And I have to say that WWE has been great with me. There have been times where I know Vince was extremely frustrated with what I was doing because he was expressing that frustration afterward. And despite what people may have read everywhere, he was never nasty with me or condescending or screaming or yelling. He was always very professional with me. But I could tell Kevin Dunn (Executive Producer) was frustrated because he couldnt really show me how to build that bridge to storytelling and I didnt know on my own how to do it. So, I dont know how often J.R. is going to be available actually at the RAW events. And again some fans the Internet fans a lot of them think they know what producing the announcers means; they think it means feeding us every line, and thats not the case. What a good producer does and I thought J.R. did a wonderful job last night probably the best job Ive ever seen in someone producing me in terms of storytelling. He may have only given me five lines in a five-segment match. Thats it. But it was the right line at the right time. And its a very difficult balance to weave that story from the beginning of the segment to the end of the segment. And now with J.R., helping me, I see no reason that Im not going to get there. I mean, with the best-ever teaching me and the fact that Im going to work as tirelessly as possible to eventually be as good as he is and I will not stop until I am, period.
Theres no maybe for me. Theres no I hope I can be as good as J.R. is. I dont attack any goal that way. Its going to be: Im going to be as good as J.R. is. I dont know how long that is going to take, but with him helping me, theres no reason why I shouldnt get there. Kevin Dunn told me that they are leaving me in the RAW lead announcer position because the only way Im going to learn the only way you can learn is to do that show week after week.
I never understood why WWE worked so hard to not hire wrestling announcers and now I do. WWE announcers are storytellers and professional announcers need to be taught storytelling. The plus to hiring a professional wrestling announcer is we already have a passion for wrestling and we will learn the storytelling because there is nothing else in the world wed rather do. I feel like I need to be de-programmed. When I sit at ringside its hard to not call every move. I feel like an addict getting the shakes with an uncontrollable urge to call the moves.
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