Mauro Ranallo On His Departure From Smackdown
May 22, 2018 19:20:53 GMT -5
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Post by Mayonnaise on May 22, 2018 19:20:53 GMT -5
And it zero to do with JBL:
MAURO RANALLO ON WHY HE NEARLY QUIT WWE AND LEFT AS SMACKDOWN ANNOUNCER, HIS DOCUMENTARY ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES & MORE
by Mike Johnson @ 7:23 PM on 5/22/2018
Mauro Ranallo appeared yesterday in studio on Ariel Helwani's Mixed Martial Arts Hour to promote the 5/25 premiere of the Showtime documentary on his battle with being bipolar, BiPolar Rock N' Roller as Ranallo was in NYC for a premiere screening that will take place tonight.
During the interview, Ranallo goes deep into his mental issues and the different breakdowns he has undergone, including one at 21 that left him hospitalized the longest to the point that he resigned from his first radio job, assuming he had ruined his chances. He talks a lot about mental health stigma and how the mentally ill are treated, It really is an incredible interview and while it is very lengthy, it is extremely worthy of your time to listen.
Ranallo noted that he lives in fear of failure all the time and that being a public persona, all of that fear magnifies. He said that he feels safest when he is wearing a headset and commentating on live TV and said that performing is the coping mechanism he has created for himself.
Of most interest to WWE fans is a conversation that takes place during the final five minutes of the interview (Three hours, 2 minutes into the video embedded below), Ranallo was asked about nearly quitting WWE and walking away from his role as the lead announcer for Smackdown. Ranallo, who has never spoken publicly about the situation, said that the truth behind the situation was that he was not able to maintain the schedule mentally, as he was on the road every week for WWE and was also announcing MMA, boxing and other combat sports.
Ranallo noted there have been lots of rumors, but the reality was that his mental health prevented him from being able to deal with the grind of the road schedule. Ranallo noted that he had a "breakdown" in Chicago at O'Hare Airport while traveling to a Smackdown taping and decided he was done. He thought that meant he was done with the entire company, but his relationship with the company has never been better.
WWE later came to terms with Ranallo to instead become the lead announcer for the WWE NXT brand, which has a much easier broadcast schedule. He tapes NXT TV once a month and then five times a year, does NXT Takeover. He said it was tailor-made for him. Ranallo said that he should have been with NXT from day one and when he was approached by WWE, he assumed it would be for NXT, but they wanted him for Smackdown.
MAURO RANALLO ON WHY HE NEARLY QUIT WWE AND LEFT AS SMACKDOWN ANNOUNCER, HIS DOCUMENTARY ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES & MORE
by Mike Johnson @ 7:23 PM on 5/22/2018
Mauro Ranallo appeared yesterday in studio on Ariel Helwani's Mixed Martial Arts Hour to promote the 5/25 premiere of the Showtime documentary on his battle with being bipolar, BiPolar Rock N' Roller as Ranallo was in NYC for a premiere screening that will take place tonight.
During the interview, Ranallo goes deep into his mental issues and the different breakdowns he has undergone, including one at 21 that left him hospitalized the longest to the point that he resigned from his first radio job, assuming he had ruined his chances. He talks a lot about mental health stigma and how the mentally ill are treated, It really is an incredible interview and while it is very lengthy, it is extremely worthy of your time to listen.
Ranallo noted that he lives in fear of failure all the time and that being a public persona, all of that fear magnifies. He said that he feels safest when he is wearing a headset and commentating on live TV and said that performing is the coping mechanism he has created for himself.
Of most interest to WWE fans is a conversation that takes place during the final five minutes of the interview (Three hours, 2 minutes into the video embedded below), Ranallo was asked about nearly quitting WWE and walking away from his role as the lead announcer for Smackdown. Ranallo, who has never spoken publicly about the situation, said that the truth behind the situation was that he was not able to maintain the schedule mentally, as he was on the road every week for WWE and was also announcing MMA, boxing and other combat sports.
Ranallo noted there have been lots of rumors, but the reality was that his mental health prevented him from being able to deal with the grind of the road schedule. Ranallo noted that he had a "breakdown" in Chicago at O'Hare Airport while traveling to a Smackdown taping and decided he was done. He thought that meant he was done with the entire company, but his relationship with the company has never been better.
WWE later came to terms with Ranallo to instead become the lead announcer for the WWE NXT brand, which has a much easier broadcast schedule. He tapes NXT TV once a month and then five times a year, does NXT Takeover. He said it was tailor-made for him. Ranallo said that he should have been with NXT from day one and when he was approached by WWE, he assumed it would be for NXT, but they wanted him for Smackdown.
