10 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE Diva Renee Young-7

7. She Hosted A Wrestling Post-Game Show In Canada

From 2009 until her signing with the international sports-entertainment empire in 2012, WWE’s resident backstage interviewer and pre-show worked for Canada’s The Score. There, she hosted a wrestling post-game show called Right After Wrestling (later “Aftermath”). The show was co-hosted by Arda Ocal and former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas and gave fans a look at everything going on in the world of sports-entertainment. Very much a SportsCenter-like program devoted to pro wrestling, the show was a fan’s dream and Renee demonstrated some of the likability, legitimate interest in the subject and engaging personality that ultimately landed her a job in WWE. More importantly, it introduced her to some of the stars in today’s wrestling landscape, something she detailed in the WWE.com interview referenced earlier. Then we started doing a SmackDown post-show as well with former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas, [wrestling journalist] Arda Ocal and a few people that cycled through. It was fun. We did a live TV show twice a week, recapped everything and interviewed some of the Superstars. Getting to know some of these guys before I came to work at WWE was a big help.