Renee Young Reveals Paul Heyman’s Advice to Her Before Raw Debut

– Renee Young spoke with Bleacher Report for a new article looking at her rise to the top of WWE’s commentary team. Highlights are below:

On Paul Heyman supporting her: “He’s had my back from the get-go. He did not need to do that. For whatever reason, he and I have always been close when it comes to talking about being better and wanting to be the best.”

Renee Young On the advice Heyman gave her before her Monday Night Raw debut: “He just kind of gave me advice on how to be a little more succinct, how to create those little punchlines. You’ve gotta think about what this is going to sound like in a video package. Make sure you’re saying their name instead of he or she. Just little nuggets like that that you might forget. And I do forget. Sometimes, I might be out there and catch myself saying, ‘Oh, he just speared him’ instead of ‘Roman Reigns just speared Braun Strowman.’”

On the improve aspect of commentary: “Prior to working for WWE, I was always in control of my own material. I’ve been here for six years, but until now, I haven’t had many opportunities to flex that [improv] muscle. I’m trying to get back into that mode.”

On Dean Ambrose and her Total Divas stint: “I think [our relationship] was not something we wanted to pull the curtain back on. That made me uncomfortable as well, because the whole time I’m just saying he’s crazy and how do I deal with this crazy person [for story purposes], which is really not our dynamic. That was really odd to navigate as we were doing it.”