Jim Ross gives his thoughts on Joe Tessitore becoming the new play-by-play announcer for WWE RAW

During his podcast, former WWE announcer Jim Ross gave his thoughts on Joe Tessitore becoming the new play-by-play announcer for WWE RAW…

“Tessitore is a solid hand. He’s a good announcer. My only question will be, how much product knowledge can he acquire in a short length of time? Wrestling fans are picky with their announcing. They know what they like and what they don’t like. When you mispronounce somebody’s name, or you say the wrong name, whatever, we act like it’s a federal crime. It isn’t. It’s human error, and this game is done by humans.

Tessitore has got great experience. He’ll do a good job. Again, the one thing that I’m waiting on is to see how much product knowledge he has acquired since he made his deal with WWE, but he is a good addition. No doubt he’s a good addition to their team… I think it’s going to take him a year to get his feet on the ground, and to get comfortable in his setting. That’s what I think. And I might be overstating it; he may be a quick study, and it’s six months or three months. But it’s going to take some time to get in a groove and find your timing. And announcing is all about timing, in my opinion. I have said this to my partners over the years, and it sounds egocentric: just listen to me, and I’ll bring you to your point. I’ll get you to where we want to go, and then you take over from there with your part of the — your part of the broadcast.” (quote courtesy of 411Mania.com)