Michael Sean Coulthard (born December 8, 1968) better known by his stage name Michael Cole, is an American former news journalist and the current play-by-play announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment's Friday Night SmackDown!. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA. For the unincorporated community see Amenia (CDP, New York. Amenia is a Town in Dutchess County, United States Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, WWE Friday Night SmackDown is a Professional wrestling Television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE that is currently airing

WWF/WWE career

Coulthard came to the World Wrestling Federation in 1997 and started using the stage name "Michael Cole. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar " He became the host of the old LiveWire show alongside Jim Cornette and a backstage interviewer. WWF LiveWire was a World Wrestling Federation television program that aired Saturday mornings on the USA Network from 1996 to 2000 James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17 1961 is an American Professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter In late 1997, Cole became one of the three announcers for the first hour of Monday Night RAW, alongside Jim Ross and Kevin Kelly. This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is James William "Jim" Ross (born January 3 1952 in Fort Bragg California He is known affectionately as "good ol'" J Kevin Foote Kelly first became involved in Broadcasting when he began working as a Disc jockey, playing music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s Eventually Cole was permanently replaced by Jerry Lawler later in the year. In 1999, Cole became the regular play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Raw subbing for Jim Ross when Ross became stricken with an episode of Bell's palsy. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is James William "Jim" Ross (born January 3 1952 in Fort Bragg California He is known affectionately as "good ol'" J Bell's Palsy is a paralysis of the Facial nerve resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side When the promotion's new SmackDown! television program debuted later that year, Cole was chosen to be the show's play-by-play announcer. Originally his broadcast partner was Jerry "The King" Lawler, but when Lawler briefly left the WWF, he was replaced by Cole's Heat broadcast partner Tazz shortly before the WWF vs. Jerry Lawler (born November 29 1949 is an American Musician, Film Actor, Politician, professional wrestler and wrestling WWE Heat (formerly known as WWE Sunday Night Heat and capitalized as WWE HEAT) was a Professional wrestling show for Peter Senerchia (born October 11 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler and current Color commentator best known WCW/ECW invasion storyline. This article is about the storyline For the pay-per-view see WWF InVasion. Cole also had a stint doing commentary on SmackDown!'s former sister show WWE Velocity. WWE Velocity, also known simply as Velocity, was a Professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that

As announcer, Cole was rarely involved in storylines; however, he has had minor roles in storylines involving Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, Heidenreich, Stephanie McMahon and D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, and Rick Rude). Steven Williams (born Steven Anderson on December 18 1964 This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23 1977 In his WWE career Cena has been a three time WWE Champion, He has also made appearances on television shows Jon Heidenreich, better known simply as Heidenreich (born June 28, 1972) and made his debut at their May 24, 2008 show Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon D-Generation X (also known and spelled as Degeneration X, DX and D-X) is an on-and-off Professional wrestling Tag team (formerly Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22 1965 better known by his Ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer on December 27 1972 is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. Richard E Rood ( December 7 1958 – April 20 1999) better known by his Ring name "Ravishing" His most recent angle involved getting kissed by Vito. Vito Joseph LoGrasso World Wrestling Entertainment (2005-2007 2005-2007 In early 2005 Vito worked dark matches for the now renamed World Wrestling He also appeared in the Taxi Driver parody trailer in promotion of WrestleMania 21. Taxi Driver is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment

Cole called play-by-play at the 2006 Royal Rumble match because Ross, who had commentated the last three Royal Rumble matches with Tazz, had been "fired" in the storylines and replaced by former ECW play-by-play man Joey Styles, reuniting the original SmackDown! team of Cole and Lawler. Royal Rumble (2006 was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by Joseph Carmine Bonsignore On the May 1, 2006 edition of RAW, Styles announced that he was quitting by delivering a worked shoot promo in which

On February 3, 2006, it was announced that he and Tazz were starting a radio show on Howard Stern's "Howard 101" radio station on Sirius, airing Thursday through Sunday at 8 pm, but the show was a trial run that only lasted a couple of weeks. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality.

On April 26, 2006, WWE announced that Cole would become the Managing Editor of WWE. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. com. Shortly after, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told shareholders in a meeting held on September 14 that he believes that the website "sucks". Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24 1945 popularly known by his Ring name Mr Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. In response, Cole replied on WWE. com about updated content for the website: a broadband network with original web-only shows have been scheduled for October, with a new mobile offering, a re-vamped subscription site and more exclusive videos and photos. Cole went on to say, "So in summary, the web site does suck, compared to where we are going to take it, but it won’t suck for long. Wish I could say the same for the boss. " Whether Cole's final comment about McMahon was either kayfabe or legit is unclear. In Professional wrestling, kayfabe (ˈkeɪfeɪb KAY-fayb) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" that is the portrayal of professional In Professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event &ndash that is an event that is "real" and not staged

On the June 9 edition of SmackDown!, Cole's broadcast partner Tazz left Smackdown! for ECW, leaving Cole at that moment without a broadcast partner. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Peter Senerchia (born October 11 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler and current Color commentator best known Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) is a Professional wrestling brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE based on the independent At ECW One Night Stand 2006, John "Bradshaw" Layfield announced he would replace Tazz as color commentator. ECW One Night Stand (2006 was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view (PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE John Charles Layfield (born November 29 1966 known by his current Ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL, is an American Peter Senerchia (born October 11 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler and current Color commentator best known This proved true five days later when he appeared on that week's edition of SmackDown! as Cole's new broadcast partner. WWE Friday Night SmackDown is a Professional wrestling Television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE that is currently airing

After JBL left the broadcast booth and returned to wrestling action on Raw, Jonathan Coachman became Cole's new partner on January 4, 2008. Jonathan William Coachman After this he would have an on-screen role as the "lackey" to then General Manager of Raw Eric Bischoff. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Coachman was then replaced by Mick Foley beginning at Backlash on April 27, 2008. Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. Backlash (2008 was the tenth annual Backlash Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated

Job Titles

• WWE SmackDown! play-by-play commentator
• Former WWE Monday Night RAW commentator

External links

• Cole's WWE SmackDown! Profile
• Michael Cole at the Internet Movie Database