Mike Bailey has high praise for Veda Scott.
Bailey and Scott are one of the most successful couples in all of professional wrestling. Bailey is one of the biggest wrestlers on the independent scene, and the star is also often spotlighted in IMPACT Wrestling. Scott also wrestles on occasion, but is primarily a commentator for promotions like New Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestling REVOLVER, and Prestige Wrestling.
While speaking to Fightful Overbooked's Indied podcast for a recent interview, Bailey said that Scott puts more work and effort into their job than anybody else that he knows.
“Because Veda puts more work and effort behind what they do than literally anybody else that I know in the world. I think that the main hurdle, that in terms of pro wrestling, jobs for professional wrestling commentators with a full contract and everything, there’s like ten of them. A big part of the hurdle is that there is a certain voice. [People will say], ‘You don’t sound like a commentator.’ The same way people were told, ‘You don’t look like a wrestler.’ We all know what that means, very specifically. Veda doesn’t sound like Bobby Heenan at all, so that’s something that they have to overcome, but they’ve worked for 40 different promotions this year alone. This is not my own biased opinion, this is something that’s echoed a lot by a lot of wrestlers, Veda does a fantastic job at telling the story that you are telling as well. They really understand what the wrestlers are doing more than a lot of commentators. A big part of Veda’s secret is being able to watch people do that dance or just talk about those ideas and know exactly what they mean and what they want to do. Veda watches all the wrestling, knows everyone, and would not dare do commentary on a match of anyone that they do not know ahead of time.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Bailey talked about the differences between wrestling in IMPACT and wrestling on the independent scene. Fans can learn more here.
Fans can see Fightful Overbooked's full interview with Mike Bailey in the video linked at the top of this article.
