When asked about Mauro Ranallo and why he hasn’t been doing any announcing on the WWE main roster shows, Mike Johnson speculated the following:
“Mauro only agreed to come back to work NXT and to work under Triple H. Despite all the anger thrown at JBL, the situation wasn’t about JBL himself. I honestly believe it was probably more the way Ranallo and the announcers are produced on the main roster (something that led to Mick Foley quitting a job he pretty much could have had forever), which caused the issues, but given that all sides came to an agreement, no one is going to ever go on record for a long time. Not one person has ever told me that JBL was personally responsible for tormenting Ranallo that they were aware. Once JBL returned to the company, he was nowhere near the forceful, abrasive personality he used to be.”
