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Post by LtD73 on Apr 5, 2015 8:06:23 GMT -5
According to Reddit user MetsFan4Ever, a former backstage worker who has broken several stories in the past is reporting that Vince McMahon is livid at Byron Saxton over his commentary during last Monday's post-WrestleMania 31 episode of Monday Night RAW. The report states that the rest of RAW after the angle that saw Brock Lesnar taking out Michael Cole was supposed to just be Saxton doing commentary but as we saw, Jerry Lawler was sent out to help. Lawler was in the building due to it being the night after WrestleMania and Vince reportedly called Lawler to the gorilla position shortly before 10:00pm and told him to go out and "breathe life into Byron." Despite Lawler going out to assist, Vince apparently thought Saxton didn't improve and stayed furious at him.
The report also notes that Vince reportedly ignored Saxton as soon as he returned backstage. After the angle with Lesnar, Cole was said to be in the gorilla position also and tried coaching Saxton through the broadcast. There is no heat on Cole for not being able to fix things from backstage as both Vince and Kevin Dunn reportedly feel that when Saxton was given a major opportunity, he did not "grab the brass ring." As always, some of this report should be taken as a rumor unless we hear more.Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter was asked by a fan on Twitter if Vince really was upset with Saxton, mentioning the MetsFan4Ever report, and Meltzer said Vince was.
Meanwhile, both McMahon and Dunn are said to be very impressed with Renee Young right now but they want to keep her doing backstage interviews and pre-shows for now. However, there is serious talk of bringing her to the RAW announce team sooner than later.
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Can't argue with any of that, there was just too many silences and Saxton just sounded bored out there, I really enjoy Renee when she's on the NXT announce team, hopefully she does end up on Raws announce team
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 8:10:33 GMT -5
Saxton is pretty  ing terrible. Worse than Booker, even. |
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Apr 5, 2015 8:34:45 GMT -5
I legitimately laughed out loud at the "brass ring" comment.
All I know is that the more Renee Young I get on commentary, the better my life will be.
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Post by Himmy! on Apr 5, 2015 8:38:37 GMT -5
He was very poor. He looked to be struggling badly though. He shouldn't have been sent out there alone.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Apr 5, 2015 8:41:30 GMT -5
I would love to see Renee Young join the announce team.
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Post by 5th Horsewoman on Apr 5, 2015 8:44:58 GMT -5
Saxton did pretty bad.
I think Vince probably gets angry about anything these days.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Apr 5, 2015 8:47:52 GMT -5
To be fair to Byron Saxton, why would the WWE send him out alone? They don't even trust their golden commentator, Michael Cole, to do it by himself. Granted Byron should have been better, but they kind of set him up for failure. Why not send him, Corey Graves and Renee Young together? Even if it was for one night, it breathes new life into a show that desperately needs it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 8:50:28 GMT -5
Byron in usually great. Don't know what the happened on RAW. More than likely nerves. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 8:53:01 GMT -5
Vince set Bryon up to fail.
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Post by Chip on Apr 5, 2015 9:05:21 GMT -5
not gonna lie...if i was given an opportunity to be a commentator on RAW i would have made sure i NAILED it to the best of my ability. you gotta overcome your nerves you gotta sack up, these are the kinds of opportunities that could only come once.
so unless Byron was just selling the storyline with his mundane commentary, or guys yelling in his ear every 5 seconds telling him what to say was just something different than what he was used to, this whole thing is on Byron...if it was legit and he had a chance here, he blew it.
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Post by marino13 on Apr 5, 2015 9:16:52 GMT -5
Bryon was a victim of circumstance. He got thrown in the deep end after he just started to doggy paddle. Hard for anyone to do that alone and for the first time.
Renee on the other hand is ready. And I think she will be fantastic on commentary. I made a post on here several years ago about how I thought WWE needed to find their own version of Michelle Beadle. And I think they've found her in Renee.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 9:18:02 GMT -5
Hmmm well who made the choice Vince?!
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Post by The neferious brotha Hargrove on Apr 5, 2015 9:33:03 GMT -5
All I know is all the announcers and just bring back JR and Heyman for commentary |
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Post by punksnotdead on Apr 5, 2015 9:37:32 GMT -5
Graves should have been thrown into that spot imo, or at worst been out there with him. He's better than both Saxton and Renee on commentary. He gets the nuance, especially as a heel, and he knows all the in-ring calls. He's quite a bit better even though he hasn't been doing commentary for very long. I agree with Kev that Renee and Graves would have been the best case scenario, but I get them wanting to give Byron a shot.
I think this probably ends up really hurting Saxton. Vince seems like a "this is your shot, don't screw it up kid" kind of guy. Meaning Vince is now just going to carry around a negative perception of the guy until he's eventually gone.
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Post by Midnight on Apr 5, 2015 9:40:38 GMT -5
Not surprised, I always thought that Byron was boring on commentary and during interviews. The guy has no charisma.
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Post by McBlake on Apr 5, 2015 9:41:28 GMT -5
God knows why they sent him out alone, especially with Lawler in the building.
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Post by Danger10 on Apr 5, 2015 9:42:34 GMT -5
He never should've been out there alone to begin with, that's very hard for any commentator. Joey Styles was one of the few to be able to pull it off alone, but I'm sure it wasn't easy. It was dumb of them to send him out alone, that was my first thought when I saw him out there, I figured Renee Young was on her way out too. In my opinion, Vince gets angry at the smallest things that doesn't even matter sometimes. And just for the record Dunn too |
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Post by Valbroski on Apr 5, 2015 9:42:34 GMT -5
Yeah Saxton was awful. I was literally cringing for him.
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Post by TurboEddie on Apr 5, 2015 9:47:23 GMT -5
Byron Saxton is a good commentator. They ed up by sending him out there alone. Besides, it sounded to me like he was selling the carnage from earlier that night. |
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Post by Dante, The Voc on Apr 5, 2015 9:54:43 GMT -5
I bet he woulda been more comfortable out there if they gave him a damn chair to sit in.
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