Nigel McGuinness is one of the few people that has commentated for both WWE and AEW. Speaking with Tempest of Wrestletalk who was representing Fightful, McGuinness broke down how doing commentary for AEW is different from WWE.
McGuinness said “If you’re under the WWE umbrella, there are certain things you talk about and don’t talk about. There is more leeway, more freedom in AEW and you can talk about anything. In some ways that’s a good thing, in some ways it’s not. Two different flavors of ice cream. I feel a little more artistically able here. Certainly, I’m more able to talk about my history in terms of matches I’ve had and being a wrestler.”
Continuing on, McGuinness admitted that it was sometimes weird speaking in certain ways with WWE, having to hold back some information about where and when he wrestled superstars. He said, “There was always a weird dichotomy when I was in WWE because I could vaguely talk about ‘I wrestled this guy,’ but not where. At the same time, it forced me to lean more heavily into strategy and story, which has helped me out greatly long term as well. I love the lack of a govern here. I love the freedom to just go out there and try different things.”
McGuinness is one of the commentators of AEW Collision on Saturday’s alongside Kevin Kelly. Thanks to Fightful for providing transcriptions of the interview which you can watch below.
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