Earlier than becoming a member of WWE as an announcer, Kevin Patrick knew he wanted to be like “a sponge” backstage to catch as much as his fellow commentary workforce. 

On the most recent “Out of Character” podcast, Patrick stated he initially did not consider he would even get the job when he drove all the way down to Florida from Chicago to check out, however needed to “take pleasure in” the chance one of the best he may. Then when WWE did name him again, the announcer stated he ramped up his consideration when he was with different wrestlers and announcers behind the scenes. 

“I’ve simply been a sponge. I have been absorbing the whole lot since getting the function,” he stated. “The quantity you study from guys like Edge, MVP, or Bobby Lashley and Corey Graves within the locker room, like you recognize Dolph Ziggler, every week it is simply such a cool expertise.”

Patrick, who beforehand labored as a broadcaster for different sports outfits just like the Huge Ten and the Chicago Hearth, stated he would take heed to conversations between wrestlers backstage as a way to choose up on wrestling idea and perceive their mindset.

“There was one dialog not so way back, you recognize MVP is having a chat with Edge and the dialog was epic,” he stated. “I am listening to it and pondering that is fascinating, that was thought-about that means or they positioned this that means, and I am simply taking all of it in as a sponge. And also you study by sitting there and being round these folks and respecting what they do.” 

The Irish WWE announcer additionally stated he would watch “WWE SmackDown” two or 3 times afterward as a way to pay attention again to long-time broadcaster Michael Cole and choose up “why” he’d say sure issues at sure occasions, hoping to raised “perceive the psychology and storytelling that comes with that.”