Layfield mentions that he had been interested in commentary since his retirement, but since all his friends were on the mic at the time he wasn't looking to replace any of them. It wasn't until Jerry Lawler's on-air heart attack that he came back to the full-time, and jokingly thanks "King dying on-air" for earning him at spot at the table. He says he loves the business and just being around it in general and announcing gives him the chance to still be a part of things. This portion of the interview is very eye-opening, because from his comments you can tell that JBL knows what it takes and has the tools to be a great announcer, but many of the things he mentions as being necessary are things that all of the commentary team are guilty of almost never doing (helping get talent over, remaining quiet when the situation calls for it to add gravity, etc.) This pretty much guarantees that the faults in the commentary lie not with the men behind the microphones but with Vince McMahon himself, who is said to notoriously overproduce every aspect of what's said.
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