Former WWE ring announcer: Justin Roberts was recently interviewed by WrestlingINC.com in order to promote his new book: Best Seat in the House: Your Backstage Pass through My WWE Journey (available on Amazon).
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During the interview, Roberts gave some insight into his experience working for Vince McMahon, which he did for 12 years.
Here is what he had to say:
“Twelve years. Vince was very intense, very micromanaging everything and listening everything I said and how I said it. He is intimidating but also sometimes he can be really helpful and you can go to him with a question and would instantly come up with a solution or sometimes you would work with him to come up with an announcement. It was always uncomfortable. I always tried to avoid him as much as possible. I just wanted to steer clear because he had those moments where he can easily turn on you and tell you that he doesn’t like the way you look, what are you doing here? You’re fired. I just tried to stay clear of him, but sometimes you couldn’t avoid him. Sometimes he was helpful. Sometimes he was on me for being too over the top”
He continued:
“Keep in mind that I grew up watching Vince on commentary, he was one of my favorite commentators, and always enjoyed his over the top commentary. I used to incorporate that in my ring announcing and he hated it, so I stopped doing that obviously. Then, sometimes my introduction would get bigger for guys like: John Cena, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, Batista, and I would get chewed up and told to tone it down, so he was really on me for everything and on everybody for everything, and since it was his company he wanted it done his way”
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You can read the full interview here.