Nigel McGuinness explains why he believes he’s more valuable behind the broadcast booth for AEW instead of another speculated role.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Nigel McGuinness was a recent guest on The Heel Shit Podcast. When asked if he would be interested in a producer role with the company backstage, McGuinness said he believes he’s more valuable to AEW in the broadcast booth.
“I don’t think so. I appreciate that,” Nigel McGuinness said. “It’s very kind of you to say that. I know that when I was in WWE, I oftentimes would go, ah, I really feel like I could say something about this match. I could have said beforehand that I think really would have helped them every now and then if some of the guys, like Grayson Waller every now and again, guys like that will come up and knew my history and asked me a couple of ideas and I’d be able to give them a little bit of input, et cetera, et cetera.
“But now I just.. commentary takes up so much of my time in terms of the preparation on the show, et cetera, especially when I’m still getting in the ring every week as well. With the possibility of wrestling again, then I don’t think there’s the time for it. I think I’m probably more valuable as the commentator in that regard. Also, an agent, producer, whatever you want to call it, it’s a very, very difficult job. Very difficult job.
McGuinness explains the difficulties with being a producer
“There’s a lot of, I don’t want to say egos involved, but there are egos involved, and there’s also, you’ve got two people, if it’s a singles match or four people, or however many people who are in this match all have their own idea of what they want to do with the match. Then you’ve got the agent above that. Then you’ve got Tony (Khan). Everybody’s got a different idea necessarily of what this way is to go. You’ve got to somehow navigate all of this. It’s not for me, I don’t think so.” [H/T: Fightful]
McGuinness is a regular on commentary every week alongside Tony Schiavone on AEW Collision.
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