I know nostalgia plays a factor, but compared to Solve or JR he was pretty bad. Him and Ventura did have chemistry, but Ventura carried that commentating team. He was the color guy but he should not have been doing things like explaining psychology or correcting monsoon every 5 mins. Monsoon was bad.
Nostalgia play NO factor.
Monsoon did what he was
supposed to do. He wasn't supposed to be a move by move scientific breakdown guy. Same way when Vince was on the mic, it's not the way the WWF was.
He kept everything at a broad level, injected emotion towards faces/heels to sell moments, and occasionally told you what a certain move or hold did.
And you're clearly missing the fact that Ventura did his job in playing the antagonistic character as a commentator. It's also the reason he and JR had ZERO chemistry when he jumped to WCW.