World Championship Wrestling/Characters/Commentators

Lists the various announcers, backstage personalities, commentators, and authority figures throughout WCW. Please limit associated tropes to the individual's time in the WCW.

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Announcers

David Penzer (1995-2001)

• Arch Enemy: Chris Jericho, who attacked him, during a loosing streak, every time he announced the winner's name. To be fair Jericho always bought him new suits.
• Hammy Herald
• Non-Action Guy
• Tacky Tuxedo: Instead of the traditional black, Penzer often wore a vibrantly colorful cummerbund and bowtie with his tuxedo.

Gary Michael Cappetta (1989-1995)

• Cunning Linguist: Spoke English and Spanish.
• Hammy Herald
• Non-Action Guy
• Red Baron: 'The World's Most Dangerous Announcer'
• Sharp-Dressed Man

Michael Buffer (1997-2000)

• Battle Cry / Catch Phrase: "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!"
• Hammy Herald
• Large Ham
• Non-Action Guy
• Sharp-Dressed Man

Commentators & Backstage Personalities

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Raymond Louis Heenan, 1994-2000)

• Action Survivor
• Everything's Better with Bob
• Ill Boy: In Real Life
• Jerkass
• Motor Mouth: Served him well as a commentator.
• Non-Action Guy
• Red Baron: 'The Brain'

"Mean" Gene Okerlund (Eugene Okerlund, 1993-2001)

• Bald of Awesome
• Deadpan Snarker
• Dirty Old Man: During WCW's Final Years.
• Non-Action Guy
• Red Baron: 'Mean Gene'
• Seen It All: In an interview with Harlem Heat, Booker T, calls out Hulk Hogan and accidentally makes use of his N-Word Privileges. While Booker was embarrassed and manager, Sherri couldn't help but laugh, Gene just turned around and interview Stevie Ray without missing a beat like nothing happened.

Mike Tenay (1994-2001)

An interviewer and announcer

• Bald of Awesome
• Combat Commentator
• Deadpan Snarker
• Non-Action Guy
• The Smart Guy: They don't call him "The Professor" for nothing. He has a vast and impressive knowledge of the wrestling business, wrestling history, and wrestling maneuvers.

Tony Schiavone (Noah Anthony "Tony" Schiavone, 1985-1989, 1995-2001)

• Combat Commentator
• Deadpan Snarker
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He infamously said that Mick Foley as WWF Champion would 'put a lot of butts in seats' sarcastically, leading to millions of fans switching over to watch Foley win the belt on Raw.
• Its the Best Trope Ever: He proclaimed almost everything to be 'The greatest in the history of our great sport!'
• Large Ham Announcer
• The Nicknamer: Gave Mike Tenay his.
• Non-Action Guy
• Porn Stache: Early in his career.
• Product Placement: Shilling WCW itself.

Authority Figures

Eric Bischoff (Eric Aaron Bischoff, 1991-1999, 2000, 2001)

WCW Executive Producer and later the company's President.

• Alternate Company Equivalent: Of Vince McMahon, both as an announcer and as the "Evil Boss" he went on to become. Though they played different types of "Evil Boss".
• Authority Equals Asskicking: The guy is a legit martial artist and held a couple of titles.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: His on-screen persona during the late 90's, a la WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
• Fan Nickname: Sleazy-E.
• Girl-On-Girl Is Hot: He apparently had a threesome with his rather attractive wife and a stripper.
• Handsome Lech

Vince Russo (Vincent James "Vince" Russo, 1999-2000)

• Ascended Fanboy
• Author Appeal: For some unknown reason, Russo loves pole matches.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive
• Grey and Gray Morality
• Jerkass
• Smug Snake
• Well-Intentioned Extremist

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