In 2018 Renee Young made history when she became the first woman to land a full time role on the Raw commentary team. Young called the action alongside Corey Graves and Michael Cole, but her run on commentary came to an end last year, and now she’s working as a host on WWE Backstage.
Young opened up about her reaction to being pulled from the road during an episode of Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia, and she emphasized that at first she was lost without her friends.
“It was really odd. You realize how much of your identity is wrapped up in WWE. For me, it wasn’t like ‘Oh, I’m not on TV anymore with the WWE.’ For me, it was like ‘I’m not going to be around my friends.’ Without these people, who are my other adult friends? I don’t really have any. You get plucked out of your life, and then think like oh s–t, what do I do now? You feel a little bit lost at first. You’re like Oh my God, what is everyone up to?”
The former Raw commentator went on to say that although she received a lot of support during her time on commentary, the negativity got to her
“I felt like I didn’t belong there. I wanted to be like I belong here, I earned this spot. This should be my spot. But, I kept hearing the background chatter, like ‘Why is this woman calling the matches? She’s never been in the ring. What’s she going to bring to the table?’ There was a ton of support, like an immense amount of support. That was really, really cool, but you tend to be like I want to listen to what the negative people are saying because I’m feeling insecure about it, and they’re probably right. It’s hard not to feel weird out there.”
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