History Wrestling / MichaelCole

-->''Corey Graves:'' I liked you better when you weren't allowed to have an opinion
-->''Cole:'' That's changed. A lot has changed...

* CompanionCube: The "GM Laptop." Which even got its own ''heel heat''. On the Raw before the 2011 Wrestling/RoyalRumble, Cole willingly put himself in harm's way by standing between the laptop & Wrestling/{{Edge}}, after Edge decided he was going to destroy the GM Laptop "for old time's sake". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Wrestling/JerryLawler, who pointed out ''it was just a computer''.

** [[Wrestling/NXT3 NXT Season 3]], as a result of nobody taking the show seriously anymore after the disastrous second season, had him and Josh Matthews turn the snark UpToEleven. It soon became one of the only reasons to watch the show, especially during Goldust and Aksana's wedding where they were given champagne, resulting in them being a little bit tipsy for the segment.

** When The Miz was the WWE Champion, Cole pushed this UpToEleven. When the GM tried to interrupt The Rock's promo, Cole was practically reveling in how much the audience was pissed off.

** Pat McAfee. Enough said.

** Nowadays, any match that Pat McAfee's in. Especially his most recent one against Baron "Happy" Corbin.

** "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, COUNT FASTER!" [[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.[[/explanation]]

* LikeASonToMe: Cole took it to the next level the following week. Stating seeing The Miz win the WWE Championship was like seeing his son win the title.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With several of his commentating partners; Tazz, Josh Mathews, CM Punk, and now JBL.

** As a face, Zeb Colter, the manager of Wrestling/JackSwagger. Cole is very vocal about how much he dislikes [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Colter's political views]] and he had a lengthy political debate with the man on twitter. Not to mention that he's a real life liberal, as he said on a recent episode of a weekly podcast he does with JBL on The Layfield Report website.

** Cole asked Josh Mathews if he been playing [[http://nodq.com/features/233368977.shtml Michael Cole Bingo]] during an episode of the first season of ''NXT''.

** In an episode of ''[=SmackDown!=]'', Heidenreich abducts Cole in the middle of a match and carries him trough the crowd. Afterward, we see Heidenreich has Cole in a locked room pressed up against the wall, talking directly into his ear about "having the same desires", "wanting the same things" and "giving him what he wants" now that he's alone with him. Thrusts him repeatedly against the wall as he says it all while Cole has a painful and frighten expression on his face. It can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-wsO2sjNgg here]]

** During the Rock vs. CM Punk match at the 2013 Wrestling/RoyalRumble, when Punk thought he was going to win at the hands of The Shield, Cole railed on JBL for condoning the action (one of the more entertaining arguments between the two). It lead to this:

** He likes to go on about his "undefeated streak", consisting at the moment of two very narrow and unfair victories. After his face turn, this is more of a off hand remark than bragging.

-->'''Wrestling/ChrisJericho''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments OF COURSE YOU HAVE AN EMAIL YOU IDIOT! JUST READ IT!]]

* TakeThatAudience: His heel character, read the troll entry below.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: After over a decade in wrestling, Cole ''still'' switches the names of a powerslam and a scoop slam. At this point, WWE has apparently decided to make Cole's mistake the standard for their commentary teams instead of making him learn the difference.

He is best-known for announcing ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' for nine years, from its launch in 1999 until 2008; in 2008, he was switched over to ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', where he has been ever since. He would then be switched back to [=SmackDown=] following WWE's Premiere Week.

'''Michael Sean Coulthard''' (born December 8, 1968), better known by his stage name '''Michael Cole''', is a play-by-play announcer for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He is best known for announcing ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' for nine years, from its launch in 1999 until 2008; in 2008, he was switched over to ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', where he has been ever since. He would then be switched back to [=SmackDown=] following WWE's Premiere Week.

** His reason for hating Daniel Bryan? "He's a nerd! He's a vegan! He's never had a date in his life!" The last one especially is interesting as he is a fanboy of self professed chick magnet The Miz.

'''Michael Sean Coulthard''' (born December 8, 1968), better known by his stage name '''Michael Cole''', is a play-by-play announcer for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He is best known for announcing ''Wrestling/{{WWE SmackDown}}'' for nine years, from its launch in 1999 until 2008; in 2008, he was switched over to ''Wrestling/{{WWE Raw}}'', where he has been ever since.

** In more recent years he became an Wrestling/{{Elias}} fanboywhich is interesting because this was not a sign of either of them switching alignments.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In comparison to his heel run Cole has shown to be completely different to the role he plays, such as how humbling it was to take over for Jim Ross and his hopes that he would be able to live up the beloved commentator.

-->'''Wrestling/ChrisJericho''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny OF COURSE YOU HAVE AN EMAIL YOU IDIOT! JUST READ IT!]]

** [[Wrestling/SashaBanks It’s Boss Time!]]

** During the Rock vs. CM Punk match at the 2013 RoyalRumble, when Punk thought he was going to win at the hands of The Shield, Cole railed on JBL for condoning the action (one of the more entertaining arguments between the two). It lead to this:

** Jack Swagger finally decided to let JerryLawler [[DoWithHimAsYouWill have his way with Cole]] after Jerry [[BatmanGambit used Cole's own ego to trick him]] into insulting Swagger's title run and status as a wrestler...[[ImStandingRightHere while Swagger was in the ring with them]].