WWE.com: If you had to pick a broadcast partner, who would be your dream color man? Styles: I would rather slide over and do color and sit beside Jim Ross. Hes the best theres ever been. Seniority means something in this business and I would be honored to sit next to good ol Jim Ross.
WWE.com: Do you have any thoughts on the way that J.R. was let go? Styles: I think it took great restraint on his part not to take a swing at the McMahons. Ive got somewhat of an undeserved reputation of being a loose cannon, which is usually reserved for wrestlers. Ive been put in some compromising positions. Ive probably been beat up and bounced around as much as any other play-by-play man, but to take that much abuse by three members of that family after everything that has happened to him over the years, Im surprised he didnt say to hell with my job and start swinging.
WWE.com: What have you been up to since One Night Stand? Styles: About a year-and-a-half ago, I moved from my hometown in Stamford, Conn., coincidentally enough, and took a job with an advertising agency in Atlanta. Most people dont realize that ECW wasnt a full-time job for me. It looks like it is because youre on TV once a week, but a lot of it was post-produced out of a studio in New York. So I always had a full-time job in advertising sales. When ECW ceased operations and I was unable to come to terms with WWE, I went back to my career.
So basically, Im under contract now to WWE as the ECW announcer and Im available at the companys convenience. When they need me, they take the hammer and break the glass box that says in case of an emergency, and you need an announcer, break glass.
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