April 16, 20205 yr comment_5915005 Very sad. Such an integral part of their company for such a long time, for us watching and for so much behind the scenes too. No heat with anyone and no skeletons in the closet either.
April 16, 20205 yr comment_5915006 Watched this match again recently, and Punk bringing out Fink & him getting such a big ovation has always brought such a smile to my face. R.I.P. to a legend of the pro-wrestling business.
April 16, 20205 yr comment_5915036 Sad news. I would always mark out when there was a title change and he'd announce ... " and new [insert title belt name] champion [insert wrestler name] .... !".
April 16, 20205 yr comment_5915037 6 hours ago, Loss said: God, Cole's announcing (being Vince's voice) in that clip. I HATED Cole during that period of time. Like, if he had met him in the street, automatic kick in the balls. But with that said, I was gutted to learn this today. Fink was the voice of a generation. People saying that you can't hear a picture never saw one of The Fink. The absolute GOAT ring announcer.
April 16, 20205 yr comment_5915051 Greatest ring announcer and also the one who came up with the name "Wrestlemania". You can probably count on one hand the people in wrestling that no one has a bad opinion of, and Howard was definitely one of them.
April 17, 20205 yr comment_5915071 I did not know/had forgotten about this: What a kind and difficult task to take on. Legends House made him look like a sweetheart too.
April 17, 20205 yr comment_5915093 Fink is the greatest of all time at what he did. Gutted about his passing.
April 17, 20205 yr comment_5915109 Also don't forget Fink was often the target of bullying for no other reason than being a really nice guy who had a childlike love of wrestling. If you needed something else to toss on the "WWE is shit" pile. On a positive note, I remember seeing a video a while back of who I'm assuming was a friend of Howard's wedding reception where the wedding party all entered like wrestlers and Fink announced them all coming in. It was a perfect encapsulation of the guy, having a blast in a kind of geeky environment doing what he did better than anyone who ever lived. And yes, even at a reception intro'ing random people he was still the GOAT.
April 17, 20205 yr comment_5915110 Yeah, I remember reading about Fink being bullied. Just doesn't make sense to me but alpha male mentalities like Vince enable that type of behaviour. See JBL.
April 17, 20205 yr comment_5915113 The Ringer has a great article about him (and its not written by Shoemaker).
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