AEW Announcer Reveals First Reaction To Big Bill: “Who the f**k is this, and why the f**k is he on my TV screen?”

Big Bill wasn’t always the man that he is today.

Recently, Big Bill has found himself in consistent positions on AEW programming, most recently reaching the AEW Blind Eliminator tournament semi finals alongside Brian Cage before losing to MJF and Adam Cole on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.

On a recent episode of What Happened When, Schiavone recalled seeing Bill on WWE television in 2017, and did not like him initially. However, Schiavone would continue on, stating that now, Bill is one of his favorites.

“Speaking of big guys, I need to say this again, it needs to be said because I really feel very strongly about this. When I first started watching wrestling again in 2017, thanks to you, the first person I saw was Big Cass walk out, and I said to you, ‘Who the fuck is this, and why the fuck is he on my TV screen?’ That’s because I was getting back into it. But now, Big Bill is one of my favorites because not only does he look great, for a big guy, he looks tremendous. He is truly one of the great guys. I thought he and Brian Cage on Rampage just a week ago looked sensational. I thought they had a great match. I even told him so. I told him, I said, ‘Bill, you and Cage against Trent Beretta and Matt Sydal was a great match for Rampage, and it was.’ So props to Big Bill. Good guy, and a New York Yankees fan. I have a lot of time for him.”

Tony Schiavone

We will have to see what comes next for Bill, but for now he continues to receive praise for how he has improved over the last few years.

H/T to Fightful

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