Rich Bocchini

[5.0] "I'll take Rich over Booker T every day of the week and twice on Sunday. He was unfortunately out of the Michael Cole school of lifeless announcing. He doesn't sound any worse than Vic Joseph who is also the owner of a bland radio commercial voice."

[2.0] "Recently went through and watched all early NXT PPVs/PLEs and discovered Rich. And honestly I found him to be one of the worst commentators I've listened to. In most cases he was the main speaker for the group on commentary and often miscalled moves. The only thing that could make him better was if he was a bit more comical I guess but he was a very boring commentator. Which there is nothing wrong with boring it's just very meh. I'm sure he's a great guy to work with but he would take me out of the moment in a lot of spots in the matches I watched with him commentating."

[6.0] "Rich is very OK. He seems to know his stuff and shows good enthusiasm at times but nothing about him makes him really stand out in any way. Still a reliable commentator though, who's had good chemistry with everyone I've heard him commentate with. And not that it's really his fault but his accent (which sounds like Minnesotan but apparently he grew up in Rhode Island) can be kind of distracting at times, although it's not nearly as bad now during his current MLW run as it was when he was first starting out on NXT. Really just my own personal taste though and it doesn't factor into his rating."

[4.0] "Bocchini is the definition of adequate. He's competent and there's nothing particular to complain about in his work, but he also doesn't stand out in any way."

[6.0] "A good (but not great or original) play by play man. He'll do nicely in the WWE. I say, replace Cole with him!"