JBL says that Vince McMahon gave him some critical advice when he began doing color commentary for WWE.
During a recent appearance on the The Universal Wrestling Podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer spoke about the advice given to him by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon when JBL began doing color commentary for WWE years ago.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
JBL on Vince McMahon giving him feedback on commentary: “‘John, it’s not radio. You don’t have to tell them it’s a dropkick. You don’t have to tell them it’s a Saito suplex and show off that you know what it was.’ People can see that. They need to know who this character is and why they should care about them. Once you realize that, you understand Vince’s mind for commentary.”
On how he used to regularly fly with McMahon: “I used to fly with Vince every week back to New York. When I first retired from getting hurt I was doing commentary and working on Wall Street. I’d fly back every Monday night with Vince and I’d fly out with him a lot of times as well. A lot of times it would just be us on the plane, and it was unbelievable to listen to the guy. Vince is the guy in a meeting that always asks the question that you wish you had asked. It’s a great engineer compared to a good engineer. The good engineer designs something and people go, ‘How does that work?’ The great engineer designs it and you go, ‘I could have done that.’ That’s the simplicity of intelligence, and Vince was always that guy.”
On McMahon being a good listener: “I tell people when they talk to Vince you got to understand that he’s going to listen to every word you say. He’s not going to interrupt you. When you get done, he’s going to think for a second. It’s going to be uncomfortably long, but when he comes back he’s going to have an answer for you. It’s a remarkable trait.”
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