Former WWE announcer Mauro Ranallo making a return to professional wrestling commentary

Former TNA Wrestling president Scott D’Amore did an interview with Chris Van Vliet and discussed his new promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. D’Amore note dthat former WWE announcer Mauro Ranallo will be joining the promotion…

On the big stars coming to Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: “Well we’ve got Kushida there from New Japan, and from TNA. We just announced that Takeshita is going to be there. The guy’s just lighting it up in the G1, he’s maybe the hottest wrestler in the world arguably when it comes to match quality right now, and having him come there gives us that AEW representation. We’ve got Kevin Knight, who’s an amazing young talent from New Japan. We just announced earlier this week that ELP, who just had that five star with Takeshita in the G1, he’s going to be there. So I think it’s really cool. We’ve got a few people from New Japan. We got a few people from TNA, we’ll have multiple people from AEW. Then we’ve got the best of the best Canadians like Trevor Lee, who had some time in Impact, went on to Cameron Grimes in WWE, we’ve got an amazing group of talent together. So, I think that the matches that night are going to be as good as any pay-per-view. I said it over and over again when I was with TNA, with Impact, for these pay-per-views we don’t take it lightly. I never take it lightly. I would say that people have to reach in their pocket and pay to watch this in a world where you can get so much on your TV, on your tablet, on your cell phone for free. When people invest in you with money and also their time. Because time’s the most valuable commodity we have. So if you’re going to sit out and say not only I’m going to both pay to watch this and I’m going to block out my entire evening to spend with your product we want to deliver and make sure that people get their money’s worth. So I think people see this card come together and say, Okay, this is a card that I want to see. This is two nights of wrestling that I want to be part of. And I think we have one of the very best, indisputably the best combat sports cross genre announcer, because Mauro Ranallo has agreed to be the voice of Maple Leaf Pro.”

On Mauro Ranallo: “I mean, he’s the man. And Mauro has got a passion for wrestling. I met Mauro probably close to 25 years ago in Stampede Wrestling. I was coming in as a heel to feud with Sabu. And he was the 20-21-year-old kid who was doing the play-by-play with Bad News Brown, and we connected then over the years. He loves wrestling. He’s the best. You turned on Showtime for any big boxing fight, or you turned on to watch a lot of the big MMA fights with Pride and everything, Mauro is that voice.” (quotes courtesy of ChrisVanVliet.com)