Kevin Patrick recently appeared as a guest on the WWE After The Bell podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During the discussion, the WWE commentator spoke about his first outings as the newest addition to the Raw commentary team and how he has learned when to remain silent during a segment.
Featured below is an excerpt from the interview where he touches on this topic with his thoughts.
“I think the feel for it, if that makes any sense at all [Patrick said when asked what he is learning the most about doing commentary on Raw]. That smell and feel for every single moment within a three-hour show is quite complicated and I know you’ll [Corey Graves] totally agree with that. You’ve been part of this business for way more than half your life, right Gravey? And yet I’m sure when you jumped into commentary, at first, that feel for do I jump in right now? Wait, let this breathe. Roman’s about to say something in front of the camera like he did as he’s leaving ringside on Monday. Just shut up, lay out, leave it be. But at other moments, I’m figuring out that I need to jump in maybe a little bit quicker. It’s all completely and utterly nuanced throughout the entire show and it’s figuring out that feel I think which will take time. It’s not something that you’re gonna jump in and on your Thursday in a work week, have that totally and utterly figured out. It’s a privilege, it’s an absolute joy to be in this role and I hope folks will take to me and take to us in time.”
Check out the complete interview below.
(H/T to POST Wrestling for transcribing the above quotes)
