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When will Renee Young become the lead announcer on RAW

3K views 41 replies 37 participants last post by  GREEK FREAK 
#1 ·
It is almost a new year, which means the WWE needs to change the announce team on RAW. People tune RAW off because the announcers are terrible. Get rid of Cole & JBL, and put Renee Young on with Tom Phillips.
 
#8 ·
Fuck that. She's a great interviewer, but a shitty announcer. Have you heard her on NXT? She's terrible.. They shouldn't replace Cole with a terrible announcer like Renee Young.. That's just not her place in WWE especially on the main show.
 
#18 ·
Love Renee but this is a bad idea.
Then again, I'm not saying her involvement would hurt the notably lousy commentary, it just wouldn't help it that much. RAW commentary is still dictated in the headset by Vince after all. Wouldn't want Renee getting screamed at after all...if she's not already when doing the pre-shows.

But on the topic of commentary, the style just needs an overhaul but it WON'T get one so it really doesn't matter who the hell is on commentary until the format is changed.
People today think Jerry Lawler is the worst commentator on television but original heel Lawler from the early days of RAW was awesome. Which means Lawler could still be entertaining if they allowed him to play up a heel character (maybe not as cartoonish as the old "King") but with the same quick wit insults that made him great.

We've already done heel Cole so I think he should just go back to serious play-by-play and leave the jokes to the King. Cole just acts like an ass now.

JBL is not behind on the acting like an ass category these days. For those who don't watch Smackdown, you missed JBL's greatest days on commentary before Vince started filtering him. He'd freely speak his mind and it was usually entertaining to hear. He sort of still does from time to time but Vince has tamed him greatly vs. his days on Smackdown.
 
#19 ·
Hopefully never, she's great as an interviewer through.
 
#20 ·
She and Tom Phillips running Raw... they are not there yet for sure. (and the more I listen to the Smackdown commentary the more I think Cole is trying to bury Phillips. I feel bad for him he pretty much said multiple times "you suck at your job" last Smackdown. Yeah that's great, tell the fans the commentary sucks... that will make them like it more).

But going back to Renee. I like her and think with time she could be a good color comentator. But she has a long way to go to be ready for Raw in my opinion. Although I do think a lot of fans are harder on her because she is a woman. She is far from great, but I do wonder if a guy were doing the same stuff if the fans wouldn't be cutting him more of a break. I mean Albert and Alex Riley are far from killing it as commentators on NXT either, but they don't get a fraction of the criticism Renee gets.

She could get there though. And she is an awesome interviewer. I really believe she may be the best interviewer WWE has had since Mean Gene Okerlund. And if her interviews are any indication she truly does know wrestling and is dedicated to her job.

I give credit to whoever hired her on. She is far from another pretty face, and WWE has a real asset in her. Shame most fans won't take her seriously IMHO largely because she is a cute girl so they figure she MUST not be as good as the guys.
 
#21 ·
Love Renee. One of the best hires in the last five years, but her role is backstage interviewer, and she is magic there. Not so on commentary, although if she got one segment every couple of weeks I would manage.

On a related note, I am trying to think of future commentators after their in-ring careers. I must say, no-one with a current gig particularly offends me (Jason Albert, Alex Riley), and others have been acceptable to me (Miz, Punk) but who else could transition given a guest spot anyone has heard.

For me, despite having plenty of time left, Tyson Kidd's jerk-off character would be gold if he could play it permanently and translate it to getting other talent over. For somebody who had no personality 12 months ago, this character would be as close to Jesse The Body Ventura as anyone could get (Jesse being my all time favourite).


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#25 ·
Then you are going to be waiting a very long time cause that is probably never happening.
 
#27 ·
I love me some Renee but yeah, you don't want her as a commentator. It's just not for her, simple as that.
 
#28 ·
OH PLEASE no. Real talk, I'm all for replacing Cole but Renee is NOT the answer. I'll be honest because I think a lot of people on this site are enamored for whatever reason, but objectively I'll say this... Renee Young is the least talented personality (or lack thereof) they've had for a while now. She has about as much personality as a manhole cover.

Watch her commentary on the Zayn/Neville c match. She's so bland and obviously bored it hurts to sit through. Her attempts actually made that match less enjoyable for me while the other two try and pick up the slack. But it's kind of unintentionally funny when she's grasping, just peppering in the most unenthusiastic "...oh wow, eh?" every few moves. Simply, she doesn't have the kind of engagement and fluidity you'd expect of someone in a position to commentate.

Her backstage segments are lackluster as well. She just looks at the camera, introduces someone in the same manner each time, and lets them talk. NO VARIATIONS AT ALL. No questioning, no attempt to bring out any more information, no real interactivity with the guest. Then when they are done she gives an appropriate stunned/shocked/disgusted facial expression if the interviewee was a heel, or a light-hearted quip if the interviewee was a face.
 
#29 · (Edited)
Holy fucking shit where has this post been my whole life.

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