History YMMV / JoeyStyles

** His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech WorkedShoot, which is easily one of the best in the business. On the May 1 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Joey Styles took then-announce partner Wrestling/JerryLawler, Wrestling/JimRoss, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, WWE, and ''practically the entire American professional wrestling industry'' to task in his big "I Quit" speech before moving to the ECW announce position a few weeks later. ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/kngVODaLUKrw5TP2I6 See it here.]]''

--->'''Joey Styles:''' Six months ago, WWE called ''me!'' I didn't call this company because I was looking for a job; I didn't need a job. WWE called ''me!'' Because they had humiliated and fired — ''again!'' — Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot. And from '''week one''', week after week, I got an ongoing lecture about the differences in professional wrestling and sports entertainment! I'm not allowed to say pro wrestling, I'm not allowed to say wrestlers. I have to say sports entertainment and refer to the wrestlers as ''[[SarcasmMode Superstars.]]'' I'm told to ''deliberately'' ignore the moves and the holds during the matches so I can tell stories! Well, ignoring the moves and the holds is damn insulting to the athletes, the '''WRESTLERS''' - not the entertainers - who leave their families 300 days a year to apply their craft in that ring! And here's the best part: Because I'm not a "sports entertainment storyteller," I get pulled from [=WrestleMania=], and the reason I'm given is, is because I don't sound like Jim Ross, who's the guy they fired in the first place, [[SarcasmMode that makes sense, right?]] So I swallow the bitter pill, I'm a company guy. I get pulled from [=WrestleMania=]. Then I get bumped from ''Backlash?'' I'm not good enough to call ''Backlash!?'' In ECW, I called live pay-per-views on my own, solo. no color commentators dragging me down. Wasn't done before me, hasn't been done since! But I'm not good enough to call Backlash, because I'm not a "sports entertainment storyteller." Well, you know what? I am ''sick'' of sports entertainment. I am ''sick'' of male cheerleaders. I am of boogers, and bathroom humor, and semen, and I am ''sick'' of [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon our Chairman]], who likes to talk about his own semen, he mocks God - he '''''MOCKS GOD!''''' - and makes out with the Divas, all to feed his own insatiable ego! I am ''sick'' of sports entertainment. [[TakeThatAudience And most of all, I'm sick of you fans, who actually buy into that crap, this sports entertainment circus!]] I never needed this job, and I don't want this job anymore. ''(Takes the WWE logo off of his mic and tosses it aside)'' '''I quit!'''

** His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech WorkedShoot, which is easily one of the best in the business. On the May 1 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Joey Styles took then-announce partner Wrestling/JerryLawler, Wrestling/JimRoss, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, WWE, and ''practically the entire American professional wrestling industry'' to task in his big "I Quit" speech before moving to the ECW announce position a few weeks later:
---> '''Joey Styles:''' ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/kngVODaLUKrw5TP2I6 Six months ago, WWE called me! I didn't call this company because I wasn't looking for a job; I didn't need a job. WWE called me, because they had humiliated and fired — again! — Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot. And from WEEK ONE, week after week, I got an ongoing lecture about the differences between professional wrestling and sports entertainment!]]

* HolyShitQuotient: Joey [[BigOMG will let you know]] when this is going down.

* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment Of Awesome]]: His [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason You Suck]] WorkedShoot, which is easily one of the best in the business. On the May 1 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Joey Styles took then-announce partner Wrestling/JerryLawler, Wrestling/JimRoss, [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]], WWE, and ''practically the entire American professional wrestling industry'' to task in his big "I Quit" speech before moving to the ECW announce position a few weeks later:
--> '''Joey Styles:''' ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/kngVODaLUKrw5TP2I6 Six months ago, WWE called me! I didn't call this company because I wasn't looking for a job; I didn't need a job. WWE called me, because they had humiliated and fired — again! — Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot. And from WEEK ONE, week after week, I got an ongoing lecture about the differences between Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment!]]
** The time in ECW when two fans held up signs denouncing Joey and his commentary partner Joel Gertner, claiming they were no [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} Mike]] [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Tenay]] or Larry Zbyszko. Unfortunately, they couldn't spell Zbyszko's name properly, and Joey unloaded on them:
--->''First of all, I think I speak for Joel [Gertner] and myself, that we're thankful we'll never be Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. Why don't you go sell whatever decrepit little motor home you live in, trade it in for a $.50 wrestling magazine and figure out how to spell his name? See, I remember you; you're the illiterate moron who spelled it wrong last time, six months ago. You're the best argument for not sending my kids to a public school I have ever seen!''
** When Eric Bischoff raided the broadcast booth at the first One-Night Stand PPV, Joey let loose with this gem:
--->''By the way, you are the worst goddamn play-by-play man I've ever heard, and if you didn't run that company, you wouldn't have gotten a freakin' headset!''
** Him punching out Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, who has a reputation for being the locker room bully.
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Joey Styles has Standards]]: Joey Styles, the long time ECW announcer, was disgusted with Wrestling/MickFoley's famous Hell-in-a-Cell match at the 1998 King of the Ring, as revealed on the alternate commentary to said match on Foley's most recent DVD set.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Wrestling/CarlitoColon insisted he was a wrestler on WWE Raw long before the ECW stuff, yet he didn't get any reaction at all. [[SarcasmMode Joey Styles complains though and he's awesome.]]
* PoorMansSubstitute: Averted; most of the IWC feels that Styles was more than a worthy successor to Jim Ross as play-by-play announcer of ''Raw''. He's also, in fact, been the object of ''other'' Poor Man's Substitutes (Wrestling/MichaelCole and Josh Matthews in [[FanNickname WWECW]]).
** This was generally the reason why Joey was chosen to replace JR in the first place; WWE failed to get UFC commentator Mike Goldberg, and the general consensus was that Joey was the only person that ''wasn't'' going to be seen as this.

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Wrestling/MikeAwesome against Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Awesome dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leaving ECW for WCW) goes "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" while on commentary. Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.

* PoorMansSubstitute: Averted; most of the IWC feels that Styles was more than a worthy successor to Jim Ross as play-by-play announcer of ''Raw''. He's also, in fact, been the object of ''other'' Poor Man's Substitutes (Wrestling/MichaelCole and Josh Matthews in [[FanNickname WWECW]]).

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Joey Styles has standards]]: Joey Styles, the long time ECW announcer, was disgusted with Wrestling/MickFoley's famous Hell-in-a-Cell match at the 1998 King of the Ring, as revealed on the alternate commentary to said match on Foley's most recent DVD set.

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Wrestling/MikeAwesome against Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Awesome dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leaving ECW for WCW), doing commentary, goes "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Wrestling/MikeAwesome against Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leaving ECW for WCW), dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Styles, doing commentary, goes, "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Mike Awesome against Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leaving ECW for WCW), dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Styles, doing commentary, goes, "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.

** Him punching out [[JohnBradshawLayfield John Bradshaw Layfield]], who has a reputation for being the locker room bully.

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Mike Awesome against Masato Tanaka, Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leaving ECW for WCW), dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Styles, doing commentary, goes, "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.

* {{HSQ}}: Joey [[BigOMG will let you know]] when this is going down.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason You Suck]] WorkedShoot, which is easily one of the best in the business. On the May 1 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Joey Styles took then-announce partner JerryLawler, JimRoss, VinceMcMahon, WWE, and ''practically the entire American professional wrestling industry'' to task in his big "I Quit" speech before moving to the ECW announce position a few weeks later:
--> '''JoeyStyles:''' ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/kngVODaLUKrw5TP2I6 Six months ago, WWE called me! I didn't call this company because I wasn't looking for a job; I didn't need a job. WWE called me, because they had humiliated and fired — again! — Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot. And from WEEK ONE, week after week, I got an ongoing lecture about the differences between Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment!]]
** The time in ECW when two fans held up signs denouncing Joey and his commentary partner Joel Gertner, claiming they were no [[{{WCW}} Mike]] [[{{TNA}} Tenay]] or Larry Zbyszko. Unfortunately, they couldn't spell Zbyszko's name properly, and Joey unloaded on them:

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Mike Awesome against Masato Tanaka, Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leavign ECW for WCW), dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Styles, doing commentary, goes, "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.
* {{HSQ}}: Joey [[BigOMG will let you know]] when this is going down.

** The time in ECW when two fans held up signs denouncing Joey and his commentary partner Joel Gertner, claiming they were no [[{{WCW}} Mike]] [[{{TNA}} Tenay]] or Larry Zybysko. Unfortunately, they couldn't spell Zybysko's name properly, and Joey unloaded on them:
--->''First of all, I think I speak for Joel [Gertner] and myself, that we're thankful we'll never be Mike Tenay and Larry Zybysko. Why don't you go sell whatever decrepit little motor home you live in, trade it in for a $.50 wrestling magazine and figure out how to spell his name? See, I remember you; you're the illiterate moron who spelled it wrong last time, six months ago. You're the best argument for not sending my kids to a public school I have ever seen!''

* HarsherInHindsight --> DudeNotFunny: During a match featuring Mike Awesome against Masato Tanaka, Joey (who had a massive grudge against Awesome for leavign ECW for WCW), dives from the ring onto Tanaka on the outside. Styles, doing commentary, goes, "Suicide dive by Mike Awesome, and it's a shame he didn't succeed in taking his own life!" Mike Awesome hanged himself in 2007.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: First in 2005, when he was signed by WWE, and then again in 2006, when he was named play-by-play commentator for the revamped ECW.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason You Suck]] WorkedShoot, which is easily one of the best in the business. On the May 1 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Joey Styles took then-announce partner Jerry Lawler, {{Vince McMahon}}, WWE, and ''practically the entire American professional wrestling industry'' to task in his big "I Quit" speech before moving to the ECW announce position a few weeks later:
--> ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/kngVODaLUKrw5TP2I6 Six months ago, WWE called me! I didn't call this company because I wasn't looking for a job; I didn't need a job. WWE called me, because they had humiliated and fired — again! — Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot. And from WEEK ONE, week after week, I got an ongoing lecture about the differences between Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment!]]