Keep in mind that we announcers are looking at A LOT of things throughout the broadcast, eg. our monitor, our spotter, each other as we speak, our notes, our brackets, etc... and sometimes must depend upon the referee's call to help us call the match. I know at one time Jace had both legs. Whether his hands were locked at that moment I honestly can't say I could see from where we were sitting. But I assumed they were based upon the referee's call.

When I first saw this thread I thought the controversy would be regarding the head-scissors call earlier in the match. That one, from my vantage point I disagreed with. It appeared to me that he simply had his legs butted-up against one another, and not scissored... again that was just the glimpse I got from our angle. That took place right in front of us, the other call was clear across the mat.

My point in posting however was just to let windjammer know that just because Mike or I say something on the broadcast it doesn't mean it's correct. We have more going on than just watching the match. Not only in what we are looking at, but also in what we hear. We are hearing something different in our right ear than we are in our left... literally.

Troy Reitcheck