Color Commentator David Yale
A long time radio personality, David Yale fell into his job by accident. Over the years Yale has acquired a healthy wrestling acumen, but his gift lies in his quick wit more than his knowledge of the business.Yale is humorous but actively avoids looking like a standup comic. Yale takes more pleasure in a clever turn of phrase than he does a clumsy joke. Yale's arsenal consists of the double entendre, the pun and the art of understatement. He's not out to get big laughs, and while he's always eager to add brevity to the show, he takes the serious moments very seriously indeed.
He started out as a radio host in the northeast, working New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was praised for his skills but tended to get overlooked in favor of dime-a-dozen shock jocks. Yale finally landed a job hosting the CWU radio broadcast, where he was eventually paired with James Bryan. What he thought would just be a temporary job ended up lasting the better part of a decade.
Because he didn't grow up in wrestling, Yale isn't particularly concerned with the rules or history of the game. Yale considers himself a progressive person who isn't terribly interested in the past. He is, of course, fully in tune with GCW history, but the finer points of wrestling are of little significance to him. Yale will call a bit of action, but primarily comments on the moral and strategic implications of the match.
Writing David Yale
As GCW's Color Commentator, it is Yale's job to provide colorful commentary! It should be clever but subtle; Yale never tries to upstage the guys in the ring for his own benefit. He's a professional, and though he certainly admires himself, he won't distract from the action with self-congratulatory comments.Yale definitely skews toward heels, but not simply because the fans don't like them. Yale admires anyone who will do what it takes to get ahead; he is a longstanding moral supporter of The Establishment. Yale isn't necessarily rules-averse, but believes rules can and should be broken if there's something to be gained from it. Yale respects a wrestler who is willing to compete without boundaries, because those are the ones he believes to have the greatest potential.
Again, Yale shouldn't spend an entire match cracking jokes or thinking up one-liners. Yale's commentary is more offbeat than his partner's, and he's more prone to using profanity if it creates the proper effect. Yale is certainly humorous, and he's less diplomatic when it comes to expressing his opinion, but he never bickers.
Yale is extremely opinionated, and this colors most of his commentary. He'll defend the actions of anyone who cheats--without losing for it. He pokes fun of anyone he considers to be a sap, anyone who gets taken advantage of because they refuse to do what's necessary. Yale will grudgingly give credit to those who deserve it, but he'll be quick to clarify that he flat out doesn't like the person. That said, regardless of their actions, Yale will never support anyone who threatens or derides GCW.