Renee Young and Paul Heyman on life in the WWE. Plus, John Ourand on sports media

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Episode 47 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Renee Young and Paul Heyman of the WWE. Young is a commentator on Monday Night Raw, the WWE’s flagship show, and the first woman to hold that position. Heyman is a longtime WWE performer — he currently is the advocate for Brock Lesnar —and sports entertainment impresario. Both Heyman and Young will perform at WrestleMania 35 in East Rutherford, N.J. The last segment features Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand. In this podcast, Heyman and Young discuss what they see as effective public speaking and performing on television; what a work week is like for each prior to performing on Raw; Young’s learning curve as a commentator for RAW; the freedom both get from management regarding WWE storylines; how to sell a message most effectively in the fewest words possible; the adjustments Young has had to make calling matches of her real-life spouse, Dean Ambrose; how Heyman worked with Ronda Rousey on her promos and why he has enjoyed the process of working Rousey so much; how Becky Lynch has developed into one of the biggest stars in the WWE Universe; why Heyman and Young enjoy working with each other on-camera, especially the one-on-one interview they did last year; whether they have had trouble navigating their real lives versus their WWE lives; why Heyman approaches each show as if it will be his last; and much more. Ourand discusses the contract chatter surrounding CBS NFL analyst Tony Romo; ESPN’s Get Up! celebrating its one-year anniversary; the latest on the RSN (Regional Sports Network) sale; the Pac 12’s gamble regarding media rights; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Radio.com and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer, as
0:07.2	always is Terrence Malagon. Man, am I excited about this podcast? We have a conversation with Renee Young
0:15.3	and Paul Heyman of the WWA. They are together, and they are just sensational.
0:22.3	Renee Young is one of the commentators each week on Monday Night Raw.
0:25.6	She is the first woman to serve as an analyst on that show full-time.
0:30.1	She's been on this podcast before.
0:32.2	You can catch her work as part of the broadcast crew of WrestleMania 35 that is on the WWE Network.
0:40.5	Paul Heyman, if you are a fan of the WWU, really does not need any introduction,
0:44.8	one of the most iconic figures in the history of sports entertainment.
0:47.3	He is currently the advocate for Brock Lesner and delivering promos each week on Raw. Like no one else, you of course see him
0:58.4	at WrestleMania 35 as well. So Paul Heyman and Renee Young together. They were great. That is followed by
1:05.8	John O'Rand of the Sports Business Daily and Sports Business Journal. I'm not going to put him over as much as I just did,
1:12.4	Heyman and Renee Young.
1:14.4	But John O'Rand and I talk about some of the issues of the day in sports media,
1:19.4	including Tony Romo and contractual negotiations,
1:24.1	where things stand on the PAC 12, the RSNs.
1:28.1	We've got about 25, 30 minutes of sports media talk, just so we have that there.
1:33.0	But this podcast is really about Renee Young and Paul Heyman, and I think you're going to enjoy it.
1:37.9	And they are coming up right after this.
1:42.7	All right, my two guests this week do not need introductions, but they will get introductions nevertheless.
1:49.1	Renee Young is one of the commentators each week on Monday Night Raw.
1:52.6	She's the first woman to serve as an analyst on that show full-time.
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