As noted, WWE RAW announcer Renee Young recently joined Jim Ross on his Ross Report podcast for an in-depth interview. Featured below are some more highlights from the appearance.
On J.R. advising her that her talents may be better suited outside of WWE: "Yeah, I remember that! I think some of my skills and assets can be used in other roles... it's such a finicky thing... it can be used in other roles and that has happened to me throughout my career with WWE let alone what I've done outside of WWE, but, yeah, I'm just trying to roll with the punches, and sort of land in the right spot, and sort of navigate my career in the best way that I can. And when stuff falls in your lap, and when ideas come up, and things kind of change, I just sort of roll with things the best way I can, and keep my head above water and keep looking out for what the next best move is for me."
On what she feels she brings to the table: "I always felt for what I bring to the table is as opposed to the real heavy bulk about the intensity of matches and that's something I'm trying to figure out now and trying to find out how to do a better job with that because, yeah, I'm just so used to having, like, this outlook and having the scoop from talking to the [WWE] Superstars throughout the day, and I've interviewed here and there. Adding that bit of flavor, that's my strong suit. When it actually comes to calling the terrifying action like in a Hell In A Cell match, that's where I'm trying to sit back, and listen a little more, and figure out how my voice fits into that equation."
On play-by-play being in her future and being part of the panels and pre-shows: "It's not something that I thought about wanting to do before, but doing, like, the panels, and the kickoff shows, and everything that I had been doing before, that's more of a strong suit for me, is being sort of the first [point of contact], sort of leading the show, being the nuts and bolts, that's what I had been doing for so long, so I'm sort of in this pivot [or] transition of doing more of the color [commentary] and being more of the personality. But I mean, yeah, play-by-play is something maybe in the next six months or something. I don't know how long. Maybe it'll be six years, starting to pick up some of that role from [Michael] Cole if that's something that we can kind of divide during the match sometimes or even if it's calling the graphics, to getting us into b-roll, to doing that kind of heavy lifting. That's definitely something that I would be interested in doing. I would be interested in eventually getting to [that], but I'm just in that learning, 'my brain is a sponge' mode, so anything I can do to improve and learn from, I'm all ears."
On feeling nervous about calling WWE Evolution: "I don't think that I'm ready to do that at this time, but if it's something of talking, picking [Ross's] brain, picking Cole's brain, talking to Vince to see what he wants. It's something that I would be into eventually thinking about tackling, but, right now, I'm just trying to get comfortable in the role that I'm in now."
On looking forward to working more directly with Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn: "Again, it's so new. It's new waters for everybody and I think that's kind of what's happening now. It's figuring out how to best produce me, how to get me in a good spot. For me to use Vince McMahon and having built that relationship, and get on the same page, and do the stuff that I can possibly do to make him happy for how I'm treating his product, yeah. Between him and Kevin Dunn, I want to be able to be produced by them more because in the past I haven't really had that experience of working with them. Now to be able to have more firsthand interaction with them, it's invaluable." Young noted, "it's invaluable to be able to get that kind of perspective from the man that is behind everything that we know and love about WWE."
Check out Renee Young's complete appearance on the Ross Report podcast at Player.fm.