Renee Paquette discusses the differences between working for WWE and for AEW.
In October 2022, Renee Paquette joined All Elite Wrestling as a on screen talent, as well as a producer in a backstage capacity. Since joining the promotion, Paquette has been integral to many backstage and in-ring segments on the company's Dynamite and Rampage shows.
Before joining AEW, Renee Paquette had a lengthy run with WWE as Renee Young from 2012-2020, where she served in many different roles.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Paquette went into the similarities and differences of working for the two companies.
“Yeah of course, I mean in terms of like wrestling is wrestling. Day of show is always a little bit crazy, ‘What’s happening, are things changing, is this what’s happening?’ That happens in both places for sure. There’s a fun energy, it’s a different energy and that’s something that took me a little bit to adjust to because I’m so used to… I was at WWE for eight years, so to know be in a similar environment to that, but it’s not the exact same environment as that, it’s cool to kind of like figure that out and figure out the ropes. It’s fun doing the backstage promos there. I think with WWE having their writers and having written promos for a majority of the people, that definitely serves a purpose and there is a benefit to that, but it’s fun to hop on the set and go ‘What are we saying? What are we doing? What do we need to try to accomplish here?’ Just trying to connect the dots to make the most sense of those promos, it’s a fun challenge. I like it.”
Paquette then dove a bit further into the process of helping talent put together promos on television, even if they're given a short amount of time.
“It’s cool to be able to have that input and to try to make sense of it. You’ve got two hours of TV time for Dynamite, an hour for Rampage, trying to get the proper storytelling in place for each show to make the most sense with usually a pretty small amount of time. If you’re given two minutes for a promo, that's a lot of time. When you have sixty seconds to try and accomplish [getting those points across], it’s really fun trying to figure out how to make it make sense.”
Fans can check out Fightful's full report on the April 12 episode of AEW Dynamite by clicking here.
In a interview back in November 2022, Paquette confirmed that she had talks with WWE about a return before joining AEW. Fans can find out more by clicking here.
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