Jonathan Coachman Explains Why He Left WWE & Why He Is Returning To WWE
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Former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman recently spoke with backsportspage.com about why he left WWE and why he is returning. Check out the interview down below:
How did your family handle your schedule back then and now? Did it affect your decision to leave WWE? : Once I found out my daughter was on her way that was what made the decision to leave. There was a lot thought that went into this decision, but at the end of the day, I wanted to be home with my children. I am lucky enough to have two children and I home every day with them. Also, there were a lot of bad habits that I developed over the last decade, especially when I was in the ring. I knew if I wanted to survive and live a productive, healthy life, then I needed to get out in that environment. The overriding feeling was that I really missed sports. I was craving sports. In my last three years in WWE, I signed a deal knowing that I had three years to try and get out. I knew how difficult it would be to find a regular sports job after working in pro wrestling for so long. I spent a good portion of that three year contract working at the MSG network in NY and CBS college sports. I was working almost every day creating a bridge, because I was not going to go from WWE to ESPN; it was not going to happen. The family aspect opened my eyes a bit, as the travel became difficult. I began dreading going to the airport and I don’t want to do something I would dread .I was burnt out.
Do you have any personal stories that you can share with us about working with Vince McMahon? : Vince McMahon is a very unique guy, and he does not trust a lot of people. He had trust in me and because of that, he wanted me around him a lot, whether I was hosting something or not. If he wanted to yell and couldn’t find someone that he couldn’t yell at, he would yell at me just to get it out of his system. Because of Vince having the ability to trust me, and the fact I did anything he needed me to do, the first time we went over to the middle east to Afghanistan, I was one of the 18 people who got to go to represent WWE because I was able to talk, and get in the ring if I needed to. I did get in the ring as I had a match with Ric Flair over there, and I lost to him via the figure four leg lock, and it is a highlight in my career. Some people call it the figure two, but it is what it is (laughs). While there, I got to see firsthand what life was like out in the desert. It was a scary, as we were in the line of the fire, and we went in places that nobody really got to see up close. Those are some the greatest experiences I will look back on because of that relationship I had with him. I will be indebted to him. We get along great to this day, and if there was an opportunity to be on Monday Night Raw and do sports Center at the same time I would that in a heartbeat.
I always enjoyed Jonathan Coachman as an on air personality on WWE programming. He brought a bit of life into the show and more importantly brought something different to bring you the news. Renee Young and Josh Matthews feel like they are a robot talking and does not bring much energy to the show that they are on.
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