WWE Backstage on FS1 officially begins tomorrow night. The show is already slated to have John Cena and Rob Gronkowski as guests with Renee Young and Booker T at the helm.
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Renee Young was recently interviewed for the SI Media podcast. During the interview, she discussed CM Punk, Booker T, and the overall tone of the show.
Here are some highlights:
Renee Young says Backstage will be about pulling back the curtain:
“The biggest thing is being true to the voice of WWE fans. Being able to pull the curtain back and talk about things that fans are talking about online, that fans have issues with and love. We’re gonna be talking about all of those things. I couldn’t be more happy to have Booker T as my co-host. I have a great rapport with him. I think each show will have a different look and feel depending on who is on the panel. It’s fun, it’s loose. I think it’s the voice that wrestling fans want to hear and being able to talk about wrestling from a more critical eye. The last thing we want is to have it feel like a shill show. For us to talk about the end of Hell in a Cell and why that finish was and why it didn’t work. How do we make ‘The Fiend’ work? Is Seth Rollins cool or not cool? Whatever it was [Jim Ross] said about his girlfriend. We’re gonna have those conversations. I think people like hearing their opinions echoed through us.”
Renee Young on Backstage being better suited for her than commentary:
“As soon as the partnership between WWE and Fox came together, hearing rumblings about this new show, it was sort of a no-brainer that I was going to step in there and do that. I made the most sense to host it. With doing commentary, I was just waiting like, ‘Okay, can I do this? Let me go.’ With the changes happening and rosters being strict to brands, that was the perfect time (for the transition).”
Renee Young talks about potentially working with CM Punk:
