Paul Wight has always had an interest in commentating.
When AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation were running on AEW’s YouTube Channel, Paul Wight served as part of the announce team alongside Tony Schiavone. This is a role Wight slipped seamlessly into, and was praised by fans for his enthusiasm.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Wight was asked whether commentary is something he has always wanted to do.
“Absolutely, yeah. It’s really funny how things transitioned. For years, I talked to Michael Cole about announcing. I talked to Kevin Dunne, I talked to Michael Cole. I would pick Michael Cole’s brain a lot. I always respected Michael Cole so much, just some of the little things he would tell me, the way he talked about my character when I was competing, just some of the stuff he did. So I always thought that that’s who I was going to cut my teeth under, so to speak, in announcing, aaa Michael Cole. That opportunity didn’t present itself. Now the opportunity to do commentary presented itself here in AEW. I’m working with Tony Schiavone, I’m working JR, I’m working with Taz, Excalibur. I’ve got so many great, experienced announcers that are giving me my own little thing. Is it a play-by-play thing? Is it more of a gorilla monsoon thing? I think what kind of works for me is, I’ve tried to roll into that. Just when I started to get my rhythm, but that’s business. I’m not mad about it. I know that I can take the time that I took on Elevation and process and the next time an opportunity presents itself, I’ll be ready to go,”
Pau Wight
We will have to wait and see if Wight will get back behind the announce desk in the foreseeable future.
He last appeared on AEW television back at AEW All In.
H/T to Fightful for transcription
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