He informs that he’s never been paired with someone who he felt uncomfortable with. He really enjoyed working with Joey Styles and he really appreciated Styles’ ability to control an entire broadcast on his own. Styles did that for years in ECW. Lawler points out that from time to time Ross would be taken out of action and he’d have to carry the broadcast on his own, and those were very stressful moments for him. He says he could feel his blood pressure skyrocketing during those moments.
Lawler mentions that he also loved working with Mauro Ranallo. He says that Ranallo was so much fun to work with because he could play off a lot of the over-the-top things Ranallo would say. Ranallo brings a lot of energy and excitement to his broadcasts, and Lawler had a lot of fun reacting to that.
Lawler adds that Vince McMahon is an underrated play-by-play commentator. He loved Vince McMahon’s commentary, even though it was somewhat over-the-top, and he loves to go back on the WWE Network and watch old shows with McMahon doing commentary. He informs that shows were run completely different back in those days, because McMahon couldn’t have full control over the show when he was doing the play-by-play commentary.
That sums up this week’s episode of Dinner With the King. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
