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As all of you have heard by now, the WWE decided before Monday night's edition of Raw to have Jim Ross call the Raw matches at Wrestlemania 22 alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler & The Coach instead of current lead Raw announcer Joey Styles.
The WWE has conducted interviews with both Styles & Ross to get their feelings on this switch at the broadcast table. Here is a sample of both interviews:
- Joey Styles
WWE.com caught up with Joey Styles to get his take on the WrestleMania announcing team from RAW and much more:
WWE.com: When WWE.com first spoke to you regarding your hiring, you said your biggest goal was to announce at WrestleMania. Now that WWE has chosen to go with Jim Ross at WrestleMania, how does that make you feel?
Joey Styles: My initial response when I was told on Monday when I arrived at the arena in Omaha was disappointment. That lasted about 30 minutes. I was told in person and I do appreciate that. Probably 30 minutes after that, my ego took over and I felt angry for about an hour. And then after real introspection, I realized I’m not where they need me to be in terms of what the position is. And I think what readers of WWE.com and fans watching at home don’t understand is what the position is: WWE doesn’t have play-by-play men. They may call it a play-by-play man, but what that position really is, is a “lead storyteller.” It’s a completely different animal than what I was trying to do.
- Jim Ross
After it was officially announced that Jim Ross would be calling the action for RAW at WrestleMania 22, WWE.com caught up J.R. to get his reaction to his new assignment, Saturday Night's Main Event, the Hall of Fame and much more.
WWE.com: Can you tell the fans about your next assignment, which will be WrestleMania 22, and how you learned that you would be calling the action?
J.R.: I was told Monday afternoon that the decision was made that I would call the RAW matches at WrestleMania. It came as a big surprise. The working plan was that I would emcee the Hall of Fame ceremony and probably do one match at WrestleMania. I figured that I would do the Mr. McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels No Holds Barred Match. I felt like that would be a good fit, considering both HBK and I have joined Mr. McMahon’s exclusive club. So I really thought that was how my weekend was going to play out. But all that changed Monday. I felt excited and exhilarated. But at the same time, I felt some apprehension regarding Joey Styles’ status. I know, like myself, he grew up as a wrestling fan and he’s always wanted to work in WWE and I felt badly for him. At the same time, I won’t lie, I was very excited to get the assignment. And I look forward to it tremendously.
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