Video: WWE Releases Renee Young’s 2012 Audition

So that’s how she got the job. Earlier this week, Renee Young was announced as the new commentator for Monday Night Raw, making her the first woman to hold the position full time in the show’s twenty five year history. Young has been with the WWE for about six years now, and over that time she has held a variety of roles. However, no matter how high she has gotten, she had to start somewhere and that’s where we are today.

She really can sell anything.

See new Raw announcer Renee Young's 2012 audition tape in rare WWE Hidden Gem (WWE Network)

As part of their Hidden Gems collection on the WWE Network, WWE has released Young’s 2012 audition tape. The full version is available on the WWE Network but a slightly shortened version. The video features Young being given an unidentified object and being told to sell it to the audience. Young does make a slight blunder in the middle of the speech, which runs for about a minute and a half.

Opinion: Seeing things like this makes me wonder how many things WWE actually has in the vault. Of course there’s all kinds of things that aired on TV at some point but this kind of never before seen backstage stuff is absolutely fascinating. Can you imagine how many things they have recorded from way back in the day that might be all kinds of amazing? This might not be some incredible video, but it’s cool to see this stuff from outside of the ring for the first time.

What other things do you want to see from WWE? How did Young do with her audition? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2003 Smackdown Reviews.

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