Jonathan Coachman On Chris Benoit Skipping His Wedding, Murders Happening That Weekend, WWE Run

Source: The Ross Report

As previously reported, legendary professional wrestling commentator Jim Ross welcomed former WWE personality and current ESPN broadcaster Jonathan Coachman to The Ross Report. During the podcast, Coachman talked about whether he regrets his WWE run, how working for WWE has improved his broadcasting skills, whether he would ever return to WWE, who trained him for the professional wrestling ring, and Chris Benoit missing his wedding.

‘The Coach’ claimed that he has never regretted his time with WWE and that he would not be where he is today without his run with the company.

“My dream was to do what I’m doing now, it was to be a sportscaster and to ultimately get to ESPN. And I say now ‘by the grace of God’ because I would not be here if it wasn’t for my nine years in the WWE, so it was a great time. I had a lot of fun. It was my entire 20s. And it just kind of fell in my lap. It wasn’t something I planned. And everybody, at the time, told me it was not the right thing to do, that I was going to regret it down the line, and I’ve never regretted it a day.”

Coachman said that working for WWE prepares performers for the entertainment industry insofar as it makes people tougher and improves their ability to think on their feet.

“If it wasn’t for what Vince [McMahon] taught me, what [Ross] taught me, the [professional wrestlers] taught me, I’m as tough as anybody there is, and it is because of that. They don’t understand how tough you become, and, also, how good you become as well! You become really, really good.” Coachman added, “I remember the night that Hulk Hogan was inducted into the [WWE] Hall Of Fame and Sylvester …

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