against [[Wrestling/ReyMysterio his father]] to join Judgement Day. Seeing him as spoiled, entitled, UngratefulBastard. Upon coming out in the '23 Wrestling/RoyalRumble wearing Rey's mask, [[note]]As Dominik came out after Rey failed to do so, it's implied that he and/or Judgement Day had attacked him beforehand.[[/note]] Cole calls Dominik a piece of shit. Some even have called [[https://youtu.be/LDGOEf8Une8 Dominik the Triple H to Cole's Jim Ross.]]

[[caption-width-right:340:[[MadLibsCatchPhrase Vintage [insert name here] ]]]]
->''*ding!*''\\
AND I QUOTE!

* Wrestling/DominikMysterio. Having been a long-time commentator of Wrestling/ReyMysterio's wrestling career, Dominik is a major sore spot for him and gets the worst of Cole's vitriol whenever he's onscreen on a show Cole is commentating on.

!! "May I have your attention please! I have received a trope from the General Manager!"
* ArchEnemy: As a heel, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] and the Internet (or at a bare minimum all the smarks on it).

** "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, COUNT FASTER!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Last Man Standing match between Brock Lesner and Roman Reigns at Summerslam 2022, after Reigns had bashed the title off of Lesner for a second time following the Usos attacking and a few spears. Keep in mind this is all following Lesner lifting the entire ring up with a tractor he drove to the ring to begin the match.[[/labelnote]]
** Two Slammys were named after Cole; 2009's "Oh My" award and 2010's "And I Quote." Naturally he won both.

* BigNo: In [=WrestleMania=] 33, he screamed it out when Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon jumped off the 20-foot-tall cell structure in his (failed) attempt to take out Wrestling/TheUndertaker and his career. This was followed up by a BigOMG after Shane crashed onto the empty announcers' table, echoing the incident in which Taker threw Wrestling/MickFoley off the cell in Wrestling/KingOfTheRing 1998.

* BigNo: In [=WrestleMania=] 33, he screamed it out when Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon jumped off the 20-foot-tall cell structure in his (failed) attempt to take out Wrestling/TheUndertaker and his career. This was followed up by a BigOMG after Shane crashed onto the empty announcers' table, echoing the incident in which Taker threw Wreslting/MickFoley off the cell in Wrestling/KingOfTheRing 1998.

* TheBadGuyWins: Was awarded the win at Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}, but only by DQ and was still put in an ankle lock and tapped out.

-->'''Michael Cole:''' You guys just cost me my spot at Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}}!

** Interesting enough, wrestlers have started to yell at Cole whenever upset, [[{{Expy}} much like they did to McMahon when he was on the announce booth.]]
** Cole seems to be a fusion of Vince's dorky pre-Attitude persona (sans bowties) and his Evil Boss character. Whereas Vince will be remembered for wearing a flamenco shirt while singing disco, Cole's infamy peaked with a rap battle vs. Wrestling/JimRoss(!).

* BrownNote: Not fear, but just annoyance. WWE seems to be deliberately invoking this to get Cole heat. At one point, he was doing commentary for all shows, and in general, his gimmick as of late is that he ''never shuts up.'' WWE is clearly trying to make Cole's voice as grating and annoying as possible.

* ButtMonkey: Just look at the page quotes, that is a sliver of the hatred Cole gets.

** Whenever Daniel Bryan shows up, expect Cole to say "He's a vegan!" and "...the minor leagues!" Every. Single. Time.[[note]]After JBL joined him, though, it's been more JBL mentioning the vegan thing when commentating a Bryan match. "World's Toughest Vegan!"[[/note]]

** Sure, it's easy for the IWC to pick on Cole, but the man in his pre-WWF/WWE days spent nine months in the field as a journalist covering the Yugoslavian Civil War in 1994, as well as covering the 1993 Waco Siege for 51 days and the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. A far cry from what his WWE persona is perceived as. Cole would make reference to this, from time to time, during his distaste for the ''NXT'' of the time period.

** In the Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus match for a spot on "Team Raw" at the 2010 ''Bragging Rights'' pay per view, Cole said no-one should want Bryan on the team because he was on "Team WWE" at [[Wrestling/SummerSlam SummerSlam]] against Wresling/TheNexus, and Team WWE lost that match. ''Except that didn't happen'', Team WWE won, with Bryan getting two eliminations & actually being the longest lasting member of his team, second only to ''Wrestling/JohnCena''.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With several of his commentating partners; Tazz, Josh Mathews, CM Punk, JBL, and now [[Wrestling/CoreyGraves Corey Graves]].

* JerkassToOne: Following his post-Heel days, he remains neutral, but the one person he shows the most disdain towards is Dominik Mysterio ever since the latter turned against [[Wrestling/ReyMysterio his father]] to join Judgement Day. Seeing him as spoiled, entitled, UngratefulBastard. Upon coming out in the '23 Wrestling/RoyalRumble wearing Rey's mask, [[note]]As Dominik came out after Rey failed to do so, it's implied that he and/or Judgement Day had attacked him beforehand.[[/note]] Cole calls Dominik a piece of shit. Some even have called [[https://youtu.be/LDGOEf8Une8 Dominik the Triple H to Cole's Jim Ross.]]

* JerkassToOne: Following his post-Heel days, he remains neutral, but the one person he shows the most disdain towards is Dominik Mysterio ever since the latter turned against [[Wrestling/ReyMysterio his father]] to join Judgement Day. Seeing him as spoiled, entitled, UngratefulBastard. Upon coming out in the '23 Wrestling/RoyalRumble wearing Rey's mask, [[note]]As Dominik came out after Rey failed to do so, it's implied that he and/or Judgement Day had attacked him beforehand.[[/note]] Cole calls Dominik a piece of shit.